The most northern settlements on Earth are communities close to the North Pole, ranging from about 70° N to about 89° N. The North Pole itself is at 90° N.
There are no permanent civilian settlements north of 79° N, the furthest north (78.55° N) being Ny-Ålesund, a permanent settlement of about 30 (in the winter) to 130 (in the summer) people on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. Just below this settlement at 78.12° N is Svalbard's primary city, Longyearbyen, which has a population of over 2,000.
When occupied for a few weeks some years, the northernmost temporary settlement in the world is Camp Barneo, a Russian tourist attraction located near 88°11'00" N. As of 2022, it had not been occupied since 2018.
The tables below show the settlements, towns, and cities that are the northernmost in the world of their kind.
All locations
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
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! Location
! Country
! Latitude
! width="15" ! data-sort-type=number | Population
! width="15" | Public
! Active?
! Description
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| Camp Barneo, Arctic Ocean Ice Sheet || None<br>(International waters) || 88°11' N ||align="center"| 0 || align="center"|no || align="center"|no || Latitude as of April 2009 (varies); northernmost temporarily inhabited place. A Russian-founded ice camp. It has not been occupied since 2019.
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| Frigg Fjord Settlements, Peary Land || Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || 83°07' N || align="center" | 0 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|no || A group of archeological sites including at least one likely inhabited both summer and winter
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| Ward Hunt Island Camp, Nunavut || rowspan="2" | Canada || 83°06' N ||align="center"| 0 || align="center"|no || align="center"|no || Former exploration base in 1957–58, airstrip, building. Uninhabited as of 2019
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| Alert, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut || 82°28' N ||align="center"| 65 (winter minimum) to 110 (summer maximum) || align="center"|no || align="center"|yes || Northernmost place with a continuous (year-round) population, but no permanent residents; military and research station (CFS Alert)
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| Wandel Dal Settlements, Peary Land || rowspan="4" | Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || 82°15' N ||align="center"| 0 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|no || A group of more than 20 archeological sites, among them several former permanent settlements
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| Brønlundhus, Peary Land || 82°11' N ||align="center"| 0 || align="center"|no || align="center"|no || Former exploration base, 1947 to 1950
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| Kap Harald Moltke, Peary Land || 82°10' N ||align="center"| 0 || align="center"|no || align="center"|no || Former exploration base
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| Deltaterrasserne, Peary Land || 82°07' N ||align="center"|0 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|no || Archaeological site
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| Fort Conger, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut || Canada || 81°44' N ||align="center"| 0 || align="center"|no || align="center"|no || Former exploration camp, 1881 to 1883 and 1957 to 1958
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| Nord || Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || 81°43' N ||align="center"|5 || align="center"|no || align="center"|yes || Military and scientific base
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| Nagurskoye, Franz Josef Land || rowspan="3" | Russia || 80°48' N ||align="center"|52 || align="center"|no || align="center"|yes || Border guard facility and meteorological station
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| Krenkel, Franz Josef Land || 80°37' N || align="center"|7 || align="center"|no || align="center"|yes || Meteorological station
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| Tikhaya Bay, Franz Josef Land || 80°20' N ||align="center"| 0 || align="center"|no || align="center"|no ||Former weather station
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| Eureka, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut || rowspan="2" | Canada || 79°59' N||align="center"|8 || align="center"|no || align="center"|yes || Scientific station
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| Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut || 79°58' N||align="center"|0 || align="center"|no || align="center"|no || Former Royal Canadian Mounted Police station
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| Ytre Norskøya, Svalbard || rowspan="4" | Norway || 79°51'20" N||align="center"|0 || align="center"|no || align="center"|no ||Former Dutch whaling station, 1620s to 1670
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| Smeerenburg, Amsterdam Island, Svalbard || 79°43'54" N||align="center"|0 || align="center"|no || align="center"|no || Former Danish–Dutch whaling station, 1619 to 1657
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| Harlingen kokerij, Danes Island, Svalbard || 79°43'24" N||align="center"|0 || align="center"|no || align="center"|no || Former Dutch whaling station, 1636 to 1662
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| Kobbefjorden, Danes Island, Svalbard || 79°41'42" N||align="center"|0 || align="center"|no || align="center"|no || Former Danish whaling station, 1631 to 1658
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| Golomyanniy, Sredniy Island, Severnaya Zemlya || Russia || 79°33' N ||align="center"|4 || align="center"|no || align="center"|yes || Meteorological station
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| Bache Peninsula, Eastern Ellesmere Land, Nunavut || Canada || data-sort-value="79°10'00 N"|ca. 79°10 N ||align="center"|0 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|no || Royal Canadian Mounted Police outpost 1926 to 1933
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| Qaqaitsut, Eastern Inglefield Land, NW || rowspan="2" | Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || data-sort-value="79°07'17.14 N"|ca. 79°07'17.14 N ||align="center"|0 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|no || Hunting station and former permanent settlement
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| Inuarfissuaq, Central Inglefield Land, NW || 78°55' N ||align="center"|0 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|no || Former hunting station or permanent settlement
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| Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard || Norway || 78°55' N ||align="center"|30 (winter) to 180 (summer) || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Northernmost civilian and functional settlement; home to the northernmost post office
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|Isachsen, Ellef Ringnes Island, Nunavut || Canada || 78°47' N||align="center"|0 || align="center"|no || align="center"|no || Former research station, 1948 to 1978
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| Pyramiden (Russian), Svalbard || Norway || 78°39' N||align="center”|3 (winter) to 15 (summer)|| align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Former settlement, 1910 to 1998/2000. Peak population over 1200. Now a ghost city for tourists with hotel established in 2013.
