The 35th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 35 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America and the Atlantic Ocean. In the United States, the parallel defines the southern border of Tennessee, and the border between North Carolina and Georgia, as well as the tripoint of Arizona–California–Nevada. At this northern latitude, the Sun is visible for 14 hours, 31 minutes on its summer solstice (in June) and for 9 hours, 48 minutes on its winter solstice (in December). This parallel is sometimes used to define the northern boundary of the subtropics. Around the world Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 35° north passes through: {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Mediterranean Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | ! scope="row" | | Island of Crete |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Mediterranean Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | ! scope="row" | | Including, for a short distance, the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | Dhekelia | Sovereign Base Area (not part of the territory of the Republic of Cyprus) |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Mediterranean Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | Passing through Saveh |- | ! scope="row" | | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Azad Kashmir – claimed by Gilgit-Baltistan – claimed by |- | ! scope="row" | |Ladakh – claimed by |- | ! scope="row" | Aksai Chin | Disputed between and |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Tibet Qinghai Gansu Shaanxi Gansu Shaanxi Shanxi Henan Shandong Jiangsu |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Yellow Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | ! scope="row" | || South Jeolla ProvinceSouth Gyeongsang Provincepassing just south of Busan |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Japan | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Island of Honshu:— Shimane Prefecture— Hiroshima Prefecture— Okayama Prefecture— Hyōgo Prefecture— Osaka Prefecture— Kyoto Prefecture – passing through central Kyoto city— Shiga Prefecture – passing through central