Northernmost settlements
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Some of the northernmost settlements in the world are:
| Location | Country | Latitude | Population | Public settlement? | Active? | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Barneo, Arctic Ocean Ice Sheet | None (International waters) |
88°11' N | 100 | no | yes | Latitude as of April 2009 (varies), northernmost inhabited place, Russian Ice Camp, populated in summer only |
| Ward Hunt Island Camp, Nunavut | Canada | 83°06' N | 0 | no | no | Former exploration base |
| Alert, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut | Canada | 82°28' N | 74 | no | yes | Northernmost place with a permanent (year-round) population; military and research station (CFS Alert)[1] |
| Wandel Dal Settlements, Pearyland | Greenland (Denmark ) |
82°15' N | 0 | yes | no | A group of more than 20 archeological sites, among them several former permanent settlements |
| Brønlundhus | Greenland (Denmark ) |
82°11' N | 0 | no | no | Former exploration base, 1947 to 1950 |
| Kap Harald Moltke | Greenland (Denmark ) |
82°10' N | 0 | no | no | Former exploration base |
| Deltaterrasserne | Greenland (Denmark ) |
82°07' N | 0 | yes | no | Archaeological site |
| Fort Conger, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut | Canada | 81°44' N | 0 | no | no | Former exploration camp, 1881 to 1883 and 1957 to 1958 |
| Nord | Greenland (Denmark ) |
81°43' N | 4 | no | yes | Military and scientific base |
| Nagurskoye, Franz Josef Land | Russia | 80°48' N | 52[2] | no | yes | Border guard facility and meteorological station |
| Krenkel, Franz Josef Land | Russia | 80°37' N | 7 | no | yes | Meteorological station |
| Tikhaya Bay, Franz Josef Land | Russia | 80°20' N | 0 | no | no | Former weather station |
| Eureka, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut | Canada | 79°59' N | 0 | no | yes | Scientific station |
| Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut | Canada | 79°58' N | 0 | no | no | Former Royal Canadian Mounted Police station |
| Ytre Norskøya, Svalbard | Norway | 79°51'20" N | 0 | no | no | Former Dutch whaling station, 1620s to 1670 |
| Smeerenburg, Amsterdam Island, Svalbard | Norway | 79°43'54" N | 0 | no | no | Former Danish–Dutch whaling station, 1619 to 1657 |
| Harlingen kokerij, Danes Island, Svalbard | Norway | 79°43'24" N | 0 | no | no | Former Dutch whaling station, 1636 to 1662 |
| Kobbefjorden, Danes Island, Svalbard | Norway | 79°41'42" N | 0 | no | no | Former Danish whaling station, 1631 to 1658 |
| Golomyanniy, Sredniy Island, Severnaya Zemlya | Russia | 79°33' N | 3 | no | yes | Meteorological station |
| Qaqaitsut, Eastern Inglefield Land, NW | Greenland (Denmark ) |
ca. 79°07'17.14 N | 0 | yes | no | Hunting station and former permanent settlement |
| Inuarfissuaq, Central Inglefield Land, NW | Greenland (Denmark ) |
78°55' N | 0 | yes | no | Former hunting station or permanent settlement |
| Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard | Norway | 78°55' N | 35 | yes | yes | Northernmost civilian and functional settlement; home to the northernmost post office |
| Isachsen, Ellef Ringnes Island, Nunavut | Canada | 78°47' N | 0 | no | no | Former research station, 1948 to 1978 |
| Pyramiden (Russian), Svalbard | Norway | 78°39' N | winter 3-4 summer 15 |
yes | yes | Former settlement, 1910 to 1998/2000. Peak population over 1200. Now a ghost city for tourists with hotel established in 2013. |
| Annoatok | Greenland (Denmark ) |
78°33' N | 0 | yes | no | Former hunting station |
| Etah | Greenland (Denmark ) |
78°19' N | 0 | yes | no | Hunting station and former permanent settlement |
| Longyearbyen, Svalbard | Norway | 78°12' N | 2,040 | yes | yes | Northernmost settlement with a permanent population of over 1,000 |
| Barentsburg (Russian), Svalbard | Norway | 78°04' N | 435 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| North Ice | Greenland (Denmark ) |
78°04' N | 0 | no | no | Former research station, 1952 to 1954 |
| Sveagruva, Svalbard | Norway | 77°55' N | 200 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Siorapaluk | Greenland (Denmark ) |
77°47' N | 87 | yes | yes | Northernmost settlement in North America and in Greenland |
| Qaanaaq (Thule) | Greenland (Denmark ) |
77°30' N | 640 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Qeqertat | Greenland (Denmark ) |
77°29' N | 26 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Camp Century | Greenland (Denmark ) |
77°16' N | 0 | no | no | United States military scientific research base complete with nuclear reactor, active 1959-1967 |
| Pituffik | Greenland (Denmark ) |
76°32' N | 0 | yes | no | Former settlement, population forcibly relocated to Qaanaaq site in 1952 to make space for nearby Thule Air Base; northernomost nuclear-contaminated area in the world after the 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash |
| Dundas | Greenland (Denmark ) |
76°32' N | 0 | yes | no | Former settlement, population forcibly relocated to Qaanaaq site in 1952 to make space for nearby Thule Air Base; northernomost nuclear-contaminated area in the world after the 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash |
| Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut | Canada | 76°25' N | 163 | yes | yes | Northernmost public settlement in Canada |
