84th parallel north
The 84th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 84 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic. It passes solely through the Arctic Ocean.
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84th parallel north
The northernmost land on earth, Kaffeklubben Island, Greenland is roughly 40 kilometres south 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.
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