80th parallel north
# 80th parallel north

The 80th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 80 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, and 10 degrees (690 miles / 1100 kilometers) south of the North Pole, in the Arctic. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia, the Arctic Ocean and North America.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 24 hours, 0 minutes during the summer solstice and astronomical twilight during the winter solstice.

This latitude is the boundary between the Arctic and High Arctic zones of Canada's National Topographic System, at which the longitude span of each map sheet doubles as one crosses this latitude going north.

## Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 80° north passes through:

    Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 80°0′N 0°0′E﻿ / ﻿80.000°N 0.000°E﻿ / 80.000; 0.000﻿ (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea 80°0′N 15°58′E﻿ / ﻿80.000°N 15.967°E﻿ / 80.000; 15.967﻿ (Norway)  Norway Svalbard - island of Spitsbergen 80°0′N 16°33′E﻿ / ﻿80.000°N 16.550°E﻿ / 80.000; 16.550﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Hinlopen Strait 80°0′N 18°38′E﻿ / ﻿80.000°N 18.633°E﻿ / 80.000; 18.633﻿ (Norway)  Norway Svalbard - island of Nordaustlandet 80°0′N 27°10′E﻿ / ﻿80.000°N 27.167°E﻿ / 80.000; 27.167﻿ (Barents Sea) Barents Sea Passing just south of the islands of Storøya and Kvitøya, Svalbard, Norway Passing just south of Victoria Island, Russia 80°0′N 50°34′E﻿ / ﻿80.000°N 50.567°E﻿ / 80.000; 50.567﻿ (Russia)  Russia Franz Josef Land - Northbrook Island 80°0′N 51°12′E﻿ / ﻿80.000°N 51.200°E﻿ / 80.000; 51.200﻿ (Barents Sea) Barents Sea 80°0′N 58°47′E﻿ / ﻿80.000°N 58.783°E﻿ / 80.000; 58.783﻿ (Russia)  Russia Franz Josef Land - Salm Island 80°0′N 60°0′E﻿ / ﻿80.000°N 60.000°E﻿ / 80.000; 60.000﻿ (Barents Sea) Barents Sea 80°0′N 66°13′E﻿ / ﻿80.000°N 66.217°E﻿ / 80.000; 66.217﻿ (Kara Sea) Kara Sea 80°0′N 91°18′E﻿ / ﻿80.000°N 91.300°E﻿ / 80.000; 91.300﻿ (Russia)  Russia Severnaya Zemlya - Pioneer Island and Matusevich Fjord, October Revolution Island 80°0′N 99°20′E﻿ / ﻿80.000°N 99.333°E﻿ / 80.000; 99.333﻿ (Laptev Sea) Laptev Sea 80°0′N 105°40′E﻿ / ﻿80.000°N 105.667°E﻿ / 80.000; 105.667﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 80°0′N 100°9′W﻿ / ﻿80.000°N 100.150°W﻿ / 80.000; -100.150﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Meighen Island 80°0′N 98°45′W﻿ / ﻿80.000°N 98.750°W﻿ / 80.000; -98.750﻿ (Sverdrup Channel) Sverdrup Channel 80°0′N 96°37′W﻿ / ﻿80.000°N 96.617°W﻿ / 80.000; -96.617﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Axel Heiberg Island 80°0′N 87°9′W﻿ / ﻿80.000°N 87.150°W﻿ / 80.000; -87.150﻿ (Eureka Sound) Eureka Sound 80°0′N 86°12′W﻿ / ﻿80.000°N 86.200°W﻿ / 80.000; -86.200﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island 80°0′N 82°44′W﻿ / ﻿80.000°N 82.733°W﻿ / 80.000; -82.733﻿ (Cañon Fiord) Cañon Fiord 80°0′N 82°1′W﻿ / ﻿80.000°N 82.017°W﻿ / 80.000; -82.017﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Ellesmere Island 80°0′N 70°40′W﻿ / ﻿80.000°N 70.667°W﻿ / 80.000; -70.667﻿ (Nares Strait) Nares Strait 80°0′N 65°2′W﻿ / ﻿80.000°N 65.033°W﻿ / 80.000; -65.033﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Cape Clay 80°0′N 17°14′W﻿ / ﻿80.000°N 17.233°W﻿ / 80.000; -17.233﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Hovgaard Island 80°0′N 17°9′W﻿ / ﻿80.000°N 17.150°W﻿ / 80.000; -17.150﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
