83rd parallel north

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.

Line across the Earth
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83rd parallel north

The northernmost land on earth, whether the permanent Kaffeklubben Island or the shifting/resubmerging gravel banks of Oodaaq, ATOW1996, or 83-42 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:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
83°0′N 0°0′E Arctic Ocean
83°0′N 77°25′W  Canada Nunavut - Ellesmere Island
83°0′N 68°18′W Lincoln Sea
83°0′N 46°39′W  Greenland Sverdrup Island
83°0′N 46°13′W Mascart Sound
83°0′N 43°45′W  Greenland Nansen Land
83°0′N 41°33′W Thomas Thomsen Fjord
83°0′N 41°19′W  Greenland Borup Island
83°0′N 40°38′W Adolf Jensen Fjord
83°0′N 39°45′W  Greenland MacMillan Island
83°0′N 39°43′W De Long Fjord
83°0′N 36°47′W  Greenland Amundsen Land
83°0′N 33°20′W Frederick E. Hyde Fjord /
Citronen Fjord
83°0′N 28°40′W  Greenland Hans Egede Land
83°0′N 24°45′W Arctic Ocean

See also
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