Southernmost settlements
Southernmost settlements are cities, towns, weather stations or permanent military bases which are further south than latitude 45°S. They are closely related to the Southern Ocean or either the Roaring Forties or Furious Fifties.
Southernmost city
The southernmost city in the world is mainly a slogan used for tourism to attract visitors to the city as well as the tourists headed for Antarctica. Currently three cities or towns use this slogan: Ushuaia in Argentina as well as Punta Arenas and Puerto Williams[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] in Chile, with the latter being the absolute southernmost city by latitude (see table below). There are several more settlements further south but none are considered to be large enough to be classified as a 'city'.
Settlements of more than 1,000 inhabitants south of 45°S
This is a list of the all settlements south of the 45th parallel south with over 1,000 permanent inhabitants.
Southernmost settlements outside Antarctica
This list of settlements excludes research stations of Antarctica and its surrounding islands.
| # | Location | Country | Settlement type |
Latitude | Population | Population as of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estación Naval Islas Diego Ramirez | Chile | Naval station | 56°30' S | ? | |
| 2 | Estación Meteorológica de Cabo de Hornos | Chile | Weather station | 55°59' S | 4[10] | 2008 |
| 3 | Puerto Toro | Chile | Hamlet | 55°05' S | 36[11] | 2002 |
| 4 | Caleta Wulaia | Chile | Hamlet | 55°02' S | ? | |
| 5 | Caleta Eugenia | Chile | Hamlet | 54°56' S | ? | |
| 6 | Puerto Williams | Chile | Town [12] | 54°56' S | 2,874[9] | 2002 |
| 7 | Puerto Navarino | Chile | Village | 54°55' S | ? | |
| 8 | Puerto Almanza | Argentina | Village | 54°52' S | 200 | |
| 9 | Ushuaia | Argentina | City | 54°48' S | 56,956[13] | 2010 |
| 10 | Tolhuin | Argentina | Town | 54°31' S | 3,004[14] | |
| 11 | Grytviken | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Hamlet | 54°19' S | up to 18 | |
| 12 | Río Grande | Argentina | City | 53°45' S | 67,038 | 2010 |
| 13 | Porvenir | Chile | City | 53°17' S | 5,465 | |
| 14 | Punta Arenas | Chile | City | 53°17' S | 119,496[11] | 2002 |
- The former Argentine base Corbeta Uruguay (59°28' S) in South Sandwich Islands was the southernmost settlement outside Antarctica from 1976–1982.
Settlements on the Antarctic continent
There are many research stations in Antarctica, both permanent and summer only. Many of the stations are staffed all year. McMurdo Station is the largest with an average population of 1200.
A total of 30 countries (as of October 2006), all signatory to the Antarctic Treaty, operate seasonal (summer) or year-round research stations on the continent and on its surrounding islands. In addition to these permanent stations, approximately 30 field camps are established each austral summer to support specific one off projects.[15]
The full list is available at: List of research stations in Antarctica
See also
- Extreme points of Earth
- List of southernmost items
- Northernmost cities and towns
- Northernmost settlements
References
- ↑ "Ushuaia ya no será la ciudad más austral del mundo". Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ↑ Puerto Williams: ubicada entre Tierra del Fuego por el norte y el Cabo de Hornos por el sur , por lo tanto es la cuidad mas Austral del país y del mundo
- ↑ http://www.infinito-sur.com/, retrieved 9 April 2012
- ↑ Puerto Williams espera una gran temporada de centolla, retrieved 9 April 2012
- ↑ Escritorio Estudiantes, retrieved 9 April 2012
- ↑ dibam, retrieved 9 April 2012
- ↑ Times Online
- ↑ Website thisischile.cl Puerto Williams, the southernmost town in the world
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 WillySol. "Puerto Williams - Chile". Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ↑ "Vida al fin del mundo: Una familia chilena haciendo soberanía en Cabo de Hornos". Emol. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "DEMOGRAFÍA". Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ↑ http://www.thisischile.cl/1116/2/249/puerto-williams,-the-southernmost-town-in-the-world/Article.aspx
- ↑ "INDEC (Argentine Ministry of Economics) 2010 Census results" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ↑
- ↑ 4.0 Antarctica – Past and Present