Editing 42nd parallel north (section)

==Around the world==

Starting at the [[Prime Meridian]] and heading eastwards, the parallel 42° north passes through:

:{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" width="125" | Coordinates
! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea
! scope="col" | Notes
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| {{Coord|42|0|N|0|0|E|type:landmark|name=Prime Meridian}}
! scope="row" | {{ESP}}
| Passing near [[Laluenga]] and [[Laperdiguera]] (Huesca province)
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|42|0|N|3|11|E|type:waterbody|name=Mediterranean Sea}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Mediterranean Sea]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|8|39|E|type:country|name=France}}
! scope="row" | {{FRA}}
| Island of [[Corsica]]
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|42|0|N|9|27|E|type:waterbody|name=Mediterranean Sea}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Mediterranean Sea]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Tyrrhenian Sea]]
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|11|58|E|type:country|name=Italy}}
! scope="row" | {{ITA}}
| Passing just north of [[Rome]] and through [[Termoli]]
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|42|0|N|15|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Adriatic Sea}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Mediterranean Sea]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Adriatic Sea]]
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|19|9|E|type:country|name=Montenegro}}
! scope="row" | {{MNE}}
|
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|19|23|E|type:country|name=Albania}}
! scope="row" | {{ALB}}
|
|-valign="top"
| {{Coord|42|0|N|20|37|E|type:country|name=Serbia/Kosovo}}
! scope="row" | {{flag|Kosovo}} or {{SRB}}
| Kosovo is a [[International recognition of Kosovo|partially recognised]] state. Some nations consider its territory to be part of Serbia.
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|20|46|E|type:country|name=North Macedonia}}
! scope="row" | {{NMK}}
| Passing through [[Skopje]]
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|22|52|E|type:country|name=Bulgaria}}
! scope="row" | {{BGR}}
|
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|26|56|E|type:country|name=Turkey}}
! scope="row" | {{TUR}}
|
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|27|25|E|type:country|name=Bulgaria}}
! scope="row" | {{BGR}}
|
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|27|51|E|type:country|name=Turkey}}
! scope="row" | {{TUR}}
| For about 300&nbsp;m
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|27|51.42|E|type:country|name=Bulgaria}}
! scope="row" | {{BGR}}
| For about 100&nbsp;m
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|27|51.52|E|type:country|name=Turkey}}
! scope="row" | {{TUR}}
| For about 500&nbsp;m
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|27|52.08|E|type:country|name=Bulgaria}}
! scope="row" | {{BGR}}
|
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|42|0|N|28|2|E|type:waterbody|name=Black Sea}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Black Sea]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|33|17|E|type:country|name=Turkey}}
! scope="row" | {{TUR}}
|
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|42|0|N|33|34|E|type:waterbody|name=Black Sea}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Black Sea]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|34|52|E|type:country|name=Turkey}}
! scope="row" | {{TUR}}
|
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|42|0|N|35|7|E|type:waterbody|name=Black Sea}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Black Sea]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|41|45|E|type:country|name=Georgia}}
! scope="row" | {{GEO}}
|
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|46|5|E|type:country|name=Russia}}
! scope="row" | {{RUS}}
| [[Dagestan]] - For about 2&nbsp;km
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|46|7|E|type:country|name=Georgia}}
! scope="row" | {{GEO}}
| For about 3&nbsp;km
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|46|9|E|type:country|name=Russia}}
! scope="row" | {{RUS}}
| [[Dagestan]] just south of [[Derbent]]
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|42|0|N|48|20|E|type:waterbody|name=Caspian Sea}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Caspian Sea]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|52|27|E|type:country|name=Kazakhstan}}
! scope="row" | {{KAZ}}
|
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|52|48|E|type:country|name=Turkmenistan}}
! scope="row" | {{TKM}}
|
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|54|51|E|type:country|name=Kazakhstan}}
! scope="row" | {{KAZ}}
|
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|56|0|E|type:country|name=Uzbekistan}}
! scope="row" | {{UZB}}
|
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|57|10|E|type:country|name=Turkmenistan}}
! scope="row" | {{TKM}}
|
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|60|0|E|type:country|name=Uzbekistan}}
! scope="row" | {{UZB}}
|
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|66|0|E|type:country|name=Kazakhstan}}
! scope="row" | {{KAZ}}
