79th parallel north

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79th parallel north

The 79th parallel north is the circle of latitude located 79 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, 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.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 79° north passes through:

Coordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
79°0′N 0°0′E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.	Atlantic Ocean	Greenland Sea
79°0′N 12°5′E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.	Norway	Svalbard - island of Spitsbergen
79°0′N 20°11′E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.	Barents Sea	Passing just north of the island of Kongsøya, Svalbard, Norway
79°0′N 30°4′E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.	Norway	Svalbard - island of Abeløya
79°0′N 30°19′E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.	Barents Sea
79°0′N 67°0′E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.	Kara Sea
79°0′N 95°44′E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.	Russia	Severnaya Zemlya - October Revolution Island
79°0′N 99°58′E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.	Laptev Sea
79°0′N 101°6′E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.	Russia	Severnaya Zemlya - Bolshevik Island
79°0′N 104°5′E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.	Laptev Sea
79°0′N 114°28′E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.	Arctic Ocean
79°0′N 104°40′W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.	Canada	Nunavut - Ellef Ringnes Island
79°0′N 101°21′W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.	Peary Channel
79°0′N 94°12′W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.	Canada	Nunavut - Axel Heiberg Island, Stor Island and Ellesmere Island
79°0′N 76°7′W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.	Nares Strait
79°0′N 68°48′W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.	Greenland
79°0′N 17°57′W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.	Atlantic Ocean	Greenland Sea
79°0′N 68°43′W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.	Greenland	North of Inuarfissuaq (Cap Russel)
79°0′N 17°57′W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.	Greenland	Main island of Norske Islands
79°0′N 17°40′W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.	Atlantic Ocean	Greenland Sea

See also

• 78th parallel north
• 80th parallel north

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