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. A selection of dependent territories and partly recognized states is listed in italics; those countries are not ranked.

Rank Country Northernmost point Latitude
 Greenland (Denmark) Kaffeklubben Island
Cape Morris Jesup (mainland)
83°40'N
83°39'N
1  Canada Cape Columbia, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
Zenith Point (mainland)
83°06'N
72°00'N
2  Russia Cape Fligely, Rudolf Island, Franz Josef Land
Cape Chelyuskin (mainland)
81°51'N
77°43'N
3  Norway Rossøya, Svalbard
Cape Nordkinn (mainland)
80°49'N
71°08'N
4  United States Point Barrow, Alaska
Northwest Angle (contiguous 48 States)
71°23'N
49°23'N
5  Finland Nuorgam, Utsjoki, Lapland 70°05'N
6  Sweden Treriksröset, Kiruna, Lapland 69°04'N
7  Iceland Kolbeinsey, Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Rifstangi Peninsula (mainland)
67°08'N
66°32'N
Arctic Circle 66°33′39″N
 Faroe Islands (Denmark) Cape Enniberg 62°23'N
8  United Kingdom Out Stack, Shetland Islands
Dunnet Head (mainland)
60°51'N
58°40'N
 Åland (Finland) 60°40'N
9  Estonia Vaindloo island, Vainupea village, Vihula Parish
Cape Purekkari, Pärispea village, Kuusalu Parish (mainland)
59°48'N
59°40'N
10  Latvia Ipiķi parish 58°05'N
11  Denmark Grenen, Skagen, North Jutland 57°45'N
12  Lithuania Aspariškiai 56°27'N
13  Belarus Proshki, Verkhnyadzvinsk Raion, Vitebsk Region 56°08'N
14  Kazakhstan border with Russia 55°43'N
15  Ireland Inishtrahull Island, County Donegal
Malin Head (mainland)
55°26'N
55°23'N
16  Germany List, Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein
Aventoft (mainland)
55°03'N
54°54'N
17  Poland Cape Rozewie, Pomorskie 54°50'N
18  China Mohe, Heilong Jiang 53°34'N
19  Netherlands Rottumerplaat, Groningen
Roodeschool (mainland)
53°32'N
53°27'N
20  Ukraine Hremyach (Грем'яч) 52º22'N
21  Mongolia border with Russia 52º09'N
22  Belgium Dreef, Antwerp 51°30'N
23  France Bray-Dunes, Nord 51°05'N
24  Czech Republic Severní 51°02'N
25  Luxembourg Gouvy 50°11'N
26  Slovakia Beskydok 49°36'N
27  Austria Neumühlbach, Lower Austria 49°01'N
28  Hungary border with Slovakia, near Nagy-Milic 48°35'N
29  Moldova Naslavcea 48°28'N
30  Romania Horodiştea, Botoşani 48°15'N
31   Switzerland Bargen, Canton of Schaffhausen 47°48'N
32  Liechtenstein Ruggell 47°14'N
33  Italy Zwillingsköpfl, Alto Adige South Tyrol 47°05'N
34  Slovenia Budinci 46°52'N
35  Croatia Žabnik, Sveti Martin na Muri, Međimurje County 46°33'N
36  Serbia Hajdukovo 46°11'N
37  Uzbekistan border with Kazakhstan 45°36'N
38  Japan Cape Soya, Hokkaidō 45°31'N
39  Bosnia and Herzegovina a village in the municipality of Kozarska Dubica Gradina Donja 45°16'N
40  Bulgaria Timok Mouth, Vidin Province 44°13'N
41  San Marino Falciano, Serravalle 43°59'N
42  Spain Punta de Estaca de Bares, Galicia 43º47'N
43  Monaco Avenue Varavilla 43°45'N
44  Georgia South of Aibga 43°35'N
45  Montenegro Mocevici, Pljevlja municipality 43°32'N
46  Kyrgyzstan border with Kazakhstan 43°16'N
47  North Korea Pungseo-ri, Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province 43°00'N
48  Turkmenistan North of Arychagyl 42°50'N
49  Andorra Pic du Port 42°39'N
50  Albania West of Kuti 42°30'N
51  Macedonia Boskovci 42°21'N
52  Portugal Cevide, Cristoval, Melgaço 42°07'N
53  Turkey Cape İnceburun, by Sinop 42°06'N
54   Vatican City Corner of Viale Vaticano and Via Leone IV 41°54'N
55  Azerbaijan Northernmost point alongside border with Georgia 41°53'N
56  Greece Ormenio, Evros prefecture 41°43'N
57  Armenia Mamai 41°17'N
58  Tajikistan North of Punuk 41°02'N
