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. The list is sorted from north to south.
Name | Country | Region | Coordinates | Distance from Pole | Northernmost land of | |
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km | mi | |||||
Kaffeklubben Island, Peary Land | Denmark (Greenland) | North America | 83°40′N 29°50′W / 83.667°N 29.833°W / 83.667; -29.833 (Kaffeklubben Island) | 707 | 439 | Earth |
Cape Morris Jesup, Peary Land | Denmark (Greenland) | North America | 83°37′39″N 32°39′52″W / 83.62750°N 32.66444°W / 83.62750; -32.66444 (Cape Morris Jesup) | 712 | 442 | Greenlandic mainland |
Cape Columbia, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut | Canada | North America | 83°06′41″N 69°57′12″W / 83.11139°N 69.95333°W / 83.11139; -69.95333 (Cape Columbia) | 769 | 478 | Canada |
Cape Fligely, Rudolf Island, Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast | Russia | Europe | 81°50′35″N 59°14′22″E / 81.84306°N 59.23944°E / 81.84306; 59.23944 (Cape Fligely) | 911 | 566 | Eurasia, including Europe |
Arctic Cape, Komsomolets Island, Severnaya Zemlya, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia | Asia | 81°13′N 95°15′E / 81.217°N 95.250°E / 81.217; 95.250 (Arctic Cape) | 981 | 610 | Asia |
Rossøya, Sjuøyane, Svalbard archipelago | Norway | Europe | 80°49′45″N 20°24′0″E / 80.82917°N 20.40000°E / 80.82917; 20.40000 (Rossøya) | 1,024 | 636 | Western Europe |
Cape Chelyuskin, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia | Asia | 77°44′N 104°15′E / 77.733°N 104.250°E / 77.733; 104.250 (Cape Chelyuskin) | 1,370 | 850 | any mainland continent |
Murchison Promontory, Boothia Peninsula, Nunavut | Canada | North America | 71°59′55″N 94°32′45″W / 71.99861°N 94.54583°W / 71.99861; -94.54583 (Murchison Promontory) | 2,014 | 1,251 | mainland North America |
Point Barrow, Alaska | United States | North America | 71°23′20″N 156°28′45″W / 71.38889°N 156.47917°W / 71.38889; -156.47917 (Point Barrow) | 2,078 | 1,291 | United States |
Cape Nordkinn, Gamvik, Finnmark | Norway | Europe | 71°08′02″N 27°39′00″E / 71.13389°N 27.65000°E / 71.13389; 27.65000 (Cape Nordkinn) | 2,106 | 1,309 | mainland Continental Europe |
Nuorgam, Lapland | Finland | Europe | 70°05′18″N 27°56′30″E / 70.08833°N 27.94167°E / 70.08833; 27.94167 | 2,200 | 1,400 | Finland |
Three-Country Cairn, Lapland | Sweden | Europe | 69°03′35.9″N 20°32′55.1″E / 69.059972°N 20.548639°E / 69.059972; 20.548639 | 2,325 | 1,445 | Sweden |
Grímsey island, Eyjafjörður | Iceland | Europe | 66°33′N 18°01′W / 66.550°N 18.017°W / 66.550; -18.017 | 2,605 | 1,619 | Iceland |
Highest point
- Gunnbjørn Fjeld,[note 1][1] Sermersooq, Island of Greenland, Greenland 68°55′10″N 29°53′55″W / 68.91944°N 29.89861°W / 68.91944; -29.89861 (Gunnbjørn Fjeld) — highest summit at 3694 m (12,119 feet)
Lowest point
- Arctic Ocean — lowest surface point at sea level
- The deepest point is Litke Deep in the Eurasian Basin, at 5,450 m (17,880 ft).
See also
Notes
- ^ Gunnbjørn Fjeld is the highest point on the Island of Greenland, Kalaallit Nunaat, the Kingdom of Denmark, and the entire Arctic.
References
- ^ "Gunnbjørn Fjeld". Summits of the World. peakbagger.com. Retrieved September 8, 2012.