<P> At this latitude the sun is visible for 14 hours, 48 minutes during the summer solstice and 9 hours, 32 minutes during the winter solstice . </P> <P> Starting at the Prime Meridian heading eastwards, the 38th parallel north passes through: </P> <Dl> <Dd> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Co-ordinates </Th> <Th> Country, territory or sea </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 0 ° 0 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 0.000 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 0.000 ﻿ (Prime Meridian) </Td> <Th> Mediterranean Sea </Th> <Td> Passing just north of the island of Marettimo, Italy (at 37 ° 59 ′ 43" N 12 ° 1 ′ 47" E ﻿ / ﻿ 37.99528 ° N 12.02972 ° E ﻿ / 37.99528; 12.02972 ﻿ (Marettimo)) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 12 ° 19 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 12.317 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 12.317 ﻿ (Italy) </Td> <Th> Italy </Th> <Td> Islands of Levanzo and Sicily </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 15 ° 25 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 15.417 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 15.417 ﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) </Td> <Th> Mediterranean Sea </Th> <Td> Strait of Messina </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 15 ° 38 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 15.633 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 15.633 ﻿ (Italy) </Td> <Th> Italy </Th> <Td> Passing through Reggio di Calabria (southern suburbs) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 16 ° 8 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 16.133 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 16.133 ﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) </Td> <Th> Mediterranean Sea </Th> <Td> Ionian Sea - passing between the islands of Kefalonia (at 38 ° 4 ′ N 20 ° 43 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.067 ° N 20.717 ° E ﻿ / 38.067; 20.717 ﻿ (Kefalonia)) and Zakynthos (at 37 ° 56 ′ N 20 ° 42 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 37.933 ° N 20.700 ° E ﻿ / 37.933; 20.700 ﻿ (Zakynthos)), Greece </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 21 ° 16 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 21.267 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 21.267 ﻿ (Greece) </Td> <Th> Greece </Th> <Td> Passing through Athens (northern suburbs) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 24 ° 2 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 24.033 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 24.033 ﻿ (Aegean Sea) </Td> <Th> Aegean Sea </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 24 ° 14 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 24.233 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 24.233 ﻿ (Greece) </Td> <Th> Greece </Th> <Td> Islands of Petalioi and Euboea </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 24 ° 34 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 24.567 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 24.567 ﻿ (Aegean Sea) </Td> <Th> Aegean Sea </Th> <Td> Passing just north of the island of Andros (at 37 ° 59 ′ 57" N 24 ° 47 ′ 23" E ﻿ / ﻿ 37.99917 ° N 24.78972 ° E ﻿ / 37.99917; 24.78972 ﻿ (Andros)), Greece </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 27 ° 7 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 27.117 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 27.117 ﻿ (Turkey) </Td> <Th> Turkey </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 44 ° 17 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 44.283 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 44.283 ﻿ (Iran) </Td> <Th> Iran </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 48 ° 55 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 48.917 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 48.917 ﻿ (Caspian Sea) </Td> <Th> Caspian Sea </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 53 ° 49 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 53.817 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 53.817 ﻿ (Turkmenistan) </Td> <Th> Turkmenistan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 55 ° 17 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 55.283 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 55.283 ﻿ (Iran) </Td> <Th> Iran </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 57 ° 22 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 57.367 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 57.367 ﻿ (Turkmenistan) </Td> <Th> Turkmenistan </Th> <Td> Passing just north of Ashgabat </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 66 ° 38 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 66.633 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 66.633 ﻿ (Uzbekistan) </Td> <Th> Uzbekistan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 68 ° 17 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 68.283 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 68.283 ﻿ (Tajikistan) </Td> <Th> Tajikistan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 70 ° 19 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 70.317 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 70.317 ﻿ (Afghanistan) </Td> <Th> Afghanistan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 71 ° 16 