Extreme points of the Arctic
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This is a list of the extreme points of the Arctic, the points of Arctic lands that are farther to the north than any other location classified by continent and country, latitude and longitude, and distance to the North Pole.
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[edit] North America
- All lands: Cape Columbia, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut at , 769 km.
- Mainland: Murchison Promontory, Boothia Peninsula, Nunavut at , 2014 km. The northernmost point of mainland North America.
- All lands: Kaffeklubben Island, Peary Land at , 707 km. The northernmost point of land on earth, including North America.
- Greenland proper: Cape Morris Jesup, Peary Land at , 712 km.
- All lands: Point Barrow, Alaska at , 2078 km.
[edit] Europe
- All lands: Rossøya, Sjuøyane, Svalbard at , 1024 km. The northernmost point of Western Europe.
- Norway proper:
- Knivskjellodden, Magerøya, Finnmark at , 2101 km. The northernmost point of continental Europe (excluding remote islands).
- North Cape, Magerøya, Finnmark at , 2102 km. In popular belief referred to as the northernmost point of Europe.
- Mainland: Kinnarodden, Mehamn, Finnmark at , 2106 km. The northernmost point of mainland Europe.
- All lands: Cape Fligely, Rudolf Island, Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast at , 911 km. The northernmost point of Eurasia, including Europe.
- Russia proper: Northern tip of Vaygach Island, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Arkhangelsk Oblast, at , 2181 km.
- Mainland: Northwestern tip of Rybachiy Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, at , 2239 km.
[edit] Asia
- All lands: Arctic Cape, Komsomolets Island, Severnaya Zemlya, Krasnoyarsk Krai at , 981 km. The northermost point of Asia.
- Mainland: Cape Chelyuskin, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai at , 1370 km. The northernmost point of mainland Eurasia, including Asia. Also the northernmost point of any mainland continent.
