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Country Northernmost point Latitude Greenland : Kaffeklubben Island Cape Morris Jesup (mainland) 83°40′N 83°39′N Canada: Cape Columbia, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut 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 ...
The northernmost point of land on Earth is a contentious issue due to variation of definition. How permanent some of the contenders are makes hard determination ...
Cape Chelyuskin (Russian: Мыс Челюскина, Mys Chelyuskina) is the northernmost point of the Eurasian continent (and indeed of any continental mainland), and the northernmost point of mainland Russia. It is situated at the tip of the Taymyr Peninsula, south of Severnaya Zemlya archipelago, in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. The headland has ...
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This is the southernmost point of a small island connected to the coast by a causeway in 1808, so no longer an island. If manmade land is not accepted, the continental southernmost point is located slightly more to the North at 36°00'25"N. Westernmost point. Cabo da Roca, Portugal (9°29'56.44 W). [1] [note 1] Easternmost point. The ...
Westernmost point — The westernmost point depends on the definition of "westernmost". If following the International Date Line , it would be Cape Wrangell on Attu Island , Alaska , United States 52°55′28″N 172°28′22″E / 52.92444°N 172.47278°E / 52.92444; 172.47278 ( Cape Wrangell ) , or the tiny (ca. 200m diameter ...
The northernmost and easternmost points of Russia coincide with those of Eurasia (both for the mainland and including the islands). The extreme points of the Soviet Union were identical, except that the southernmost point of the Soviet Union was Kushka in Turkmenistan , and the extreme elevation was the Communism Peak in Tajikistan , at 7,495 ...
The northernmost point in the Commonwealth is in the far north of Canada. Cape Columbia, on Ellesmere Island, in the territory of Nunavut lies at 83°08″41 ′ N. Nunavut is a full part of Canada, which is an active member of the Commonwealth, making its position as the northernmost point uncontroversial.