Southernmost settlements

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Location of Punta Arenas, Porvenir, Río Grande, Ushuaia and Puerto Williams in the southern tip of South America.

Southernmost settlements are cities, towns, weather stations or permanent military bases which are farther south than latitude 45°S. They are closely related to the Southern Ocean or either the Roaring Forties or Furious Fifties. Antarctic bases are excluded due to not having a permanent population.

Unlike the northern hemisphere, where several major metropolitan areas such as Moscow, Harbin, London, Paris, Seattle, and Montreal are all located north of the 45°N parallel, the only permanently populated areas south of the 45°S parallel are the small and sparsely populated regions of southern Patagonia in South America, the Falkland Islands, and the southernmost tip of New Zealand.

Southernmost city

The southernmost city in the world is mainly a slogan used for tourism purposes to attract visitors to a city as well as the tourists headed for Antarctica. Ciudad (city) is not a legal designation in Chile and Argentina, except for the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. Currently, three places use this slogan: Ushuaia in Argentina as well as Punta Arenas and Puerto Williams[a] in Chile, with the last being the absolute southernmost town by latitude. There are several more settlements further south but none are considered to be large enough to be classified as a 'city'. The three contending cities are from north to south:

  • Punta Arenas (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found., population: 123,403), literally in Spanish: "Sandy Point", is the oldest and largest city in Southern Patagonia, at the Strait of Magellan and the capital of the Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region. It is the largest of the three contenders with around 130,000 permanent residents[9] and it is called the southernmost city by some media outlets. The basis of its claim to be the southernmost city rests on it being larger than Ushuaia, Río Grande, and Puerto Williams, all of which are farther south.
  • Ushuaia (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found., population: 82,615), the capital of the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego, is more commonly regarded as the southernmost city in the world due to its sufficiently large population, its infrastructure, and its accepted classification as a city.[10][11][12] Ushuaia is located in a wide bay on the southern coast of the island of Tierra del Fuego, on the northern shore of the Beagle Channel; hence, it is further north than Puerto Williams.

The southernmost city with a population of over one million is Melbourne, Australia.

Settlements of more than 1,000 inhabitants south of 45°S

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Line across the Earth
45°
45th parallel south (Template:Maplink)

This is a list of all settlements south of the 45th parallel south with over 1,000 permanent inhabitants.

Rank Settlement name Country Population Latitude/longitude Köppen climate classification
1 Puerto Williams Chile Script error: No such module "Number table sorting".[17] Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. ET
2 Ushuaia Argentina Script error: No such module "Number table sorting".[18] Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. ET
3 Tolhuin Argentina Script error: No such module "Number table sorting".[18] Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. ET
4 Río Grande Argentina Script error: No such module "Number table sorting".[18] Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfc
5 Porvenir Chile Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfc
6 Punta Arenas Chile Script error: No such module "Number table sorting".[17] Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfc
7 Puerto Natales Chile Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfb
8 Stanley Falkland Islands Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfc
9 Veintiocho de Noviembre Argentina Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfc
10 Río Gallegos Argentina Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. BSk
11 Río Turbio Argentina Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfc
11 El Calafate Argentina Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. BSk
12 Puerto Santa Cruz Argentina Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. BSk
13 Comandante Luis Piedrabuena Argentina Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. BSk
14 Puerto San Julián Argentina Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. BSk
15 Gobernador Gregores Argentina Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. BWk
16 Puerto Deseado Argentina Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. BSk
17 Cochrane Chile Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfb
18 Pico Truncado Argentina Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. BWk
19 Bluff New Zealand Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfb
20 Perito Moreno Argentina Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. BSk
21 Las Heras Argentina Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. BWk
22 Los Antiguos Argentina Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. BSk
23 Chile Chico Chile Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Csb
24 Caleta Olivia Argentina Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. BSk
25 Invercargill New Zealand Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfb
26 Riverton New Zealand Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfb
27 Balclutha New Zealand Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfb
28 Fairfax New Zealand Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfb
29 Mataura New Zealand Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfb
30 Winton New Zealand Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfb
31 Milton New Zealand Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfb
32 Gore New Zealand Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfb
33 Rada Tilly Argentina Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. BSk
34 Comodoro Rivadavia Argentina Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. BSk
35 Dunedin New Zealand Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfb
36 Río Mayo Argentina Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. BSk
37 Sarmiento Argentina Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. BSk
38 Waikouaiti New Zealand Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfb
39 Coihaique Chile Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfb
40 Puerto Chacabuco Chile Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfb
41 Te Anau New Zealand Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfb
42 Puerto Aisen Chile Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfb
43 Alexandra New Zealand Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. BSk
44 Clyde New Zealand Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfb
45 Oamaru New Zealand Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfb
46 Cromwell New Zealand Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfb
47 Queenstown New Zealand Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Cfb
48 Alto Río Senguer Argentina Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Csc/Dsc

