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45th Parallel (Roseville, Minnesota)

USA / Minnesota / Falcon Heights / Roseville, Minnesota
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The forty-fifth parallel of north latitude on the surface of the earth runs through this boulder.

It is an east and west line which is exactly one-half the distance between the Equator and the North Pole or a distance of 3102 miles each way.

Located by Ramsey County Surveyor
November 1940

Plaque recast November 1994
Courtesy of Capitol Area Land Surveyor's Assoc.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   44°59'59"N   93°11'12"W
This article was last modified 13 years ago