40th Parallel North - Around The World

Around The World

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 40° north passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
40°0′N 0°0′E / 40°N 0°E / 40; 0 (Prime Meridian)	Spain	Valencian Community
40°0′N 0°2′E / 40°N 0.033°E / 40; 0.033 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea	Passing just north of the island of Majorca, Spain
40°0′N 3°48′E / 40°N 3.8°E / 40; 3.8 (Spain)	Spain	Island of Minorca
40°0′N 4°13′E / 40°N 4.217°E / 40; 4.217 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea
40°0′N 8°24′E / 40°N 8.4°E / 40; 8.4 (Italy)	Italy	Island of Sardinia
40°0′N 9°42′E / 40°N 9.7°E / 40; 9.7 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea	Tyrrhenian Sea
40°0′N 15°20′E / 40°N 15.333°E / 40; 15.333 (Italy)	Italy
40°0′N 15°26′E / 40°N 15.433°E / 40; 15.433 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea	Gulf of Policastro
40°0′N 15°41′E / 40°N 15.683°E / 40; 15.683 (Italy)	Italy
40°0′N 16°37′E / 40°N 16.617°E / 40; 16.617 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea	Gulf of Taranto
40°0′N 18°0′E / 40°N 18°E / 40; 18 (Italy)	Italy
40°0′N 18°25′E / 40°N 18.417°E / 40; 18.417 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea	Strait of Otranto
40°0′N 19°53′E / 40°N 19.883°E / 40; 19.883 (Albania)	Albania
40°0′N 20°23′E / 40°N 20.383°E / 40; 20.383 (Greece)	Greece
40°0′N 22°37′E / 40°N 22.617°E / 40; 22.617 (Aegean Sea)	Aegean Sea
40°0′N 23°23′E / 40°N 23.383°E / 40; 23.383 (Greece)	Greece	Kassandra and Sithonia
40°0′N 24°0′E / 40°N 24°E / 40; 24 (Aegean Sea)	Aegean Sea
40°0′N 25°6′E / 40°N 25.1°E / 40; 25.1 (Greece)	Greece	Island of Lemnos
40°0′N 25°26′E / 40°N 25.433°E / 40; 25.433 (Aegean Sea)	Aegean Sea
40°0′N 26°11′E / 40°N 26.183°E / 40; 26.183 (Turkey)	Turkey	Passing just north of Ankara
40°0′N 44°24′E / 40°N 44.4°E / 40; 44.4 (Armenia)	Armenia
40°0′N 45°36′E / 40°N 45.6°E / 40; 45.6 (Azerbaijan)	Azerbaijan	Passing through Nagorno-Karabakh
40°0′N 49°27′E / 40°N 49.45°E / 40; 49.45 (Caspian Sea)	Caspian Sea
40°0′N 52°46′E / 40°N 52.767°E / 40; 52.767 (Turkmenistan)	Turkmenistan
40°0′N 62°26′E / 40°N 62.433°E / 40; 62.433 (Uzbekistan)	Uzbekistan
40°0′N 68°48′E / 40°N 68.8°E / 40; 68.8 (Tajikistan)	Tajikistan
40°0′N 69°31′E / 40°N 69.517°E / 40; 69.517 (Kyrgyzstan)	Kyrgyzstan
40°0′N 70°32′E / 40°N 70.533°E / 40; 70.533 (Tajikistan)	Tajikistan	For about 9 km
40°0′N 70°39′E / 40°N 70.65°E / 40; 70.65 (Kyrgyzstan)	Kyrgyzstan
40°0′N 71°5′E / 40°N 71.083°E / 40; 71.083 (Uzbekistan)	Uzbekistan	Sokh exclave - for about 7 km
40°0′N 71°10′E / 40°N 71.167°E / 40; 71.167 (Kyrgyzstan)	Kyrgyzstan
40°0′N 71°48′E / 40°N 71.8°E / 40; 71.8 (Uzbekistan)	Uzbekistan	Shohimardon exclave - for about 4 km
40°0′N 71°50′E / 40°N 71.833°E / 40; 71.833 (Kyrgyzstan)	Kyrgyzstan
40°0′N 73°58′E / 40°N 73.967°E / 40; 73.967 (China)	People's Republic of China	Xinjiang Gansu Inner Mongolia Shanxi Hebei Beijing (passing just north of the city centre) Hebei Tianjin Hebei Liaoning (for about 8 km)
40°0′N 119°54′E / 40°N 119.9°E / 40; 119.9 (Yellow Sea)	Yellow Sea	Liaodong Bay
40°0′N 121°53′E / 40°N 121.883°E / 40; 121.883 (China)	People's Republic of China	Liaoning (Liaodong Peninsula)
40°0′N 124°21′E / 40°N 124.35°E / 40; 124.35 (North Korea)	North Korea
40°0′N 127°57′E / 40°N 127.95°E / 40; 127.95 (Sea of Japan)	Sea of Japan
40°0′N 128°10′E / 40°N 128.167°E / 40; 128.167 (North Korea)	North Korea	Mayang Island
40°0′N 128°13′E / 40°N 128.217°E / 40; 128.217 (Sea of Japan)	Sea of Japan
40°0′N 139°54′E / 40°N 139.9°E / 40; 139.9 (Japan)	Japan	Island of Honshū — Akita Prefecture — Iwate Prefecture
40°0′N 141°57′E / 40°N 141.95°E / 40; 141.95 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean
40°0′N 124°1′W / 40°N 124.017°W / 40; -124.017 (United States)	United States	California Nevada Utah Colorado Nebraska / Kansas border Missouri Illinois Indiana Ohio West Virginia Pennsylvania New Jersey
40°0′N 74°3′W / 40°N 74.05°W / 40; -74.05 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Passing just north of Corvo Island, Azores, Portugal
40°0′N 8°55′W / 40°N 8.917°W / 40; -8.917 (Portugal)	Portugal
40°0′N 6°51′W / 40°N 6.85°W / 40; -6.85 (Spain)	Spain	Extremadura Castile-La Mancha Community of Madrid - for about 10 km Castile-La Mancha Valencian Community - Rincón de Ademuz exclave, for about 4 km Castile-La Mancha - for about 5 km Aragon Valencian Community