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.

Around the world

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

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arctic Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada Nunavut - Ellesmere Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lincoln Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Greenland Sverdrup Island, the mainland, Borup Island, MacMillan Island and the mainland again
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arctic Ocean

See also