80th parallel north

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80th parallel north

The 80th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 80 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, and 10 degrees (690 miles / 1100 kilometers) south of the North Pole, in the Arctic. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia, the Arctic Ocean and North America.

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At this latitude the sun is visible for 24 hours, 0 minutes during the summer solstice and astronomical twilight during the winter solstice.

This latitude is the boundary between the Arctic and High Arctic zones of Canada's National Topographic System, at which the longitude span of each map sheet doubles as one crosses this latitude going north.

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Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 80° north passes through:

Co-ordinatesCountry, territory or seaNotes
80°0′N0°0′E / 80.000°N 0.000°E / 80.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
80°0′N15°58′E / 80.000°N 15.967°E / 80.000; 15.967 (Norway) Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Svalbard - island of Spitsbergen
80°0′N16°33′E / 80.000°N 16.550°E / 80.000; 16.550 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Hinlopen Strait
80°0′N18°38′E / 80.000°N 18.633°E / 80.000; 18.633 (Norway) Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Svalbard - island of Nordaustlandet
80°0′N27°10′E / 80.000°N 27.167°E / 80.000; 27.167 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea Passing just south of the islands of Storøya and Kvitøya, Svalbard, Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Passing just south of Victoria Island, Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
80°0′N50°34′E / 80.000°N 50.567°E / 80.000; 50.567 (Russia) Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Franz Josef Land - Northbrook Island
80°0′N51°12′E / 80.000°N 51.200°E / 80.000; 51.200 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea
80°0′N58°47′E / 80.000°N 58.783°E / 80.000; 58.783 (Russia) Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Franz Josef Land - Salm Island
80°0′N60°0′E / 80.000°N 60.000°E / 80.000; 60.000 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea
80°0′N66°13′E / 80.000°N 66.217°E / 80.000; 66.217 (Kara Sea) Kara Sea
80°0′N91°18′E / 80.000°N 91.300°E / 80.000; 91.300 (Russia) Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Severnaya Zemlya - Pioneer Island and Matusevich Fjord, October Revolution Island
80°0′N99°20′E / 80.000°N 99.333°E / 80.000; 99.333 (Laptev Sea) Laptev Sea
80°0′N105°40′E / 80.000°N 105.667°E / 80.000; 105.667 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
80°0′N100°9′W / 80.000°N 100.150°W / 80.000; -100.150 (Canada) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Nunavut - Meighen Island
80°0′N98°45′W / 80.000°N 98.750°W / 80.000; -98.750 (Sverdrup Channel) Sverdrup Channel
80°0′N96°37′W / 80.000°N 96.617°W / 80.000; -96.617 (Canada) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Nunavut - Axel Heiberg Island
80°0′N87°9′W / 80.000°N 87.150°W / 80.000; -87.150 (Eureka Sound) Eureka Sound
80°0′N86°12′W / 80.000°N 86.200°W / 80.000; -86.200 (Canada) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Nunavut - Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island
80°0′N82°44′W / 80.000°N 82.733°W / 80.000; -82.733 (Cañon Fiord) Cañon Fiord
80°0′N82°1′W / 80.000°N 82.017°W / 80.000; -82.017 (Canada) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Nunavut - Ellesmere Island
80°0′N70°40′W / 80.000°N 70.667°W / 80.000; -70.667 (Nares Strait) Nares Strait
80°0′N65°2′W / 80.000°N 65.033°W / 80.000; -65.033 (Greenland) Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland Cape Clay
80°0′N17°14′W / 80.000°N 17.233°W / 80.000; -17.233 (Greenland) Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland Hovgaard Island
80°0′N17°9′W / 80.000°N 17.150°W / 80.000; -17.150 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea

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