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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.
Fairbanks, Alaska – northernmost city of more than 20,000 residents, and northernmost incorporated city with public road Anchorage, Alaska 61°13′4.17″N 149°53′33.17″W / 61.2178250°N 149.8925472°W / 61.2178250; -149.8925472 ( Anchorage City Hall ) – northernmost city of more than 100,000
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.
The North Slope Borough is the largest county-level political subdivision in the United States by area, with a larger land area than the state of Utah, the 13th-largest state in the nation. Although the adjacent Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area is larger in area, it has no borough-level government.
Bellingham is the northernmost city with a population of more than 90,000 people in the contiguous United States. [10] The area around Bellingham Bay, named in 1792 by George Vancouver, is the ancestral home of several Coast Salish groups. European settlement in modern-day Bellingham began in the 1850s and several coal mining towns grew in ...
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States — lowest city of the Americas with an average elevation of −0.5 m (−1 Isthmus of Rivas , Rivas , Nicaragua 12°1′N 86°27′W / 12.017°N 86.450°W / 12.017; -86.450 ( Isthmus of Rivas ) — lowest pass between Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean (on the Continental Divide of the ...
Here are five surprising things about living in Earth's northernmost town. Alcohol is rationed in Svalbard Residents receive an alcohol card that limits how much beer and spirits they can buy each ...
Ras ben Sakka ( the northernmost point of mainland Africa) 37°31′N 37°21′N Iraq: North of Sanat: 37°23′N Syria: Tigris south of Cizre: 37°19′N Pakistan: Kilik Pass, Gilgit-Baltistan (claimed) 37°08′N Algeria: Cap Bougaroûn, Skikda: 37°05′N Gibraltar (United Kingdom) Border with Spain in Winston Town 36°09′N Malta