List of countries by northernmost point
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.

List of countries by northernmost point

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Table Section Text: 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.

Rank	Country	Northernmost point	Latitude

1	Greenland (Denmark)	Kaffeklubben Island Cape Morris Jesup (mainland)	83°40'N 83°39'N

2	Canada	Cape Columbia, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut Zenith Point (mainland)	83°06'N 72°00'N

3	Russia	Cape Fligely, Rudolf Island, Franz Josef Land Cape Chelyuskin (mainland)	81°51'N 77°43'N

4	Norway	Rossøya, Svalbard Cape Nordkinn (mainland)	80°49'N 71°08'N

5	United States	Point Barrow, Alaska Northwest Angle, Minnesota (contiguous 48 States)	71°23'N 49°23'N

6	Finland	Nuorgam, Utsjoki, Lapland	70°05'N

7	Sweden	Treriksröset, Kiruna, Lapland	69°04'N

8	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

9	United Kingdom	Out Stack, Shetland Islands Dunnet Head (mainland)	60°51'N 58°40'N

—	Åland (Finland)	60°40'N

10	Estonia	Vaindloo island, Vainupea village, Vihula Parish Cape Purekkari, Pärispea village, Kuusalu Parish (mainland)	59°48'N 59°40'N

11	Latvia	Ipiķi parish	58°05'N

12	Denmark	Grenen, Skagen, North Jutland	57°45'N

13	Lithuania	Aspariškiai	56°27'N

14	Belarus	Proshki, Verkhnyadzvinsk Raion, Vitebsk Region	56°08'N

15	Kazakhstan	Border with Russia	55°43'N

16	Ireland	Inishtrahull Island, County Donegal Malin Head (mainland)	55°26'N 55°23'N

17	Germany	List, Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein Aventoft (mainland)	55°03'N 54°54'N

18	Poland	Cape Rozewie, Pomorskie	54°50'N

19	China	Mohe, Heilongjiang	53°34'N

20	Netherlands	Rottumerplaat, Groningen Roodeschool (mainland)	53°32'N 53°27'N

21	Ukraine	Hremyach (Грем'яч)	52º22'N

22	Mongolia	Border with Russia	52º09'N

23	Belgium	Dreef, Antwerp	51°30'N

24	France	Bray-Dunes, Nord	51°05'N

25	Czech Republic	Severní	51°02'N

26	Luxembourg	Gouvy	50°11'N

27	Slovakia	Beskydok	49°36'N

28	Austria	Neumühlbach, Lower Austria	49°01'N

29	Hungary	Border with Slovakia, near Nagy-Milic	48°35'N

30	Moldova	Naslavcea	48°28'N

31	Romania	Horodiştea, Botoşani	48°15'N

32	Switzerland	Bargen, Canton of Schaffhausen	47°48'N

33	Liechtenstein	Ruggell	47°14'N

34	Italy	Zwillingsköpfl, Alto Adige South Tyrol	47°05'N

35	Slovenia	Budinci	46°52'N

36	Croatia	Žabnik, Sveti Martin na Muri, Međimurje County	46°33'N

37	Serbia	Hajdukovo	46°11'N

38	Uzbekistan	Border with Kazakhstan	45°36'N

39	Japan	Cape Sōya, Hokkaidō	45°31'N

40	Bosnia and Herzegovina	A village in the municipality of Kozarska Dubica Gradina Donja	45°16'N

41	Bulgaria	Timok Mouth, Vidin Province	44°13'N

42	San Marino	Falciano, Serravalle	43°59'N

43	Spain	Punta de Estaca de Bares, Galicia	43º47'N

44	Monaco	Avenue Varavilla	43°45'N

45	Georgia	South of Aibga	43°35'N

46	Montenegro	Mocevici, Pljevlja municipality	43°32'N

47	Kyrgyzstan	border with Kazakhstan	43°16'N

