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This is a list of countries by southernmost point on land. Where borders are contested, the southernmost point under the control of a nation is listed, excluding points within Antarctica and its outlying islands south of 60°S.
The southernmost point in the Commonwealth depends on whether the Antarctic claims of three of the Commonwealth's members – Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom – are counted. If so, the southernmost point is the South Pole (by definition, 90°S), where those three claims (and those of other, non-Commonwealth, countries) meet.
The southernmost point of Berkner Island is further south than any of these, ... List of countries by southernmost point; References Moore, D. M. (1983). ...
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The South Pole is by definition the southernmost point on the Earth, lying antipodally to the North Pole. It defines geodetic latitude 90° South, as well as the direction of true south. At the South Pole all directions point North; all lines of longitude converge there, so its longitude can be defined as any degree value. No time zone has been ...
So, the United States should be listed after Thailand (presently No. 72) and before Sri Lanka (No. 73), and all countries on the list between Samoa and Thailand (inclusive) should be re-numbered, based on the fact that the southernmost point of the "incorporated" Palmyra Atoll (assuming it is indeed a location at 5° 52' 15" N) is legally the ...
Southernmost point can be either: Águila Islet , Diego Ramírez Islands , Chile [ 1 ] ( 55°58′50″S 67°17′32″W / 55.980572161440634°S 67.29216529174083°W / -55.980572161440634; -67.29216529174083 ), or, if the South Sandwich Islands are included as part of South America
Latitude Locations 90° N North Pole: 75° N: Arctic Ocean; Russia; northern Canada; Greenland: 60° N: Oslo, Norway; Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden; major parts of Nordic countries in EU; St. Petersburg, Russia; southern Alaska United States; southern border of the Yukon and the Northwest territories in Canada; Shetland, UK (Scotland)