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.

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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

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

CoordinatesCountry, territory or seaNotes
83°0′N0°0′E / 83.000°N 0.000°E / 83.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Arctic Ocean
83°0′N77°25′W / 83.000°N 77.417°W / 83.000; -77.417 (Canada) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Nunavut - Ellesmere Island
83°0′N68°18′W / 83.000°N 68.300°W / 83.000; -68.300 (Lincoln Sea) Lincoln Sea
83°0′N46°39′W / 83.000°N 46.650°W / 83.000; -46.650 (Greenland) Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland Sverdrup Island
83°0′N46°13′W / 83.000°N 46.217°W / 83.000; -46.217 (Lincoln Sea) Mascart Sound
83°0′N43°45′W / 83.000°N 43.750°W / 83.000; -43.750 (Greenland) Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland Nansen Land
83°0′N41°33′W / 83.000°N 41.550°W / 83.000; -41.550 (Lincoln Sea) Thomas Thomsen Fjord
83°0′N41°19′W / 83.000°N 41.317°W / 83.000; -41.317 (Greenland) Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland Borup Island
83°0′N40°38′W / 83.000°N 40.633°W / 83.000; -40.633 (Lincoln Sea) Adolf Jensen Fjord
83°0′N39°45′W / 83.000°N 39.750°W / 83.000; -39.750 (Greenland) Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland MacMillan Island
83°0′N39°43′W / 83.000°N 39.717°W / 83.000; -39.717 (Lincoln Sea) De Long Fjord
83°0′N36°47′W / 83.000°N 36.783°W / 83.000; -36.783 (Greenland) Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland Amundsen Land
83°0′N33°20′W / 83.000°N 33.333°W / 83.000; -33.333 (Lincoln Sea) Frederick E. Hyde Fjord /
Citronen Fjord
83°0′N28°40′W / 83.000°N 28.667°W / 83.000; -28.667 (Greenland) Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland Hans Egede Land
83°0′N24°45′W / 83.000°N 24.750°W / 83.000; -24.750 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean

See also

References

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