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: ! scope="col" width="125" | Coordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean ! scope="row" | 🇳🇴 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Barents Sea ! scope="row" | 🇳🇴 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Barents Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kara Sea ! scope="row" | 🇷🇺 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Sea ! scope="row" | 🇷🇺 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean ! scope="row" | 🇨🇦 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Peary Channel ! scope="row" | 🇨🇦 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Nares Strait ! scope="row" | 🇬🇱 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean ! scope="row" | 🇬🇱 ! scope="row" | 🇬🇱 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean