Northernmost settlements
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Some of the northernmost settlements in the world are:
- Alert, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada 82°28' N — Pop. 5
- Nord, Greenland, Denmark 81°43' N — Pop. 4
- Eureka, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada 79°59' N — Pop. 0
- Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway 78°55' N — Pop. 30
- Pyramiden (Russian), Svalbard, Norway 78°50' N — Pop. 0 (abandoned)
- Etah, Greenland, Denmark 78° 19' N, 72° 38' W - Pop. 0 (abandoned)
- Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway 78°12' N — Pop. 1,700
- Barentsburg (Russian), Svalbard, Norway 78°04' N — Pop. 950
- Sveagruva, Svalbard, Norway 77°55' N — Pop. 200
- Siorapaluk, Greenland, 77° 47' N - Pop. 87 (2005)
- Qaanaaq (Thule), Greenland, Denmark 77°30' N — Pop. 640
- Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada 76°25' N — Pop. 163
- Resolute, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada 74°41' N — Pop. 215
- Dikson, Taymyr Autonomous Okrug, Russia, 73° 30' N - Pop. 1,198
- Arctic Bay, Baffin Island, Canada 73° 02' N - Pop. 646
- Pond Inlet, Baffin Island, Canada 72° 42' N - Pop. 1,220
- Khatanga, Taymyr Autonomous Okrug, Russia, 71° 59' N - Pop. 3,450
- Tiksi, Sakha Republic, Russia, 71° 39' N - Pop. 5,873
- Barrow, Alaska, United States 71°18' N — Pop. 4,581
- Skarsvåg, Finnmark, Norway 71°08' N — Pop. 141
- Mehamn in Gamvik, Finnmark, Norway 71°02' N — Pop. 900
- Honningsvåg, Finnmark, Norway 70°58' N — Pop. 2,575
- Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway 70°39' N — Pop. 9,200
[edit] Larger cities (50,000+) north of the Arctic circle
- Tromsø, Troms, Norway 69°40' N — Pop. 61,897
- Talnah (or Talnakh), Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia 69°34' N — Pop. 58,654 - ru:Талнах
- Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia 69°21' N — Pop. 134,832
- Severomorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia 69°04' N — Pop. 55,102
- Murmansk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia 68°58' N — Pop. 336,137
- Apatity, Murmansk Oblast, Russia 67°34' N — Pop. 64,405
- Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia 67°30' N — Pop. 84,917
[edit] See also
- Southernmost settlements
- Extreme points of the world
- The world's most northern bagpipe orchestra, city, capital, zoo etc.
