List of northernmost items

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Ny-Ålesund at 79°N - location of the northernmost hotel, restaurant, camping site.

This is a list of various northernmost things on earth.

Cities and settlements

Item Place Latitude/longitude
Capital (of an independent state) Reykjavík, Iceland[1] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Capital (of a constituent country) Nuuk, Greenland[2] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Permanent settlement of any size Alert, Nunavut (CFS Alert), Canada[3] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
City > 1,000 people Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway[4] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
City > 5,000 people Tiksi, Russia[5] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
City > 50,000 people Tromsø, Norway[citation needed] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
City > 100,000 people Norilsk, Russia[6][7] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
City > 250,000 people Murmansk, Russia Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
City > 500,000 people Helsinki, Finland Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
City > 1,000,000 people Saint Petersburg, Russia[8] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
City > 10,000,000 people Moscow, Russia[8] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

See also: Northernmost settlements, Northernmost cities and towns

Geography

Item Place Latitude/longitude
Island Kaffeklubben Island, Greenland[9] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Active volcano Beerenberg, Jan Mayen, Norway[10] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Coral atoll Kure Atoll, Hawaii, United States[11] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Active Sand dunes Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park, Saskatchewan, Canada Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Lake Lake North Pole, North Pole[12] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[13]
Location with all monthly
average temperatures above freezing		 Værøy and
Røst, Norway[14][15]		 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Nature

Animals

Item Place Latitude/longitude
Coral reef off the north coast of Norway[16] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Bat colony (naturally occurring) Rundhaug, Målselv (Troms), Norway[17] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Non-human primate colony Shimokita Peninsula, Honshu, Japan[18] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Reptile: viviparous lizard Scandinavia and Russia [19] approximately 68°N

Plants

These lists only contain naturally occurring plants and trees.

General

Item Place Latitude/longitude
Forest Lukunsky grove of Dahurian larch, south from Khatanga River, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia[20] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Palms (European fan palm Chamaerops humilis) Nice, Mediterranean coast of southern France[21] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Flower Purple saxifrage on Kaffeklubben Island[22] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Shrubs

Item Place Latitude/longitude
Willow (Arctic willow Salix arctica) reaches the northern limits of land in Greenland[23]

Trees

see also tree line
Item Place Latitude/longitude
Larch (Dahurian larch Larix gmelinii) About 150 km westward of Khatanga River outfall, Taymyr Peninsula, Siberia, Russia.[24] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. this location is that of the northernmost tree of any kind (this is a creeping form of Dahurian larch)
Ash (European ash Fraxinus excelsior) Leksvik and Frosta[25] (Nord-Trøndelag), Norway
Beech forest (European beech Fagus sylvatica) Seim[26] in Lindås (Hordaland), Norway
Elm forest (Wych elm Ulmus glabra) Beiarn[27] (Nordland), Norway
European holly (Ilex aquifolium) Bremsnes[28] in Averøy, (Møre og Romsdal), Norway
Hazel (Corylus avellana) Prestegårdsskogen nature reserve, Steigen[29] (Nordland), Norway
Lime (Small-leaved lime Tilia cordata) Brønnøy[30] (Nordland), Norway
Oak forest (English oak Quercus robur) Edøya[31] in Smøla (Møre og Romsdal), Norway

Recreation

Culture and music

Item Place Latitude/longitude
Blues Festival Dark Season Blues,[32] Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Symphony orchestra Tromsø Symphony Orchestra, Tromsø,[33] Norway Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Soul and Blues Festival Alta Soul & Blues Festival,[34] Alta, Norway Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Museum Svalbard Museum,[35] Svalbard, Norway Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Sport

Item Place Latitude/longitude
Ski resort Tromsø, Norway [36]Also self claimed Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Alpine ski centre Alta Norway [37] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Nine-hole golf course Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada[38] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
High school American football team Barrow, Alaska, United States[39][40][41] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Bowling alley Alert, Nunavut, Canada[42] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Religion

File:Tromso-domkirke.jpg
Tromsø Cathedral, Tromsø
Nord Kamal Mosque, Norilsk, Russia
Item Place Latitude/longitude
Church Church of St. Nicholas the Miracle Worker,[43] Alexandra Land, Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Medieval church Trondenes Church,[44] Norway Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Synagogue Murmansk,[45] Russia Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Mosque Alnor Senter, Tromsø, Norway[46][47]
 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Mosque Custom Built Nurd Kamal Mosque, Norilsk, Russia[48]
 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses Rikets sal, Rypklubbveien, Hammerfest, Norway[49] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Education

Item Place Latitude/longitude
University University of Tromsø,[50][51] Tromsø, Norway Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Higher education institute University Centre in Svalbard,[52] Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Transportation

Item Place Latitude/longitude
Railway Obskaya–Bovanenkovo Line, Russia[53] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Metro station Mellunmäki metro station, Helsinki, Finland (Helsinki Metro)[54] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Motorway Tornio–Kemi, Finland (road 29/E8)[55] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Airport, permanent with flights but no scheduled Alert Airport, Nunavut, Canada[3][56] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Airport, permanent with scheduled flights Svalbard Longyear Airport, Svalbard, Norway[57] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Bridge Havøysund Bridge[58] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Fast food chains

Item Place Latitude/longitude
McDonald's Murmansk, Russia[59] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Burger King Tromsø, Norway[60] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Other

