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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 ...
Since its record as the northernmost point of land was established, several gravel banks have been discovered in the sea to the north of the island, such as Oodaaq, 83-42, and ATOW1996; however, there is debate as to whether such gravel banks should be considered for the record since they rarely are permanent, being swallowed regularly by the moving ice sheets, being shifted in tides, or ...
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).
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
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.