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| Annoatok || rowspan="2" | Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || 78°33' N ||align="center"|0 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|no ||Former hunting station
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| Etah || 78°19' N ||align="center"|0 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|no || Hunting station and former permanent settlement
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| Longyearbyen, Svalbard || rowspan="2" | Norway || 78°12' N ||align="center"|2,400 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Northernmost settlement with a permanent population over 1,000
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| Barentsburg (Russian), Svalbard || 78°04' N ||align="center"|455 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| North Ice || Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || 78°04' N ||align="center"|0 || align="center"|no || align="center"|no || Former research station, 1952 to 1954
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| Sveagruva, Svalbard || Norway || 77°55' N ||align="center"|0 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|no || Former mining town
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| Siorapaluk || Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || 77°47' N ||align="center"|41 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Northernmost settlement in North America and in Greenland
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| Cape Chelyuskin || Russia || 77°44' N ||align="center"|6 || align="center"|no || align="center"|yes || Northernmost point in mainland Siberia (weather station)
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| Qeqertat || rowspan="3" | Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || 77°29' N ||align="center"|31 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Qaanaaq (Thule) || 77°28' N ||align="center"|629 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Camp Century || 77°16' N ||align="center"|0 || align="center"|no || align="center"|no || United States military scientific research base complete with nuclear reactor, active 1959-1967
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|Hopen || Norway || 76°54' N ||align="center"|4 || align="center"|yes || align=" center"|yes || A meteorological station has been placed there.
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| Dundas || rowspan="2" | Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || 76°34' N ||align="center"|0 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|no || Former settlement, population forcibly relocated to Qaanaaq site in 1952 to make space for nearby Pituffik Space Base; northernmost nuclear-contaminated area in the world after the 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash
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| Pituffik || 76°32' N ||align="center"|0 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|no || Former settlement, population forcibly relocated to Qaanaaq site in 1952 to make space for nearby Pituffik Space Base; northernmost nuclear-contaminated area in the world after the 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash
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| Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut || rowspan="3" | Canada || 76°25' N ||align="center"|144 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Northernmost public settlement in Canada
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|Mould Bay weather station, Prince Patrick Island, Northwest Territories || 76°18' N||align="center"|0 || align="center"|no || align="center"|no || Former meteorological station, 1948 to 1997
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|Craig Harbour, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut || 76°13' N||align="center"|0 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|no ||Former settlement
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|Savissivik || Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || 76°01' N||align="center"|50 || align="center"|yes ||align="center"|yes|| Settlement
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|Resolute, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut || rowspan="2" | Canada || 74°41' N ||align="center"|183 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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|Dundas Harbour, Devon Island, Nunavut || 74°39' N||align="center"|0 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|no || Former settlement, 1924 to 1951
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|Kullorsuaq || rowspan="4" | Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || 74°34' N||align="center"|444 || align="center"|yes ||align="center"|yes|| Settlement
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|Ikermiut || 74°20' N||align="center"|0 || align="center"|yes ||align="center"|no|| Former settlement, abandoned in 1954
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|Nuussuaq || 74°06' N||align="center"|181 || align="center"|yes ||align="center"|yes|| Settlement
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|Itissaalik || 74°03' N||align="center"|0 || align="center"|yes ||align="center"|no|| Former settlement, 1904–1909, 1911-1957
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| Nordvik, Sakha Republic || Russia || 74°01' N ||align="center"|0 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|no || Former settlement and penal colony, 1933 to 1956
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|Kuuk || rowspan="2" | Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || 73°42' N||align="center"|0 || align="center"|yes ||align="center"|no|| Former settlement, abandoned in 1972
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| Nutaarmiut || 73°31' N ||align="center"|43 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Dikson, Krasnoyarsk Krai || Russia || 73°30' N ||align="center"|319 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Northernmost settlement in Russia. Northernmost continental (i.e. non-insular) settlement.
