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"Northernmost settlements" ...you forgot Nord, Greenland
Etah links to the wrong Etah...disambiguation page needed?
So what is the world's northernmost incorporated setttlement? I see some tiny little settlements (with largely transient populations) listed, but a family of five is bigger than some of these. We're certainly not going to list a family home as a "settlement." So I'd think that determining the world's most northerly cities/towns/villages/incorporated areas is a better idea, unless some underlying definition can be agreed upon. My vote is for an incorporated settlement, or at the very least, a settlement with a permanent population. Based on this list of settlements, however, I'd happily say I've been to the world's northernmost city if I've been to Longyearben. Thoughts, anyone??? Goeverywhere 05:01, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm just wondering what the criteria for mainland is. Skarsvåg, Finnmark, Norway is classified as the Northernmost settlement in mainland Norway, but Skarsvåg is located on the island of Magerøya. -- Haakoo ( talk) 06:57, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
Just realised the other day that there are two of these lists covering the same ground. Seeing as this list has the greater scope I think it would be best to merge the two. CambridgeBayWeather ( talk) 03:09, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
Pevek Russian nothernmost arctic port town. Why you forgot that too? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.42.231.70 ( talk) 18:58, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
Dikson, another Russian arctic port town, is further up north compared to Pevek. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.97.72.162 ( talk) 09:43, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
What does this mean? I assume it's intended to separate military outposts from other communities. I'm not sure that Wandel Dal Settlements would qualify as public, though, as it is within a national park. Public can access it, yes, but I don't think that someone could actually settle there. The ancient Inuit settlements could qualify as "public", if that has any meaning for 2400 BC. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DanTrent ( talk • contribs) 00:37, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
The North American road network does extend north slightly beyond Deadhorse to Prudhoe Bay, AK; at least Google Maps is able to generate routings to that location. Should the list be revised to indicate this? -- Bistropha ( talk) 04:09, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
I find it interesting that Longyearbyen is described as "Northernmost settlement with a permanent population of over 1,000". That's unnecessarily conservative. It's actually the northernmost settlement with a permanent population of over 75, or with any population over 200. Would anybody be opposed if I took a zero off of that statement? It also appears to be the northernmost place to be continuously occupied for more than 70 years (actually 110+ years), as most other sites were established at the start of the cold war (1950s). Nerfer ( talk) 02:38, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
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"Northernmost settlements" ...you forgot Nord, Greenland
Etah links to the wrong Etah...disambiguation page needed?
So what is the world's northernmost incorporated setttlement? I see some tiny little settlements (with largely transient populations) listed, but a family of five is bigger than some of these. We're certainly not going to list a family home as a "settlement." So I'd think that determining the world's most northerly cities/towns/villages/incorporated areas is a better idea, unless some underlying definition can be agreed upon. My vote is for an incorporated settlement, or at the very least, a settlement with a permanent population. Based on this list of settlements, however, I'd happily say I've been to the world's northernmost city if I've been to Longyearben. Thoughts, anyone??? Goeverywhere 05:01, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm just wondering what the criteria for mainland is. Skarsvåg, Finnmark, Norway is classified as the Northernmost settlement in mainland Norway, but Skarsvåg is located on the island of Magerøya. -- Haakoo ( talk) 06:57, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
Just realised the other day that there are two of these lists covering the same ground. Seeing as this list has the greater scope I think it would be best to merge the two. CambridgeBayWeather ( talk) 03:09, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
Pevek Russian nothernmost arctic port town. Why you forgot that too? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.42.231.70 ( talk) 18:58, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
Dikson, another Russian arctic port town, is further up north compared to Pevek. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.97.72.162 ( talk) 09:43, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
What does this mean? I assume it's intended to separate military outposts from other communities. I'm not sure that Wandel Dal Settlements would qualify as public, though, as it is within a national park. Public can access it, yes, but I don't think that someone could actually settle there. The ancient Inuit settlements could qualify as "public", if that has any meaning for 2400 BC. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DanTrent ( talk • contribs) 00:37, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
The North American road network does extend north slightly beyond Deadhorse to Prudhoe Bay, AK; at least Google Maps is able to generate routings to that location. Should the list be revised to indicate this? -- Bistropha ( talk) 04:09, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
I find it interesting that Longyearbyen is described as "Northernmost settlement with a permanent population of over 1,000". That's unnecessarily conservative. It's actually the northernmost settlement with a permanent population of over 75, or with any population over 200. Would anybody be opposed if I took a zero off of that statement? It also appears to be the northernmost place to be continuously occupied for more than 70 years (actually 110+ years), as most other sites were established at the start of the cold war (1950s). Nerfer ( talk) 02:38, 5 May 2019 (UTC)