Have you ever wounded what the coldest places in the world are?  Well here are the answers.  Earlier I wrote an article on the hottest places on earth and to correspond with that, I thought it might be a good idea to write on the coldest places, so here it is.

Coldest Places on Earth

Name                                                        Where it is located

Vostok                                                      Antarctica

Plateau Station                                        Antarctica

Oymyakon                                               Russia

Verkhoyansk                                           Russia

Northice                                                  Greenland

Vostok, Antarctica

Vostok Station is located in the South Pole and is the location of the lowest temperate on record of -128.6F on the 21st of July 1983.

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Plateau Station, Antarctica

Again in Antarctia, Plateau Station is the location of the second lowest temperature measured at -119.2F in central Antarctica

Oymyakon, Russia

Oymyakon is located on the banks of the Indigirka River, Russia.  The population is 800.  On January 1926 a temperature of – 96.2F was recorded.

Verkhoyansk Russia

Also in Russia is Verkhoyansk, on the Yana River near the Arctic Circle.  The population of this town is around 1,400 people.  It is the third smallest town in Russia.  The town has an airport, and a river port for transportation.  Verkhoyansk is known for its extremely low temperatures with a average winter temperature of -58F and is home to the forth lowest temperature in history of -89F.

Northice Greenland

Northice was the name given to a research station located in Greenland operated by the British.  The lowest recorded temperature of -65.9C was recorded on the 9th of January 1954.

So there you have it, a list of the coldest countries in the world and when it happened.  I hope you enjoyed reading it.