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 206inLos 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 |
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 |