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49 ° north of Earth 's equator
- The 49th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 49 ° north of Earth 's equator. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.
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The 49th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 49° north of Earth's equator. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean. The city of Paris is about 15 km (9 mi) south of the 49th parallel and is the largest city between the 48th and 49th parallels.
May 28, 2019 · The 49th Parallel: the Line Between the US and Canada - WorldAtlas. The 49th Parallel is the longest undefended border in the world. The 5,525-mile-long border between Canada and the United States of America is the longest undefended international boundary in the world, but how did it come to be?
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Mar 30, 2020 · The 49th parallel: Our defining line. The 49th parallel has spent more than 200 years as a major part of Canada’s border. Mar 30, 2020.
Jul 1, 2014 · Definition: The 49th parallel of north latitude forms part of the international boundary between Canada and the United States. The word 'parallel' refers to an imaginary line that represents degrees of latitude that encircle the earth parallel to the plane of the equator.
Jul 31, 2013 · Tweet. On June 15, 1846, Britain and the United States sign the Treaty of Oregon establishing the 49th parallel as the primary international boundary in the Pacific Northwest. Since 1818, the entire region, including what is now Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, and large portions of British Columbia, has been under joint occupancy, in which ...
Feb 13, 2018 · The exception to the 49th parallel boundary is that it turns south in the channel separating Vancouver Island from the mainland and then turns south and then west through the Juan de Fuca Strait. This maritime portion of the boundary wasn't officially demarcated until 1872.
Feb 6, 2006 · The Convention of 1818 was a treaty between the United States and Britain that set the 49th parallel as the boundary between British North America and the US across the West. Cutting on the 49th parallel, on the right bank of the Moyie River, looking west, 1860 (courtesy North American Boundary Commission).
