<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 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>

38th parallel north is a heavily fortified landmark that divides what two asian countries