Earth: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 | Northernmost land of | |
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km | mi | |||||
Kaffeklubben Island, Peary Land | Denmark (Greenland) | North America | [ ⚑ ] 83°40′N 29°50′W / 83.667°N 29.833°W | 707 | 439 | Earth |
Cape Morris Jesup, Peary Land | Denmark (Greenland) | North America | [ ⚑ ] 83°37′39″N 32°39′52″W / 83.6275°N 32.66444°W | 712 | 442 | Greenlandic mainland |
Cape Columbia, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut | Canada | North America | [ ⚑ ] 83°06′41″N 69°57′12″W / 83.11139°N 69.95333°W | 769 | 478 | Canada |
Cape Fligely, Rudolf Island, Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast | Russia | Europe | [ ⚑ ] 81°50′35″N 59°14′22″E / 81.84306°N 59.23944°E | 911 | 566 | Eurasia, including Europe |
Arctic Cape, Komsomolets Island, Severnaya Zemlya, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia | Asia | [ ⚑ ] 81°13′N 95°15′E / 81.217°N 95.25°E | 981 | 610 | Asia |
Rossøya, Sjuøyane, Svalbard archipelago | Norway | Europe | [ ⚑ ] 80°49′45″N 20°24′0″E / 80.82917°N 20.4°E | 1,024 | 636 | Western Europe |
Cape Chelyuskin, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia | Asia | [ ⚑ ] 77°44′N 104°15′E / 77.733°N 104.25°E | 1,370 | 850 | any mainland continent |
Murchison Promontory, Boothia Peninsula, Nunavut | Canada | North America | [ ⚑ ] 71°59′55″N 94°32′45″W / 71.99861°N 94.54583°W | 2,014 | 1,251 | mainland North America |
Point Barrow, Alaska | United States | North America | [ ⚑ ] 71°23′20″N 156°28′45″W / 71.38889°N 156.47917°W | 2,078 | 1,291 | United States |
Cape Nordkinn, Gamvik, Finnmark | Norway | Europe | [ ⚑ ] 71°08′02″N 27°39′00″E / 71.13389°N 27.65°E | 2,106 | 1,309 | mainland Continental Europe |
Nuorgam, Lapland | Finland | Europe | [ ⚑ ] 70°05′18″N 27°56′30″E / 70.08833°N 27.94167°E | 2,200 | 1,400 | Finland |
Three-Country Cairn, Lapland | Sweden | Europe | [ ⚑ ] 69°03′35.9″N 20°32′55.1″E / 69.059972°N 20.548639°E | 2,325 | 1,445 | Sweden |
Grímsey island, Eyjafjörður | Iceland | Europe | [ ⚑ ] 66°33′N 18°01′W / 66.55°N 18.017°W | 2,605 | 1,619 | Iceland |
Highest point
- Gunnbjørn Fjeld,[note 1][1] Sermersooq, Island of Greenland, Greenland [ ⚑ ] 68°55′10″N 29°53′55″W / 68.91944°N 29.89861°W — highest summit at 3694 m (12,119 feet)
Lowest point
- Arctic Ocean — lowest surface point at sea level
- The deepest point is Litke Deep in the Eurasian Basin, at 5,450 m (17,880 ft).
See also
- Extreme points of Earth
- Extreme points of the Antarctic
Notes
- ↑ Gunnbjørn Fjeld is the highest point on the Island of Greenland, Kalaallit Nunaat, the Kingdom of Denmark, and the entire Arctic.
References
- ↑ "Gunnbjørn Fjeld". Summits of the World. peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=719. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
External links
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme points of the Arctic.
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