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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.

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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 | northernmost point of land on 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 | Greenland proper
Roosevelt Range, Peary Land | Denmark (Greenland) | North America | 83°20′0″N 35°0′0″W / 83.333333°N 35°W / 83.333333; -35 (CRoosevelt Range) | 720  | 450 | Northernmost mountain range on Earth
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 95.25°E / 81.217; 95.25 (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 20.4°E / 80.82917; 20.4 (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 104.25°E / 77.733; 104.25 (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 / 71.1725°N 25.79444°E / 71.1725; 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 27.65°E / 71.13389; 27.65 (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 / 69.95°N 31.95°E / 69.95; 31.95 (Rybachiy Peninsula) | 2,239  | 1,391 | mainland

## 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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