59  Iran North of Kukh[disambiguation needed], West Azarbaijan Region 39°47'N
60  South Korea North of Daegang-ri, Goseong, Gangwon Province 38°36'N
61  Afghanistan South of Qal'Aikhum 38°22'N
62  Tunisia Galite Islands
Ras ben Sakka ( the northernmost point of mainland Africa)
37°31'N
37°21'N
63  Iraq North of Sanat 37°23'N
64  Syria Tigris south of Cizre 37°19'N
65  Pakistan Kilik Pass 37°06'N
66  Algeria Cap Bougaroûn, Skikda 37°05'N
67  Malta Xwieni Bay, Marsalforn Żebbuġ, Gozo 36°05'N
68  Morocco Cape Spartel 35°55'N
69  Cyprus Cape Apostolos Andreas 35°42'N
70  India Siachen Glacier 35°30'N
71  Lebanon North of An Nasiriyah 34°43'N
72  Jordan Tripoint with Syria and Iraq 33°22'N [1]
73  Israel 10 km north of Qiryat Shemona, or Mount Hermon[1] 33°17'N
74  Libya Ras Ajdir 33°10'N
75  Mexico Monumento 206 in Los Algodones, municipality of Mexicali, Baja California 32°43'N
76  Saudi Arabia Jabal Anaiza 32°14'N [2]
77  Egypt Sidi Barrani 31°36'N
78    Nepal Lapche Pass 30°26'N [3]
79  Kuwait border with Iraq 30°06'N [4]
80  Myanmar Watershed of the Irrawaddy 28°32'N
81  Bhutan North of Lunana 28°20'N
Western Sahara border with Morocco 27°40'N [5]
82  Mauritania Tiris Zemmour Region 27°19'N
83  Bahamas Walker's Cay, Abaco Islands 27°16'N
84  Bangladesh Tetulia, Panchgar 26°38'N
85  Oman As Salamah 26°30'N
 Taiwan Dongyin, Matsu Islands 26°23'N
86  Bahrain Muharraq Island 26°17'N [6]
87  Qatar Ras Rakan 26°09'N [7]
88  United Arab Emirates West of Chashawfi 26°05'N
89  Mali border with Mauritania 25°00'N [8]
90  Niger Tripoint with Algeria and Libya 23°31'N [9]
91  Cuba Cayo Cruz del Padre
Punta Hicacos (mainland)
23°27'N
23°20'N
Tropic of Cancer 23°26′21″N
92  Chad Tibesti Massif 23°26'N [10]
93  Vietnam Lung Cu 23°22'N
94  Laos Ban Lengsuchai 22°29'N
95  Sudan Wadi Halfa 22°12'N [11]
96  Philippines Mavudis (Yami) Island, Batan Islands 21°07'N
97  Thailand Mae Sai 20°27'N
98  Haiti Pointe Tete de Chien 20°04'N
99  Dominican Republic Cabo Isabela 19°55'N
100  Yemen border with Saudi Arabia 18°59'N
101  Jamaica Half Moon Point 18°31'N
102  Belize Subteniente Lopez 18°29'N
 Anguilla (United Kingdom) 18°18'N
103  Eritrea Ras Kasar 18°00'N
104  Guatemala border with Mexico 17°49'N [12]
105  Antigua and Barbuda Goat Point, Barbuda 17°44'N
106  Saint Kitts and Nevis Dieppe Bay Town, Saint Kitts 17°26'N
107  Honduras Great Swan Island, Swan Islands
Puerto Castilla (mainland)
17°24′38″N
16°01′N
108  Cape Verde Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão Island 17°12'N
109  Senegal Podor, Morfil Island 16°41'N
110  Colombia Serranilla Bank
Punta Gallinas (mainland)
15°50'N
12°27'N
111  Venezuela Isla Aves
Cabo San Roman (mainland)
15º40'N
12º11'N
112  Dominica Carib Point 15°38'N
113  Burkina Faso Oudalan Province 15°05'N
114  Nicaragua North of Liwa Sirpe 15°01'N
115  Ethiopia border with Eritrea 14°53'N
116  Marshall Islands Bokak Atoll 14°32'N
117  Cambodia border with Laos and Vietnam 14°30'N
118  El Salvador North of El Limo 14°26'N
119  Saint Lucia Pointe du Cap 14°07'N
120  Nigeria border with Niger 13°50'N
121  The Gambia Ker Maka Tukulor 13°49'N
122  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Porter Point 13°22'N
123  Barbados North Point 13°20'N
124  Cameroon border with Chad 13°05'N
125  Djibouti Doumeira Island
border with Eritrea (mainland)
12°43'N
12°41'N
126  Guinea border with Senegal 12°41'N [13]
127  Guinea-Bissau border with Senegal 12°41'N [14]
 Aruba (Netherlands) 12°37'N
128  Grenada Gun Point, Carriacou 12°31'N
129  Benin Atakora River, on the border with Niger 12°25'N
130  South Sudan Border with Sudan, Upper Nile Province 12°14'N
