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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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 / ﻿83.6275°N 32.66444°W﻿ / 83.6275; -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 95.25°E﻿ / 81.217; 95.25﻿ (Arctic Cape) | 981  | 610 | Asia
Rossøya, Sjuøyane, Svalbard archipelago | Norway | Europe |  [ ⚑ ] 80°49′45″N 20°24′0″E﻿ / ﻿80.82917°N 20.4°E﻿ / 80.82917; 20.4﻿ (Rossøya) | 1,024  | 636 | Western Europe
Cape Chelyuskin, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia | Asia |  [ ⚑ ] 77°44′N 104°15′E﻿ / ﻿77.733°N 104.25°E﻿ / 77.733; 104.25﻿ (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 Municipality, Finnmark | Norway | Europe |  [ ⚑ ] 71°08′02″N 27°39′00″E﻿ / ﻿71.13389°N 27.65°E﻿ / 71.13389; 27.65﻿ (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 / ﻿66.55°N 18.017°W﻿ / 66.55; -18.017 | 2,605  | 1,619 | Iceland

## Contents

* 1 Highest point
* 2 Lowest point
* 3 See also
* 4 Notes
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## 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

* Extreme points of Earth
* Extreme points of the Antarctic

## Notes

1. ↑ Gunnbjørn Fjeld is the highest point on the Island of Greenland, Kalaallit Nunaat, the Kingdom of Denmark, and the entire Arctic.

## References

1. ↑ "Gunnbjørn Fjeld". Summits of the World. peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=719. Retrieved September 8, 2012.

## External links

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