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 71.267 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 71.267 ﻿ (Tajikistan) </Td> <Th> Tajikistan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 74 ° 54 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 74.900 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 74.900 ﻿ (China) </Td> <Th> People's Republic of China </Th> <Td> Xinjiang Qinghai Gansu Inner Mongolia Ningxia Inner Mongolia Shaanxi − for around 5 km Inner Mongolia − for around 14 km Shaanxi Shanxi--passing just north of Taiyuan Hebei--passing just south of Shijiazhuang Shandong </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 118 ° 58 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 118.967 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 118.967 ﻿ (Yellow Sea) </Td> <Th> Yellow Sea </Th> <Td> Passing just north of Baengnyeong Island (at 37 ° 59 ′ N 124 ° 41 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 37.983 ° N 124.683 ° E ﻿ / 37.983; 124.683 ﻿ (Baengnyeong)), South Korea </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 125 ° 7 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 125.117 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 125.117 ﻿ (North Korea) </Td> <Th> North Korea </Th> <Td> Ongjin Peninsula--South Hwanghae Province </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 125 ° 35 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 125.583 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 125.583 ﻿ (Yellow Sea) </Td> <Th> Yellow Sea </Th> <Td> Ongjin Bay </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 125 ° 46 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 125.767 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 125.767 ﻿ (North Korea) </Td> <Th> North Korea </Th> <Td> South Hwanghae Province North Hwanghae Province passing just north of Kaesong </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 126 ° 49 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 126.817 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 126.817 ﻿ (South Korea) </Td> <Th> South Korea </Th> <Td> Gyeonggi Province - Passing through Paju, Yeoncheon County, Pocheon, Gapyeong County Gangwon Province - Passing through Hwacheon County, Chuncheon, Inje County, Yangyang County </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 128 ° 44 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 128.733 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 128.733 ﻿ (Sea of Japan) </Td> <Th> Sea of Japan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 138 ° 14 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 138.233 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 138.233 ﻿ (Japan) </Td> <Th> Japan </Th> <Td> Island of Sado:--Niigata Prefecture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 138 ° 33 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 138.550 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 138.550 ﻿ (Sea of Japan) </Td> <Th> Sea of Japan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 139 ° 14 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 139.233 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 139.233 ﻿ (Japan) </Td> <Th> Japan </Th> <Td> Island of Honshū:--Niigata Prefecture--Yamagata Prefecture--Miyagi Prefecture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 140 ° 55 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 140.917 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 140.917 ﻿ (Pacific Ocean) </Td> <Th> Pacific Ocean </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 123 ° 1 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 123.017 ° W ﻿ / 38.000; - 123.017 ﻿ (United States) </Td> <Th> United States </Th> <Td> California (passing though Stockton) Nevada Utah Colorado Kansas Missouri Illinois Indiana Kentucky West Virginia Virginia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 76 ° 28 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 76.467 ° W ﻿ / 38.000; - 76.467 ﻿ (Chesapeake Bay) </Td> <Th> Chesapeake Bay </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 75 ° 53 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 75.883 ° W ﻿ / 38.000; - 75.883 ﻿ (United States) </Td> <Th> United States </Th> <Td> Maryland Virginia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 75 ° 16 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 75.267 ° W ﻿ / 38.000; - 75.267 ﻿ (Pacific Ocean) </Td> <Th> Atlantic Ocean </Th> <Td> Passing between Pico (at 38 ° 23 ′ N 28 ° 14 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 38.383 ° N 28.233 ° W ﻿ / 38.383; - 28.233 ﻿ (Pico)) and São Miguel (at 37 ° 55 ′ N 25 ° 47 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 37.917 ° N 25.783 ° W ﻿ / 37.917; - 25.783 ﻿ (São Miguel)) islands, Azores, Portugal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 8 ° 51 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 8.850 ° W ﻿ / 38.000; - 8.850 ﻿ (Portugal) </Td> <Th> Portugal </Th> <Td> Setúbal District Beja District - passing just south of Beja </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 7 ° 12 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 7.200 ° W ﻿ / 38.000; - 7.200 ﻿ (Spain) </Td> <Th> Spain </Th> <Td> Andalusia Extremadura Andalusia Region of Murcia - passing just north of Murcia Valencian Community </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 