The Earth | Where Are The Northernmost And Southernmost Points Of Land?
Where are the northernmost and southernmost points of land?
By some accounts, the most northern point of land is Cape Morris K. Jesup on the northeastern tip of Greenland. It is 440 miles (708 kilometers) from the North Pole, at a latitude of 83 degrees, 39 minutes north (latitude is an imaginary line encircling Earth, parallel to the equator, which tells one's position north or south on the globe). However, The Guinness Book of Records reports that the tiny island of Oodaq, just 100 feet (30 meters) across, is situated the furthest north. Oodaq sits at 83 degrees, 40 minutes north latitude, just 438.9 miles (706 kilometers) from the North Pole.
Unlike the North Pole, which is covered by a frozen sea, the South Pole is covered by land. Therefore, the southernmost point of land is the South Pole itself, on the continent of Antarctica. The geographic South Pole is marked by a flag just a few...
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