|
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|70|20|E|type:country|name=Uzbekistan}}
! scope="row" | {{UZB}}
|
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|70|50|E|type:country|name=Kyrgyzstan}}
! scope="row" | {{KGZ}}
|
|-valign="top"
| {{Coord|42|0|N|79|50|E|type:country|name=China}}
! scope="row" | {{PRC}}
| [[Xinjiang]] <br/> [[Gansu]] <br/> [[Inner Mongolia]]
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|103|3|E|type:country|name=Mongolia}}
! scope="row" | {{MNG}}
|
|-valign="top"
| {{Coord|42|0|N|105|56|E|type:country|name=China}}
! scope="row" | {{PRC}}
| Inner Mongolia<br/> [[Hebei]]<br/> Inner Mongolia<br/> Hebei<br/> Inner Mongolia <br/> Hebei <br/> Inner Mongolia <br/> [[Liaoning]] <br/> Inner Mongolia <br/> Liaoning <br/> [[Jilin]]
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|128|3|E|type:country|name=North Korea}}
! scope="row" | {{PRK}}
| Passing through [[Heaven Lake]] on [[Baekdu Mountain]]
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|128|29|E|type:country|name=China}}
! scope="row" | {{PRC}}
| Jilin (for about 8&nbsp;km)
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|128|34|E|type:country|name=North Korea}}
! scope="row" | {{PRK}}
|[[North Hamgyeong Province]] - [[Kaema Plateau]]<br/> - Passing just north of [[Cheongjin]] <br/>  Passing just south of [[Raseon]] 
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|42|0|N|130|2|E|type:waterbody|name=Sea of Japan}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Sea of Japan]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just south of [[Okushiri Island]], {{JPN}}
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|140|7|E|type:country|name=Japan}}
! scope="row" | {{JPN}}
| Island of [[Hokkaidō]]
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|42|0|N|140|53|E|type:waterbody|name=Pacific Ocean}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Pacific Ocean]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|143|9|E|type:country|name=Japan}}
! scope="row" | {{JPN}}
| Island of [[Hokkaidō]]
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|42|0|N|143|15|E|type:waterbody|name=Pacific Ocean}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Pacific Ocean]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| {{Coord|42|0|N|124|13|W|type:country|name=United States}}
! scope="row" | {{USA}}
| [[Oregon]] / [[California]] border<br/> Oregon / [[Nevada]] border<br/> [[Idaho]] / Nevada border<br/> Idaho / [[Utah]] border<br/> [[Wyoming]]<br/> [[Nebraska]]<br/> [[Iowa]] - passing through [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa|Cedar Rapids]]<br/> [[Illinois]] - passing through the campus of [[Loyola University Chicago|Loyola University]] in [[Chicago]]
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|42|0|N|87|39|W|type:waterbody|name=Lake Michigan}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Lake Michigan]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|86|33|W|type:country|name=United States}}
! scope="row" | {{USA}}
| [[Michigan]] - passing through [[Tecumseh, Michigan|Tecumseh]]
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|42|0|N|83|11|W|type:waterbody|name=Lake Erie}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Lake Erie]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|82|58|W|type:country|name=Canada}}
! scope="row" | {{CAN}}
| [[Ontario]] - passing through [[Point Pelee National Park]]
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|42|0|N|82|29|W|type:waterbody|name=Lake Erie}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Lake Erie]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| {{Coord|42|0|N|80|26|W|type:country|name=United States}}
! scope="row" | {{USA}}
| [[Pennsylvania]] ([[Erie County, Pennsylvania|Erie County]])<br/> [[New York–Pennsylvania border|New York / Pennsylvania border]]<br/> [[New York (state)|New York]]<br/> [[Connecticut]] - running just south of the border with [[Massachusetts]]<br/> [[Rhode Island]] - running just south of the border with Massachusetts<br/> Massachusetts
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|42|0|N|70|42|W|type:waterbody|name=Cape Cod Bay}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Cape Cod Bay]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|70|5|W|type:country|name=United States}}
! scope="row" | {{USA}}
| Massachusetts ([[Truro, Massachusetts|Truro]], [[Cape Cod]])
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|42|0|N|70|2|W|type:waterbody|name=Atlantic Ocean}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Atlantic Ocean]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|8|53|W|type:country|name=Spain}}
! scope="row" | {{ESP}}
| [[Oia, Spain|Oia]] ([[province of Pontevedra]], [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]])
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|8|39|W|type:country|name=Portugal}}
! scope="row" | {{PRT}}
| [[Valença, Portugal|Valença]] ([[Viana do Castelo District]])
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|8|7|W|type:country|name=Spain}}
! scope="row" | {{ESP}}
| [[Entrimo]] ([[province of Ourense]], Galicia)
|-
| {{Coord|42|0|N|3|48|W|type:country|name=Spain}}
! scope="row" | {{ESP}}
| [[Lerma, Province of Burgos]] ([[Castile and León]])
|}