80th parallel north

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80th parallel north

The 80th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 80 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia, the Arctic Ocean and North America.

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	Atlantic Ocean	Greenland Sea
80°0′N 15°58′E	Norway	Svalbard - island of Spitsbergen
80°0′N 16°33′E	Atlantic Ocean	Greenland Sea
80°0′N 18°38′E	Norway	Svalbard - island of Nordaustlandet
80°0′N 27°10′E	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	Russia	Franz Josef Land - Northbrook Island
80°0′N 51°12′E	Barents Sea
80°0′N 58°47′E	Russia	Franz Josef Land - Salm Island
80°0′N 60°0′E	Barents Sea
80°0′N 66°13′E	Kara Sea
80°0′N 91°18′E	Russia	Severnaya Zemlya - Pioneer Island and October Revolution Island
80°0′N 99°20′E	Laptev Sea
80°0′N 105°40′E	Arctic Ocean
80°0′N 100°9′W	Canada	Nunavut - Meighen Island
80°0′N 98°45′W	Sverdrup Channel
80°0′N 96°37′W	Canada	Nunavut - Axel Heiberg Island
80°0′N 87°9′W	Eureka Sound
80°0′N 86°12′W	Canada	Nunavut - Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island
80°0′N 82°44′W	Cañon Fiord
80°0′N 82°1′W	Canada	Nunavut - Ellesmere Island
80°0′N 70°40′W	Nares Strait
80°0′N 65°2′W	Greenland	Cape Clay
80°0′N 17°14′W	Greenland	Hovgaard Island
80°0′N 17°9′W	Atlantic Ocean	Greenland Sea

See also

• 79th parallel north
• 81st parallel north