0 ° 39 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 0.650 ° W ﻿ / 38.000; - 0.650 ﻿ (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> 38 ° 0 ′ N 0 ° 0 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 0.000 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 0.000 ﻿ (Prime Meridian) </Td> <Th> Mediterranean Sea </Th> <Td> Passing just north of the island of Marettimo, Italy (at 37 ° 59 ′ 43" N 12 ° 1 ′ 47" E ﻿ / ﻿ 37.99528 ° N 12.02972 ° E ﻿ / 37.99528; 12.02972 ﻿ (Marettimo)) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 12 ° 19 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 12.317 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 12.317 ﻿ (Italy) </Td> <Th> Italy </Th> <Td> Islands of Levanzo and Sicily </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 15 ° 25 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 15.417 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 15.417 ﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) </Td> <Th> Mediterranean Sea </Th> <Td> Strait of Messina </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 15 ° 38 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 15.633 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 15.633 ﻿ (Italy) </Td> <Th> Italy </Th> <Td> Passing through Reggio di Calabria (southern suburbs) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 16 ° 8 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 16.133 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 16.133 ﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) </Td> <Th> Mediterranean Sea </Th> <Td> Ionian Sea - passing between the islands of Kefalonia (at 38 ° 4 ′ N 20 ° 43 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.067 ° N 20.717 ° E ﻿ / 38.067; 20.717 ﻿ (Kefalonia)) and Zakynthos (at 37 ° 56 ′ N 20 ° 42 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 37.933 ° N 20.700 ° E ﻿ / 37.933; 20.700 ﻿ (Zakynthos)), Greece </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 21 ° 16 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 21.267 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 21.267 ﻿ (Greece) </Td> <Th> Greece </Th> <Td> Passing through Athens (northern suburbs) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 24 ° 2 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 24.033 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 24.033 ﻿ (Aegean Sea) </Td> <Th> Aegean Sea </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 24 ° 14 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 24.233 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 24.233 ﻿ (Greece) </Td> <Th> Greece </Th> <Td> Islands of Petalioi and Euboea </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 24 ° 34 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 24.567 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 24.567 ﻿ (Aegean Sea) </Td> <Th> Aegean Sea </Th> <Td> Passing just north of the island of Andros (at 37 ° 59 ′ 57" N 24 ° 47 ′ 23" E ﻿ / ﻿ 37.99917 ° N 24.78972 ° E ﻿ / 37.99917; 24.78972 ﻿ (Andros)), Greece </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 27 ° 7 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 27.117 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 27.117 ﻿ (Turkey) </Td> <Th> Turkey </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 44 ° 17 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 44.283 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 44.283 ﻿ (Iran) </Td> <Th> Iran </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 48 ° 55 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 48.917 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 48.917 ﻿ (Caspian Sea) </Td> <Th> Caspian Sea </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 53 ° 49 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 53.817 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 53.817 ﻿ (Turkmenistan) </Td> <Th> Turkmenistan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 55 ° 17 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 55.283 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 55.283 ﻿ (Iran) </Td> <Th> Iran </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 57 ° 22 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 57.367 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 57.367 ﻿ (Turkmenistan) </Td> <Th> Turkmenistan </Th> <Td> Passing just north of Ashgabat </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 66 ° 38 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 66.633 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 66.633 ﻿ (Uzbekistan) </Td> <Th> Uzbekistan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 68 ° 17 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 68.283 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 68.283 ﻿ (Tajikistan) </Td> <Th> Tajikistan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 70 ° 19 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 70.317 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 70.317 ﻿ (Afghanistan) </Td> <Th> Afghanistan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 71 ° 16 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 71.267 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 71.267 ﻿ (Tajikistan) </Td> <Th> Tajikistan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 74 ° 54 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 