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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] |
| Brønlundhus, Greenland, Denmark (former exploration base) |
82°11' N |
0 |
| Kap Harald Moltke, Greenland, Denmark (exploration base) |
82°10' 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 |
7 |
| 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 (abandoned since 1956) |
74°01' N |
0 |
| Dikson, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia |
73°30' N |
1,198 |
| Arctic Bay, Baffin Island, Canada |
73°02' N |
646 |
| Upernavik, Greenland, Denmark |
72°47' N |
1,144 |
| 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 |
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