DURAND LINE:
demarcation
between
India and
Afghanistan.
… 2,640
kilometers
(1,640 mi)
long porous
border
between
Afghanistan
and
Pakistan. It
was
established
after an
1893
agreement
between Sir
Mortimer
Durand of
British
India and
Afghan Amir
Abdur Rahman
Khan
HINDENBURG
LINE:
German
defensive
position of
World War I,
built during
the winter
of 1916–1917
on the
Western
Front, from
Arras to
Laffaux,
near
Soissons on
the Aisne ,
,
MASON-DIXON
LINE:
demarcation
between four
states in
the United
States…
forming part
of the
borders of
Pennsylvania,
Maryland,
Delaware,
and West
Virginia
(originally
part of
Virginia).
MAGINOT
LINE:
the 320 km
line of
fortification
built by
France along
its border
with Germany
before World
War II to
protect it
from German
attack…
named after
the French
Minister of
War André
Maginot.
MANNERHEIM
LINE:
the line of
fortification
on the
Russia-Finland
border . .
drawn up by
General
Mannerheim…
it
was
constructed
in two
phases:
1920–1924
and
1932–1939.
MACMAHON
LINE:
demarcating
the frontier
of India and
China..
drawn up by
Sir.Henry
MacMohan,
..China did
not
recognize
the MacMohon
line and
crossed it
in 1962.
MEDICINE
LINE:
between
Canda and
the United
States…
also known
as
49th
parallel
north .. it
crosses
Europe,
Asia, the
Pacific
Ocean, North
America, and
the Atlantic
Ocean.
ORDER-NEISSE
LINE:
between
Poland and
Germany .
.running
along the
Order and
Neisse
rivers,
adopted at
the Poland
Conference
(Aug 1945)
after World
War II.
RADCLIFFE
LINE:
demarcating
between
India and
Pakistan…
drawn up by
sir Cyril
Radcliffe.
SIEGFRIED
LINE:
line of
fortification
drawn up by
Germany on
its border
with France.
17TH
PARALLEL:
crosses
Africa,
Asia, the
Indian
Ocean, the
Pacific
Ocean,
Central
America, the
Caribbean
and the
Atlantic
Ocean.
..between
North
Vietnam and
South
Vietnam
before the
two were
united… in
India, it
passes
through
Maharashtra,
Karnataka,
Andhra
Pradesh
24TH
PARALLEL:
crosses
Africa,
Asia, the
Indian
Ocean, the
Pacific
Ocean, North
America and
the Atlantic
Ocean…
Pakistan
claims for
demarcation
between
India and
Pakistan. ..
not
recognized
by India… in
India, it
passes
through
Gujarat,
Rajasthan,
Madhya
Pradesh,
Uttar
Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh,
Jharkhand,
West Bengal,
Tripura,
Mizoram,
Manipur
26TH
PARALLEL
north
crosses
Africa,
Asia, the
Indian
Ocean, the
Pacific
Ocean, North
America and
the Atlantic
Ocean…a
section of
the border
between
Western
Sahara and
Mauritania
.. in India,
it passes
through
Rajasthan,
Madhya
Pradesh,
Uttar
Pradesh,
Bihar and
West Bengal,
Assam,
Meghalaya,
Nagaland
30TH
PARALLEL
north
crosses
Africa,
Asia, the
Pacific
Ocean, North
America and
the Atlantic
Ocean. . .
stands
one-third of
the way
between the
equator and
the North
Pole . .it
is the
approximate
southern
border of
the horse
latitudes in
the Northern
Hemisphere..
in India, it
is through
Rajasthan,
Punjab,
Haryana,
Uttar
Pradesh,
Uttarakhand
33RD
PARALLEL
north
crosses
Africa,
Asia, the
Pacific
Ocean, North
America and
the Atlantic
Ocean. . .
is part of
the horse
latitudes….in
India it is
through JK
and HP. .
in Iraq, it
defined the
limit of the
southern
no-fly zone
from 4
September
1996 to 30
August 2003.
35TH
PARALLEL
north
crosses
Africa, the
Mediterranean
Sea, Asia,
the Pacific
Ocean, North
America and
the Atlantic
Ocean. … In
India it is
through PoK.
36TH
PARALLEL
north
crosses
Africa, the
Mediterranean
Sea, Asia,
the Pacific
Ocean, North
America and
the Atlantic
Ocean. . .
In India it
is through
PoK. . .at
this
latitude the
sun is
visible for
14 hours, 36
minutes
during the
summer
solstice and
9 hours, 43
minutes
during the
winter
solstice. .
.
37TH
PARALLEL
north formed
the southern
boundary of
the historic
and
extralegal
Territory of
Jefferson.
38TH
PARALLEL
north formed
the southern
boundary of
the historic
and
extralegal
Territory of
Jefferson.
39TH
PARALLEL
north is an
imaginary
circle of
latitude
that is 39
degress
north of the
Earth’s
equatorial
plane.
40TH
PARALLEL
north formed
the original
northern
boundary of
the British
Colony of
Maryland.
41ST
PARALLEL
north forms
the northern
boundary of
the State of
colorade
with
Nebraska and
Wyoming and
the
southjern
boundary of
the State of
Wyoming with
Colorade and
Utah.
42ND
PARALLEL
north forms
most of the
New
York-Pennsylvania
Border.
43RD
PARALLEL
north forms
most of the
boundary
between the
State of
Nebraska and
the State of
South Dakota
and also
formed the
northern
border of
the historic
and
extralegal
Territory of
Jefferson.
44◦PARALLEL
north
crosses
Europe, the
Mediterranean
Sea, Asia,
the Pacific
Ocean, North
America, and
the Atlantic
Ocean.
45TH
PARALLEL
north is
often called
the halfway
point
between the
Equator and
North Pole.
. . , but
the true
halfway
point is
actually
16.2
kilometres
(10.1 mi)
north of the
45th
parallel
49th
PARALLEL
north
crosses
Europe,
Asia, the
Pacific
Ocean, North
America, and
the Atlantic
Ocean…
Roughly
3,500 Km of
the
Canada–US
border was
intended to
follow the
49th
parallel
from British
Columbia to
Manitoba on
the Canadian
side and
from
Washington
to Minnesota
on the U.S.
side, or
from the
Strait of
Georgia to
the Lake of
the Woods
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