<P> In the United States, the eastern boundary of the state of California was defined as following the 120th meridian west south from the 42nd parallel north to its intersection with the 39th parallel north, beyond which it follows a diagonal line to where the Colorado River crosses the 35th parallel north . </P> <P> Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 39 ° north passes through: </P> <Dl> <Dd> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Co-ordinates </Th> <Th> Country, territory or sea </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 0 ° 0 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 0.000 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 0.000 ﻿ (Prime Meridian) </Td> <Th> Mediterranean Sea </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 1 ° 17 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 1.283 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 1.283 ﻿ (Spain) </Td> <Th> Spain </Th> <Td> Island of Ibiza </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 1 ° 35 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 1.583 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 1.583 ﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) </Td> <Th> Mediterranean Sea </Th> <Td> Passing just south of the island of Cabrera, Spain </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 8 ° 23 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 8.383 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 8.383 ﻿ (Italy) </Td> <Th> Italy </Th> <Td> Islands of Sant'Antioco and Sardinia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 9 ° 1 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 9.017 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 9.017 ﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) </Td> <Th> Mediterranean Sea </Th> <Td> Tyrrhenian Sea - passing just north of the island of Stromboli, Italy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 16 ° 8 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 16.133 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 16.133 ﻿ (Italy) </Td> <Th> Italy </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 17 ° 10 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 17.167 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 17.167 ﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) </Td> <Th> Mediterranean Sea </Th> <Td> Ionian Sea </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 20 ° 42 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 20.700 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 20.700 ﻿ (Greece) </Td> <Th> Greece </Th> <Td> Mainland and island of Euboea </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 23 ° 22 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 23.367 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 23.367 ﻿ (Aegean Sea) </Td> <Th> Aegean Sea </Th> <Td> Passing just north of the island of Skyros, Greece </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 26 ° 17 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 26.283 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 26.283 ﻿ (Greece) </Td> <Th> Greece </Th> <Td> Island of Lesbos </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 26 ° 32 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 26.533 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 26.533 ﻿ (Aegean Sea) </Td> <Th> Aegean Sea </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 26 ° 48 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 26.800 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 26.800 ﻿ (Turkey) </Td> <Th> Turkey </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 44 ° 11 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 44.183 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 44.183 ﻿ (Iran) </Td> <Th> Iran </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 45 ° 26 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 45.433 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 45.433 ﻿ (Azerbaijan) </Td> <Th> Azerbaijan </Th> <Td> Nakhchivan exclave </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 46 ° 6 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 46.100 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 46.100 ﻿ (Armenia) </Td> <Th> Armenia </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 46 ° 31 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 46.517 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 46.517 ﻿ (Azerbaijan) </Td> <Th> Azerbaijan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 46 ° 41 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 46.683 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 46.683 ﻿ (Iran) </Td> <Th> Iran </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 48 ° 21 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 48.350 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 48.350 ﻿ (Azerbaijan) </Td> <Th> Azerbaijan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 49 ° 11 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 49.183 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 49.183 ﻿ (Caspian Sea) </Td> <Th> Caspian Sea </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 53 ° 2 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 53.033 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 53.033 ﻿ (Turkmenistan) </Td> <Th> Turkmenistan </Th> <Td> Island of Ogurja Ada </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 53 ° 3 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 53.050 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 53.050 ﻿ (Caspian Sea) </Td> <Th> Caspian Sea </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 53 ° 53 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 53.883 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 53.883 ﻿ (Turkmenistan) </Td> <Th> Turkmenistan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 64 ° 6 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 64.100 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 64.100 ﻿ (Uzbekistan) </Td> <Th> Uzbekistan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 68 ° 7 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 68.117 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 68.117 ﻿ (Tajikistan) </Td> <Th> Tajikistan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 73 ° 49 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 73.817 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 73.817 ﻿ (China) </Td> <Th> People's Republic of China </Th> <Td> Xinjiang Qinghai Gansu Qinghai Gansu Qinghai (for about 7 km) Gansu (for about 30 km) Qinghai (for about 17 km) Gansu Inner Mongolia (for about 16 km) Gansu (for about 6 km) Inner Mongolia Gansu Inner Mongolia Ningxia Inner Mongolia Shaanxi Shanxi Hebei Tianjin (just south of the city centre) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 117 ° 46 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 117.767 