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| Tasiusaq, Avannaata || Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || 73°22' N ||align="center"|249 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Syndassko, Krasnoyarsk Krai || Russia || 73°15' N ||align="center"|531 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Innaarsuit || rowspan="2" | Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || 73°11' N ||align="center"|171 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Naajaat || 73°08' N ||align="center"|45 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Arctic Bay, Baffin Island, Nunavut || Canada || 73°02' N || align="center"|994 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Ust-Olenyok, Sakha Republic || Russia || 72°59' N || align="center"|27 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Aappilattoq, Avannaata || Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || 72°53' N ||align="center"|149 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Novorybnaya, Krasnoyarsk Krai || rowspan="2" | Russia || 72°50' N ||align="center"|490 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Yuryung-Khaya, Sakha Republic || 72°48' N || align="center"|1,179 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Upernavik || Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || 72°47' N || align="center" | 1,090 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Pond Inlet, Baffin Island, Nunavut || Canada || 72°42' N || align="center"|1,555 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Taymylyr, Sakha Republic || Russia || 72°37' N || align="center"|755 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Summit Camp || rowspan="2" | Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || 72°34' N ||align="center"|5 (winter) to 45 (summer) || align="center"|no || align="center"|no || year-round research station at the top of the Greenland Ice Sheet
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| Kangersuatsiaq || 72°22' N ||align="center"|141 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Zhdaniha, Krasnoyarsk Krai || Russia || 72°10' N ||align="center"|195 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Upernavik Kujalleq || Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || 72°09' N ||align="center"|201 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Bykovskiy, Sakha Republic || rowspan="2" | Russia || 72°00' N || align="center"|513 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Khatanga, Krasnoyarsk Krai || 71°59' N ||align="center"|2,645 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Sachs Harbour, Banks Island, Northwest Territories || Canada || 71°59' N ||align="center"|104 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Ushakovskoye, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug || rowspan="11" | Russia || 71°59' N ||align="center"|0|| align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Former settlement on Wrangel Island. Now used as nature reserve HQ
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| Saskylakh, Sakha Republic || 71°57' N ||align="center"|2,317|| align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Kresty, Krasnoyarsk Krai || 71°54' N ||align="center"|275 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Sklad, Sakha Republic || 71°54' N || align="center"|10 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Popigay, Krasnoyarsk Krai || 71°53' N ||align="center"|319 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Yukagir, Sakha Republic || 71°46' N || align="center"|128 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Novaya, Krasnoyarsk Krai || 71°45' N ||align="center"|266 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Vorontsovo, Krasnoyarsk Krai || 71°41' N ||align="center"|253 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Tiksi, Sakha Republic || 71°39' N || align="center"|4,440 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Rogachevo, Novaya Zemlya || 71°36' N || align="center"|330 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| , Krasnoyarsk Krai || 71°34' N ||align="center"|362 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Nuugaatsiaq || Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || 71°32' N ||align="center"|0 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|no || Abandoned in 2017 after a tsunami caused by a landslide
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| Belushya Guba, Novaya Zemlya || rowspan="3" | Russia || 71°32' N || align="center"|1,972 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Main settlement on Novaya Zemlya
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| Kayak, Krasnoyarsk Krai|| 71°30' N ||align="center"|57 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Nizhneyansk, Sakha Republic || 71°26' N || align="center"|218 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Utqiagvik, Alaska || United States || 71°18' N || align="center"|4,927 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Northernmost settlement in the United States, formerly Barrow
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| Katyryk, Krasnoyarsk Krai || Russia || 71°16' N ||align="center"|367 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Illorsuit || rowspan="2" | Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || 71°14' N ||align="center"|0 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|no || Abandoned in 2017 after a tsunami
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| Eismitte || 71°10' N ||align="center"|0 || align="center"|no || align="center"|no || Former research station, 1930–31
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| Skarsvåg, Finnmark || Norway || 71°08' N || align="center"|141 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Northernmost settlement in Norway proper
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| Russkoye Ustye, Sakha Republic || Russia || 71°07' N || align="center"|118 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Gamvik (village), Finnmark || Norway || 71°03' N || align="center"|228 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Village
