Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 42° north passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
42°0′N 0°0′E	Spain	Passing just north of Girona
42°0′N 3°11′E	Mediterranean Sea
42°0′N 8°39′E	France	Island of Corsica
42°0′N 9°27′E	Mediterranean Sea	Tyrrhenian Sea
42°0′N 11°58′E	Italy	Passing just north of Rome
42°0′N 15°0′E	Mediterranean Sea	Adriatic Sea
42°0′N 19°9′E	Montenegro
42°0′N 19°23′E	Albania
42°0′N 20°37′E	Kosovo	Partially recognised as an independent state - claimed by  Serbia
42°0′N 20°46′E	Macedonia	Passing through Skopje
42°0′N 22°52′E	Bulgaria
42°0′N 26°56′E	Turkey
42°0′N 27°25′E	Bulgaria
42°0′N 27°51′E	Turkey	For about 3km
42°0′N 27°53′E	Bulgaria
42°0′N 28°2′E	Black Sea
42°0′N 33°17′E	Turkey
42°0′N 33°34′E	Black Sea
42°0′N 34°52′E	Turkey
42°0′N 35°7′E	Black Sea
42°0′N 41°45′E	Georgia
42°0′N 46°5′E	Russia	Dagestan - For about 2km
42°0′N 46°7′E	Georgia	For about 3km
42°0′N 46°9′E	Russia	Dagestan
42°0′N 48°20′E	Caspian Sea
42°0′N 52°27′E	Kazakhstan
42°0′N 52°48′E	Turkmenistan
42°0′N 54°51′E	Kazakhstan
42°0′N 56°0′E	Uzbekistan
42°0′N 57°10′E	Turkmenistan
42°0′N 60°0′E	Uzbekistan
42°0′N 66°0′E	Kazakhstan
42°0′N 70°20′E	Uzbekistan
42°0′N 70°50′E	Kyrgyzstan
42°0′N 79°50′E	People's Republic of China	Xinjiang Gansu Inner Mongolia
42°0′N 103°3′E	Mongolia
42°0′N 105°56′E	People's Republic of China	Inner Mongolia Hebei Inner Mongolia Hebei Inner Mongolia Hebei Inner Mongolia Liaoning Inner Mongolia Liaoning Jilin
42°0′N 128°3′E	North Korea	Passing through Baekdu Mountain
42°0′N 128°29′E	People's Republic of China	Jilin (for about 8 km)
42°0′N 128°34′E	North Korea
42°0′N 130°2′E	Sea of Japan	Passing just south of Okushiri Island,  Japan
42°0′N 140°7′E	Japan	Island of Hokkaidō
42°0′N 140°53′E	Pacific Ocean
42°0′N 143°9′E	Japan	Island of Hokkaidō
42°0′N 143°15′E	Pacific Ocean
42°0′N 124°13′W	United States	Oregon / California border Oregon / Nevada border Idaho / Nevada border Idaho / Utah border Wyoming Nebraska Iowa Illinois - passing through Chicago
42°0′N 87°39′W	Lake Michigan
42°0′N 86°33′W	United States	Michigan
42°0′N 83°11′W	Lake Erie
42°0′N 82°58′W	Canada	Ontario
42°0′N 82°29′W	Lake Erie
42°0′N 80°26′W	United States	Pennsylvania (Erie County) New York / Pennsylvania border New York Connecticut - running just south of the border with Massachusetts Rhode Island - running just south of the border with Massachusetts Massachusetts
42°0′N 70°42′W	Cape Cod Bay
42°0′N 70°5′W	United States	Massachusetts (Cape Cod)
42°0′N 70°2′W	Atlantic Ocean
42°0′N 8°53′W	Spain
42°0′N 8°39′W	Portugal
42°0′N 8°7′W	Spain