| Mould Bay weather station, Prince Patrick Island, Northwest Territories | Canada | 76°18' N | 0 | no | no | Former meteorological station, 1948 to 1997 |
| Craig Harbour, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut | Canada | 76°13' N | 0 | yes | no | Former settlement |
| Savissivik | Greenland (Denmark ) |
76°01' N | 62 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Resolute, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut | Canada | 74°41' N | 215 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Dundas Harbour, Devon Island, Nunavut | Canada | 74°39' N | 0 | yes | no | Former settlement, 1924 to 1951 |
| Kullorsuaq | Greenland (Denmark ) |
74°34' N | 448 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Ikermiut | Greenland (Denmark ) |
74°20' N | 0 | yes | no | Former settlement, abandoned in 1954 |
| Nuussuaq | Greenland (Denmark ) |
74°06' N | 202 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Itissaalik | Greenland (Denmark ) |
74°03' N | 0 | yes | no | Former settlement, 1904-1909, 1911-1957 |
| Nordvik, Sakha Republic | Russia | 74°01' N | 0 | yes | no | Former settlement and penal colony, 1933 to 1956 |
| Kuuk | Greenland (Denmark ) |
73°42' N | 0 | yes | no | Former settlement, abandoned in 1972 |
| Nutaarmiut | Greenland (Denmark ) |
73°31' N | 32 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Dikson, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia | 73°30' N | 690 | yes | yes | Northernmost settlement in Russia, closed town |
| Tasiusaq, Avannaata | Greenland (Denmark ) |
73°22' N | 243 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Syndassko, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia | 73°15' N | 496 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Innaarsuit | Greenland (Denmark ) |
73°11' N | 153 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Naajaat | Greenland (Denmark ) |
73°08' N | 53 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Arctic Bay, Baffin Island,, Nunavut | Canada | 73°02' N | 646 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Ust-Olenyok, Sakha Republic | Russia | 72°59' N | 80 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Aappilattoq, Avannaata | Greenland (Denmark ) |
72°53' N | 169 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Novorybnaya, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia | 72°50' N | 556 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Yuryung-Khaya, Sakha Republic | Russia | 72°48' N | 1,148 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Upernavik | Greenland (Denmark ) |
72°47' N | 1,144 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Pond Inlet, Baffin Island, Nunavut | Canada | 72°42' N | 1,220 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Taymylyr, Sakha Republic | Russia | 72°37' N | 757 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Summit Camp | Greenland (Denmark ) |
72°34' N | 5 (winter) to 55 (summer) | no | no | year-round research station at the top of the Greenland Ice Sheet |
| Kangersuatsiaq | Greenland (Denmark ) |
72°22' N | 173 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Zhdaniha, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia | 72°10' N | 205 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Upernavik Kujalleq | Greenland (Denmark ) |
72°09' N | 195 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Bykovskiy, Sakha Republic | Russia | 72°00' N | 517 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Khatanga, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia | 71°59' N | 2,645 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Sachs Harbour, Banks Island, Northwest Territories | Canada | 71°59' N | 122 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Ushakovskoye, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug | Russia | 71°59' N | 0 | yes | yes | Former settlement on Wrangel Island. Now used as nature reserve HQ |
| Saskylakh, Sakha Republic | Russia | 71°57' N | 2,317 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Kresty, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia | 71°54' N | 274 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Tyumyati, Sakha Republic | Russia | 71°54' N | 10 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Popigay, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia | 71°53' N | 334 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Yukagir, Sakha Republic | Russia | 71°46' N | 128 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Novaya, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia | 71°45' N | 313 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Vorontsovo, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia | 71°41' N | 253 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Tiksi, Sakha Republic | Russia | 71°39' N | 4,873 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Rogachevo, Novaya Zemlya | Russia | 71°36' N | 457 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Kheta, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia | 71°34' N | 368 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Nuugaatsiaq | Greenland (Denmark ) |
71°32' N | 80 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Belushya Guba, Novaya Zemlya | Russia | 71°32' N | 1,972 | yes | yes | Main settlement on Novaya Zemlaya |
