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List of countries by northernmost point

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This is a list of countries by northernmost point on land. Where borders are contested, the northernmost point under the control of a nation is listed.

Country Northernmost point Latitude
 Greenland (Denmark) Kaffeklubben Island
Cape Morris Jesup (mainland)
83°40′N
83°39′N
 Canada Cape Columbia, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
Zenith Point (mainland)
83°06′N
72°00′N
 Russia Cape Fligely, Rudolf Island, Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast
Cape Chelyuskin, Krasnoyarsk Krai (mainland)
81°51′N
77°43′N
 Svalbard (Norway) Rossøya, Sjuøyane 80°49′N
 United States Point Barrow, Alaska
Northwest Angle, Minnesota (contiguous 48 States)
71°23′N
49°23′N
 Jan Mayen (Norway) Nordkapp 71°09′N
 Norway Knivskjellodden, Magerøya, Finnmark
Cape Nordkinn, Lebesby Municipality, Finnmark (mainland)
71°11′N
71°08′N
 Finland Nuorgam, Utsjoki, Lapland 70°05′N
 Sweden Treriksröset, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Lapland 69°04′N
 Iceland Kolbeinsey, Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Rifstangi Peninsula (mainland)
67°08′N
66°32′N
Arctic Circle 66°33′39″N
 Faroe Islands (Denmark) Viðareiði 62°23′N
 United Kingdom Out Stack, Shetland Islands
Dunnet Head (mainland)
60°51′N
58°40′N
 Åland (Finland) Brändö 60°40′N
 Estonia Vaindloo island, Vainupea village, Haljala Parish
Cape Purekkari, Pärispea village, Kuusalu Parish (mainland)
59°48′N
59°40′N
 Latvia Ipiķi parish 58°05′N
 Denmark Grenen, Skagen, North Jutland 57°45′N
 Lithuania Aspariškiai 56°27′N
 Belarus Proshki, Verkhnyadzvinsk Raion, Vitebsk Region 56°08′N
 Kazakhstan Border with Russia 55°43′N
 Ireland Inishtrahull Island, County Donegal
Malin Head (mainland)
55°26′N
55°23′N
 Germany List, Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein
Rodenäs (mainland)
55°03′N
54°54′N
 Poland Jastrzębia Góra, Pomorskie 54°50′N
 China Mohe County, Heilongjiang Province 53°34′N
 Netherlands Rottumerplaat, Groningen
Eemshaven (mainland)
53°32′N
53°27′N
 Ukraine Hremyach (Грем'яч) 52°22′N
 Mongolia Border with Russia 52°09′N
 Belgium Dreef, Antwerp 51°30′N
 France Bray-Dunes, Nord 51°05′N
 Czech Republic Severní 51°02′N
 Luxembourg Gouvy 50°11′N
 Slovakia Beskydok 49°36′N
 Austria Neumühlbach, Lower Austria 49°01′N
 Hungary Border with Slovakia, near Nagy-Milic 48°35′N
 Moldova Naslavcea 48°28′N
 Romania Horodiștea, Botoșani 48°15′N
  Switzerland Bargen, Canton of Schaffhausen 47°48′N
 Liechtenstein Ruggell 47°14′N
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) Langlade Town, Miquelon 47°06′N
 Italy Zwillingsköpfl,from Alto Adige South Tyrol 47°05′N
 Slovenia Budinci 46°52′N
 Croatia Žabnik, Sveti Martin na Muri, Međimurje County 46°33′N
 Serbia Hajdukovo 46°11′N
 Uzbekistan Border with Kazakhstan 45°36′N
 Japan Cape Kamoiwakka (claimed)
Bentenjima, Hokkaidō
45°33′N (claimed)
45°31′N
 Bosnia and Herzegovina A village in the municipality of Kozarska Dubica Gradina Donja 45°16′N
 Bulgaria Timok Mouth, Vidin Province 44°13′N
 San Marino Falciano, Serravalle 43°59′N
 Spain Punta de Estaca de Bares, Province of A Coruña, Galicia 43°47′N
 Monaco Avenue Varavilla 43°45′N
 Georgia South of Aibga 43°35′N
 Montenegro Mocevici, Pljevlja municipality 43°32′N
 Kyrgyzstan Border with Kazakhstan 43°16′N
 Kosovo Bellobërda (Бело Брдо) 43°14′N
 North Korea P'ungsŏ-ri, Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province 43°00′N
 Turkmenistan North of Arychagyl 42°50′N
 Andorra Pic du Port 42°39′N
 Albania West of Kuti 42°30′N
 North Macedonia Boskovci 42°21′N
 Portugal Cevide, Cristoval, Melgaço 42°07′N
 Turkey Cape İnceburun, by Sinop 42°06′N
 Vatican City Corner of Viale Vaticano and Via Leone IV 41°54′N
 Azerbaijan Northernmost point alongside border with Georgia 41°53′N
 Greece Ormenio, Evros prefecture 41°43′N
 Armenia Mamai 41°17′N
 Tajikistan North of Punuk 41°02′N
 Iran North of Qush, West Azerbaijan region 39°47′N
 South Korea North of Daegang-ri, Goseong, Gangwon Province 38°36′N
 Afghanistan South of Qal'Aikhum 38°22′N
 Tunisia Galite Islands
Ras ben Sakka ( the northernmost point of mainland Africa)
37°31′N
37°21′N
 Iraq North of Sanat 37°23′N
 Syria Tigris south of Cizre 37°19′N
 Pakistan Kilik Pass, Gilgit-Baltistan (claimed) 37°08′N
 Algeria Cap Bougaroûn, Skikda 37°05′N
 Gibraltar (United Kingdom) Border with Spain in Winston Town 36°09′N
 Malta Xwieni Bay, Marsalforn Żebbuġ, Gozo 36°05′N
 Morocco Cape Spartel 35°55′N
 Cyprus Cape Apostolos Andreas 35°42′N
 India Kilik Pass, Jammu and Kashmir (claimed)

