37th parallel north
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The parallel 37° north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 37 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.
The parallel 37° north passes through Portugal, Spain, the Mediterranean Sea, Algeria, Tunisia, Sicily, Italy, the Ionian Sea, Ionia, the Aegean Sea, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, the Caspian Sea, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kashmir, China, the East China Sea, South Korea, the Sea of Japan, Honshū, the Pacific Ocean, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Virginia, and the Atlantic Ocean.
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The parallel 37° north forms the southern boundary of the State of Kansas, the State of Colorado, and the State of Utah and the northern boundary of the State of Oklahoma, the State of New Mexico, and the State of Arizona. The intersection of the states of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah at the Four Corners is the only place in the United States where four states touch.
The parallel 37° north formed the southern boundary of the historic and extralegal Territory of Jefferson.