74.900 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 74.900 ﻿ (China) </Td> <Th> People's Republic of China </Th> <Td> Xinjiang Qinghai Gansu Inner Mongolia Ningxia Inner Mongolia Shaanxi − for around 5 km Inner Mongolia − for around 14 km Shaanxi Shanxi--passing just north of Taiyuan Hebei--passing just south of Shijiazhuang Shandong </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 118 ° 58 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 118.967 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 118.967 ﻿ (Yellow Sea) </Td> <Th> Yellow Sea </Th> <Td> Passing just north of Baengnyeong Island (at 37 ° 59 ′ N 124 ° 41 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 37.983 ° N 124.683 ° E ﻿ / 37.983; 124.683 ﻿ (Baengnyeong)), South Korea </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 125 ° 7 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 125.117 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 125.117 ﻿ (North Korea) </Td> <Th> North Korea </Th> <Td> Ongjin Peninsula--South Hwanghae Province </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 125 ° 35 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 125.583 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 125.583 ﻿ (Yellow Sea) </Td> <Th> Yellow Sea </Th> <Td> Ongjin Bay </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 125 ° 46 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 125.767 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 125.767 ﻿ (North Korea) </Td> <Th> North Korea </Th> <Td> South Hwanghae Province North Hwanghae Province passing just north of Kaesong </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 126 ° 49 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 126.817 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 126.817 ﻿ (South Korea) </Td> <Th> South Korea </Th> <Td> Gyeonggi Province - Passing through Paju, Yeoncheon County, Pocheon, Gapyeong County Gangwon Province - Passing through Hwacheon County, Chuncheon, Inje County, Yangyang County </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 128 ° 44 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 128.733 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 128.733 ﻿ (Sea of Japan) </Td> <Th> Sea of Japan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 138 ° 14 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 138.233 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 138.233 ﻿ (Japan) </Td> <Th> Japan </Th> <Td> Island of Sado:--Niigata Prefecture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 138 ° 33 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 138.550 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 138.550 ﻿ (Sea of Japan) </Td> <Th> Sea of Japan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 139 ° 14 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 139.233 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 139.233 ﻿ (Japan) </Td> <Th> Japan </Th> <Td> Island of Honshū:--Niigata Prefecture--Yamagata Prefecture--Miyagi Prefecture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 140 ° 55 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 140.917 ° E ﻿ / 38.000; 140.917 ﻿ (Pacific Ocean) </Td> <Th> Pacific Ocean </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 123 ° 1 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 123.017 ° W ﻿ / 38.000; - 123.017 ﻿ (United States) </Td> <Th> United States </Th> <Td> California (passing though Stockton) Nevada Utah Colorado Kansas Missouri Illinois Indiana Kentucky West Virginia Virginia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 76 ° 28 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 76.467 ° W ﻿ / 38.000; - 76.467 ﻿ (Chesapeake Bay) </Td> <Th> Chesapeake Bay </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 75 ° 53 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 75.883 ° W ﻿ / 38.000; - 75.883 ﻿ (United States) </Td> <Th> United States </Th> <Td> Maryland Virginia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 75 ° 16 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 75.267 ° W ﻿ / 38.000; - 75.267 ﻿ (Pacific Ocean) </Td> <Th> Atlantic Ocean </Th> <Td> Passing between Pico (at 38 ° 23 ′ N 28 ° 14 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 38.383 ° N 28.233 ° W ﻿ / 38.383; - 28.233 ﻿ (Pico)) and São Miguel (at 37 ° 55 ′ N 25 ° 47 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 37.917 ° N 25.783 ° W ﻿ / 37.917; - 25.783 ﻿ (São Miguel)) islands, Azores, Portugal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 8 ° 51 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 8.850 ° W ﻿ / 38.000; - 8.850 ﻿ (Portugal) </Td> <Th> Portugal </Th> <Td> Setúbal District Beja District - passing just south of Beja </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 7 ° 12 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 7.200 ° W ﻿ / 38.000; - 7.200 ﻿ (Spain) </Td> <Th> Spain </Th> <Td> Andalusia Extremadura Andalusia Region of Murcia - passing just north of Murcia Valencian Community </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 ° 0 ′ N 0 ° 39 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 0.650 ° W ﻿ / 38.000; - 0.650 ﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) </Td> <Th> Mediterranean Sea </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Dd>

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