Extreme points of the Arctic
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This is a list of the extreme points of the Arctic, the points of Arctic lands that are farther to the north than any other location classified by continent and country, latitude and longitude, and distance to the North Pole. The list is sorted from north to south.
Name | Country | Region | Coordinates | Distance from Pole | Remarks | |
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km | mi | |||||
Kaffeklubben Island, Peary Land | Denmark (Greenland) | North America | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 707 | 439 | northernmost point of land on Earth |
Cape Morris Jesup, Peary Land | Denmark (Greenland) | North America | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 712 | 442 | Greenland proper |
Cape Columbia, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut | Canada | North America | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 769 | 478 | all lands |
Cape Fligely, Rudolf Island, Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast | Russia | Europe | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 911 | 566 | northernmost point of Eurasia, including Europe |
Arctic Cape, Komsomolets Island, Severnaya Zemlya, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia | Asia | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 981 | 610 | all lands, northernmost point of Asia |
Rossøya, Sjuøyane, Svalbard | Norway | Europe | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 1,024 | 636 | northernmost point of Western Europe |
Cape Chelyuskin, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia | Asia | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 1,370 | 850 | mainland, northernmost point of mainland Eurasia and the northernmost point of any mainland continent |
Murchison Promontory, Boothia Peninsula, Nunavut | Canada | North America | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 2,014 | 1,251 | northernmost point of mainland North America |
Point Barrow, Alaska | United States | North America | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 2,078 | 1,291 | all lands |
Knivskjellodden, Magerøya, Finnmark | Norway | Europe | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 2,101 | 1,306 | Norway proper, northernmost point of Continental Europe (excluding remote islands) |
North Cape, Magerøya, Finnmark | Norway | Europe | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 2,102 | 1,306 | Norway proper, in popular belief referred to as the northernmost point of Europe |
Cape Nordkinn, Gamvik, Finnmark | Norway | Europe | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 2,106 | 1,309 | northernmost point of Continental Europe |
Vaygach Island, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Arkhangelsk Oblast | Russia | Europe | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 2,181 | 1,355 | Russia proper |
Rybachiy Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast | Russia | Europe | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 2,239 | 1,391 | mainland |
Highest point
- Gunnbjørn Fjeld,[note 1][1] Sermersooq, Island of Greenland, Greenland Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. — highest summit at 3694 m (12,119 feet)
Lowest point
- Arctic Ocean — lowest surface point at sea level
See also
Notes
- ↑ Gunnbjørn Fjeld is the highest point on the Island of Greenland, Kalaallit Nunaat, the Kingdom of Denmark, and the entire Arctic.
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.