48	North Korea	P'ungsŏ-ri, Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province	43°00'N

49	Turkmenistan	North of Arychagyl	42°50'N

50	Andorra	Pic du Port	42°39'N

51	Albania	West of Kuti	42°30'N

52	North Macedonia	Boskovci	42°21'N

53	Portugal	Cevide, Cristoval, Melgaço	42°07'N

54	Turkey	Cape İnceburun, by Sinop	42°06'N

55	Vatican City	Corner of Viale Vaticano and Via Leone IV	41°54'N

56	Azerbaijan	Northernmost point alongside border with Georgia	41°53'N

57	Greece	Ormenio, Evros prefecture	41°43'N

58	Armenia	Mamai	41°17'N

59	Tajikistan	North of Punuk	41°02'N

60	Iran	North of Qush, West Azerbaijan region	39°47'N

61	South Korea	North of Daegang-ri, Goseong, Gangwon Province	38°36'N

62	Afghanistan	South of Qal'Aikhum	38°22'N

63	Tunisia	Galite Islands Ras ben Sakka ( the northernmost point of mainland Africa)	37°31'N 37°21'N

64	Iraq	North of Sanat	37°23'N

65	Syria	Tigris south of Cizre	37°19'N

66	Pakistan	Kilik Pass	37°06'N

67	Algeria	Cap Bougaroûn, Skikda	37°05'N

68	Malta	Xwieni Bay, Marsalforn Żebbuġ, Gozo	36°05'N

69	Morocco	Cape Spartel	35°55'N

70	Cyprus	Cape Apostolos Andreas	35°42'N

71	India	Siachen Glacier (Kilik Pass claimed)	35°30'N (37°06'N claimed)

72	Lebanon	North of An Nasiriyah	34°43'N

73	Jordan	Tripoint with Syria and Iraq	33°22'N [1]

74	Israel	10 km north of Qiryat Shemona, or Mount Hermon	33°17'N

75	Libya	Ras Ajdir	33°10'N

76	Mexico	Monumento 206 in Los Algodones, municipality of Mexicali, Baja California	32°43'N

77	Saudi Arabia	Jabal Anaiza	32°14'N [2]

78	Egypt	Sidi Barrani	31°36'N

79	Nepal	Lapche Pass	30°26'N [3]

80	Kuwait	Border with Iraq	30°06'N [4]

81	Myanmar	Watershed of the Irrawaddy	28°32'N

82	Bhutan	North of Lunana	28°20'N

—	Western Sahara	Border with Morocco	27°40'N [5]

83	Mauritania	Tiris Zemmour Region	27°19'N

84	Bahamas	Walker's Cay, Abaco Islands	27°16'N

85	Bangladesh	Tetulia, Panchgar	26°38'N

86	Oman	As Salamah	26°30'N

87	Taiwan	Dongyin, Matsu Islands	26°23'N

88	Bahrain	Muharraq Island	26°17'N [6]

89	Qatar	Ras Rakan	26°09'N [7]

90	United Arab Emirates	Wadi Shaam	26°05'N

91	Mali	Border with Mauritania	25°00'N [8]

92	Niger	Tripoint with Algeria and Libya	23°31'N [9]

93	Cuba	Cayo Cruz del Padre Punta Hicacos (mainland)	23°27'N 23°20'N

Tropic of Cancer	23°26′21″N

94	Chad	Tibesti Massif	23°26'N [10]

95	Vietnam	Lung Cu	23°22'N

96	Laos	Ban Lengsuchai	22°29'N

97	Sudan	Wadi Halfa	22°12'N [11]

98	Philippines	Mavudis (Yami) Island, Batan Islands	21°07'N

99	Thailand	Mae Sai	20°27'N

100	Haiti	Pointe Tete de Chien	20°04'N

101	Dominican Republic	Cabo Isabela	19°55'N

102	Yemen	Border with Saudi Arabia	18°59'N

103	Jamaica	Half Moon Point	18°31'N

104	Belize	Subteniente Lopez	18°29'N

—	Anguilla (United Kingdom)	18°18'N

105	Eritrea	Ras Kasar	18°00'N

106	Guatemala	Border with Mexico	17°49'N [12]

107	Antigua and Barbuda	Goat Point, Barbuda	17°44'N

108	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Dieppe Bay Town, Saint Kitts	17°26'N

