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Country Northernmost point Latitude Greenland : Kaffeklubben Island Cape Morris Jesup (mainland) 83°40′N 83°39′N Canada: Cape Columbia, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut 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 ...
Kaffeklubben Island in 2008. The northernmost point of land on Earth is a contentious issue due to variation of definition. How permanent some of the contenders are makes hard determination difficult, but sets an important threshold.
Since its record as the northernmost point of land was established, several gravel banks have been discovered in the sea to the north of the island, such as Oodaaq, 83-42, and ATOW1996; however, there is debate as to whether such gravel banks should be considered for the record since they rarely are permanent, being swallowed regularly by the moving ice sheets, being shifted in tides, or ...
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 island of Svalbard.
The GPS coordinates for the island's location are most likely inaccurate. GPS satellites are low on the horizon near the North Pole, which may cause GPS to yield inaccurate results. In late 2004, the Eighth Edition of the National Geographic World Atlas was released. It clearly shows Oodaaq as the northernmost landmass on Earth.
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]
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.
Latitude Locations 90° N North Pole: 75° N: Arctic Ocean; Russia; northern Canada; Greenland: 60° N: Oslo, Norway; Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden; major parts of Nordic countries in EU; St. Petersburg, Russia; southern Alaska United States; southern border of the Yukon and the Northwest territories in Canada; Shetland, UK (Scotland)