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This is a list of the extreme points of North America: the points that are highest and lowest, and farther north, south, east or west than any other location on the continent. Some of these points are debatable, given the varying definitions of North America .
It is also North America's largest lake by volume, at 2,900 cu mi (12,000 km 3); it is commonly called the largest lake by surface area when Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are not considered one lake. Great Salt Lake , Utah , 41°10′N 112°35′W / 41.167°N 112.583°W / 41.167; -112.583 ( Great Salt Lake ) – most extensive ...
Mississippi-Missouri-Jefferson River System of the United States — longest river system of North America at 6,352 km (3,947 Paraná River of Argentina , Brazil , Paraguay and Uruguay 19°13′21″S 46°10′28″W / 19.22250°S 46.17444°W / -19.22250; -46.17444 — the second most extensive river on the Americas, at 4,880 km ...
The 49th parallel was agreed to be the border between the United States and British North America (later Canada) from Lake of the Woods to the Strait of Juan de Fuca in the Treaty of 1818 and Oregon Treaty. However, the true boundary line as surveyed deviates several seconds from the true parallel, as seen in this significantly exaggerated ...
East coast of Nauru island: 166°57′E 11 Federated States of Micronesia: Eastern point of Kosrae island (Kosrae state) 163°01′E 12 Papua New Guinea: Nukumanu Islands, North Solomons Milne Bay (mainland) 159°24′E 150°52′E 13 Japan: Minami Torishima, Ogasawara, Tokyo Nosappu, Hokkaido (Four main islands) 153°59′E 145°49′E 14 ...
The longest continuous east–west distance at sea is 22,471 km (13,963 mi) along the latitude 55°59'S, south of Cape Horn, South America. The longest continuous east–west distance at sea between two continents is 15,409 km (9,575 mi) along the latitude 18°39'12"N, from the coast of Hainan, China across the Pacific Ocean to the coast of ...
Severe thunderstorms moved through the Cape Krusenstern National Monument, 500 miles northwest of Fairbanks, Alaska, Thursday morning with lightning, high winds, small hail and a shelf cloud ...
In 2010, the population of the states that have shoreline on the East Coast was estimated at 112,642,503 (about 36% of the country's total population). New York City is both the largest city and the largest metropolitan area on the East Coast. The East Coast is the most populated coastal area in the United States. [8]