# Extreme points of the Americas

This is a list of the extreme points of The Americas, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location on the continent. The continent's southernmost point is often said to be Cape Horn, which is the southernmost point of the Chilean islands. The Americas cross 134° of longitude east to west and 124° of latitude north to south.

## The Americas including islands

* Northernmost point — Kaffeklubben Island, Greenland 83°40′N 29°50′W﻿ / ﻿83.667°N 29.833°W﻿ / 83.667; -29.833﻿ (Kaffeklubben Island)
* Southernmost point — Southern Thule, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 59°25′16″S 27°13′50″W﻿ / ﻿59.42111°S 27.23056°W﻿ / -59.42111; -27.23056﻿ (Kaffeklubben Island)
* Easternmost point — Nordostrundingen, Greenland 81°26′25″N 11°29′22″W﻿ / ﻿81.44028°N 11.48944°W﻿ / 81.44028; -11.48944﻿ (Nordostrundingen)
* Westernmost point — Cape Wrangell on Attu Island, Alaska, United States 52°55′28″N 172°28′22″E﻿ / ﻿52.92444°N 172.47278°E﻿ / 52.92444; 172.47278﻿ (Cape Wrangell)

## The continental Americas

* Northernmost point — Murchison Promontory, Nunavut, Canada 71°58′N 94°57′W﻿ / ﻿71.967°N 94.950°W﻿ / 71.967; -94.950﻿ (Murchison Promontory)
* Southernmost point — Cape Froward, Magallanes, Chile 53°56′S 71°20′W﻿ / ﻿53.933°S 71.333°W﻿ / -53.933; -71.333﻿ (Cape Froward)
* Easternmost point — Ponta do Seixas, Paraíba, Brazil 7°8′55″S 34°47′49″W﻿ / ﻿7.14861°S 34.79694°W﻿ / -7.14861; -34.79694﻿ (Ponta do Seixas)
* Westernmost point — Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, United States 65°35′47″N 168°5′5″W﻿ / ﻿65.59639°N 168.08472°W﻿ / 65.59639; -168.08472﻿ (Cape Prince of Wales)

## Highest points

* Aconcagua, Mendoza Province, Argentina 32°39′12″S 70°0′40″W﻿ / ﻿32.65333°S 70.01111°W﻿ / -32.65333; -70.01111﻿ (Aconcagua) — highest summit of the Americas, the Western Hemisphere, and the Southern Hemisphere at 6,961 m (22,838 feet).
* Ojos del Salado, Chile and Argentina 27°06′34.6″S 68°32′32.1″W﻿ / ﻿27.109611°S 68.542250°W﻿ / -27.109611; -68.542250﻿ (Ojos del Salado) — highest volcano summit on Earth and second highest summit of the Americas, the Western Hemisphere, and the Southern Hemisphere at 6,893 m (22,615 feet).
* Denali, Alaska, United States 63°4′10″N 151°0′26″W﻿ / ﻿63.06944°N 151.00722°W﻿ / 63.06944; -151.00722﻿ (Mount McKinley) — highest summit of North America at 6,190.5 m (20,310 feet).
* Volcán Tajumulco, San Marcos, Guatemala 15°2′37″N 91°54′12″W﻿ / ﻿15.04361°N 91.90333°W﻿ / 15.04361; -91.90333﻿ (Volcán Tajumulco) — highest summit of Central America at 4,220 m (13,850 feet).
* Gunnbjørn Fjeld, Sermersooq, Island of Greenland, Greenland 68°55′10″N 29°53′55″W﻿ / ﻿68.91944°N 29.89861°W﻿ / 68.91944; -29.89861﻿ (Gunnbjørn Fjeld) — highest island summit of the Americas and the Western Hemisphere and highest summit of the entire Arctic at 3,694 m (12,119 feet).
* Pico Duarte, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola 19°1′23″N 70°59′53″W﻿ / ﻿19.02306°N 70.99806°W﻿ / 19.02306; -70.99806﻿ (Pico Duarte) — highest summit of the Caribbean at 3,175 m (10,417 feet).

