| Location |
Latitude |
Population |
Public settlement? |
Active? |
Description |
| Barneo, Arctic Ocean Ice Sheet |
88°11' N |
100 |
no |
yes |
Latitude as of April 2009 (varies), Russian Ice Camp, populated in summer only |
| Alert, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada |
82°28' N |
74 |
no |
yes |
Northernmost permanently inhabited place, military and research station [1] |
| Brønlundhus, Greenland, Denmark |
82°11' N |
0 |
no |
no |
Former exploration base, 1947 to 1950 |
| Kap Harald Moltke, Greenland, Denmark |
82°10' N |
0 |
no |
no |
Former exploration base |
| Fort Conger, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada |
81°44' N |
0 |
no |
no |
Former exploration camp, 1881 to 1883 and 1957 to 1958 |
| Nord, Greenland, Denmark |
81°43' N |
4 |
no |
yes |
Military and scientific base |
| Nagurskoye, Franz Josef Land, Russia |
80°49' N |
0 |
no |
yes |
Military staging facility and former meteorological station |
| Krenkel, Franz Josef Land, Russia |
80°37' N |
7 |
no |
yes |
Meteorological station |
| Tikhaya Bay, Franz Josef Land, Russia |
80°20' N |
0 |
no |
no |
Former meteorological station from 1929 to 1963 |
| Eureka, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada |
79°59' N |
0 |
no |
yes |
Scientific station |
| Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada |
79°58' N |
0 |
no |
no |
Former Royal Canadian Mounted Police station |
| Ytre Norskøya, Svalbard, Norway |
79°51'20" N |
0 |
no |
no |
Former Dutch whaling station, 1620s to 1670 |
| Smeerenburg, Amsterdamøya, Svalbard, Norway |
79°43'54" N |
0 |
no |
no |
Former Danish-Dutch whaling station, 1619 to 1657 |
| Harlingen kokerij, Danskøya, Svalbard, Norway |
79°43'24" N |
0 |
no |
no |
Former Dutch whaling station, 1636 to 1662 |
| Kobbefjorden, Danskøya, Svalbard, Norway |
79°41'42" N |
0 |
no |
no |
Former Danish whaling station, 1631 to 1658 |
| Golomyanniy, Sredniy Island, Severnaya Zemlya, Russia |
79°33' N |
3 |
no |
yes |
Meteorological Station |
| Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway |
78°55' N |
30 |
yes |
yes |
Northernmost settlement |
| Isachsen, Nunavut, Ellef Ringnes Island Canada |
78°47' N |
0 |
no |
no |
Former research station, 1948 to 1978 |
| Pyramiden (Russian), Svalbard, Norway |
78°50' N |
20 |
yes |
yes |
Former settlement, 1910 to 1998 |
| Annoatok, Greenland, Denmark |
78°33' N |
0 |
no |
no |
Former hunting station |
| Etah, Greenland, Denmark |
78°19' N |
0 |
yes |
no |
Former settlement |
| Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway |
78°12' N |
2,075 |
yes |
yes |
Northernmost settlement with a population of over 1,000 |
| Barentsburg (Russian), Svalbard, Norway |
78°04' N |
500 |
yes |
yes |
Settlement |
| North Ice, Greenland, Denmark |
78°04' N |
0 |
no |
no |
Former research station, 1952 to 1954 |
| Sveagruva, Svalbard, Norway |
77°55' N |
200 |
yes |
yes |
Settlement |
| Siorapaluk, Greenland |
77°47' N |
87 |
yes |
yes |
Northernmost settlement in North America and in Greenland |
| Qaanaaq (Thule), Greenland, Denmark |
77°30' N |
640 |
yes |
yes |
Settlement |
| Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada |
76°25' N |
163 |
yes |
yes |
Northernmost settlement in Canada |
| Mould Bay, Prince Patrick Island, Northwest Territories, Canada |
76°18' N |
0 |
no |
no |
Former meteorological station, 1948 to 1947 |
| Craig Harbour, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada |
76°13' N |
0 |
yes |
no |
Former settlement |
| Resolute, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada |
74°41' N |
215 |
yes |
yes |
Settlement |
| Dundas Harbour, Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada |
74°39' N |
0 |
yes |
no |
Former settlement, 1924 to 1951 |
| Nordvik, Sakha Republic, Russia |
74°01' N |
0 |
yes |
no |
Former settlement and penal colony, 1933 to 1956 |
| Dikson, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia |
73°30' N |
690 |
yes |
yes |
Northernmost settlement in Russia, closed town |
| Arctic Bay, Baffin Island, Canada |
73°02' N |
646 |
yes |
yes |
Settlement |
| Upernavik, Greenland, Denmark |
72°47' N |
1,144 |
yes |
yes |
Settlement |
| Pond Inlet, Baffin Island, Canada |
72°42' N |
1,220 |
yes |
yes |
Settlement |
| Khatanga, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia |
71°59' N |
3,450 |
yes |
yes |
Settlement |
| Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories, Canada, |
71°59' N |
122 |
yes |
yes |
Settlement |
| Ushakovskoye, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia |
71°59' N |
0 |
yes |
yes |
Former settlement on Wrangel Island. Now used as nature reserve HQ |
| Tiksi, Sakha Republic, Russia |
71°39' N |
4,873 |
yes |
yes |
Settlement |
| Belushya Guba, Novaya Zemlya, Russia |
71°32' N |
2,622 |
yes |
yes |
Main settlement on Novaya Zemlaya |
| Barrow, Alaska, United States |
71°18' N |
4,581 |
yes |
yes |
Northernmost settlement in the United States |
| Skarsvåg, Finnmark, Norway |
71°08' N |
141 |
yes |
yes |
Northernmost settlement in mainland Norway |
| Mehamn, Gamvik, Finnmark, Norway |
71°02' N |
900 |
yes |
yes |
Settlement |
| Honningsvåg, Finnmark, Norway |
70°58' N |
2,575 |
yes |
yes |
City |
| Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway |
70°39' N |
9,200 |
yes |
yes |
City |
| Nuorgam, Lapland, Finland |
70°05' N |
200 |
yes |
yes |
Northernmost settlement in Finland and European Union |
| Kiruna, Sweden |
67°51' N |
18,154 |
yes |
yes |
Northernmost city in Sweden |