83rd parallel north
Circle of latitude
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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,[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:
Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 83°0′N 0°0′E / 83.000°N 0.000°E / 83.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Arctic Ocean 83°0′N 77°25′W / 83.000°N 77.417°W / 83.000; -77.417 (Canada) Canada Nunavut - Ellesmere Island 83°0′N 68°18′W / 83.000°N 68.300°W / 83.000; -68.300 (Lincoln Sea) Lincoln Sea 83°0′N 46°39′W / 83.000°N 46.650°W / 83.000; -46.650 (Greenland) Greenland Sverdrup Island 83°0′N 46°13′W / 83.000°N 46.217°W / 83.000; -46.217 (Lincoln Sea) Mascart Sound 83°0′N 43°45′W / 83.000°N 43.750°W / 83.000; -43.750 (Greenland) Greenland Nansen Land 83°0′N 41°33′W / 83.000°N 41.550°W / 83.000; -41.550 (Lincoln Sea) Thomas Thomsen Fjord 83°0′N 41°19′W / 83.000°N 41.317°W / 83.000; -41.317 (Greenland) Greenland Borup Island 83°0′N 40°38′W / 83.000°N 40.633°W / 83.000; -40.633 (Lincoln Sea) Adolf Jensen Fjord 83°0′N 39°45′W / 83.000°N 39.750°W / 83.000; -39.750 (Greenland) Greenland MacMillan Island 83°0′N 39°43′W / 83.000°N 39.717°W / 83.000; -39.717 (Lincoln Sea) De Long Fjord 83°0′N 36°47′W / 83.000°N 36.783°W / 83.000; -36.783 (Greenland) Greenland Amundsen Land 83°0′N 33°20′W / 83.000°N 33.333°W / 83.000; -33.333 (Lincoln Sea) Frederick E. Hyde Fjord /
Citronen Fjord83°0′N 28°40′W / 83.000°N 28.667°W / 83.000; -28.667 (Greenland) Greenland Hans Egede Land 83°0′N 24°45′W / 83.000°N 24.750°W / 83.000; -24.750 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
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Circles of latitude / meridians
Equator
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Arctic Circle
Antarctic Circle
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Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Arctic Circle
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References
- ^ Hecht, Jeff (4 October 2012). "World's most northerly lake comes back to life". New Scientist. Retrieved 25 April 2019.