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.

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80th parallel south

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