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| Ukkusissat || Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || 71°02' N ||align="center"|144 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Mehamn, Gamvik Municipality, Finnmark || rowspan="4" | Norway || 71°02' N || align="center"|692 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Akkarfjord, Finnmark || 70°79' N || align="center"|77 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Havøysund, Finnmark || 70°59' N || align="center"|947 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Honningsvåg, Finnmark || 70°58' N || align="center"|2,237 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || City
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| Volochanka, Krasnoyarsk Krai || rowspan="3" | Russia || 70°58' N ||align="center"|436 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Ust-Yansk, Sakha Republic || 70°54' N || align="center"|257 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Gyda, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug || 70°53' N || align="center"|3,610 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Berlevåg, Finnmark || Norway || 70°51' N || align="center"|867 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Village, municipality seat
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| Naiba, Sakha Republic || Russia || 70°50' N || align="center"|473 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Saattut || Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || 70°48' N ||align="center"|259 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Khayyr, Sakha Republic || Russia || 70°48' N || align="center"|419 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Skjånes, Finnmark || Norway || 70°48' N || align="center"|60–70 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Niaqornat || Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || 70°47' N ||align="center"|34 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Kazache, Sakha Republic || Russia || 70°45' N || align="center"|1,188 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Ulukhaktok, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories || Canada || 70°44'N || align="center"|408 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Qaarsut || Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || 70°43' N ||align="center"|161 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Kongsfjord, Finnmark || rowspan="2" | Norway || 70°43' N || align="center"|32 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Forsøl, Finnmark || 70°43' N || align="center"|213 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Village
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| Kyusyur, Sakha Republic || Russia || 70°41' N || align="center"|1,345 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Uummannaq || Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || 70°40' N ||align="center"|1,407 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Town
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| Hammerfest, Finnmark || Norway || 70°39' N || align="center"|11,310 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || City
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| Wainwright, Alaska || United States || 70°38' N || align="center"|628 || align="center"|yes ||align="center"|yes || Town
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| Rypefjord, Finnmark || rowspan="2" | Norway || 70°38' N || align="center"|1,775 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Village
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| Båtsfjord, Finnmark || 70°38' N || align="center"|2,151 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Village, municipality seat
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| Chokurdakh, Sakha Republic || Russia || 70°37' N || align="center"|1,832 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Kårhamn, Finnmark || Norway || 70°32' N || align="center"|22 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Ikerasak || rowspan="2" | Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || 70°30' N ||align="center"|229 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Ittoqqortoormiit || 70°29' N ||align="center"|352 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Atqasuk, Alaska || rowspan="6" | United States || 70°28' N || align="center"|276 || align="center"|yes ||align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Prudhoe Bay, Alaska || 70°19' N || align="center"|1,310 || align="center"|yes ||align="center"|yes || Census-designated place Northern end of the Alaskan Pipeline
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| Alpine, Alaska ||70°14' N || align="center"|250 || align="center"|yes ||align="center"|yes || Work camp; former census-designated place; oil discovered in 1996
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| Nuiqsut, Alaska ||70°12' N || align="center"|512 || align="center"|yes ||align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Deadhorse, Alaska || 70°12' N || align="center"|25 to 50 (permanent) to 3,000 (temporary) || align="center"|yes ||align="center"|yes || Northernmost point on Western Hemisphere road network
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| Kaktovik, Alaska || 70°07' N || align="center"|283 || align="center"|yes ||align="center"|yes || Settlement
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| Nuorgam, Lapland || Finland || 70°05' N || align="center"|200 || align="center"|yes ||align="center"|yes || Northernmost settlement in Finland and European Union
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| Saqqaq || Greenland<br>(Danish Realm) || 70°00' N ||align="center"|160 || align="center"|yes || align="center"|yes || Settlement - site name for the Saqqaq culture
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Cities and towns
This is a list of the northernmost cities and towns in the world.
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!City/town!!data-sort-type="number"|Population!!Latitude/longitude
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|Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway || align="right" | 30–130||
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|Pyramiden (Russian), Svalbard, Norway || align="right" | 8–60||
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|Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway || align="right" | 2,400