Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 40 ° 0 ′ N 0 ° 0 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 0.000 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 0.000 ﻿ (Prime Meridian) Spain Valencian Community 40 ° 0 ′ N 0 ° 2 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 0.033 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 0.033 ﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Passing just north of the island of Majorca, Spain 40 ° 0 ′ N 3 ° 48 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 3.800 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 3.800 ﻿ (Spain) Spain Island of Menorca 40 ° 0 ′ N 4 ° 13 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 4.217 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 4.217 ﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea 40 ° 0 ′ N 8 ° 24 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 8.400 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 8.400 ﻿ (Italy) Italy Island of Sardinia 40 ° 0 ′ N 9 ° 42 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 9.700 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 9.700 ﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Tyrrhenian Sea 40 ° 0 ′ N 15 ° 20 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 15.333 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 15.333 ﻿ (Italy) Italy Campania 40 ° 0 ′ N 15 ° 26 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 15.433 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 15.433 ﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Gulf of Policastro 40 ° 0 ′ N 15 ° 41 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 15.683 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 15.683 ﻿ (Italy) Italy Basilicata, Calabria 40 ° 0 ′ N 16 ° 37 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 16.617 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 16.617 ﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Gulf of Taranto 40 ° 0 ′ N 18 ° 0 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 18.000 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 18.000 ﻿ (Italy) Italy Apulia 40 ° 0 ′ N 18 ° 25 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 18.417 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 18.417 ﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Strait of Otranto 40 ° 0 ′ N 19 ° 53 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 19.883 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 19.883 ﻿ (Albania) Albania Passing just north of Sarandë and just south of Gjirokastër 40 ° 0 ′ N 20 ° 23 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 20.383 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 20.383 ﻿ (Greece) Greece 40 ° 0 ′ N 22 ° 37 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 22.617 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 22.617 ﻿ (Aegean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea 40 ° 0 ′ N 23 ° 23 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 23.383 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 23.383 ﻿ (Greece) Greece Kassandra and Sithonia 40 ° 0 ′ N 24 ° 0 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 24.000 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 24.000 ﻿ (Aegean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea 40 ° 0 ′ N 25 ° 6 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 25.100 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 25.100 ﻿ (Greece) Greece Island of Lemnos 40 ° 0 ′ N 25 ° 26 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 25.433 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 25.433 ﻿ (Aegean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea 40 ° 0 ′ N 26 ° 11 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 26.183 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 26.183 ﻿ (Turkey) Turkey Passing just north of Ankara 40 ° 0 ′ N 44 ° 24 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 44.400 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 44.400 ﻿ (Armenia) Armenia 40 ° 0 ′ N 45 ° 36 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 45.600 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 45.600 ﻿ (Azerbaijan) Azerbaijan Passing through Nagorno - Karabakh 40 ° 0 ′ N 49 ° 27 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 49.450 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 49.450 ﻿ (Caspian Sea) Caspian Sea 40 ° 0 ′ N 52 ° 46 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 52.767 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 52.767 ﻿ (Turkmenistan) Turkmenistan 40 ° 0 ′ N 62 ° 26 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 62.433 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 62.433 ﻿ (Uzbekistan) Uzbekistan 40 ° 0 ′ N 68 ° 48 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 68.800 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 68.800 ﻿ (Tajikistan) Tajikistan 40 ° 0 ′ N 69 ° 31 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 69.517 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 69.517 ﻿ (Kyrgyzstan) Kyrgyzstan 40 ° 0 ′ N 70 ° 32 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 70.533 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 70.533 ﻿ (Tajikistan) Tajikistan For about 9 km 40 ° 0 ′ N 70 ° 39 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 70.650 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 70.650 ﻿ (Kyrgyzstan) Kyrgyzstan 40 ° 0 ′ N 71 ° 5 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 71.083 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 71.083 ﻿ (Uzbekistan) Uzbekistan Sokh exclave - for about 7 km 40 ° 0 ′ N 71 ° 10 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 71.167 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 71.167 ﻿ (Kyrgyzstan) Kyrgyzstan 40 ° 0 ′ N 71 ° 48 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 71.800 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 71.800 ﻿ (Uzbekistan) Uzbekistan Shohimardon exclave - for about 4 km 40 ° 0 ′ N 71 ° 50 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 71.833 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 71.833 ﻿ (Kyrgyzstan) Kyrgyzstan 40 ° 0 ′ N 73 ° 58 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 73.967 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 73.967 ﻿ (China) People 's Republic of China Xinjiang Gansu Inner Mongolia Shanxi Hebei Beijing (passing just north of the city centre) Hebei Tianjin Hebei Liaoning (for about 8 km) 40 ° 0 ′ N 119 ° 54 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 119.900 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 119.900 ﻿ (Yellow Sea) Pacific Ocean Liaodong Bay, Yellow Sea 40 ° 0 ′ N 121 ° 53 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 121.883 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 121.883 ﻿ (China) People 's Republic of China Liaoning (Liaodong Peninsula) 40 ° 0 ′ N 124 ° 21 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 124.350 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 124.350 ﻿ (North Korea) North Korea North Pyeongan Province - Passing through Sinuiju Jagang Province South Hamgyeong Province - Passing just north of Hamheung 40 ° 0 ′ N 127 ° 57 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 127.950 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 127.950 ﻿ (Sea of Japan) Pacific Ocean Sea of Japan 40 ° 0 ′ N 128 ° 10 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 128.167 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 128.167 ﻿ (North Korea) North Korea Mayang Island 40 ° 0 ′ N 128 ° 13 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 128.217 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 128.217 ﻿ (Sea of Japan) Pacific Ocean Sea of Japan 40 ° 0 ′ N 139 ° 54 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 139.900 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 139.900 ﻿ (Japan) Japan Island of Honshū -- Akita Prefecture -- Iwate Prefecture 40 ° 0 ′ N 141 ° 57 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 141.950 ° E ﻿ / 40.000; 141.950 ﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 40 ° 0 ′ N 124 ° 1 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 124.017 ° W ﻿ / 40.000; - 124.017 ﻿ (United States) United States California Nevada Utah Colorado Nebraska / Kansas border Missouri Illinois Indiana Ohio - passing just north of Columbus West Virginia Pennsylvania - passing just north of Philadelphia New Jersey 40 ° 0 ′ N 31 ° 7 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 31.117 ° W ﻿ / 40.000; - 31.117 ﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just north of Corvo Island, Azores, Portugal 40 ° 0 ′ N 8 ° 55 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 8.917 ° W ﻿ / 40.000; - 8.917 ﻿ (Portugal) Portugal Passing near Pombal and Covilhã 40 ° 0 ′ N 6 ° 51 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 6.850 ° W ﻿ / 40.000; - 6.850 ﻿ (Spain) Spain Extremadura Castile - La Mancha Community of Madrid - for about 10 km Castile - La Mancha Valencian Community - Rincón de Ademuz exclave, for about 4 km Castile - La Mancha - for about 5 km Aragon Valencian Community
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