Southernmost settlements

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

Southernmost settlements are cities, towns, weather stations or permanent military bases which are further south than latitude 45° S. They are closely related to the Southern Ocean or either the Roaring Forties or Furious Fifties.

Southernmost city

"The southernmost city in the world" is mainly a slogan used for tourism to attract visitors to the city as well as the tourists headed for Antarctica. Currently three cities or towns use this slogan: Ushuaia in Argentina as well as Punta Arenas and Puerto Williams in Chile. There are several more settlements further south but none are considered to be large enough to be classified as a 'city'.

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

45°

45th parallel south

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

Rank	City/town	Population	Latitude/longitude
1	Puerto Williams, Chile	1,952	54°56′S 67°37′W
2	Ushuaia, Argentina	56,956	54°48′S 68°18′W
3	Tolhuin, Argentina	1,382	54°32′S 67°12′W
4	Río Grande, Argentina	55,231	53°47′S 67°42′W
5	Porvenir, Chile	4,807	53°17′S 70°22′W
6	Punta Arenas, Chile	130,136	53°10′S 70°56′W
7	Puerto Natales, Chile	19,116	51°44′S 72°31′W
8	Stanley, Falkland Islands	2,115	51°41′S 57°51′W
9	Veintiocho de Noviembre, Argentina	4,686	51°39′S 69°13′W
10	Río Gallegos, Argentina	110,435	51°38′S 69°13′W
11	Río Turbio, Argentina	6,650	51°31′S 72°17′W
11	El Calafate, Argentina	6,410	50°19′S 72°17′W
12	Puerto Santa Cruz, Argentina	3,397	50°01′S 68°31′W
13	Comandante Luis Piedrabuena, Argentina	4,175	49°50′S 68°54′W
14	Gobernador Gregores, Argentina	2,519	49°48′S 68°37′W
15	Puerto San Julián, Argentina	6,143	49°18′S 67°43′W
16	Puerto Deseado, Argentina	10,237	47°45′S 65°55′W
17	Cochrane, Chile	2,217	47°15′S 72°34′W
18	Pico Truncado, Argentina	14,985	46°47′S 67°58′W
19	Bluff, New Zealand	1,850	46°36′S 168°20′E
20	Perito Moreno, Argentina	3,588	46°36′S 70°55′W
21	Las Heras, Argentina	10,688	46°33′S 68°57′W
22	Los Antiguos, Argentina	2,047	46°32′S 71°37′W
23	Chile Chico, Chile	3,042	46°32′S 71°43′W
24	Caleta Olivia, Argentina	36,077	46°26′S 67°32′W
25	Invercargill, New Zealand	48,000	46°25′S 168°18′E
26	Riverton, New Zealand	1,900	46°21′S 168°01′E
27	Balclutha, New Zealand	4,104	46°14′S 169°45′E
28	Mataura, New Zealand	1,740	46°11′S 168°52′E
29	Winton, New Zealand	2,100	46°08′S 168°20′E
30	Milton, New Zealand	2,000	46°07′S 169°58′E
31	Gore, New Zealand	9,730	46°05′S 168°56′E
32	Rada Tilly, Argentina	6,208	45°55′S 67°33′W
33	Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina	146,928	45°52′S 67°30′W
34	Dunedin, New Zealand	122,900	45°52′S 170°30′E
35	Río Mayo, Argentina	2,939	45°40′S 70°16′W
36	Sarmiento, Argentina	8,028	45°35′S 69°05′W
37	Coihaique, Chile	50,041	45°34′S 72°04′W
38	Puerto Chacabuco, Chile	1,243	45°29′S 72°50′W
39	Te Anau, New Zealand	1,857	45°25′S 167°43′E
40	Puerto Aisen, Chile	16,936	45°24′S 72°41′W
41	Alexandra, New Zealand	4,827	45°14′S 169°22′E
42	Oamaru, New Zealand	12,950	45°05′S 170°58′E
43	Cromwell, New Zealand	4,080	45°04′S 169°20′E
44	Queenstown, New Zealand	10,442	45°01′S 168°39′E
45	Alto Río Senguer, Argentina	1,454	45°01′S 70°49′W

Southernmost settlements outside Antarctica

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

#	Location	Country	Settlement type	Latitude	Population
1	Estación Naval Islas Diego Ramirez	Chile	Naval station	56º30' S	?
2	Estación Meteorológica de Cabo de Hornos	Chile	Weather station	55º59' S	4
3	Puerto Toro	Chile	Hamlet	55º05' S	36
4	Caleta Wulaia	Chile	Hamlet	55°02' S	?
5	Caleta Eugenia	Chile	Hamlet	54°56' S	?
6	Puerto Williams	Chile	Town	54°56' S	1,952
7	Puerto Navarino	Chile	Village	54º55' S	?
8	Puerto Almanza	Argentina	Village	54º52' S	200
9	Ushuaia	Argentina	City	54º48' S	64,000
10	Tolhuin	Argentina	Town	54º31' S	1,382
11	Grytviken	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Hamlet	54º19' S	up to 18
12	Río Grande	Argentina	City	53º45' S	55,000
13	Porvenir	Chile	City	53º17' S	5,465
14	Punta Arenas	Chile	City	53º17' S	116,005

• The former Argentine base Corbeta Uruguay (59º28' S) in South Sandwich Islands was the southernmost settlement outside Antarctica from 1976-1982.

Settlements on the Antarctic continent

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.

The full list is available at: List of research stations in Antarctica

See also

• Extreme points of Earth
• List of southernmost items
• Northernmost cities and towns
• Northernmost settlements
• Southernmost European settlement of the world