Northern Territories may refer to several geographic locations:
- Northern Territories (北方領土, Hoppō Ryōdo?), a term used by the Japanese to refer to the territory disputed with Russia. See Kuril Islands dispute
- Historical name of part of Ghana, a former British Empire protectorate, itself divided into the Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions of modern Ghana.
It may informally refer to:
- Northern Territories of Canada, the Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
- Northern territories of Israel, the Northern District and the Golan Heights.
Famous quotes containing the words northern and/or territories:
“Our ancestors were savages. The story of Romulus and Remus being suckled by a wolf is not a meaningless fable. The founders of every state which has risen to eminence have drawn their nourishment and vigor from a similar wild source. It was because the children of the Empire were not suckled by the wolf that they were conquered and displaced by the children of the northern forests who were.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“For my part, I feel that with regard to Nature I live a sort of border life, on the confines of a world into which I make occasional and transient forays only, and my patriotism and allegiance to the state into whose territories I seem to retreat are those of a moss-trooper.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)