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Country Northernmost point Latitude Greenland : Kaffeklubben Island Cape Morris Jesup (mainland) 83°40′N 83°39′N Canada: Cape Columbia, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut Zenith Point (mainland) 83°06′N 72°00′N Russia: Cape Fligely, Rudolf Island, Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast Cape Chelyuskin, Krasnoyarsk Krai (mainland) 81°51′N 77 ...
The most northern settlements on Earth are communities close to the North Pole, ranging from about 70° N to about 89° N.The North Pole itself is at 90° N. There are no permanent civilian settlements north of 79° N, the furthest north (78.55° N) being Ny-Ålesund, a permanent settlement of about 30 (in the winter) to 130 (in the summer) people on the Norwegian island of Svalbard.
Currently, under international law, no country owns the North Pole or the region of the Arctic Ocean surrounding it. The five surrounding Arctic countries, Russia, Canada, Norway, Denmark (via Greenland), and the United States, are limited to a 200- nautical-mile (370 km; 230 mi) exclusive economic zone off their coasts, and the area beyond ...
Oodaaq or Oodap Qeqertaa is a bank of gravel and silt northeast of Greenland that has been considered by some to be the northernmost point of land on Earth, though a number of other places have also been given that title since its discovery. It may have been created by the impact of an iceberg in a shallow sea.
Cape Columbia is the northernmost point of land of Canada, located on Ellesmere Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut. It marks the westernmost coastal point of Lincoln Sea in the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's northernmost point of land outside Greenland. The distance to the North Pole is 769 km (478 mi).
Here are five surprising things about living in Earth's northernmost town. Alcohol is rationed in Svalbard Residents receive an alcohol card that limits how much beer and spirits they can buy each ...
Lago Enriquillo, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola — lowest lake on an island and lowest surface point on any ocean island on Earth at −27 m (− New Orleans , Louisiana , United States 29°58′N 90°03′W / 29.967°N 90.050°W / 29.967; -90.050 ( New Orleans, Louisiana ) — lowest city of the Americas with an average ...
Considered as a land/ridge, but not an island Qeqertaq Avannarleq [9] [10] 83°40'17"N, 30°42'43"W 703.4 km [11] Morten Rasch 2021 No; not connected to seabed 30 m by 60 m and 3-4 m high; deconfirmed by the 2022 survey as a true land Oodaaq: 83°40′N, 30°40′W 704.2 km Uffe Petersen 1978 No; is a gravel bank