Southernmost settlements outside Antarctica

This list of settlements excludes research stations in Antarctica and its surrounding islands.

# Location Country Settlement
type 		Latitude Population Population as of Köppen climate classification
1 Estación Naval
Islas Diego Ramirez		 Chile Naval station 56°30′ S 4 2017 ET
2 Estación Meteorológica
de Cabo de Hornos		 Chile Weather station 55°59′ S 4[19] 2008 ET
3 Puerto Toro Chile Hamlet 55°05′ S 36[20] 2002 ET
4 Caleta Wulaia Chile Hamlet 55°02′ S ? ? ET
5 Caleta Eugenia Chile Hamlet 54°56′ S ? ? ?
6 Puerto Williams Chile Town 54°56′ S 1,868[17] 2002 Cfc
7 Puerto Navarino Chile Village 54°55′ S ? ? Cfc
8 Puerto Almanza Argentina Village 54°52′ S 200 ? Cfc
9 Ushuaia Argentina City 54°48′ S 82,615[18] 2010 Cfc
10 Tolhuin Argentina Town 54°31′ S 9,879[18] ? Cfc
11 Macquarie Island Station Australia Scientific research station 54°30′ S 20 to 40 ? ET
12 Grytviken South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Hamlet 54°19′ S up to 18 ? ET
13 Río Grande Argentina City 53°45′ S 98,017[18] 2010 Cfc/Dfc
14 Porvenir Chile Town 53°17′ S 5,465 ? Cfc
15 Punta Arenas Chile City 53°17′ S 123,403[17] 2002 Cfc

Settlements on the Antarctic continent

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". 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.[21]

See also

Notes

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  1. ^ Attributed to multiple sources[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
  2. ^ Attributed to multiple sources[14][15][16][2][3][4][5][6][7]

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ushuaia ya no será la ciudad más austral del mundo". 30 June 1998. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."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". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
  3. ^ a b http://www.infinito-sur.com/ Script error: No such module "webarchive"., retrieved 9 April 2012
  4. ^ a b Puerto Williams espera una gran temporada de centolla[permanent dead link], retrieved 9 April 2012
  5. ^ a b Escritorio Estudiantes Script error: No such module "webarchive"., retrieved 9 April 2012
  6. ^ a b dibam, retrieved 9 April 2012
  7. ^ a b Times Online
  8. ^ a b Website thisischile.cl Puerto Williams, the southernmost town in the world
  9. ^ Interactive map, INE Census 2002, Chile. (Click on XII Region and then on Punta Arenas)
  10. ^ Boston Globe 2008
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tierra del Fuego, Argentina". Encarta. Archived from the original on 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ushuaia". Britannica. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.WillySol. "Puerto Williams - Chile". Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Una localidad chilena le roba a Ushuaia la etiqueta de ciudad más austral del mundo". 29 May 2019.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Por qué Ushuaia perdió el título de "la ciudad más austral del mundo"". 30 May 2019.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Argentinos admiten derrota: Reconocen a Puerto Williams como la ciudad más austral del mundo". 30 May 2019.
  17. ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ciudades, pueblos, aldeas y caseríos 2019" (pdf) (in español). Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (Chile). March 2019. p. 132. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  18. ^ a b c d e f Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Censo Nacional de Población, Hogares y Viviendas 2022. Resultados provisionales" (pdf). Censo 2022. República Argentina (in español). Buenos Aires: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC). January 2023. p. 32. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Vida al fin del mundo: Una familia chilena haciendo soberanía en Cabo de Hornos". Emol. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."DEMOGRAFÍA". Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  21. ^ 4.0 Antarctica – Past and Present

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