List of countries by northernmost point

Last updated May 02, 2024

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, Svalbard & Jan Mayen	80°49′N 71°08′N
United States	Point Barrow, Alaska Northwest Angle, Minnesota (contiguous 48 States)	71°23′N 49°23′N
Norway	Avløysa, Cape Nordkinn, Finnmark County	71°13'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
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
Egypt	Sidi Barrani	31°36′N
Nepal	Lapche Pass, Karnali Province	30°26′N
Kuwait	Border with Iraq	30°06′N
Myanmar	Watershed of the Irrawaddy	28°32′N
Bhutan	North of Lunana	28°20′N
Western Sahara	Border with Morocco	27°40′N
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
Qatar	Ras Rakan	26°09′N
United Arab Emirates	Wadi Shaam	26°05′N
Mali	Border with Mauritania	25°04′N
Niger	Tripoint with Algeria and Libya	23°31′N
Chad	Tibesti Massif	23°29′N
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 (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
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
Guinea-Bissau	Border with Senegal	12°39′N
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
British Indian Ocean Territory (United Kingdom)	Somersby Island	05°38′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
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

↑ 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.

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[hermon-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.

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