The world's northernmost continuously-inhabited settlement, the weather station and military facility of Alert in Nunavut, is closest to this parallel.
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Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 82° north passes through:
The 84th parallel north and the 85th parallel north are circles of latitude that are, respectively, 84 and 85 degreesnorth of the Earth'sequatorial plane, in the Arctic. No land lies on either the 84th or 85th parallel north; they only lie on the Arctic Ocean; the 84th parallel is the first parallel by degree to do so. Regions north of the 84th parallel are excluded from UTM Zones.
At the 84th and 85th parallels, the sun is visible for 24 hours, 0 minutes during the summer solstice. During the winter solstice, the 84th parallel is under astronomical twilight, and the 85th parallel is under total nighttime during the entire day. The 85th parallel is the first parallel by degree to do this. The Arctic Circle is the latitude where the center of the sun is visible at midnight during the summer solstice, as opposed to the entire disk.
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