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Extreme points in the 50 states: Point Barrow, Ka Lae, Sail Rock, Peaked Island Extreme points in the contiguous 48 states: Northwest Angle, Ballast Key, Sail Rock, Bodelteh Islands Extreme points of the U.S. on the North American continent: Point Barrow, Cape Sable, West Quoddy Head, Cape Prince of Wales Extreme points in all U.S. territory ...
This is a list of extreme points in U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia. [ 1 ] Although many borders were initially defined by treaty or other agreement to be along a specific line of latitude or longitude, inaccuracies with surveying equipment/techniques caused the surveyed lines to deviate slightly from the true boundaries.
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°43′N Svalbard : Rossøya, Sjuøyane: 80°49′N United States: Point Barrow, Alaska Northwest Angle, Minnesota (contiguous 48 States) 71°23′N 49°23′N
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 .
This is a list of lists of places considered the most extreme by virtue of meeting some superlative geographical or physical criterion – e.g. farthest, highest, lowest, greatest, or least. Earth [ edit ]
Point Barrow or Nuvuk is a headland on the Arctic coast in the U.S. state of Alaska, 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow). It is the northernmost point of all the territory of the United States, at 71°23′20″N 156°28′45″W / 71.38889°N 156.47917°W / 71.38889; -156.47917 ( Point Barrow ) , 1,122 ...
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The northernmost summits of their elevation in the United States; Rank Mountain peak State Mountain range Elevation Prominence Isolation Location; 6 Mount Chamberlin [6] [7] [a] [b] Alaska