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Following are circles of latitude between the 80th parallel north and the 85th parallel north:

81st parallel north

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The 81st parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 81 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Asia and North America.

At this latitude the sun is always visible during the summer solstice and astronomical twilight during the winter solstice.

Around the world

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Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 81° north passes through:

Coordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
81°0′N 0°0′E / 81.000°N 0.000°E / 81.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
81°0′N 38°0′E / 81.000°N 38.000°E / 81.000; 38.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean Queen Victoria Sea
81°0′N 54°27′E / 81.000°N 54.450°E / 81.000; 54.450 (Russia)  Russia Franz Josef Land - Zichy Land
81°0′N 58°45′E / 81.000°N 58.750°E / 81.000; 58.750 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
81°0′N 60°13′E / 81.000°N 60.217°E / 81.000; 60.217 (Russia)  Russia Franz Josef Land - La Ronciere Island
81°0′N 61°31′E / 81.000°N 61.517°E / 81.000; 61.517 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
81°0′N 64°10′E / 81.000°N 64.167°E / 81.000; 64.167 (Russia)  Russia Franz Josef Land - Graham Bell Island
81°0′N 65°20′E / 81.000°N 65.333°E / 81.000; 65.333 (Kara Sea) Kara Sea Passing just north of Ushakov Island,  Russia
Passing just south of Schmidt Island, Severnaya Zemlya,  Russia
81°0′N 93°45′E / 81.000°N 93.750°E / 81.000; 93.750 (Russia)  Russia Severnaya Zemlya - Komsomolets Island
81°0′N 96°36′E / 81.000°N 96.600°E / 81.000; 96.600 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
81°0′N 95°16′W / 81.000°N 95.267°W / 81.000; -95.267 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Axel Heiberg Island
81°0′N 91°38′W / 81.000°N 91.633°W / 81.000; -91.633 (Nansen Sound) Nansen Sound
81°0′N 88°14′W / 81.000°N 88.233°W / 81.000; -88.233 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Ellesmere Island
81°0′N 66°52′W / 81.000°N 66.867°W / 81.000; -66.867 (Nares Strait) Nares Strait
81°0′N 61°25′W / 81.000°N 61.417°W / 81.000; -61.417 (Greenland)  Greenland Petermann Glacier
81°0′N 19°5′W / 81.000°N 19.083°W / 81.000; -19.083 (Greenland)  Greenland Romer Lake
81°0′N 14°18′W / 81.000°N 14.300°W / 81.000; -14.300 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea

82nd parallel north

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The 82nd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 82 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic. It passes through the Arctic Ocean and North America. This is the first line of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere to only touch one continent.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 24 hours during the summer solstice and astronomical twilight during the winter solstice.

The world's northernmost continuously-inhabited settlement, the weather station and military facility of Alert in Nunavut, is closest to this parallel.

Around the world

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Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 82° north passes through:

Coordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
82°0′N 0°0′E / 82.000°N 0.000°E / 82.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Arctic Ocean Passing just north of Rudolf Island, Franz Josef Land,  Russia
82°0′N 89°0′W / 82.000°N 89.000°W / 82.000; -89.000 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Ellesmere Island
82°0′N 62°34′W / 82.000°N 62.567°W / 82.000; -62.567 (Nares Strait) Nares Strait
82°0′N 59°59′W / 82.000°N 59.983°W / 82.000; -59.983 (Greenland)  Greenland Nyeboe Land
82°0′N 54°13′W / 82.000°N 54.217°W / 82.000; -54.217 (Sherard Osborn Fjord) St George Fjord
82°0′N 52°43′W / 82.000°N 52.717°W / 82.000; -52.717 (Greenland)  Greenland Hendrik Island
82°0′N 51°34′W / 82.000°N 51.567°W / 82.000; -51.567 (Sherard Osborn Fjord) Sherard Osborn Fjord
82°0′N 49°0′W / 82.000°N 49.000°W / 82.000; -49.000 (Greenland)  Greenland Wulff Land
82°0′N 46°31′W / 82.000°N 46.517°W / 82.000; -46.517 (Victoria Fjord) Victoria Fjord
82°0′N 32°26′W / 82.000°N 32.433°W / 82.000; -32.433 (Greenland)  Greenland Christian Erichsen Ice Cap
82°0′N 29°57′W / 82.000°N 29.950°W / 82.000; -29.950 (Independence Fjord) Independence Fjord
82°0′N 24°48′W / 82.000°N 24.800°W / 82.000; -24.800 (Greenland)  Greenland Cape Peter Henrik
82°0′N 23°55′W / 82.000°N 23.917°W / 82.000; -23.917 (Independence Fjord) Hagen Fjord
82°0′N 23°10′W / 82.000°N 23.167°W / 82.000; -23.167 (Greenland)  Greenland Cape Rigsdagen
82°0′N 22°13′W / 82.000°N 22.217°W / 82.000; -22.217 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean Wandel Sea
82°0′N 21°18′W / 82.000°N 21.300°W / 82.000; -21.300 (Greenland)  Greenland Princess Thyra Island
82°0′N 20°43′W / 82.000°N 20.717°W / 82.000; -20.717 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean Wandel Sea
82°0′N 20°17′W / 82.000°N 20.283°W / 82.000; -20.283 (Greenland)  Greenland Princess Margaret Island
82°0′N 17°50′W / 82.000°N 17.833°W / 82.000; -17.833 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean

