Approximate Arctic Communities and Populations, (latitude >= 55, 2022)

Contains a list of Arctic communities suitable for providing context in other geospatial data visualizations. Dataset is limited to communities >= 55 degrees north latitude, with populations >= 10,000 as of 2022, except for Alaska communities which allow populations dow...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mike Brook
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Arctic Data Center
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Online Access:https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:ba1df359-2282-402d-8566-0ee4f8bf2b1d
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Summary:Contains a list of Arctic communities suitable for providing context in other geospatial data visualizations. Dataset is limited to communities >= 55 degrees north latitude, with populations >= 10,000 as of 2022, except for Alaska communities which allow populations down to 500. The intent of this dataset is to provide intuitive landmarks that help with interpretation of other geospatial datasets. This dataset contains minimal fields: community name, 2-letter country abbreviation, latitude and longitude, estimated population as of 2022, and Geonames identifier.