List of northernmost settlements – Wikipedia

Location Country Latitude Population Public settlement? Active? Description Camp Barneo, Arctic Ocean Ice Sheet None
(International waters) 88°11′ N 100 no no Latitude as of April 2009 (varies); northernmost temporarily inhabited place; a Russian-founded ice camp last occupied in 2018 Frigg Fjord Settlements, Peary Land Greenland
(Denmark) 83°7′ N 0 yes no A group of archeological sites including at least one likely inhabited both summer and winter^[2] Ward Hunt Island Camp, Nunavut Canada 83°06′ N 0 no no Former exploration base in 1957–58, airstrip, building. Uninhabited as of 2019 Alert, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut Canada 82°28′ N 74 no yes Northernmost place with a continuous (year-round) population, but no permanent residents; military and research station (CFS Alert)^[3] Wandel Dal Settlements, Peary Land Greenland
(Denmark) 82°15′ N 0 yes no A group of more than 20 archeological sites, among them several former permanent settlements Brønlundhus, Peary Land Greenland
(Denmark) 82°11′ N 0 no no Former exploration base, 1947 to 1950 Kap Harald Moltke, Peary Land Greenland
(Denmark) 82°10′ N 0 no no Former exploration base Deltaterrasserne, Peary Land Greenland
(Denmark) 82°07′ N 0 yes no Archaeological site 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°48′ N 52^[4] no yes Border guard facility and 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 weather station 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, Amsterdam Island, Svalbard Norway 79°43’54” N 0 no no Former Danish–Dutch whaling station, 1619 to 1657 Harlingen kokerij, Danes Island, Svalbard Norway 79°43’24” N 0 no no Former Dutch whaling station, 1636 to 1662 Kobbefjorden, Danes Island, 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 Bache Peninsula, Eastern Ellesmere Land, Nunavut Canada ca. 79°10 N 0 yes no Royal Canadian Mounted Police outpost 1926 to 1933 Qaqaitsut, Eastern Inglefield Land, NW Greenland
(Denmark) ca. 79°07’17.14 N 0 yes no Hunting station and former permanent settlement Inuarfissuaq, Central Inglefield Land, NW Greenland
(Denmark) 78°55′ N 0 yes no Former hunting station or permanent settlement Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard Norway 78°55′ N 35 yes yes Northernmost civilian and functional settlement; home to the northernmost post office Isachsen, Ellef Ringnes Island, Nunavut Canada 78°47′ N 0 no no Former research station, 1948 to 1978 Pyramiden (Russian), Svalbard Norway 78°39′ N winter 3-4
summer 15 yes yes Former settlement, 1910 to 1998/2000. Peak population over 1200. Now a ghost city for tourists with hotel established in 2013. Annoatok Greenland
(Denmark) 78°33′ N 0 yes no Former hunting station Etah Greenland
(Denmark) 78°19′ N 0 yes no Hunting station and former permanent settlement Longyearbyen, Svalbard Norway 78°12′ N 2,400^[5] yes yes Northernmost settlement with a permanent population over 1,000 Barentsburg (Russian), Svalbard Norway 78°04′ N 435 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
(Denmark) 77°47′ N 87 yes yes Northernmost settlement in North America and in Greenland Cape Chelyuskin Taymyr Peninsula
(Russia) 77°44′ N 6 no yes Northernmost point in mainland Siberia (weather station) Qaanaaq (Thule) Greenland
(Denmark) 77°30′ N 640 yes yes Settlement Qeqertat Greenland
(Denmark) 77°29′ N 26 yes yes Settlement Camp Century Greenland
(Denmark) 77°16′ N 0 no no United States military scientific research base complete with nuclear reactor, active 1959-1967 Hopen Norway 76°54′ N 4 yes yes A meteorological station has been placed there. Pituffik Greenland
