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This is a list of points in the United States that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location in the country. Also included are extreme points in elevation, extreme distances and other points of peculiar geographic interest.
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 ...
Colorado River of the United States and Mexico — longest Gulf of California main stem river at 2,330 km (1,448 Columbia River of Canada and the United States 46°14′39″N 124°3′29″W / 46.24417°N 124.05806°W / 46.24417; -124.05806 ( Columbia River ) — longest eastern Pacific Ocean main stem river at 2,000 km (1,243
However, if the border between east and west is defined by the 180th meridian, the westernmost point is the West Point of Amatignak Island, as Attu Island is in the Eastern Hemisphere Easternmost point — Nordostrundingen , Greenland 81°26′25″N 11°29′22″W / 81.44028°N 11.48944°W / 81.44028; -11.48944 ( Nordostrundingen
The United States and Kiribati have most of their territory east of the 180th meridian, in the Western Hemisphere, so they are considered to belong to the westernmost countries with their territory stretching as far to the west as beyond the 180th meridian into the Eastern Hemisphere. Conversely, Russia, New Zealand, and Fiji have most of their ...
The lowest (from surface) artificially made point with open sky may be the Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine, Utah, United States, at a depth of 1,200 m (3,900 ft) below surface level. The lowest point underwater is the 10,685 m (35,056 ft)-deep (as measured from the subsea wellhead ) oil and gas well drilled on the Tiber Oil Field in the ...
Easternmost point West Quoddy Head , Maine (also the easternmost point of the United States mainland ) 44°49′N 66°57′W / 44.817°N 66.950°W / 44.817; -
Mount Mitchell (Attakulla in Cherokee) [3] is the highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains and the highest peak in mainland North America east of the Mississippi River.It is located near Burnsville in Yancey County, North Carolina in the Black Mountain subrange of the Appalachians about 19 miles (31 km) northeast of Asheville.