42nd parallel may refer to:
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42nd parallel north
The 42nd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 42 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.
At this latitude the sun is v ...
, a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere
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42nd parallel south
The 42nd parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 42 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, Australasia, the Pacific Ocean and South America.
At this latitude the sun is visible f ...
, a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere
*''The 42nd Parallel'', a 1930 novel by John Dos Passos in his
''U.S.A.'' trilogy
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