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 117.767 ﻿ (Yellow Sea) </Td> <Th> Yellow Sea </Th> <Td> Bohai Gulf </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 121 ° 19 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 121.317 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 121.317 ﻿ (China) </Td> <Th> People's Republic of China </Th> <Td> Liaoning (Liaodong Peninsula)--passing just north of Dalian </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 121 ° 51 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 121.850 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 121.850 ﻿ (Yellow Sea) </Td> <Th> Yellow Sea </Th> <Td> Passing just south of Zhangzi Island and Haiyang Island </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 125 ° 12 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 125.200 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 125.200 ﻿ (North Korea) </Td> <Th> North Korea </Th> <Td> South Pyeongan Province Passing through Pyongyang - Daedong River South Pyeongan Province Gangwon Province - Passing just south of Wonsan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 127 ° 50 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 127.833 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 127.833 ﻿ (Sea of Japan) </Td> <Th> Sea of Japan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 139 ° 51 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 139.850 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 139.850 ﻿ (Japan) </Td> <Th> Japan </Th> <Td> Island of Honshū:--Yamagata Prefecture--Akita Prefecture--Iwate Prefecture--Miyagi Prefecture − for about 1 km--Iwate Prefecture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 141 ° 44 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 141.733 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 141.733 ﻿ (Pacific Ocean) </Td> <Th> Pacific Ocean </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 123 ° 42 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 123.700 ° W ﻿ / 39.000; - 123.700 ﻿ (United States) </Td> <Th> United States </Th> <Td> California Nevada Utah Colorado Kansas Missouri Illinois Indiana Kentucky Ohio West Virginia Virginia Maryland - cutting through the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Delaware </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 75 ° 20 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 75.333 ° W ﻿ / 39.000; - 75.333 ﻿ (Delaware Bay) </Td> <Th> Delaware Bay </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 74 ° 57 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 74.950 ° W ﻿ / 39.000; - 74.950 ﻿ (United States) </Td> <Th> United States </Th> <Td> New Jersey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 27 ° 57 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 27.950 ° W ﻿ / 39.000; - 27.950 ﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) </Td> <Th> Atlantic Ocean </Th> <Td> Passing between the islands of Graciosa (almost crossing its southern tip) and São Jorge, Azores, Portugal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 9 ° 25 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 9.417 ° W ﻿ / 39.000; - 9.417 ﻿ (Portugal) </Td> <Th> Portugal </Th> <Td> Passing about 40km north of Lisbon </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 6 ° 58 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 6.967 ° W ﻿ / 39.000; - 6.967 ﻿ (Spain) </Td> <Th> Spain </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 0 ° 9 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 0.150 ° W ﻿ / 39.000; - 0.150 ﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) </Td> <Th> Mediterranean Sea </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Co-ordinates </Th> <Th> Country, territory or sea </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 0 ° 0 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 0.000 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 0.000 ﻿ (Prime Meridian) </Td> <Th> Mediterranean Sea </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 1 ° 17 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 1.283 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 1.283 ﻿ (Spain) </Td> <Th> Spain </Th> <Td> Island of Ibiza </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 1 ° 35 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 1.583 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 1.583 ﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) </Td> <Th> Mediterranean Sea </Th> <Td> Passing just south of the island of Cabrera, Spain </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 8 ° 23 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 8.383 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 8.383 ﻿ (Italy) </Td> <Th> Italy </Th> <Td> Islands of Sant'Antioco and Sardinia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 9 ° 1 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 9.017 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 9.017 ﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) </Td> <Th> Mediterranean Sea </Th> <Td> Tyrrhenian Sea - passing just north of the island of Stromboli, Italy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 16 ° 8 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 16.133 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 16.133 ﻿ (Italy) </Td> <Th> Italy </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 17 ° 10 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 17.167 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 17.167 ﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) </Td> <Th> Mediterranean Sea </Th> <Td> Ionian Sea </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 20 ° 42 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 20.700 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 20.700 ﻿ (Greece) </Td> <Th> Greece </Th> <Td> Mainland and island of Euboea </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 23 ° 22 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 23.367 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 23.367 ﻿ (Aegean Sea) </Td> <Th> Aegean Sea </Th> <Td> Passing just north of the island of Skyros, Greece </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 26 ° 17 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 26.283 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 26.283 ﻿ (Greece) </Td> <Th> Greece </Th> <Td> Island of Lesbos </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 26 ° 32 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 26.533 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 26.533 ﻿ (Aegean Sea) </Td> <Th> Aegean Sea </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 26 ° 48 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 26.800 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 26.800 ﻿ (Turkey) </Td> <Th> Turkey </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 44 ° 11 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 44.183 