109	Honduras	Great Swan Island, Swan Islands Puerto Castilla (mainland)	17°24′38″N 16°01′N

110	Cape Verde	Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão Island	17°12'N

111	Senegal	Podor, Morfil Island	16°41'N

112	Colombia	Serranilla Bank Punta Gallinas (mainland)	15°50'N 12°27'N

113	Venezuela	Isla Aves Cabo San Roman (mainland)	15º40'N 12º11'N

114	Dominica	Carib Point	15°38'N

115	Burkina Faso	Oudalan Province	15°05'N

116	Nicaragua	North of Liwa Sirpe	15°01'N

117	Ethiopia	Border with Eritrea	14°53'N

118	Marshall Islands	Bokak Atoll	14°32'N

119	Cambodia	Border with Laos and Vietnam	14°30'N

120	El Salvador	North of El Limo	14°26'N

121	Saint Lucia	Pointe du Cap	14°07'N

122	Nigeria	Border with Niger	13°50'N

123	The Gambia	Ker Maka Tukulor	13°49'N

124	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Porter Point	13°22'N

125	Barbados	North Point	13°20'N

126	Cameroon	Border with Chad	13°05'N

127	Djibouti	Doumeira Island border with Eritrea (mainland)	12°43'N 12°41'N

128	Guinea	Border with Senegal	12°41'N [13]

129	Guinea-Bissau	Border with Senegal	12°41'N [14]

—	Aruba (Netherlands)	12°37'N

130	Grenada	Gun Point, Carriacou	12°31'N

131	Benin	Atakora River, on the border with Niger	12°25'N

132	South Sudan	Border with Sudan, Upper Nile Province	12°14'N

133	Somalia	Caluula	11°59'N

134	Trinidad and Tobago	Marble Island, Tobago	11º21'N

135	Costa Rica	Peñas Blancas	11º13'N

136	Ghana	Border with Burkina Faso	11°10'N

137	Togo	Tripoint with Ghana and Burkina Faso	11°08'N

138	Central African Republic	Border with Chad	11°01'N

139	Cote d'Ivoire	Border with Mali	10°44'N

140	Federated States of Micronesia	Mogmog, Ulithi	10°05'N

141	Sierra Leone	Border with Guinea	09°59'N

142	Panama	Point Manzanillo	09°38'N

143	Sri Lanka	Point Pedro	09°30'N

144	Liberia	Border with Guinea	08°33'N

145	Guyana	Waini Peninsula	08°24'N

146	Palau	Ngeruangel	08°10'N

147	Malaysia	Banggi Island	07°15'N

148	Maldives	Thuraakunu, Ihavandhippolhu Atoll	07°07'N

149	Indonesia	Rondo Island	06°04'N

150	Suriname	Oostelijke Polders	06°01'N

—	French Guiana (France)	Pointe Isère	05°48'N

151	Kenya	Disputed border with South Sudan, Ilemi Triangle de facto controlled by Kenya	05°35'N

152	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Mbomou River, south of Aminagou	05°22'N

153	Brazil	Mount Caburaí	05°15'N

154	Brunei	Pekan Muara	05°04'N

155	Uganda	West of Lokichokio	04°14'N

156	Equatorial Guinea	Punta Europa, Bioko	03°47'N

157	Republic of the Congo	North of Motala	03°43'N

158	Kiribati	Makin, Gilbert Islands	03°23'N

159	Gabon	Kom River	02°19'N

160	Sao Tome and Principe	Ilheu Bombom	01°42'N

161	Ecuador	Darwin Island Esmeraldas Province (mainland)	01°41'N 01°40'N

162	Singapore	Sembawang	01°28'N

Equator	00°00′00″

163	Peru	Putumayo River	00°01'S

164	Nauru	Anna Point	00°30'S

165	Papua New Guinea	Suf Island Sandaun Province (mainland)	00°52'S 02°35'S

166	Tanzania	Kagera River, southwest of Burumba	00°59'S

167	Rwanda	South of Kagitumba	01°03'S

168	Burundi	Colline Kigali	02°18'S

169	Seychelles	Bird Island	03°43'S

170	Angola	Caio Bemba	04°24'S

171	Solomon Islands	Pelau, Ontong Java	05°13'S

172	Tuvalu	Lakena, Nanumea	05°39'S

173	Zambia	Lake Tanganyika	08°14'S

174	Timor-Leste	Lautém District	08°19'S

—	Tokelau (New Zealand)	Atafu Atoll	08°31'S

175	Australia	Moimi Island, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland Cape York (mainland)	09°16'S 10°41'S

176	Malawi	South of Ngomba	09°22'S

177	Bolivia	Manoa	09°40'S

178	Mauritius	Tappe a Terre, Agaléga Islands	10°25'S

179	Mozambique	Cape Delgado	10°27'S

180	Comoros	Pointe Nord, Grande Comore	11°22'S

181	Madagascar	Cap D'Ambre	11°57'S

182	Fiji	Elsee, Rotuma	12°30'S

183	Vanuatu	Hiw, Torres Islands, Torba Province	13°07'S

184	Samoa	Fagamalo, Savai'i	13°25'S

185	Tonga	Niuafo'ou	15°36'S

186	Zimbabwe	Zambezi River east of Jeki	15°37'S

187	Namibia	Kunene River north of Otjivakuanda	16°56'S

188	Chile	Near Visviri, Arica y Parinacota Region	17°19'S

189	Botswana	Kasane	17°46'S

190	Paraguay	San Antonio, border with Bolivia	19°17'S

191	Argentina	La Quiaca, Jujuy Province	21°48'S

192	South Africa	Beit Bridge, Limpopo Province	22°20'S

Tropic of Capricorn	23°26′21″S

193	Eswatini (Swaziland)	Horo	25°44'S

194	Lesotho	Monantsa	28°34'S

195	New Zealand	Nugent Island North Cape (North Island)	29°13'S 34°41'S

196	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

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The Ras Ajdir is the northerly point in Libya.

final_sentence: The Ras Ajdir is the northerly point in Libya.