Talk:Extreme points of U.S. states

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Is it just me or is the Western most point of California actually on the western edge of Sugarloaf Island near Ferndale, CA? This instead of the listed Cape Mendocino. Can someone check up on this?

This article could possibly be turned into a chart, with each state's information in rows and the extreme points (and the states) in columns.

This article was nominated for deletion on October 26, 2005. The result of the discussion was keep.

— JIP | Talk 07:56, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

This page is interesting trivia, but inaccurate in at least one respect, and inconsistent with other correct Wikipedia pages.

The most easterly point in Alaska, and in the United States, is on Semisopochnoi Island, which lies in the geographic Eastern hemisphere (179.6E). The most westerly point in Alaska, and in the United States, is on Amatignak Island, which is just in the Western hemisphere (approx. 179W), not Attu Island, which is in the Eastern hemisphere.

The separate Wikipedia entries for Semisopochnoi and Amatignac, have it correct.

David Selley

Longitude is entirely arbitrary; there is no physical reason for the 180th meridian to be where it is. It's an accident of the time "Britannia ruled the seas." It makes more sense to ask, "What point is farthest west from the geographical center of the country?" Where's the westernmost point of Wrangel Island? Co149 (talk) 06:45, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Name of article

It occurred to me that most articles have United States spelled out, but Talk:U.S._state#.22U.S._states.22 would seem to indicate "U.S. states" is OK. Шизомби 02:18, 20 May 2006 (UTC)