Circles of latitude between the 80th parallel north and the 85th parallel north

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

81st parallel north

81°

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81st parallel north (<maplink zoom="1" text="interactive map" class="no-icon">{ "type": "Feature", "properties": { "stroke": "#f00" }, "geometry": { "coordinates": [ [ -1800, 81 ], [ 1800, 81 ] ], "type": "LineString" } }</maplink>)

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

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

Coordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
	Atlantic Ocean	Greenland Sea
	Arctic Ocean	Queen Victoria Sea
	Russia	Franz Josef Land - Zichy Land
	Arctic Ocean
	Russia	Franz Josef Land - La Ronciere Island
	Arctic Ocean
	Russia	Franz Josef Land - Graham Bell Island
	Kara Sea	Passing just north of Ushakov Island, Russia Passing just south of Schmidt Island, Severnaya Zemlya, Russia
	Russia	Severnaya Zemlya - Komsomolets Island
	Arctic Ocean
	Canada	Nunavut - Axel Heiberg Island
	Nansen Sound
	Canada	Nunavut - Ellesmere Island
	Nares Strait
	Greenland	Petermann Glacier
	Greenland	Romer Lake
	Atlantic Ocean	Greenland Sea

82nd parallel north

82°

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82nd parallel north (<maplink zoom="1" text="interactive map" class="no-icon">{ "type": "Feature", "properties": { "stroke": "#f00" }, "geometry": { "coordinates": [ [ -1800, 82 ], [ 1800, 82 ] ], "type": "LineString" } }</maplink>)

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

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

Coordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
	Arctic Ocean	Passing just north of Rudolf Island, Franz Josef Land, Russia
	Canada	Nunavut - Ellesmere Island
	Nares Strait
	Greenland	Nyeboe Land
	St George Fjord
	Greenland	Hendrik Island
	Sherard Osborn Fjord
	Greenland	Wulff Land
	Victoria Fjord
	Greenland	Christian Erichsen Ice Cap
	Independence Fjord
	Greenland	Cape Peter Henrik
	Hagen Fjord
	Greenland	Cape Rigsdagen
	Arctic Ocean	Wandel Sea
	Greenland	Princess Thyra Island
	Arctic Ocean	Wandel Sea
	Greenland	Princess Margaret Island
	Arctic Ocean

83rd parallel north

83°

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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, 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

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

Coordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
	Arctic Ocean
	Canada	Nunavut - Ellesmere Island
	Lincoln Sea
	Greenland	Sverdrup Island
	Mascart Sound
	Greenland	Nansen Land
	Thomas Thomsen Fjord
	Greenland	Borup Island
	Adolf Jensen Fjord
	Greenland	MacMillan Island
	De Long Fjord
	Greenland	Amundsen Land
	Frederick E. Hyde Fjord / Citronen Fjord
	Greenland	Hans Egede Land
	Arctic Ocean

84th and 85th parallels north

84°

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85°

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85th parallel north (<maplink zoom="1" text="interactive map" class="no-icon">{ "type": "Feature", "properties": { "stroke": "#f00" }, "geometry": { "coordinates": [ [ -1800, 85 ], [ 1800, 85 ] ], "type": "LineString" } }</maplink>)

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, 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

• 80th parallel north
• Arctic Ocean (86th parallel north and above)