131  Somalia Caluula 11°59'N
132  Trinidad and Tobago Marble Island, Tobago 11º21'N
133  Costa Rica Peñas Blancas 11º13'N
134  Ghana Border with Burkina Faso 11°10'N
135  Togo Tripoint with Ghana and Burkina Faso 11°08'N
136  Central African Republic border with Chad 11°01'N
137  Cote d'Ivoire border with Mali 10°44'N
138  Federated States of Micronesia Mogmog, Ulithi 10°05'N
139  Sierra Leone Border with Guinea 09°59'N
140  Panama Point Manzanillo 09°38'N
141  Sri Lanka Point Pedro 09°30'N
142  Liberia border with Guinea 08°33'N
143  Guyana Waini Peninsula 08°24'N
144  Palau Ngeruangel 08°10'N
145  Malaysia Banggi Island 07°15'N
146  Maldives Thuraakunu, Ihavandhippolhu Atoll 07°07'N
147  Indonesia Rondo Island 06°04'N
148  Suriname Oostelijke Polders 06°01'N
 French Guiana (France) Pointe Isère 05°48'N
149  Kenya Disputed border with South Sudan, Ilemi Trangle de facto controlled by Kenya 05°35'N
150  Democratic Republic of the Congo Mbomou River, south of Aminagou 05°22'N
151  Brazil Mount Caburaí 05°15'N
152  Brunei Pekan Muara 05°04'N
153  Uganda West of Lokichokio 04°14'N
154  Equatorial Guinea Punta Europa, Bioko 03°47'N
155  Republic of the Congo North of Motala 03°43'N
156  Kiribati Makin, Gilbert Islands 03°23'N
157  Gabon Kom River 02°19'N
158  Sao Tome and Principe Ilheu Bombom 01°42'N
159  Ecuador Darwin Island
Esmeraldas Province (mainland)
01°41'N
01°40'N
160  Singapore Sembawang 01°28'N
Equator 00°00′00″
161  Peru Putumayo River 00°01'S
162  Nauru Anna Point 00°30'S
163  Papua New Guinea Suf Island
Sandaun Province (mainland)
00°52'S
02°35'S
164  Tanzania Kagera River, south west of Burumba 00°59'S
165  Rwanda South of Kagitumba 01°03'S
166  Burundi Colline Kigali 02°18'S
167  Seychelles Bird Island 03°43'S
168  Angola Caio Bemba 04°24'S
169  Solomon Islands Pelau, Ontong Java 05°13'S
170  Tuvalu Lakena, Nanumea 05°39'S
171  Zambia Lake Tanganyika 08°14'S
172  Timor-Leste Lautém District 08°19'S
 Tokelau (New Zealand) Atafu Atoll 08°31'S
173  Australia Moimi Island, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland
Cape York (mainland)
09°16'S
10°41'S
174  Malawi South of Ngomba 09°22'S
175  Bolivia Manoa 09°40'S
176  Mauritius Tappe a Terre, Agaléga Islands 10°25'S
177  Mozambique Cape Delgado 10°27'S
178  Comoros Pointe Nord, Grande Comore 11°22'S
179  Madagascar Cap D'Ambre 11°57'S
180  Fiji Elsee, Rotuma 12°30'S
181  Vanuatu Hiw, Torres Islands, Torba Province 13°07'S
182  Samoa Fagamalo, Savai'i 13°25'S
183  Tonga Niuafo'ou 15°36'S
184  Zimbabwe Zambezi River east of Jeki 15°37'S
185  Namibia Kunene River north of Otjivakuanda 16°56'S
186  Chile Near Visviri, Arica y Parinacota Region 17°19'S
187  Botswana Kasane 17°46'S
188  Paraguay San Antonio, border with Bolivia 19°33'S
189  Argentina La Quiaca, Jujuy Province 21°48'S
190  South Africa Beit Bridge, Limpopo Province 22°20'S
Tropic of Capricorn 23°26′21″S
191  Swaziland Horo 25°44'S
192  Lesotho Monantsa 28°34'S
193  New Zealand Nugent Island
North Cape (North Island)
29°13'S
34°41'S
194  Uruguay Quarai River south of Dirceu Barcelos 30°05'S
 Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) Steeple Island 51°00'S
 Antarctica Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Zone (South Orkney Islands)
63°23'S
60°35'S
Antarctic Circle 66°33′39″S

Notes[edit]

a. ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has been recognised as an independent state by 109 out of 193 United Nations member states.
  1. ^ Israel claims that a point at 33°21', at 2,236m 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.