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. The list is sorted from north to south.
Name | Country | Region | Coordinates | Distance from Pole | Remarks |
Kaffeklubben Island, Peary Land | Denmark (Greenland) | North America | 707 km (439 mi) | northernmost point of land on Earth | |
Cape Morris Jesup, Peary Land | Denmark (Greenland) | North America | 712 km (442 mi) | Greenland proper | |
Cape Columbia, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut | Canada | North America | 769 km (478 mi) | all lands | |
Cape Fligely, Rudolf Island, Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast | Russia | Europe | 911 km (566 mi) | northernmost point of Eurasia, including Europe | |
Arctic Cape, Komsomolets Island, Severnaya Zemlya, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia | Asia | 981 km (610 mi) | all lands, northermost point of Asia | |
Rossøya, Sjuøyane, Svalbard | Norway | Europe | 1,024 km (636 mi) | northernmost point of Western Europe | |
Cape Chelyuskin, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia | Asia | 1,370 km (850 mi) | mainland, northernmost point of mainland Eurasia and the northernmost point of any mainland continent | |
Murchison Promontory, Boothia Peninsula, Nunavut | Canada | North America | 2,014 km (1,251 mi) | northernmost point of mainland North America | |
Point Barrow, Alaska | United States | North America | 2,078 km (1,291 mi) | all lands | |
Knivskjellodden, Magerøya, Finnmark | Norway | Europe | 2,101 km (1,306 mi) | Norway proper, northernmost point of Continental Europe (excluding remote islands) | |
North Cape, Magerøya, Finnmark | Norway | Europe | 2,102 km (1,306 mi) | Norway proper, in popular belief referred to as the northernmost point of Europe | |
Cape Nordkinn, Gamvik, Finnmark | Norway | Europe | 2,106 km (1,309 mi) | northernmost point of Continental Europe | |
Vaygach Island, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Arkhangelsk Oblast | Russia | Europe | 2,181 km (1,355 mi) | Russia proper | |
Rybachiy Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast | Russia | Europe | 2,239 km (1,391 mi) | mainland |