83rd parallel north

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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.

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, 0 minutes 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

Above the 83rd parallel north

Areas above the 83rd parallel north include those that are 84 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic to 90 degrees which define Earth's North Pole. No land lies above the 83rd parallel north except for the Arctic Ocean, which is covered by a Polar ice cap that varies in size.

See also

• 82nd parallel north
• 84th parallel north
• Arctic Ocean