Northernmost settlements

Northernmost settlements

Some of the northernmost settlements in the world are:

Location Latitude Population Public Settlement? Active? Description
Barneo, Arctic Ocean Ice Sheet 88°11' N 100 no yes Latitude as of April 2009 (varies), Russian Ice Camp, populated in summer only
Alert, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada 82°28' N 74 no yes Northernmost permanently inhabited place, military and research station[1]
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
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°49' N 0 no yes Military staging facility and former 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 meteorological station from 1929 to 1963
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, Amsterdamøya, Svalbard, Norway 79°43'54" N 0 no no Former Danish-Dutch whaling station, 1619 to 1657
Harlingen kokerij, Danskøya, Svalbard, Norway 79°43'24" N 0 no no Former Dutch whaling station, 1636 to 1662
Kobbefjorden, Danskøya, 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
Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway 78°55' N 30 yes yes Northernmost settlement
Isachsen, Nunavut, Ellef Ringnes Island Canada 78°47' N 0 no no Former research station, 1948 to 1978
Pyramiden (Russian), Svalbard, Norway 78°50' N 20 yes yes Former settlement, 1910 to 1998
Annoatok, Greenland, Denmark 78°33' N 0 no no Former hunting station
Etah, Greenland, Denmark 78°19' N 0 yes no Former settlement
Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway 78°12' N 2,075 yes yes Northernmost settlement with a population of over 1,000
Barentsburg (Russian), Svalbard, Norway 78°04' N 500 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 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
Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada 76°25' N 163 yes yes Northernmost settlement in Canada
Mould Bay, Prince Patrick Island, Northwest Territories, Canada 76°18' N 0 no no Former meteorological station, 1948 to 1947
Craig Harbour, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada 76°13' N 0 yes no Former 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
Nordvik, Sakha Republic, Russia 74°01' N 0 yes no Former settlement and penal colony, 1933 to 1956
Dikson, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia 73°30' N 690 yes yes Northernmost settlement in Russia, closed town
Arctic Bay, Baffin Island, Canada 73°02' N 646 yes yes Settlement
Upernavik, Greenland, Denmark 72°47' N 1,144 yes yes Settlement
Pond Inlet, Baffin Island, Canada 72°42' N 1,220 yes yes Settlement
Khatanga, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia 71°59' N 3,450 yes yes Settlement
Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories, Canada, 71°59' N 122 yes yes Settlement
Tiksi, Sakha Republic, Russia 71°39' N 4,873 yes yes Settlement
Belushya Guba, Novaya Zemlya, Russia 71°32' N 2,622 yes yes Main settlement on Novaya Zemlaya
Barrow, Alaska, United States 71°18' N 4,581 yes yes Northernmost settlement in the United States
Skarsvåg, Finnmark, Norway 71°08' N 141 yes yes Northernmost settlement in mainland Norway
Mehamn, Gamvik, Finnmark, Norway 71°02' N 900 yes yes Settlement
Honningsvåg, Finnmark, Norway 70°58' N 2,575 yes yes City
Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway 70°39' N 9,200 yes yes City
Nuorgam, Lapland, Finland 70°05' N 200 yes yes Northernmost settlement in Finland and European Union
Kiruna, Sweden 67°51' N 18,154 yes yes Northernmost city in Sweden

Larger cities (50,000+) north of the Arctic circle

Location Latitude Population
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
Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland 66°30' N 60,083

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