Extreme points of the Americas

Template:Short description 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 Template:Coord
• Southernmost point — Southern Thule, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Template:Coord
• Easternmost point — Nordostrundingen, Greenland Template:Coord
• Westernmost point — Cape Wrangell on Attu Island, Alaska, United States Template:Coord<ref group=note>According to the International Date Line</ref>

The continental Americas

• Northernmost point — Murchison Promontory, Nunavut, Canada Template:Coord
• Southernmost point — Cape Froward, Magallanes, Chile Template:Coord
• Easternmost point — Ponta do Seixas, Paraíba, Brazil Template:Coord
• Westernmost point — Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, United States Template:Coord

Highest points

• Aconcagua,<ref group=note>The summit of Aconcagua is the highest summit of Andes, Argentina, South America, and all of the Americas. