I would vote for Alert as the most northerly settlement. A military base is the
functional equivalent of a company town--not different from mining towns, lumber
towns, etc. If someone dislikes military settlements, the next most northerly
settlement would be the one in Greenland with the appropriate name Nord.

The northernmost point of land in the world is a small island along the northern
coast of Greenland called Kaffeklubben Ø.

Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA

----- Original Message -----
From: "fabio" <fabiov@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 11:15 AM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Hammerfest or?

> Hello!
> I post this query here, hoping not to bore anybody.
> In a trivial pursuit query there is written that "the town Hammerfest in
> Norway is the upper most northern town in the world".
> Well, I know that there is the military Canadian base ALERT (with its post
> office available also to civilian people) which is surely northern than
> Hammersfest, but surely there are some villages in Svalbard islands or in
> Asian Russian territory, or in Alaska.
> Probably, before answering, we must define the word "town", the word
> "village", also we must decide if the people must live there all the year or
> if we accept a place where people live there only in Summer season (
> temporary base).... or if can decide on
> the fact that there it must be a governmental post office with a specific
> ZIP international code,.. or if we are speaking of a "continental town" or a
> town on an island... or something else...
> Well, the question is:
> which is the uppermost northern TOWN in the world?
> Any help?
> Best regards Fabio
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