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, 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:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83°N, °W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83°N, °W
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 * 83°N, -77.41667°W
 * 83°N, -77.41667°W
 * Nunavut - Ellesmere Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83°N, -68.3°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83°N, -68.3°W
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 * 83°N, -46.65°W
 * 83°N, -46.65°W
 * Sverdrup Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83°N, -46.21667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83°N, -46.21667°W
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 * 83°N, -43.75°W
 * 83°N, -43.75°W
 * Nansen Land
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83°N, -41.55°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83°N, -41.55°W
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 * 83°N, -41.31667°W
 * 83°N, -41.31667°W
 * Borup Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83°N, -40.63333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83°N, -40.63333°W
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 * 83°N, -39.75°W
 * 83°N, -39.75°W
 * MacMillan Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83°N, -39.71667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83°N, -39.71667°W
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 * 83°N, -36.78333°W
 * 83°N, -36.78333°W
 * Amundsen Land
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83°N, -33.33333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83°N, -33.33333°W
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 * 83°N, -28.66667°W
 * 83°N, -28.66667°W
 * Hans Egede Land
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83°N, -24.75°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83°N, -24.75°W
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