(Denmark) 76°32′ N 0 yes no Former settlement, population forcibly relocated to Qaanaaq site in 1952 to make space for nearby Pituffik Space Base; northernomost nuclear-contaminated area in the world after the 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash Dundas Greenland
(Denmark) 76°32′ N 0 yes no Former settlement, population forcibly relocated to Qaanaaq site in 1952 to make space for nearby Pituffik Space Base; northernomost nuclear-contaminated area in the world after the 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut Canada 76°25′ N 129 yes yes Northernmost public settlement in Canada^[6] Mould Bay weather station, Prince Patrick Island, Northwest Territories Canada 76°18′ N 0 no no Former meteorological station, 1948 to 1997 Craig Harbour, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut Canada 76°13′ N 0 yes no Former settlement Savissivik Greenland
(Denmark) 76°01′ N 62 yes yes 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 Kullorsuaq Greenland
(Denmark) 74°34′ N 448 yes yes Settlement Ikermiut Greenland
(Denmark) 74°20′ N 0 yes no Former settlement, abandoned in 1954 Nuussuaq Greenland
(Denmark) 74°06′ N 202 yes yes Settlement Itissaalik Greenland
(Denmark) 74°03′ N 0 yes no Former settlement, 1904–1909, 1911-1957 Nordvik, Sakha Republic Russia 74°01′ N 0 yes no Former settlement and penal colony, 1933 to 1956 Kuuk Greenland
(Denmark) 73°42′ N 0 yes no Former settlement, abandoned in 1972 Nutaarmiut Greenland
(Denmark) 73°31′ N 32 yes yes Settlement Dikson, Krasnoyarsk Krai Russia 73°30′ N 690 yes yes Northernmost settlement in Russia. Northernmost continental (i.e. non-insular) settlement. Tasiusaq, Avannaata Greenland
(Denmark) 73°22′ N 243 yes yes Settlement Syndassko, Krasnoyarsk Krai Russia 73°15′ N 496 yes yes Settlement Innaarsuit Greenland
(Denmark) 73°11′ N 153 yes yes Settlement Naajaat Greenland
(Denmark) 73°08′ N 53 yes yes Settlement Arctic Bay, Baffin Island, Nunavut Canada 73°02′ N 646 yes yes Settlement Ust-Olenyok, Sakha Republic Russia 72°59′ N 80 yes yes Settlement Aappilattoq, Avannaata Greenland
(Denmark) 72°53′ N 169 yes yes Settlement Novorybnaya, Krasnoyarsk Krai Russia 72°50′ N 556 yes yes Settlement Yuryung-Khaya, Sakha Republic Russia 72°48′ N 1,148 yes yes Settlement Upernavik Greenland
(Denmark) 72°47′ N 1,144 yes yes Settlement Pond Inlet, Baffin Island, Nunavut Canada 72°42′ N 1,220 yes yes Settlement Taymylyr, Sakha Republic Russia 72°37′ N 757 yes yes Settlement Summit Camp Greenland
(Denmark) 72°34′ N 5 (winter) to 55 (summer) no no year-round research station at the top of the Greenland Ice Sheet Kangersuatsiaq Greenland
(Denmark) 72°22′ N 173 yes yes Settlement Zhdaniha, Krasnoyarsk Krai Russia 72°10′ N 205 yes yes Settlement Upernavik Kujalleq Greenland
(Denmark) 72°09′ N 195 yes yes Settlement Bykovskiy, Sakha Republic Russia 72°00′ N 517 yes yes Settlement Khatanga, Krasnoyarsk Krai Russia 71°59′ N 2,645 yes yes Settlement Sachs Harbour, Banks Island, Northwest Territories Canada 71°59′ N 122 yes yes Settlement Ushakovskoye, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Russia 71°59′ N 0 yes yes Former settlement on Wrangel Island. Now used as nature reserve HQ Saskylakh, Sakha Republic Russia 71°57′ N 2,317 yes yes Settlement Kresty, Krasnoyarsk Krai Russia 71°54′ N 274 yes yes Settlement Tyumyati, Sakha Republic Russia 71°54′ N 10 yes yes Settlement Popigay, Krasnoyarsk Krai Russia 71°53′ N 334 yes yes Settlement Yukagir, Sakha Republic Russia 71°46′ N 128 yes yes Settlement Novaya, Krasnoyarsk Krai Russia 71°45′ N 313 yes yes Settlement Vorontsovo, Krasnoyarsk Krai Russia 71°41′ N 253 yes yes Settlement Tiksi, Sakha Republic Russia 71°39′ N 4,873 yes yes Settlement Rogachevo, Novaya Zemlya Russia 71°36′ N 457 yes yes Settlement Kheta [ru], Krasnoyarsk Krai Russia 71°34′ N 368 yes yes Settlement Nuugaatsiaq Greenland
