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Kaffeklubben Island in 2008. 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 difficult, but sets an important threshold.
Qeqertaq Avannarleq (Greenlandic for 'the northernmost island') [1] is an unofficial name of what was thought to be a previously uncharted island in the Arctic Ocean, discovered in August 2021. It is off of the northern tip of Greenland , and consists primarily of seabed mud and moraine, an accumulation of unconsolidated debris left behind by ...
Since its record as the northernmost point of land was established, several gravel banks have been discovered in the sea to the north of the island, such as Oodaaq, 83-42, and ATOW1996; however, there is debate as to whether such gravel banks should be considered for the record since they rarely are permanent, being swallowed regularly by the moving ice sheets, being shifted in tides, or ...
A bathymetric survey in 2022 determined that all gravel banks north of Kaffeklubben are likely not connected to the seafloor, but rather gravel on top of the sea ice, confirming Kaffeklubben as the northernmost true land in the world. [7] In most geography books, Kaffeklubben Island is still listed as the northernmost point of land. If 83-42 is ...
If non-permanent islands are included, then the northernmost point is Qeqertaq Avannarleq. If Greenland is excluded from North America, the northernmost point is Cape Columbia , Ellesmere Island , Nunavut , Canada 83°8′N 74°13′W / 83.133°N 74.217°W / 83.133; -74.217 ( Cape Columbia
The northernmost point of land within the boundaries of Canada is Cape Columbia, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The northernmost point of the Canadian mainland is Zenith Point on Boothia Peninsula , Nunavut 72°00′07″N 94°39′18″W / 72.002°N 94.655°W / 72.002; -94.655 ( Zenith Point, 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°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
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 ...