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Point Barrow, Alaska – northernmost point in the United; Utqiaġvik, Alaska – northernmost incorporated place in all U.S. territory, population about; Fairbanks, Alaska – northernmost city of more than 20,000 residents, and northernmost incorporated city with public road
Point Barrow or Nuvuk is a headland on the Arctic coast in the U.S. state of Alaska, 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow). It is the northernmost point of all the territory of the United States, at 71°23′20″N 156°28′45″W / 71.38889°N 156.47917°W / 71.38889; -156.47917 ( Point Barrow ) , 1,122 ...
This is a list of extreme points in U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia. [ 1 ] Although many borders were initially defined by treaty or other agreement to be along a specific line of latitude or longitude, inaccuracies with surveying equipment/techniques caused the surveyed lines to deviate slightly from the true boundaries.
Located north of the Arctic Circle, [7] it is one of the northernmost cities and towns in the world and the northernmost in the United States, with nearby Point Barrow as the country's northernmost point. Utqiagvik's population was 4,927 at the 2020 census, an increase from 4,212 in 2010. [8] It is the 12th-most populated city in Alaska.
Situated more than 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle, at the very top of Alaska, is Utqiagvik - formerly known as Barrow - the northernmost city in the United States. It sits on a promontory ...
Zenith Point (mainland) 83°06′N 72°00′N Russia: Cape Fligely, Rudolf Island, Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast Cape Chelyuskin, Krasnoyarsk Krai (mainland) 81°51′N 77°43′N Svalbard : Rossøya, Sjuøyane: 80°49′N United States: Point Barrow, Alaska Northwest Angle, Minnesota (contiguous 48 States) 71°23′N 49°23′N
Colorado River, United States and Mexico — longest Gulf of California main stem river at 2,330 km (1,450 Columbia River , Canada and the United States 46°14′39″N 124°3′29″W / 46.24417°N 124.05806°W / 46.24417; -124.05806 ( Columbia River ) — longest Pacific Ocean main stem river at 2,000 km (1,243
Northernmost point in mainland Siberia (weather station) Qeqertat: Greenland (Danish Realm) 77°29' N: 31: yes: yes: Settlement Qaanaaq (Thule) 77°28' N: 629: yes: yes: Settlement Camp Century: 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