Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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. [1] The tables below shows the settlements, towns, and cities that are the northernmost in the world of their kind.
It is the world's second northernmost town, with all settlements further north (excluding Ny-Ålesund) being research or meteorological outposts. [15] The northernmost permanent settlement in the world is Alert, Canada, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, while the true northernmost settlement in the world is Camp Barneo in April. [16]
Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost continuously inhabited place in the world. [5] [6] The location is on Ellesmere Island (in the Queen Elizabeth Islands) at latitude 82°30'05" north, 817 km (508 mi) from the North Pole. [7]
It is the world's northernmost city with more than 180,000 inhabitants, and the second-largest city (after Murmansk) inside the Arctic Circle. Norilsk and Yakutsk are the only large cities in the continuous permafrost zone. Norilsk is located atop some of the largest nickel deposits on Earth. Consequently, mining and smelting ore are the major ...
Longyearbyen in Svalbard (2008) Ny-Ålesund at 79°N – location of the northernmost hotel, restaurant, and camping site. This is a list of various northernmost things on Earth . Cities and settlements
Summer temperatures in Khatanga are mild with annual average temperature 12.7 °C (54.9 °F) in July. At the same time summer temperature maximumes are pretty high for its latitude (72 °N) and may reach 36.7 °C (98 °F) in July. Khatanga is the northernmost town in the world that sits below the treeline as summers are warm enough for trees ...
The northernmost town in America is about to experience several weeks of darkness. After getting 30 minutes of daylight, the town of Utqiaġvik, Alaska – formerly known as Barrow – saw its ...
Northernmost capital of an independent sovereign state in the world. 64.18 Nuuk: Greenland: Self-governing territory of the Danish Realm. Northernmost capital of a constituent state in the world. 78.22 Longyearbyen: Svalbard: Longyearbyen is the administrative center of Svalbard, a Norwegian Arctic unincorporated area.