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.
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80th parallel north
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 Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea 80°0′N 15°58′E 
NorwaySvalbard - island of Spitsbergen 80°0′N 16°33′E Atlantic Ocean Hinlopen Strait 80°0′N 18°38′E NorwaySvalbard - 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,
Russia80°0′N 50°34′E RussiaFranz Josef Land - Northbrook Island 80°0′N 51°12′E Barents Sea 80°0′N 58°47′E RussiaFranz 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 RussiaSevernaya Zemlya - Pioneer Island and Matusevich Fjord, 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 .svg.png.webp)
CanadaNunavut - Meighen Island 80°0′N 98°45′W Sverdrup Channel 80°0′N 96°37′W CanadaNunavut - Axel Heiberg Island 80°0′N 87°9′W Eureka Sound 80°0′N 86°12′W CanadaNunavut - Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island 80°0′N 82°44′W Cañon Fiord 80°0′N 82°1′W CanadaNunavut - Ellesmere Island 80°0′N 70°40′W Nares Strait 80°0′N 65°2′W 
GreenlandCape Clay 80°0′N 17°14′W GreenlandHovgaard Island 80°0′N 17°9′W Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
See also
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