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This article contains a list of notable
circles of latitude on
Earth .
Day length for any latitude, and sunrise and sunset times on any longitude, can be calculated for any date using, for example, the sunrise equation. Online calculators are also available, such as from
NOAA .
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Northern Hemisphere
Latitude
Geographic crossings
Settlement crossings
Political boundaries
Other
90°N
North Pole
89°N
Lies entirely in the
Arctic Ocean
88°N
Lies entirely in the Arctic Ocean
87°N
Lies entirely in the Arctic Ocean
86°N
Lies entirely in the Arctic Ocean
85°N
Lies entirely in the Arctic Ocean
84°N
Lies entirely in the Arctic Ocean
83°N
83°0′N 77°25′W / 83.000°N 77.417°W / 83.000; -77.417 (Canada ) –
Ellesmere Island ,
Nunavut , Canada
83°0′N 46°39′W / 83.000°N 46.650°W / 83.000; -46.650 (Greenland ) –
Sverdrup Island , Greenland
83°0′N 46°13′W / 83.000°N 46.217°W / 83.000; -46.217 (Lincoln Sea ) –
Mascart Sound , Greenland
83°0′N 43°45′W / 83.000°N 43.750°W / 83.000; -43.750 (Greenland ) –
Nansen Land , Greenland
83°0′N 41°33′W / 83.000°N 41.550°W / 83.000; -41.550 (Lincoln Sea ) –
Thomas Thomsen Fjord , Greenland
83°0′N 41°19′W / 83.000°N 41.317°W / 83.000; -41.317 (Greenland ) –
Borup Island , Greenland
83°0′N 40°38′W / 83.000°N 40.633°W / 83.000; -40.633 (Lincoln Sea ) –
Adolf Jensen Fjord , Greenland
83°0′N 39°45′W / 83.000°N 39.750°W / 83.000; -39.750 (Greenland ) –
MacMillan Island , Greenland
83°0′N 39°43′W / 83.000°N 39.717°W / 83.000; -39.717 (Lincoln Sea ) –
De Long Fjord , Greenland
83°0′N 36°47′W / 83.000°N 36.783°W / 83.000; -36.783 (Greenland ) –
Amundsen Land , Greenland
83°0′N 33°20′W / 83.000°N 33.333°W / 83.000; -33.333 (Lincoln Sea ) –
Frederick E. Hyde Fjord , Greenland
83°0′N 28°40′W / 83.000°N 28.667°W / 83.000; -28.667 (Greenland ) –
Hans Egede Land , Greenland
82°N
83°0′N 77°25′W / 83.000°N 77.417°W / 83.000; -77.417 (Canada ) – Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
82°0′N 62°34′W / 82.000°N 62.567°W / 82.000; -62.567 (Nares Strait ) –
Nares Strait
82°0′N 59°59′W / 82.000°N 59.983°W / 82.000; -59.983 (Greenland ) –
Nyeboe Land , Greenland
82°0′N 54°13′W / 82.000°N 54.217°W / 82.000; -54.217 (Sherard Osborn Fjord ) –
St George Fjord , Greenland
82°0′N 52°43′W / 82.000°N 52.717°W / 82.000; -52.717 (Greenland ) –
Hendrik Island , Greenland
82°0′N 51°34′W / 82.000°N 51.567°W / 82.000; -51.567 (Sherard Osborn Fjord ) –
Sherard Osborn Fjord , Greenland
82°0′N 49°0′W / 82.000°N 49.000°W / 82.000; -49.000 (Greenland ) –
Wulff Land , Greenland
82°0′N 46°31′W / 82.000°N 46.517°W / 82.000; -46.517 (Victoria Fjord ) –
Victoria Fjord , Greenland
82°0′N 32°26′W / 82.000°N 32.433°W / 82.000; -32.433 (Greenland ) –
Christian Erichsen Ice Cap , Greenland
82°0′N 29°57′W / 82.000°N 29.950°W / 82.000; -29.950 (Independence Fjord ) –
Independence Fjord , Greenland
82°0′N 24°48′W / 82.000°N 24.800°W / 82.000; -24.800 (Greenland ) –
Cape Peter Henrik , Greenland
82°0′N 23°55′W / 82.000°N 23.917°W / 82.000; -23.917 (Independence Fjord ) –
Hagen Fjord , Greenland
82°0′N 23°10′W / 82.000°N 23.167°W / 82.000; -23.167 (Greenland ) –
Cape Rigsdagen , Greenland
82°0′N 21°18′W / 82.000°N 21.300°W / 82.000; -21.300 (Greenland ) –
Princess Thyra Island , Greenland
82°0′N 20°17′W / 82.000°N 20.283°W / 82.000; -20.283 (Greenland ) –
Princess Margaret Island , Greenland
81°N
81°0′N 38°0′E / 81.000°N 38.000°E / 81.000; 38.000 (Arctic Ocean ) –
Queen Victoria Sea , Arctic Ocean
81°0′N 54°27′E / 81.000°N 54.450°E / 81.000; 54.450 (Russia ) –
Franz Josef Land , Russia
81°0′N 93°45′E / 81.000°N 93.750°E / 81.000; 93.750 (Russia ) –
Komsomolets Island ,
Severnaya Zemlya , Russia
81°0′N 95°16′W / 81.000°N 95.267°W / 81.000; -95.267 (Canada ) –
Axel Heiberg Island , Nunavut, Canada
81°0′N 91°38′W / 81.000°N 91.633°W / 81.000; -91.633 (Nansen Sound ) –
Nansen Sound , Canada
81°0′N 66°52′W / 81.000°N 66.867°W / 81.000; -66.867 (Nares Strait ) –
Nares Strait , Canada
81°0′N 61°25′W / 81.000°N 61.417°W / 81.000; -61.417 (Greenland ) –
Petermann Glacier , Greenland
81°0′N 19°5′W / 81.000°N 19.083°W / 81.000; -19.083 (Greenland ) –
Romer Lake , Greenland
1°N
Equatorial Guinea and
Gabon
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Northern Hemisphere
Equator
The
equator , a circle of latitude that divides a
spheroid , such as Earth, into the
northern and
southern hemispheres. On Earth, it is an
imaginary line located at 0 degrees
latitude .
Southern Hemisphere
References