Extreme points of North America
- Extreme points of North America
This is a list of the extreme points of North America, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location on the continent.
"North America"
* Northernmost Point — Kaffeklubben Island, Greenland (83°40'N)
* Southernmost Point — Cocos Island, Costa Rica (5°30'N)
* Westernmost Point — Amatignak Island, Alaska, United States (179 06' 31" W) ¹
* Easternmost Point — Nordost Rundingen, Greenland (12°08'W) ²
"North America (mainland)"
* Northernmost Point — Murchison Promontory on Boothia Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada (71°58'N)
* Southernmost Point — Punta Mariato, Panama (7°10'28.75"N 80°53'12.18"W the southern curve, not the southern border)
* Westernmost Point — Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, United States (168°05'W)
* Easternmost Point — Cape St Charles, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (55°38'W) coord|52|13.07|N|55|37.25|W|
:¹ According to the 180th meridian. If the International Date Line is considered to define the western most point, then it is Attu Island, at 173°11'E.:² If Greenland is excluded then the easternmost point is — Cape Spear, Newfoundland, Canada (52C37'W). coord|47|31.48|N|52|37.12|W|. If one uses the official definition of longitude it is Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska, since the state technically stretches into the eastern hemisphere.
Extreme points of North American countries
* Extreme points of Canada
* Extreme points of Greenland
* Extreme points of Mexico
* Extreme points of the United States
See also
*Geography of North America
*Extreme points of the world
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