Name |
Country |
Region |
Coordinates |
Distance from Pole |
Remarks |
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 | northernmost point of land on 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 | Greenland proper |
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 | all lands |
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 | northernmost point of 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 | all lands, northernmost point of Asia |
Rossøya, Sjuøyane, Svalbard | Norway | Europe | 80°49′45″N 20°24′0″E / 80.82917°N 20.40000°E / 80.82917; 20.40000 (Rossøya) | 1,024 |
636 | northernmost point of 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 | mainland, northernmost point of mainland Eurasia and the northernmost point of 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 | northernmost point of 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 | all lands |
Knivskjellodden, Magerøya, Finnmark | Norway | Europe | 71°11′9″N 25°40′51″E / 71.18583°N 25.68083°E / 71.18583; 25.68083 (Knivskjellodde) | 2,101 |
1,306 | Norway proper, northernmost point of Continental Europe (excluding remote islands) |
North Cape, Magerøya, Finnmark | Norway | Europe | 71°10′21″N 25°47′40″E / 71.17250°N 25.79444°E / 71.17250; 25.79444 (North Cape) | 2,102 |
1,306 | Norway proper, in popular belief referred to as the northernmost point of Europe |
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 | northernmost point of Continental Europe |
Vaygach Island, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Arkhangelsk Oblast | Russia | Europe | 70°27′17″N 59°03′38″E / 70.45472°N 59.06056°E / 70.45472; 59.06056 (Vaygach Island) | 2,181 |
1,355 | Russia proper |
Rybachiy Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast | Russia | Europe | 69°57′N 31°57′E / 69.950°N 31.950°E / 69.950; 31.950 (Rybachiy Peninsula) | 2,239 |
1,391 | mainland |