(Denmark) 71°32′ N 80 yes yes Settlement Belushya Guba, Novaya Zemlya Russia 71°32′ N 1,972 yes yes Main settlement on Novaya Zemlya Kayak, Krasnoyarsk Krai Russia 71°30′ N 128 yes yes Settlement Nizhneyansk, Sakha Republic Russia 71°26′ N 391 yes yes Settlement Utqiaġvik, Alaska United States 71°18′ N 4,581 yes yes Northernmost settlement in the United States, formerly Barrow Katyryk, Krasnoyarsk Krai Russia 71°16′ N 334 yes yes Settlement Illorsuit Greenland
(Denmark) 71°14′ N 77 yes yes Settlement Eismitte Greenland
(Denmark) 71°10′ N 0 no no Former research station, 1930–31 Skarsvåg, Finnmark Norway 71°08′ N 141 yes yes Northernmost settlement in Norway proper Russkoye Ustye, Sakha Republic Russia 71°07′ N 157 yes yes Settlement Gamvik (village), Finnmark Norway 71°03′ N 200 (in 2006) yes yes Village Ukkusissat Greenland
(Denmark) 71°02′ N 155 yes yes Settlement Mehamn, Gamvik, Finnmark Norway 71°02′ N 900 yes yes Settlement Akkarfjord, Finnmark Norway 70°79′ N 70 yes yes Settlement Havøysund, Finnmark Norway 70°59′ N 976 yes yes Settlement Honningsvåg, Finnmark Norway 70°58′ N 2,575 yes yes City Volochanka, Krasnoyarsk Krai Russia 70°58′ N 540 yes yes Settlement Ust-Yansk, Sakha Republic Russia 70°54′ N 317 yes yes Settlement Gyda, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Russia 70°53′ N 3,331 yes yes Settlement Berlevåg, Finnmark Norway 70°51′ N 948 yes yes Village, municipality seat Naiba, Sakha Republic Russia 70°50′ N 522 yes yes Settlement Saattut Greenland
(Denmark) 70°48′ N 229 yes yes Settlement Khayyr, Sakha Republic Russia 70°48′ N 397 yes yes Settlement Skjånes, Finnmark Norway 70°48′ N 60 to 70 yes yes Settlement Niaqornat Greenland
(Denmark) 70°47′ N 52 yes yes Settlement Kazache, Sakha Republic Russia 70°45′ N 1,453 yes yes Settlement Ulukhaktok, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories Canada 70°44’N 402 yes yes Settlement Qaarsut Greenland
(Denmark) 70°43′ N 196 yes yes Settlement Kongsfjord, Finnmark Norway 70°43′ N 45 yes yes Settlement Forsøl, Finnmark Norway 70°43′ N 215 yes yes Village Kyusyur, Sakha Republic Russia 70°41′ N 1,345 yes yes Settlement Uummannaq Greenland
(Denmark) 70°40′ N 1,281 yes yes Town Hammerfest, Finnmark Norway 70°39′ N 7,119 yes yes City Wainwright, Alaska United States 70°38′ N 573 yes yes Town Rypefjord, Finnmark Norway 70°38′ N 1,838 yes yes Village Båtsfjord, Finnmark Norway 70°38′ N 2,212 yes yes Village, municipality seat Chokurdakh, Sakha Republic Russia 70°37′ N 2,105 yes yes Settlement Kårhamn, Finnmark Norway 70°32′ N 50 yes yes Settlement Ikerasak Greenland
(Denmark) 70°30′ N 238 yes yes Settlement Ittoqqortoormiit Greenland
(Denmark) 70°29′ N 452 yes yes Settlement Atqasuk, Alaska United States 70°28′ N 237 yes yes Settlement Prudhoe Bay, Alaska United States 70°19′ N 2,174 yes yes Census-designated place Northern end of the Alaskan Pipeline Alpine, Alaska United States 70°14′ N about 250 oil workers yes yes Work camp; former census-designated place; oil discovered in 1996 Nuiqsut, Alaska United States 70°12′ N 411 yes yes Settlement Deadhorse, Alaska United States 70°12′ N from 25 to 50 (winter minimum) to about 3,000 temporary resident workers yes yes Northernmost point on Western Hemisphere road network Kaktovik, Alaska United States 70°07′ N 241 yes yes Settlement Nuorgam, Lapland Finland 70°05′ N 200 yes yes Northernmost settlement in Finland and European Union Saqqaq Greenland
(Denmark) 70°00′ N 173 yes yes Settlement – site name for the Saqqaq culture