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Map of the United States during the American Civil War with the parallel 36°30' north (plus Virginia) more or less dividing the South from the North
The parallel 36°30' north is a circle of latitude that is 36.5 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane , and is particularly significant in the history of the United States as the line of the Missouri Compromise . It crosses the Mediterranean Sea , Africa , Asia , the Pacific Ocean , North America , the Atlantic Ocean and Europe .
United States
In the United States, the parallel forms the boundary between the State of Tennessee and the Commonwealth of Kentucky between the Tennessee River and the Mississippi River , the boundary between the State of Missouri and the State of Arkansas west of the White River , and the northernmost boundary between the State of Texas and the State of Oklahoma . Many other state boundaries lie on or between the parallel 36° north and the parallel 37° north .
The parallel 36°30' north is part of a nearly straight east-west line of state borders (with small variations) starting on the Atlantic Ocean with the Virginia -North Carolina border (although this border lies a few miles north of 36°30' in some places, and most of the Kentucky-Tennessee border lies a few miles north of the parallel) and extending to the Arizona -Utah -Nevada border.
In southeast Missouri, the Bootheel along the Mississippi River drops about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south to the 36th parallel north for about 30 miles (50 km) because communities along the river felt they had more in common other Mississippi River towns in Missouri than with the Arkansas Territory to which it would have been assigned. The parallel 36°30' north forms the rest of the border between Missouri and Arkansas.
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 established the latitude 36°30' north as the northernmost limit for slavery in the western territories. In the Compromise of 1850 , the parallel 36°30' north was established as the northernmost boundary of the slave state of Texas . The creation of the New Mexico Territory and the Utah Territory in 1850 , the Kansas Territory in 1854 , and the Colorado Territory [1] in 1861 moved the boundaries of the western territories north to the 37th parallel north . The gap between the northern boundary of Texas on the parallel 36°30' north and the southern boundaries of Kansas and Colorado on the parallel 37° north created the No Man's Land of the Oklahoma Panhandle .
During the American Civil War , all of the states south of the parallel 36°30' north except California , plus Virginia , joined the Confederate States of America while all states north of the parallel stayed in the Union , although Kentucky and Missouri had Confederate governments in exile.
Geography
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 36°30' north passes through:
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Country, territory or sea
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36°30′N 0°0′E / 36.500°N 0.000°E / 36.500; 0.000 (Prime Meridian )
Mediterranean Sea
36°30′N 1°8′E / 36.500°N 1.133°E / 36.500; 1.133 (Algeria )
Algeria
36°30′N 8°9′E / 36.500°N 8.150°E / 36.500; 8.150 (Tunisia )
Tunisia
36°30′N 10°50′E / 36.500°N 10.833°E / 36.500; 10.833 (Mediterranean Sea )
Mediterranean Sea
Passing just south of the island of Sicily , Italy
36°30′N 22°21′E / 36.500°N 22.350°E / 36.500; 22.350 (Greece )
Greece
Mani Peninsula , island of Elafonisos and Cape Malea
36°30′N 23°8′E / 36.500°N 23.133°E / 36.500; 23.133 (Aegean Sea )
Aegean Sea
Passing just south of the island of Folegandros , Greece Passing just north of the island of Santorini , Greece Passing just south of the island of Astypalaia , Greece
36°30′N 26°58′E / 36.500°N 26.967°E / 36.500; 26.967 (Greece )
Greece
Island of Kandelioussa
36°30′N 26°59′E / 36.500°N 26.983°E / 36.500; 26.983 (Aegean Sea )
Aegean Sea
Passing just south of the island of Nisyros , Greece Passing just north of the island of Tilos , Greece Passing just south of the island of Symi , Greece Passing just north of the island of Rhodes , Greece
36°30′N 29°8′E / 36.500°N 29.133°E / 36.500; 29.133 (Turkey )
Turkey
36°30′N 30°32′E / 36.500°N 30.533°E / 36.500; 30.533 (Mediterranean Sea )
Mediterranean Sea
Gulf of Antalya
36°30′N 32°5′E / 36.500°N 32.083°E / 36.500; 32.083 (Turkey )
Turkey
36°30′N 34°11′E / 36.500°N 34.183°E / 36.500; 34.183 (Mediterranean Sea )
Mediterranean Sea
Gulf of İskenderun
36°30′N 36°0′E / 36.500°N 36.000°E / 36.500; 36.000 (Turkey )
Turkey
36°30′N 36°33′E / 36.500°N 36.550°E / 36.500; 36.550 (Syria )
Syria
36°30′N 41°23′E / 36.500°N 41.383°E / 36.500; 41.383 (Iraq )
Iraq
36°30′N 45°3′E / 36.500°N 45.050°E / 36.500; 45.050 (Iran )
Iran
36°30′N 61°9′E / 36.500°N 61.150°E / 36.500; 61.150 (Turkmenistan )
Turkmenistan
36°30′N 64°37′E / 36.500°N 64.617°E / 36.500; 64.617 (Afghanistan )
Afghanistan
36°30′N 71°49′E / 36.500°N 71.817°E / 36.500; 71.817 (Pakistan )
Pakistan
36°30′N 72°58′E / 36.500°N 72.967°E / 36.500; 72.967 (Pakistani Kashmir )
Kashmir
Area administered by Pakistan , claimed by India
36°30′N 75°58′E / 36.500°N 75.967°E / 36.500; 75.967 (China )
People's Republic of China
36°30′N 120°57′E / 36.500°N 120.950°E / 36.500; 120.950 (Yellow Sea )
Yellow Sea
36°30′N 126°20′E / 36.500°N 126.333°E / 36.500; 126.333 (South Korea )
South Korea
36°30′N 129°27′E / 36.500°N 129.450°E / 36.500; 129.450 (Sea of Japan )
Sea of Japan (East Sea)
Passing just north of the island of Dōgo , Japan
36°30′N 136°30′E / 36.500°N 136.500°E / 36.500; 136.500 (Japan )
Japan
Island of Honshū
36°30′N 140°38′E / 36.500°N 140.633°E / 36.500; 140.633 (Pacific Ocean )
Pacific Ocean
36°30′N 121°56′W / 36.500°N 121.933°W / 36.500; -121.933 (United States )
United States
California Nevada Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma / Texas border Oklahoma Missouri / Arkansas border Missouri Kentucky (Kentucky Bend ) / Tennessee border (for about 3 miles) Missouri (for about 4 miles) Kentucky / Tennessee border Tennessee North Carolina
36°30′N 75°52′W / 36.500°N 75.867°W / 36.500; -75.867 (Atlantic Ocean )
Atlantic Ocean
36°30′N 6°16′W / 36.500°N 6.267°W / 36.500; -6.267 (Spain )
Spain
36°30′N 4°41′W / 36.500°N 4.683°W / 36.500; -4.683 (Mediterranean Sea )
Mediterranean Sea
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