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 44.183 ﻿ (Iran) </Td> <Th> Iran </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 45 ° 26 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 45.433 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 45.433 ﻿ (Azerbaijan) </Td> <Th> Azerbaijan </Th> <Td> Nakhchivan exclave </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 46 ° 6 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 46.100 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 46.100 ﻿ (Armenia) </Td> <Th> Armenia </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 46 ° 31 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 46.517 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 46.517 ﻿ (Azerbaijan) </Td> <Th> Azerbaijan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 46 ° 41 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 46.683 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 46.683 ﻿ (Iran) </Td> <Th> Iran </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 48 ° 21 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 48.350 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 48.350 ﻿ (Azerbaijan) </Td> <Th> Azerbaijan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 49 ° 11 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 49.183 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 49.183 ﻿ (Caspian Sea) </Td> <Th> Caspian Sea </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 53 ° 2 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 53.033 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 53.033 ﻿ (Turkmenistan) </Td> <Th> Turkmenistan </Th> <Td> Island of Ogurja Ada </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 53 ° 3 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 53.050 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 53.050 ﻿ (Caspian Sea) </Td> <Th> Caspian Sea </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 53 ° 53 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 53.883 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 53.883 ﻿ (Turkmenistan) </Td> <Th> Turkmenistan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 64 ° 6 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 64.100 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 64.100 ﻿ (Uzbekistan) </Td> <Th> Uzbekistan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 68 ° 7 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 68.117 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 68.117 ﻿ (Tajikistan) </Td> <Th> Tajikistan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 73 ° 49 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 73.817 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 73.817 ﻿ (China) </Td> <Th> People's Republic of China </Th> <Td> Xinjiang Qinghai Gansu Qinghai Gansu Qinghai (for about 7 km) Gansu (for about 30 km) Qinghai (for about 17 km) Gansu Inner Mongolia (for about 16 km) Gansu (for about 6 km) Inner Mongolia Gansu Inner Mongolia Ningxia Inner Mongolia Shaanxi Shanxi Hebei Tianjin (just south of the city centre) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 117 ° 46 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 117.767 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 117.767 ﻿ (Yellow Sea) </Td> <Th> Yellow Sea </Th> <Td> Bohai Gulf </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 121 ° 19 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 121.317 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 121.317 ﻿ (China) </Td> <Th> People's Republic of China </Th> <Td> Liaoning (Liaodong Peninsula)--passing just north of Dalian </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 121 ° 51 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 121.850 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 121.850 ﻿ (Yellow Sea) </Td> <Th> Yellow Sea </Th> <Td> Passing just south of Zhangzi Island and Haiyang Island </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 125 ° 12 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 125.200 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 125.200 ﻿ (North Korea) </Td> <Th> North Korea </Th> <Td> South Pyeongan Province Passing through Pyongyang - Daedong River South Pyeongan Province Gangwon Province - Passing just south of Wonsan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 127 ° 50 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 127.833 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 127.833 ﻿ (Sea of Japan) </Td> <Th> Sea of Japan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 139 ° 51 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 139.850 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 139.850 ﻿ (Japan) </Td> <Th> Japan </Th> <Td> Island of Honshū:--Yamagata Prefecture--Akita Prefecture--Iwate Prefecture--Miyagi Prefecture − for about 1 km--Iwate Prefecture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 141 ° 44 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 141.733 ° E ﻿ / 39.000; 141.733 ﻿ (Pacific Ocean) </Td> <Th> Pacific Ocean </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 123 ° 42 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 123.700 ° W ﻿ / 39.000; - 123.700 ﻿ (United States) </Td> <Th> United States </Th> <Td> California Nevada Utah Colorado Kansas Missouri Illinois Indiana Kentucky Ohio West Virginia Virginia Maryland - cutting through the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Delaware </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 75 ° 20 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 75.333 ° W ﻿ / 39.000; - 75.333 ﻿ (Delaware Bay) </Td> <Th> Delaware Bay </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 74 ° 57 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 74.950 ° W ﻿ / 39.000; - 74.950 ﻿ (United States) </Td> <Th> United States </Th> <Td> New Jersey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 27 ° 57 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 27.950 ° W ﻿ / 39.000; - 27.950 ﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) </Td> <Th> Atlantic Ocean </Th> <Td> Passing between the islands of Graciosa (almost crossing its southern tip) and São Jorge, Azores, Portugal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 9 ° 25 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 9.417 ° W ﻿ / 39.000; - 9.417 ﻿ (Portugal) </Td> <Th> Portugal </Th> <Td> Passing about 40km north of Lisbon </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 6 ° 58 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 6.967 ° W ﻿ / 39.000; - 6.967 ﻿ (Spain) </Td> <Th> Spain </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 ° 0 ′ N 0 ° 9 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 39.000 ° N 0.150 ° W ﻿ / 39.000; - 0.150 ﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) </Td> <Th> Mediterranean Sea </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Dd>

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