## Lowest points

* Laguna del Carbón, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina 49°34′34″S 68°21′5″W﻿ / ﻿49.57611°S 68.35139°W﻿ / -49.57611; -68.35139﻿ (Laguna del Carbón) — lowest surface point of the Americas, the Western Hemisphere, and the Southern Hemisphere at −105 m (−344 feet).
* Badwater Basin, Death Valley, California, United States 36°14′23″N 116°50′5″W﻿ / ﻿36.23972°N 116.83472°W﻿ / 36.23972; -116.83472﻿ (Badwater Basin) — lowest surface point of North America at −85.0 m (−279 feet).
* Furnace Creek Airport, California, United States 36°27′50″N 116°52′53″W﻿ / ﻿36.46389°N 116.88139°W﻿ / 36.46389; -116.88139﻿ (Furnace Creek Airport) — lowest airfield of the Americas at −64 m (−210 feet).
* Furnace Creek, California, United States 36°27′29″N 116°52′15″W﻿ / ﻿36.45806°N 116.87083°W﻿ / 36.45806; -116.87083﻿ (Furnace Creek, California) — lowest settlement of the Americas at −58 m (−190 feet).
* Calipatria, California, United States 33°07′32″N 115°30′51″W﻿ / ﻿33.12556°N 115.51417°W﻿ / 33.12556; -115.51417﻿ (Calipatria, California) — lowest city of the Americas at −56 m (−184 feet).
* Lago Enriquillo, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola 18°30′N 71°35′W﻿ / ﻿18.500°N 71.583°W﻿ / 18.500; -71.583﻿ (Lago Enriquillo) — lowest surface point on any ocean island on Earth at −27 m (−89 feet).
* New Orleans, Louisiana, United States 29°58′N 90°03′W﻿ / ﻿29.967°N 90.050°W﻿ / 29.967; -90.050﻿ (New Orleans, Louisiana) — lowest city of the Americas with an average elevation of −0.5 m (−1.6 feet).
* Isthmus of Rivas, Rivas, Nicaragua 12°1′N 86°27′W﻿ / ﻿12.017°N 86.450°W﻿ / 12.017; -86.450﻿ (Isthmus of Rivas) — lowest pass between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean (on the Continental Divide of the Americas) at 47 m (154 feet).
* Great Slave Lake bottom, Northwest Territories, Canada 61°40′N 114°00′W﻿ / ﻿61.667°N 114.000°W﻿ / 61.667; -114.000﻿ (Great Slave Lake) — lowest fresh water point of the Americas at −458 m (−1,503 feet).

## Inland points

* The continental pole of inaccessibility of the Americas is located at 43°22′N 101°58′W﻿ / ﻿43.367°N 101.967°W﻿ / 43.367; -101.967﻿ (North American pole of inaccessibility), about eleven miles southeast of the town of Kyle on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Bennett County, South Dakota, United States, 1,650 km (1,025 miles) from the nearest coastlines.
* The South American pole of inaccessibility is located at 14°03′S 56°51′W﻿ / ﻿14.050°S 56.850°W﻿ / -14.050; -56.850﻿ (South American pole of inaccessibility), near Arenápolis, Brazil, 1,519 km (944 miles) from the nearest coastlines.

## Islands

* Island of Greenland 68°55′10″N 29°53′55″W﻿ / ﻿68.91944°N 29.89861°W﻿ / 68.91944; -29.89861﻿ (Island of Greenland) — most extensive island on Earth at 2,130,800 km$^2$ (822,700 square miles) and tallest island of Western Hemisphere at 3,694 m (12,119 feet).
* Island of Cuba 21°30′N 80°0′W﻿ / ﻿21.500°N 80.000°W﻿ / 21.500; -80.000﻿ (Island of Cuba) — most extensive island of the Caribbean at 104,556 km$^2$ (40,369 square miles).
* Hispaniola 19°1′23″N 70°59′53″W﻿ / ﻿19.02306°N 70.99806°W﻿ / 19.02306; -70.99806﻿ (Hispaniola) — tallest island of the Caribbean at 3,175 m (10,417 feet) and second most extensive island of the Caribbean at 76,480 km$^2$ (29,529 square miles).
* Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron, Ontario, Canada 45°46′N 82°12′W﻿ / ﻿45.767°N 82.200°W﻿ / 45.767; -82.200﻿ (Manitoulin Island) — most extensive lake island on Earth at 2,766 km$^2$ (1,068 square miles).