Indira Col, Ladakh

37°06′N (claimed)

35°40′N

 Lebanon North of Chadra 34°43′N
 Jordan Tripoint with Syria and Iraq 33°22′N [1]
 Israel 10 km north of Qiryat Shemona, or Mount Hermon[1] 33°17′N
 Libya Ras Ajdir 33°10′N
 Mexico Monumento 206 in Los Algodones, municipality of Mexicali, Baja California 32°43′N
 Palestine Zububa, Jenin Governorate 32°32′N
 Bermuda (United Kingdom) Fort St. Catherine 32°34′N
 Saudi Arabia Jabal Anaiza 32°14′N [2]
 Egypt Sidi Barrani 31°36′N
   Nepal Lapche Pass, Karnali Province 30°26′N [3]
 Kuwait Border with Iraq 30°06′N [4]
 Myanmar Watershed of the Irrawaddy 28°32′N
 Bhutan North of Lunana 28°20′N
 Western Sahara Border with Morocco 27°40′N [5]
 Mauritania Tiris Zemmour Region 27°19′N
 Bahamas Walker's Cay, Abaco Islands 27°16′N
 Bangladesh Tetulia, Panchgar 26°38′N
 Oman As Salamah 26°30′N
 Taiwan Dongyin Island, Lienchiang County

Shimen District, Taipei County (mainland)

26°23′N

25°17′N

 Bahrain Muharraq Island 26°17′N [6]
 Qatar Ras Rakan 26°09′N [7]
 United Arab Emirates Wadi Shaam 26°05′N
 Mali Border with Mauritania 25°04′N [8]
 Niger Tripoint with Algeria and Libya 23°31′N [9]
 Chad Tibesti Massif 23°29′N [10]
 Vietnam Lung Cu, Ha Giang Province 23°27′N
Tropic of Cancer 23°26′21″N
 Cuba Cayo Cruz del Padre
Punta Hicacos (mainland)
23°16′N
23°12′N
 Hong Kong (China) Ap Chau Island, Tai Po District
Sha Tau Kok, North District (mainland)
22°34′N
22°32′N
 Laos Ban Lengsuchai 22°29′N
 Macau (China) Portas do Cerco, Nossa Senhora de Fátima 22°13′N
 Sudan Wadi Halfa (Halaib Triangle claimed) 22°12′N [11]
(23°14′N claimed)
 Philippines Mavudis (Yami) Island, Batan Islands 21°07′N
 Northern Mariana Islands (United States) Farallon de Pajaros 20°32′N
 Thailand Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai Province 20°27′N
 Haiti Pointe Tete de Chien 20°04′N
 Dominican Republic Cabo Isabela 19°55′N
 Yemen Border with Saudi Arabia 18°59′N
 Jamaica Half Moon Point 18°31′N
 Puerto Rico (United States) Puerto Nuevo, Vega Baja 18°29′N
 Belize Subteniente Lopez 18°27′N
 Anguilla (United Kingdom) Northeastern Cape 18°18′N
 Saint Martin (France) Anse Marcel 18°07′N
 Sint Maarten (Netherlands) Border with Saint Martin 18°03′N
 Eritrea Ras Kasar 18°00′N
 Saint Barthélemy (France) Île Fourchue 17°58′N
 Guatemala Border with Mexico 17°49′N [12]
 Antigua and Barbuda Goat Point, Barbuda 17°44′N
 Saba (Netherlands) Cape Green 17°39′N
 Sint Eustatius (Netherlands) Cape Boven 17°31′N
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Dieppe Bay Town, Saint Kitts 17°26′N
 Honduras Great Swan Island, Swan Islands
Puerto Castilla (mainland)
17°24′N
16°01′N
 Cape Verde Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão Island 17°12′N
 Montserrat (United Kingdom) Point Brades 16°49′N
 Senegal Podor, Morfil Island 16°41′N
 Guadeloupe (France) Anse-Bertrand 16°29′N
 Colombia Serranilla Bank
Punta Gallinas (mainland)
15°52′N
12°27′N
 Venezuela Isla Aves
Cabo San Roman (mainland)
15°40′N
12°11′N
 Dominica Carib Point 15°38′N
 Burkina Faso Oudalan Province 15°05′N
 Nicaragua North of Liwa Sirpe 15°01′N
 Ethiopia Border with Eritrea 14°53′N
 Martinique (France) Macouba 14°52′N
 Marshall Islands Bokak Atoll 14°32′N
 Cambodia Border with Laos and Vietnam 14°30′N
 El Salvador North of El Limo 14°26′N
 Saint Lucia Pointe du Cap 14°07′N
 Nigeria Border with Niger 13°50′N
 The Gambia Ker Maka Tukulor 13°49′N
 Guam (United States) Yigo Village, Northern Guam 13°32′N
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Porter Point 13°22′N
 Barbados North Point 13°20′N
 Cameroon Border with Chad 13°05′N
 Djibouti Doumeira Island
border with Eritrea (mainland)
12°43′N
12°41′N
 Guinea Border with Senegal 12°42′N [13]
 Guinea-Bissau Border with Senegal 12°39′N [14]
 Aruba (Netherlands) Cape Alexander 12°37′N
 Grenada Gun Point, Carriacou 12°31′N
 Curaçao (Netherlands) Cape William 12°23′N
 Bonaire (Netherlands) Cape Labra 12°18′N
 Benin Atakora River, on the border with Niger 12°25′N
 South Sudan Border with Sudan, Upper Nile Province 12°14′N
 Somalia Caluula 11°59′N
 Trinidad and Tobago Marble Island, Tobago 11°21′N
 Costa Rica Peñas Blancas 11°13′N
 Ghana Border with Burkina Faso 11°10′N
 Togo Tripoint with Ghana and Burkina Faso 11°08′N
 Central African Republic Border with Chad 11°01′N
 Cote d'Ivoire Border with Mali 10°44′N
 Federated States of Micronesia Mogmog, Ulithi 10°05′N
 Sierra Leone Border with Guinea 09°59′N