83rd parallel north

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The 83rd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 83 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic. It passes through the Arctic Ocean and North America.

The northernmost land on earth, whether the permanent Kaffeklubben Island,[1] or the shifting/resubmerging gravel banks of Oodaaq, ATOW1996, or 83-42, all of which are part of Greenland, are roughly 40 minutes of arc (75 to 79 kilometres) north of this parallel.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 24 hours during the summer solstice and astronomical twilight during the winter solstice.

Around the world

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Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 83° north passes through:

Coordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
83°0′N 0°0′E / 83.000°N 0.000°E / 83.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Arctic Ocean
83°0′N 77°25′W / 83.000°N 77.417°W / 83.000; -77.417 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Ellesmere Island
83°0′N 68°18′W / 83.000°N 68.300°W / 83.000; -68.300 (Lincoln Sea) Lincoln Sea
83°0′N 46°39′W / 83.000°N 46.650°W / 83.000; -46.650 (Greenland)  Greenland Sverdrup Island
83°0′N 46°13′W / 83.000°N 46.217°W / 83.000; -46.217 (Lincoln Sea) Mascart Sound
83°0′N 43°45′W / 83.000°N 43.750°W / 83.000; -43.750 (Greenland)  Greenland Nansen Land
83°0′N 41°33′W / 83.000°N 41.550°W / 83.000; -41.550 (Lincoln Sea) Thomas Thomsen Fjord
83°0′N 41°19′W / 83.000°N 41.317°W / 83.000; -41.317 (Greenland)  Greenland Borup Island
83°0′N 40°38′W / 83.000°N 40.633°W / 83.000; -40.633 (Lincoln Sea) Adolf Jensen Fjord
83°0′N 39°45′W / 83.000°N 39.750°W / 83.000; -39.750 (Greenland)  Greenland MacMillan Island
83°0′N 39°43′W / 83.000°N 39.717°W / 83.000; -39.717 (Lincoln Sea) De Long Fjord
83°0′N 36°47′W / 83.000°N 36.783°W / 83.000; -36.783 (Greenland)  Greenland Amundsen Land
83°0′N 33°20′W / 83.000°N 33.333°W / 83.000; -33.333 (Lincoln Sea) Frederick E. Hyde Fjord /
Citronen Fjord
83°0′N 28°40′W / 83.000°N 28.667°W / 83.000; -28.667 (Greenland)  Greenland Hans Egede Land
83°0′N 24°45′W / 83.000°N 24.750°W / 83.000; -24.750 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean

84th and 85th parallels north

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The 84th parallel north and the 85th parallel north are circles of latitude that are, respectively, 84 and 85 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic. No land lies on either the 84th or 85th parallel north; they only lie on the Arctic Ocean; the 84th parallel is the first parallel by degree to do so. Regions north of the 84th parallel are excluded from UTM Zones.

The northernmost land on earth, Kaffeklubben Island, Greenland,[1] is roughly 40 kilometres south of the 84th parallel.

At the 84th and 85th parallels, the sun is visible for 24 hours, 0 minutes during the summer solstice. During the winter solstice, the 84th parallel is under astronomical twilight, and the 85th parallel is under total nighttime during the entire day. The 85th parallel is the first parallel by degree to do this. The Arctic Circle is the latitude where the center of the sun is visible at midnight during the summer solstice, as opposed to the entire disk.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Hecht, Jeff (4 October 2012). "World's most northerly lake comes back to life". New Scientist . Retrieved 25 April 2019.

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