80th parallel south

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80th parallel south

The 80th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 80 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane, and 10 degrees (690 miles/1100 kilometers) north of the United States Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. Regions south of this latitude are excluded from UTM zones.

This line of latitude passes only through Antarctica and Antarctic ice shelves.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 80° south passes through:

Coordinates	Continent	Sub-continent	Local area	Claimed by
80°0′S 0°0′E	Antarctica	West Antarctica	Part of Queen Maud Land	Norway
80°0′S 45°0′E			Enderby Land, Kemp Land, Mac. Robertson Land, Princess Elizabeth Land, Kaiser Wilhelm II Land, Queen Mary Land, Wilkes Land, aka Western Australian Antarctic Territory	Australia
80°0′S 136°0′E			Adélie Land	France
80°0′S 142°0′E			George V Land, Oates Land, Victoria Land, aka Eastern Australian Antarctic Territory	Australia
80°0′S 160°0′E			Ross Dependency	New Zealand
80°0′S 150°0′W		East Antarctica	Marie Byrd Land Ellsworth Land	Unclaimed territory
80°0′S 90°0′W			Ellsworth Land, in parts Antártica Chilena	Chile
80°0′S 80°0′W			Ellsworth Land	Chile and United Kingdom (overlapping claims)
80°0′S 74°0′W			Antarctic Peninsula	Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom (overlapping claims)
80°0′S 53°0′W			Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf	Argentina and United Kingdom (overlapping claims)
80°0′S 25°0′W		West Antarctica	Coats Land, part of British Antarctic Territory	United Kingdom
80°0′S 20°0′W			Part of Queen Maud Land	Norway

See also

• 79th parallel south
• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• South Pole