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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83rd parallel north
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 .svg.png)
Nunavut - Ellesmere Island 83°0′N 68°18′W Lincoln Sea 83°0′N 46°39′W 
Sverdrup Island 83°0′N 46°13′W Mascart Sound 83°0′N 43°45′W Nansen Land 83°0′N 41°33′W Thomas Thomsen Fjord 83°0′N 41°19′W West Jensen Island 83°0′N 40°38′W Adolf Jensen Fjord 83°0′N 39°45′W East Jensen Island 83°0′N 39°43′W De Long Fjord 83°0′N 36°47′W Amundsen Land 83°0′N 33°20′W Frederick E. Hyde Fjord /
Citronen Fjord83°0′N 28°40′W Hans Egede Land 83°0′N 24°45′W Arctic Ocean
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