Extreme points of the Arctic

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
km mi
Kaffeklubben Island, Peary LandDenmark (Greenland)North America83°40′N 29°50′W707 439Earth
Cape Morris Jesup, Peary LandDenmark (Greenland)North America83°37′39″N 32°39′52″W712 442Greenlandic mainland
Cape Columbia, Ellesmere Island, NunavutCanadaNorth America83°06′41″N 69°57′12″W769 478Canada
Cape Fligely, Rudolf Island, Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk OblastRussiaEurope81°50′35″N 59°14′22″E911 566Eurasia, including Europe
Arctic Cape, Komsomolets Island, Severnaya Zemlya, Krasnoyarsk KraiRussiaAsia81°13′N 95°15′E981 610Asia
Rossøya, Sjuøyane, Svalbard archipelagoNorwayEurope80°49′45″N 20°24′0″E1,024 636Western Europe
Cape Chelyuskin, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk KraiRussiaAsia77°44′N 104°15′E1,370 850any mainland continent
Murchison Promontory, Boothia Peninsula, NunavutCanadaNorth America71°59′55″N 94°32′45″W2,014 1,251mainland North America
Point Barrow, AlaskaUnited StatesNorth America71°23′20″N 156°28′45″W2,078 1,291United States
Cape Nordkinn, Gamvik, FinnmarkNorwayEurope71°08′02″N 27°39′00″E2,106 1,309mainland Continental Europe
Nuorgam, LaplandFinlandEurope70°05′18″N 27°56′30″E2,200 1,400Finland
Three-Country Cairn, LaplandSwedenEurope69°03′35.9″N 20°32′55.1″E2,325 1,445Sweden
Grímsey island, EyjafjörðurIcelandEurope66°33′N 18°01′W2,605 1,619Iceland

Highest point

Lowest point

See also

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. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
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