Parallel 43rd Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 43° north passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
43°0′N 0°0′E	France
43°0′N 3°2′E	Mediterranean Sea	Gulf of Lion
43°0′N 6°10′E	France	Îles d'Hyères
43°0′N 6°14′E	Mediterranean Sea
43°0′N 9°20′E	France	Island of Corsica
43°0′N 9°27′E	Mediterranean Sea	Passing just south of the island of Capraia,  Italy
43°0′N 10°30′E	Italy
43°0′N 13°52′E	Adriatic Sea	Passing just south of the island of Vis,  Croatia Passing just north of the island of Korčula,  Croatia
43°0′N 17°2′E	Croatia
43°0′N 17°40′E	Bosnia and Herzegovina
43°0′N 18°28′E	Montenegro
43°0′N 20°6′E	Serbia
43°0′N 20°34′E	Kosovo	Partially recognised as an independent state - claimed by  Serbia
43°0′N 21°14′E	Serbia
43°0′N 22°49′E	Bulgaria
43°0′N 27°54′E	Black Sea
43°0′N 40°56′E	Abkhazia	Partially recognised as an independent state - claimed by  Georgia
43°0′N 41°54′E	Georgia
43°0′N 43°5′E	Russia
43°0′N 47°28′E	Caspian Sea
43°0′N 51°46′E	Kazakhstan
43°0′N 56°0′E	Uzbekistan
43°0′N 65°46′E	Kazakhstan
43°0′N 73°33′E	Kyrgyzstan	Passing just north of Bishkek
43°0′N 74°43′E	Kazakhstan
43°0′N 80°23′E	People's Republic of China	Xinjiang
43°0′N 96°10′E	Mongolia
43°0′N 110°40′E	People's Republic of China	Inner Mongolia Liaoning Jilin (for about 26 km) Liaoning (for about 14 km) Jilin
43°0′N 129°53′E	North Korea	For about 5 km
43°0′N 129°57′E	People's Republic of China	Jilin
43°0′N 131°6′E	Russia	Primorsky Krai — passing just south of Vladivostok
43°0′N 131°34′E	Sea of Japan	Amur Bay
43°0′N 131°47′E	Russia	Russky Island
43°0′N 131°56′E	Sea of Japan	Ussuri Bay
43°0′N 132°19′E	Russia
43°0′N 134°7′E	Sea of Japan
43°0′N 140°31′E	Japan	Island of Hokkaidō
43°0′N 145°1′E	Pacific Ocean
43°0′N 124°28′W	United States	Oregon Idaho Wyoming South Dakota / Nebraska border South Dakota Iowa Wisconsin
43°0′N 87°53′W	Lake Michigan
43°0′N 86°13′W	United States	Michigan
43°0′N 82°25′W	Canada	Ontario
43°0′N 79°1′W	United States	New York Vermont New Hampshire
43°0′N 70°45′W	Atlantic Ocean
43°0′N 9°15′W	Spain
43°0′N 1°4′W	France

Parallel 44th Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 44° north passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
44°0′N 0°0′E	France
44°0′N 7°39′E	Italy
44°0′N 8°10′E	Mediterranean Sea	Gulf of Genoa
44°0′N 10°6′E	Italy	Passing just north of  San Marino
44°0′N 12°40′E	Adriatic Sea
44°0′N 15°2′E	Croatia	Islands of Dugi Otok, Pašman, and the mainland
44°0′N 16°32′E	Bosnia and Herzegovina
44°0′N 19°14′E	Serbia	For about 3km
44°0′N 19°16′E	Bosnia and Herzegovina
44°0′N 19°34′E	Serbia
44°0′N 22°25′E	Bulgaria
44°0′N 22°55′E	Romania
44°0′N 26°13′E	Bulgaria
44°0′N 27°41′E	Romania	For about 15km
44°0′N 27°53′E	Bulgaria	For about 4km
44°0′N 27°56′E	Romania
44°0′N 28°40′E	Black Sea
44°0′N 39°11′E	Russia
44°0′N 47°23′E	Caspian Sea	Passing just north of Chechen Island,  Russia
44°0′N 50°55′E	Kazakhstan
44°0′N 56°0′E	Uzbekistan
44°0′N 61°26′E	Kazakhstan
44°0′N 80°27′E	People's Republic of China	Xinjiang — passing about 22 km north of Ürümqi
44°0′N 95°30′E	Mongolia
44°0′N 111°50′E	People's Republic of China	Inner Mongolia Jilin — passing just north of Changchun Heilongjiang Jilin - for about 2 km Heilongjiang - for <1 km Jilin - for about 10 km Heilongjiang Jilin - for about 5 km Heilongjiang
44°0′N 131°15′E	Russia
44°0′N 135°32′E	Sea of Japan
44°0′N 141°39′E	Japan	Island of Hokkaidō: — Hokkaidō Prefecture
44°0′N 144°17′E	Sea of Okhotsk
44°0′N 144°54′E	Japan	Island of Hokkaidō: — Hokkaidō Prefecture - Shiretoko Peninsula
44°0′N 145°10′E	Nemuro Strait
44°0′N 145°39′E	Kuril Islands	Kunashir Island, administered by  Russia but claimed by  Japan
44°0′N 145°48′E	Pacific Ocean	Passing just north of the island of Shikotan, administered by  Russia, claimed by  Japan
44°0′N 124°8′W	United States	44th parallel in Wisconsin, United States Oregon Idaho Wyoming South Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin
44°0′N 87°41′W	Lake Michigan
44°0′N 86°28′W	United States	Michigan
44°0′N 82°45′W	Lake Huron
44°0′N 81°44′W	Canada	Ontario
44°0′N 77°0′W	Lake Ontario
44°0′N 76°16′W	United States	New York Vermont New Hampshire Maine
44°0′N 69°8′W	Atlantic Ocean	Gulf of Maine - passing just south of Vinalhaven Island and Isle au Haut, Maine,  United States
44°0′N 66°9′W	Canada	Nova Scotia
44°0′N 64°40′W	Atlantic Ocean
44°0′N 59°46′W	Canada	Nova Scotia - Sable Island
44°0′N 59°45′W	Atlantic Ocean
44°0′N 1°21′W	France

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