 Panama Point Manzanillo 09°38′N
 Sri Lanka Point Pedro 09°30′N
 Liberia Border with Guinea 08°33′N
 Guyana Waini Peninsula 08°24′N
 Palau Ngeruangel 08°10′N
 Malaysia Banggi Island 07°15′N
 Maldives Thuraakunu, Ihavandhippolhu Atoll 07°07′N
 Indonesia Rondo Island 06°04′N
 Suriname Oostelijke Polders 06°01′N
 French Guiana (France) Pointe Isère 05°48′N
 Kenya Disputed border with South Sudan, Ilemi Triangle de facto controlled by Kenya 05°35′N
 Democratic Republic of the Congo Mbomou River, south of Aminagou 05°22′N
 Brazil Mount Caburaí 05°15′N
 Brunei Pekan Muara 05°04′N
 Kiribati Teraina 04°41′N
 Uganda West of Lokichokio 04°14′N
 Equatorial Guinea Punta Europa, Bioko 03°47′N
 Republic of the Congo North of Motala 03°43′N
 Gabon Kom River 02°19′N
 Sao Tome and Principe Ilheu Bombom 01°42′N
 Ecuador Darwin Island
Esmeraldas Province (mainland)
01°41′N
01°40′N
 Singapore Sembawang 01°28′N
Equator 00°00′00″
 Peru Putumayo River 00°01′S
 Nauru Anna Point 00°30′S
 Papua New Guinea Sae Island
Sandaun Province (mainland)
00°45′S
02°35′S
 Tanzania Kagera River, southwest of Burumba 00°59′S
 Rwanda South of Kagitumba 01°03′S
 Burundi Colline Kigali 02°18′S
 Seychelles Bird Island 03°43′S
 Angola Caio Bemba 04°24′S
 Solomon Islands Pelau, Ontong Java 05°13′S
 British Indian Ocean Territory (United Kingdom) Moresby Island 05°14′S
 Tuvalu Lakena, Nanumea 05°39′S
 Timor-Leste Ponta de Acrema, Atauro Island
Lautém (Mainland)
08°7′S
08°19′S
 Zambia Lake Tanganyika 08°12′S
 Tokelau (New Zealand) Atafu Atoll 08°31′S
 Australia Bramble Cay, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland
Cape York (mainland)
09°08′S
10°41′S
 Malawi South of Ngomba 09°22′S
 Bolivia Manoa 09°40′S
 Mauritius Tappe a Terre, Agaléga Islands 10°25′S
 Mozambique Cape Delgado 10°27′S
 Comoros Pointe Nord, Grande Comore 11°22′S
 Mayotte (France) Point Grande 11°46′S
 Madagascar Cap D'Ambre 11°57′S
 Fiji Elsee, Rotuma 12°30′S
 Vanuatu Hiw, Torres Islands, Torba Province 13°07′S
 Wallis and Futuna (France) Point Vailala 13°14′S
 Samoa Fagamalo, Savai'i 13°25′S
 American Samoa (United States) Alaufau 13°27′S
 Tonga Niuafo'ou 15°36′S
 Zimbabwe Zambezi River east of Jeki 15°37′S
 Saint Helena (United Kingdom) Point Jamestown 15°46′S
 Namibia Kunene River north of Otjivakuanda 16°56′S
 Chile Near Visviri, Arica y Parinacota Region 17°19′S
 Botswana Kasane 17°46′S
 Paraguay San Antonio, border with Bolivia 19°17′S
 New Caledonia (France) Point Noevo 20°32′S
 Réunion (France) Cape Denis 20°54′S
 Argentina Confluence between Grande de San Juan and Mojinete rivers, Jujuy Province 21°48′S
 South Africa Beit Bridge, Limpopo Province 22°20′S
Tropic of Capricorn 23°26′21″S
 Eswatini Horo 25°44′S
 Lesotho Monantsa 28°34′S
 New Zealand Nugent Island
Surville Cliffs, North Cape (mainland)
29°13′S
34°23′S
 Uruguay Quarai River south of Dirceu Barcelos 30°05′S
 Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) Steeple Island 51°02′S
 South Georgia (United Kingdom) Cape North 53°58′S
 Antarctica Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Zone (South Orkney Islands)
63°23′S
60°35′S
Antarctic Circle 66°33′39″S

Notes

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  1. ^ Israel claims that a point at 33°21′, at 2,236 m high on the south slopes of Mount Hermon, is its northernmost point. Israel has annexed and administers the relevant Golan Heights territory, but its territorial claim is disputed in international law, and is unrecognised by other countries and most international maps.