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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 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.
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
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 ...
On Jan. 22, the town's roughly 5,000 residents experienced the sun's rays for the first time since mid-November when the sun set for the final time in 2021. Saturday, it finally rose above the ...
Local business owners told Insider what it's like to work in America's northernmost town in Alaska — from $98 laundry detergent to hunting whales.
The North Slope Borough is the northernmost borough in the US state of Alaska and, thus, the northernmost county or equivalent of the United States as a whole. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,031. [3]
The North American pole of inaccessibility is located at , about eleven miles southeast of the town of Kyle on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Bennett County, South Dakota, United States, 1650 km (1025 miles) from the nearest coastlines