Where are the northernmost, southernmost, easternmost and westernmost cities on Earth?

There are many wonderful places on Earth. Let’s take a look at where the northernmost, southernmost, easternmost and westernmost cities are.

【Northernmost city】

When it comes to the northernmost city in the world, some people may think of Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, the second largest island country in Europe (the first is the United Kingdom), and some people may think of Murmansk, the outlet of the Arctic Ocean in Russia. These two cities are indeed very northern, but neither of them is the northernmost city.

The world's northernmost city is located in Svalbard, Norway, Northern Europe. Norway is located in the western part of the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe, with an area of ​​about 385,000 square kilometers (including Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island and other territories).

Svalbard is located in the Arctic Circle, halfway between the Scandinavian Peninsula and the North Pole. It has polar day from April to August and polar night from November to January. It covers an area of ​​about 61,000 square kilometers, of which the main island of Spitsbergen covers an area of ​​about 39,000 square kilometers.

The population of Svalbard is about 2,939 (2020), mainly concentrated in the capital, Longyearbyen. There are more than 5,000 polar bears here, and there are more bears than people. If you want to see wild polar bears, this is a good place. The northernmost city in the world is Longyearbyen, which is about 78° north latitude.

【Southernmost city】

We know that the southernmost capital in the world is Wellington in New Zealand, but the southernmost city is not in New Zealand, but in Ushuaia in Argentina.

Argentina is located in the southern part of South America, with an area of ​​approximately 2.7804 million square kilometers (excluding the Falkland Islands and the Antarctic territory claimed by Argentina).

Ushuaia, located on the southern coast of Tierra del Fuego, is the capital of the Tierra del Fuego Province of Argentina. Ushuaia is surrounded by mountains and across the Beagle Channel is Chile's Navarino Island.

Ushuaia is located at 54°48′7″ south latitude, about 3,200 kilometers from Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, but only about 800 kilometers from Antarctica. It is known as the city closest to Antarctica in the world.

Geographically, the southernmost tip of the South American continent is not in Argentina, but in Chile. The huge island group south of Ushuaia, Argentina, which belongs to Chile, is the closest place to Antarctica. Chile promotes Puerto Williams as the southernmost city in the world and the end of the world. However, Ushuaia has already become famous, and Chile can do nothing about it.

[The easternmost and westernmost cities]

Fiji is located in the southwest Pacific Ocean and consists of 332 islands, most of which are volcanic islands. It has a land area of ​​approximately 18,300 square kilometers and an exclusive economic zone of 1.29 million square kilometers.

Fiji has two large islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, and the third largest island, Taveuni, is the easternmost and westernmost points.

Viti Levu has an area of ​​about 10,400 square kilometers, and its highest peak, Mount Victoria, is about 1,322 meters above sea level. Suva, the capital of Fiji, is on Viti Levu, which has a population of about 600,000.

Vanua Levu is located about 64 kilometers north of the main island of Viti Levu, with an area of ​​about 5,600 square kilometers and a population of about 130,000.

Taveuni Island is long and narrow, with an area of ​​about 435 square kilometers and the highest peak is about 1,195 meters above sea level. Taveuni Island has a population of 19,000, most of whom are indigenous people.

Taveuni Island is located exactly on the 180th meridian, which is the meridian of the earth. It is both 180° east longitude and 180° west longitude. Several small villages and towns on both sides of the 180th meridian are only two or three kilometers apart, but they are the westernmost and easternmost parts of the earth.

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