Northernmost settlements
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Some of the northernmost settlements in the world are:
| Location | Latitude | Population | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barneo, Arctic Ice Sheet (Russian Ice Camp) | 89°06' N | 100 | ||||||
| Alert, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada | 82°28' N | 74 [1] | ||||||
| Jørgen Brøndlund Fjord, Greenland, Denmark (hut, former radio station) | 82°11' N | 0 | ||||||
| Fort Conger, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada (former exploration camp, 1881-1883 and 1957-1958) | 81°44' N | 0 | ||||||
| Nord, Greenland, Denmark | 81°43' N | 4 | ||||||
| Nagurskoye, Franz Josef Land, Russia (former meteorological station) | 80°49' N | 0 | ||||||
| Krenkel, Franz Josef Land, Russia (meteorological station) | 80°37' N | ? | ||||||
| Tikhaya Bay, Franz Josef Land, Russia (meteorological station from 1929 to 1963) | 80°20' N | 0 | ||||||
| Eureka, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada | 79°59' N | 8 | ||||||
| Golomyanniy Meteorological Station, Sredniy Island, Sedov Archipelago, Severnaya Zemlya, Russia | 79°33' N | 3 | ||||||
| Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway | 78°55' N | 30 | ||||||
| Pyramiden (Russian), Svalbard, Norway (abandoned since 1998/2000) | 78°50' N | 0 | ||||||
| Annoatok, Greenland, Denmark (abandoned hunting station) | 78°33' N | 0 | ||||||
| Etah, Greenland, Denmark (abandoned village) | 78°19' N | 0 | ||||||
| Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway | 78°12' N | 2,075 | ||||||
| Barentsburg (Russian), Svalbard, Norway | 78°04' N | 500 | ||||||
| North Ice, Greenland, Denmark (research station 1952 to 1954) | 78°04' N | 0 | ||||||
| Sveagruva, Svalbard, Norway | 77°55' N | 200 | ||||||
| Siorapaluk, Greenland (northernmost village) | 77°47' N | 87 | ||||||
| Qaanaaq (Thule), Greenland, Denmark | 77°30' N | 640 | ||||||
| Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada | 76°25' N | 163 | ||||||
| Resolute, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada | 74°41' N | 215 | ||||||
| Nordvik (Russia), Sakha Republic, Russia | 74°01' N | 0 | ||||||
| Dikson, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia | 73°30' N | 1,198 | ||||||
| Arctic Bay, Baffin Island, Canada | 73°02' N | 646 | ||||||
| Pond Inlet, Baffin Island, Canada | 72°42' N | 1,220 | ||||||
| Khatanga, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia | 71°59' N | 3,450 | ||||||
| Tiksi, Sakha Republic, Russia | 71°39' N | 5,873 | ||||||
| Barrow, Alaska, United States | 71°18' N | 4,581 | ||||||
| Skarsvåg, Finnmark, Norway | 71°08' N | 141 | ||||||
| Mehamn in Gamvik, Finnmark, Norway | 71°02' N | 900 | ||||||
| Honningsvåg, Finnmark, Norway | 70°58' N | 2,575 | ||||||
| Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway | 70°39' N | 9,200 | ||||||
| Larger cities (50,000+) north of the Arctic circle | ||||||||
| Tromsø, Troms, Norway | 69°40' N | 61,897 | ||||||
| Talnakh, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (merged into Norilsk in 2005) | 69°34' N | 58,654 | ||||||
| Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia | 69°21' N | 134,832 | ||||||
| Severomorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 69°04' N | 55,102 | ||||||
| Murmansk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 68°58' N | 336,137 | ||||||
| Apatity, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 67°34' N | 64,405 | ||||||
| Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia | 67°30' N | 84,917 | ||||||
[edit] See also
- Southernmost settlements
- Extreme points of the world
- The world's most northern bagpipe orchestra, city, capital, zoo etc.
