Talk:45th parallel north

Minneapolis-Saint Paul
I deleted the claim about Larpenteur Avenue, as the paragraph made two claims:


 * 1) In St. Paul, Larpenteur (from French l'arpenteur, "the surveyor") Avenue runs along the 45th parallel from the city's eastern to western edge.
 * 2) The center line of east-west Broadway Avenue in Northeast Minneapolis was deliberately laid out by city planners to be coterminous to the 45th parallel (i.e., if you are standing in the middle of the street, you are literally standing on the parallel line).

It would be impossible for both of these claims to be true. When Larpenteur Avenue gets to the Minneapolis border, it turns into East Hennepin Avenue; the section of East Hennepin that runs in a straight east-west line (like Larpenteur does) is about a half-mile south of Broadway, where the 45th parallel lies. The 45th parallel marker in Theodore Wirth Park is along Golden Valley Road, which runs along the same latitude as the straight east-west running portion of Broadway. The claim that Larpenteur Avenue comes from the French term l'arpenteur is also false, as the street is actually named after August Louis Larpenteur, an early settler in the area. Eco84 | Talk 23:27, 23 August 2009 (UTC)


 * If you go to Google Maps and find the two markers, and then mentally draw a line through them, it should be fairly clear what street(s) are encompassed. Or any map, for that matter. It appears that the actual parallel is just a smidgen north of both Broadway and Roselawn, which are essentially the same street although they don't actually connect in the middle. Larpenteur is incorrect, as that road corresponds to Plymouth Avenue, which is south of the parallel. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 00:07, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Find the intersection of Roselawn and Cleveland in Rosedale, then go a short block north to a dead-end street or cul-de-sac called Loren Road. The marker is on the east side of Cleveland and on the north side of Loren. You can connect that dot with the dot of the Wirth Park plaque and it's clear that the line is a little bit north of Broadway also. It's possible they intended for Broadway to run coterminus with the 45th, but unless the plaques are misplaced it appears the parallel does not run coterminus with Broadway or Roselawn. And as noted earlier, Larpenteur is right out. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 00:23, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

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List of places
I would like to remove the list of cities in the "North America" subsection - it's very long, has no sourcing, and to a certain extent duplicates information in the table/chart above it. Any objections? - DavidWBrooks (talk) 16:57, 15 January 2018 (UTC)


 * OK, I removed it - here it is, in case anybody wants to reinstate it:

In North America, the 45th parallel intersects or slightly bypasses (from west to east):


 * Rose Lodge, Oregon, United States
 * Keizer, Oregon, United States
 * Hayesville, Oregon, United States
 * Silverton, Oregon, United States
 * New Meadows, Idaho, United States
 * Gardiner, Montana, United States
 * Grant, Montana, United States
 * Faith, South Dakota, United States
 * Eagle Butte, South Dakota, United States
 * North Eagle Butte, South Dakota, United States
 * Gettysburg, South Dakota, United States
 * Madison, Minnesota, United States
 * Raymond, Minnesota, United States
 * Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, and several adjacent cities
 * Colfax, Wisconsin, United States
 * Dorchester, Wisconsin, United States
 * Suring, Wisconsin, United States
 * Leland, Michigan, United States
 * Traverse City, Michigan, United States
 * Gaylord, Michigan, United States
 * Atlanta, Michigan, United States
 * Alpena, Michigan, United States
 * Lion's Head, Ontario, Canada
 * Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada
 * Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
 * Dundee, Quebec, Canada
 * Champlain, New York, United States
 * Rouses Point, New York, United States
 * Alburgh, Vermont, United States
 * Richford, Vermont, United States
 * North Troy, Vermont, United States
 * Derby Line, Vermont, United States
 * Highgate, Vermont, United States
 * Clarksville, New Hampshire, United States
 * Bingham, Maine, United States
 * Rangeley, Maine, United States
 * Dexter, Maine, United States
 * Kingston, Nova Scotia, Canada
 * Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, Canada
 * Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada

-DavidWBrooks (talk) 16:40, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

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East to west or west to east?
Right now the article has a table that lists where it goes from the Prime Meridian, then heading east. The North America text also talks about it from west to east - but the Asia and Europe text each talks about it going from east to west, which is confusing. We need to be consistent. I will start by changing the order: making the Europe text first, then Asia, then North America, to match the table. But then we need to rewrite the Europe and Asia text a bit. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 11:01, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for taking on this initiative. The tables for all latitude articles are ordered west to east, and this article should not be an exception. The paragraphs under the table should match the ordering of the table. Banana Republic (talk) 11:22, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Consistency might be the hobgoblin of little minds, as somebody said, but it's also useful! - DavidWBrooks (talk) 14:44, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Crimea
Crimea is not claimed by Ukraine but is internationally recognised as part of it. —  GPodkolzin   Talk 13:33, 15 February 2020 (UTC)