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North America. 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 ...
Farthest North describes the most northerly latitude reached by explorers, before the first successful expedition to the North Pole rendered the expression obsolete. The Arctic polar regions are much more accessible than those of the Antarctic , as continental land masses extend to high latitudes and sea voyages to the regions are relatively short.
The North-West portion of the North American Pole of Inaccessibility. In North America , the continental pole of inaccessibility is on the Pine Ridge Reservation in southwest South Dakota about 11 km (7 mi) north of the town of Allen , 1,650 km (1,030 mi) from the nearest coastline at 43°22′N 101°58′W / 43.36°N 101.97°W / 43 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Bismarck, North Dakota, plunged to 39 degrees below zero Tuesday, their coldest temperature since Jan. 15, 2009 and only 6 degrees shy of their all-time record low.