Item Place Latitude/longitude
Botanical garden Tromsø Botaniske Hage,[61] Tromsø, Troms, Norway[50] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Hospital Longyearbyen Hospital, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Commercial vineyard Lerkekåsa Vineyard and Art Gallery,[62] Gvarv, Telemark, Norway Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Vineyard Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant, Finland [63] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Olive grove Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom[64] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Brewery Brewery Immiaq,[65] Ilulissat, Greenland Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Diplomatic mission Russian Consulate-General[66] in Barentsburg, on Spitsbergen, Norway[67] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Fortress Vardøhus Fortress,[68] Vardø, Norway Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Medieval stone castle Olavinlinna, Savonlinna, Finland[69] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Webcam North Pole Environmental Observatory,[70][71] drifting on the Arctic Ocean's pack ice Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (August, position varies)
Automated teller machine Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway [72] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Piano Pyramiden, Svalbard, Norway [73] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Post office Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway [74] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Zoo Bardu, Troms, Norway Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Known shipwreck Breadalbane, near Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada [75][76] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Dolphinarium Särkänniemi, Tampere, Finland [77] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (Coordinates of Särkänniemi)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. ("Einfrank said correctly that the capital of the sovereign, independent nation located farthest north is Reykjavik, Iceland")
  2. ↑ Guinness World Records 2003 p.128 (2003) (ISBN 978-0553586367)("The most northerly capital of a dependency is Nuuk")
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. ("Twice a year, the military resupply Alert, the world's northernmost settlement.")
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. ("this remote Arctic settlement — which bills itself as the northernmost town in the world ... The 2,000 inhabitants of Longyearbyen...")
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. ("Norilsk, in Siberia, is the northernmost city on the planet, and one of only two cities, the other being Yakutsk, in the permafrost zone inside the Arctic Circle.")
  7. ↑ Jorma Mänty, & Norman Pressman. Cities designed for winter p.295 (1988) (ISBN 978-9516821675) ("Norilsk, the northernmost city in the world of over 100000 population")
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. ("Cartographers in north Greenland have found that Kaffeklubben Island is farther north than any previously known point of land.")
  10. ↑ Lopes, Rosaly. The Volcano Adventure Guide p.14 (Cambridge University Press 2005) (ISBN 978-0521554534)
  11. ↑ Harrison, Craig S. Seabirds of Hawaii: Natural History and Conservation p.18 (Cornell University Press 1990) (ISBN 978-0801497223)
  12. ↑ http://frenchtribune.com/teneur/1319281-ice-melt-north-pole-forms-lake
  13. ↑ http://psc.apl.washington.edu/northpole/WebCams.html
  14. ↑ 1961-1990 temperatures
  15. ↑ Rost Ii, Norway (Including Jan Mayen and Svalbard)
  16. ↑ Distribution of coral reefs
  17. ↑ Flaggermus I Nord-Norge
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  20. ↑ State Nature Biosphere Reserve "Taymyrsky"
  21. ↑ 22/01/2003 - Hyères-les-(ex)-Palmiers ?
  22. ↑ arcticthule.com
  23. ↑ Salicaceae of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
  24. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  25. ↑ Ash
  26. ↑ BØK TIL GULV , MØBEL OG FINÉR
  27. ↑ Elm
  28. ↑ Holly
  29. ↑ Hazel
  30. ↑ Lime
  31. ↑ Oak
  32. ↑ Dark Season Blues
  33. ↑ Tromsø Symfoniorkester
  34. ↑ Alta Soul & Blues Festival
  35. ↑ Svalbard Museum
  36. ↑ Ski Tromsø - Ski Resort and Snow Summary
  37. ↑ Sarves Alta alpinsenter
  38. ↑ Arctic Golfing
  39. ↑ "Thunder on the Tundra" Lew Friedman
  40. ↑ [1] Archived September 16, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  41. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  42. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  43. ↑ [2]
  44. ↑ https://books.google.ru/books?id=qORECQAAQBAJ&pg=PT435
  45. ↑ Synagogues at extreme latitudes
  46. ↑ World's Northern Most Mosque
  47. ↑ Alnor Senter Webpage
  48. ↑ Всевышний да услышит. Картинки из мечети
  49. ↑ [3]
  50. ↑ 50.0 50.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (regarding Tromsø, "this small Norwegian city has the most northerly university in the world, the most northerly cathedral and the most northerly botanical gardens.")
  51. ↑ Welcome to the University of Tromsø!
  52. ↑ UNIS website
  53. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  54. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  55. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  56. ↑ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 24 July 2014 to 0901Z 18 September 2014
  57. ↑ Svalbard Images Longyearbyen Airport
  58. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  59. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  60. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  61. ↑ Tromsø botaniske hage
  62. ↑ [4]
  63. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  64. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  65. ↑ Brewery Immiaq
  66. ↑ Consulate General of Russia in Barentsburg, Norway
  67. ↑ Russian Embassy in Norway website
  68. ↑ Vardø - Finnmark County Millennium Capital
  69. ↑ [5] Archived December 25, 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  70. ↑ North Pole Environmental Observatory
  71. ↑ NOAA Arctic Theme page
  72. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  73. ↑ http://www.regtien.info/pages/NorthernMostGrandPiano.html
  74. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  75. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  76. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  77. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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