| Kayak, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia | 71°30' N | 128 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Nizhneyansk, Sakha Republic | Russia | 71°26' N | 391 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Utqiagvik, Alaska | United States | 71°18' N | 4,581 | yes | yes | Northernmost settlement in the United States, formerly Barrow |
| Katyryk, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia | 71°16' N | 334 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Illorsuit | Greenland (Denmark ) |
71°14' N | 77 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Eismitte | Greenland (Denmark ) |
71°10' N | 0 | no | no | Former research station, 1930-31 |
| Skarsvåg, Finnmark | Norway | 71°08' N | 141 | yes | yes | Northernmost settlement in Norway proper |
| Russkoye Ustye, Sakha Republic | Russia | 71°07' N | 157 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Gamvik (village), Finnmark | Norway | 71°03' N | 200 (in 2006) | yes | yes | Village |
| Ukkusissat | Greenland (Denmark ) |
71°02' N | 155 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Mehamn, Gamvik, Finnmark | Norway | 71°02' N | 900 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Akkarfjord, Finnmark | Norway | 70°79' N | 70 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Honningsvåg, Finnmark | Norway | 70°58' N | 2,575 | yes | yes | City |
| Volochanka, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia | 70°58' N | 540 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Ust-Yansk, Sakha Republic | Russia | 70°54' N | 317 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Guyda, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug | Russia | 70°53' N | 3,331 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Berlevåg, Finnmark | Norway | 70°51' N | 948 | yes | yes | Village, municipality seat |
| Naiba, Sakha Republic | Russia | 70°50' N | 522 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Saattut | Greenland (Denmark ) |
70°48' N | 229 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Khayyr, Sakha Republic | Russia | 70°48' N | 397 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Skjånes, Finnmark | Norway | 70°48' N | 60 to 70 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Niaqornat | Greenland (Denmark ) |
70°47' N | 52 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Kazache, Sakha Republic | Russia | 70°45' N | 1,453 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Ulukhaktok, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories | Canada | 70°44'N | 402 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Qaarsut | Greenland (Denmark ) |
70°43' N | 196 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Kongsfjord, Finnmark | Norway | 70°43' N | 45 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Forsøl, Finnmark | Norway | 70°43' N | 215 | yes | yes | Village |
| Kyusyur, Sakha Republic | Russia | 70°41' N | 1,345 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Uummannaq | Greenland (Denmark ) |
70°40' N | 1,281 | yes | yes | Town |
| Hammerfest, Finnmark | Norway | 70°39' N | 7,119 | yes | yes | City |
| Wainwright, Alaska | United States | 70°38' N | 573 | yes | yes | Town |
| Rypefjord, Finnmark | Norway | 70°38' N | 1,838 | yes | yes | Village |
| Båtsfjord, Finnmark | Norway | 70°38' N | 2,212 | yes | yes | Village, municipality seat |
| Chokurdakh, Sakha Republic | Russia | 70°37' N | 2,105 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Kårhamn, Finnmark | Norway | 70°32' N | 50 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Ikerasak | Greenland (Denmark ) |
70°30' N | 238 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Ittoqqortoormiit | Greenland (Denmark ) |
70°29' N | 452 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Atqasuk, Alaska | United States | 70°28' N | 237 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Prudhoe Bay, Alaska | United States | 70°19' N | 2,174 | yes | yes | Census-designated place Northern end of the Alaskan Pipeline |
| Alpine, Alaska | United States | 70°14' N | about 250 oil workers | yes | yes | Work camp; former census-designated place; oil discovered in 1996 |
| Nuiqsut, Alaska | United States | 70°12' N | 411 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Deadhorse, Alaska | United States | 70°12' N | from 25-50 (winter minimum) to about 3,000 temporary resident workers | yes | yes | Northernmost point on Western Hemisphere road network |
| Kaktovik, Alaska | United States | 70°07' N | 241 | yes | yes | Settlement |
| Nuorgam, Lapland | Finland | 70°05' N | 200 | yes | yes | Northernmost settlement in Finland and European Union |
| Saqqaq | Greenland (Denmark ) |
70°00' N | 173 | yes | yes | Settlement - site name for the Saqqaq culture |
Cities and towns
This is a list of the northernmost cities and towns in the world.
- Weather station/military base not a public community.
Larger cities
Northernmost cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants.
Northernmost cities with more than 250,000 inhabitants.
See also
References
- ↑ Canadian Forces Station Alert
- ↑ ((SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg, Germany)). "ARKTIS: Reich in der Kälte". http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-63806952.html.
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