## Lakes

* Lake Superior, Canada and the United States 47°45′N 87°30′W﻿ / ﻿47.750°N 87.500°W﻿ / 47.750; -87.500﻿ (Lake Superior) — most voluminous lake in the Americas and the Western Hemisphere at 11,600 km$^3$ (2,780 cubic miles).
* Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada 61°40′N 114°00′W﻿ / ﻿61.667°N 114.000°W﻿ / 61.667; -114.000﻿ (Great Slave Lake) — deepest lake in the Americas and the Western Hemisphere at 614 m (2,014 feet).
* Lake Michigan–Huron, Canada and the United States 45°49′N 84°45′W﻿ / ﻿45.817°N 84.750°W﻿ / 45.817; -84.750﻿ (Lake Michigan–Huron) — most extensive lake in the Americas and the Western Hemisphere and the most extensive fresh water lake on Earth at 117,702 km$^2$ (45,445 square miles).
* Nettilling Lake on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada 66°30′N 70°50′W﻿ / ﻿66.500°N 70.833°W﻿ / 66.500; -70.833﻿ (Nettilling Lake) — most extensive lake on any island on Earth at 5,066 km$^2$ (1,956 square miles).
* Lake Manitou on Manitoulin Island in Lake Michigan–Huron, Ontario, Canada 45°46′42″N 81°59′30″W﻿ / ﻿45.77833°N 81.99167°W﻿ / 45.77833; -81.99167﻿ (Lake Manitou) — most extensive lake on an island in a lake on Earth at 104 km$^2$ (40 square miles).

## Rivers

* Amazon Basin of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela 0°10′S 49°0′W﻿ / ﻿0.167°S 49.000°W﻿ / -0.167; -49.000﻿ (Amazon River) — most extensive river basin on Earth at 7,050,000 km$^2$ (2,722,000 square miles).
* Mississippi Basin of Canada and the United States 29°9′4″N 89°15′12″W﻿ / ﻿29.15111°N 89.25333°W﻿ / 29.15111; -89.25333﻿ (Mississippi River) — most extensive river basin of North America at 3,225,000 km$^2$ (1,245,000 square miles).
* Amazon River of Peru, Colombia, and Brazil 0°10′S 49°0′W﻿ / ﻿0.167°S 49.000°W﻿ / -0.167; -49.000﻿ (Amazon River) — longest river in the Americas and the Western Hemisphere at 6,992 km (4,345 miles) and the most profuse river on Earth with an average discharge of 209,000 m$^3$/s (7,400,000 cubic feet per second).
* Mississippi-Missouri-Jefferson River System of the United States 29°9′4″N 89°15′12″W﻿ / ﻿29.15111°N 89.25333°W﻿ / 29.15111; -89.25333﻿ (Mississippi-Missouri-Jefferson River System) — longest river system of North America at 6,352 km (3,947 miles).
* Paraná River of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay 19°13′21″S 46°10′28″W﻿ / ﻿19.22250°S 46.17444°W﻿ / -19.22250; -46.17444 — the second most extensive river on the Americas, at 4,880 km (3,030 miles).
* Missouri River of the United States 38°48′49″N 90°07′11″W﻿ / ﻿38.81361°N 90.11972°W﻿ / 38.81361; -90.11972﻿ (Missouri River) — longest river of North America at 3,767 km (2,341 miles).
* Mississippi River of the United States 29°9′4″N 89°15′12″W﻿ / ﻿29.15111°N 89.25333°W﻿ / 29.15111; -89.25333﻿ (Mississippi River) — longest Gulf of Mexico main stem river at 3,544 km (2,202 miles).
* Yukon River of Canada and the United States 62°35′55″N 164°47′40″W﻿ / ﻿62.59861°N 164.79444°W﻿ / 62.59861; -164.79444﻿ (Yukon River) — longest Bering Sea main stem river at 3,185 km (1,979 miles).
* Nelson River of Manitoba, Canada 57°5′5″N 92°30′8″W﻿ / ﻿57.08472°N 92.50222°W﻿ / 57.08472; -92.50222﻿ (Nelson River) — longest Hudson Bay main stem river at 2,575 km (1,600 miles).)
* Colorado River of the United States and Mexico 31°48′57″N 114°48′22″W﻿ / ﻿31.81583°N 114.80611°W﻿ / 31.81583; -114.80611﻿ (Colorado River) — longest Gulf of California main stem river at 2,330 km (1,448 miles).
* Columbia River of Canada and the United States 46°14′39″N 124°3′29″W﻿ / ﻿46.24417°N 124.05806°W﻿ / 46.24417; -124.05806﻿ (Columbia River) — longest eastern Pacific Ocean main stem river at 2,000 km (1,243 miles).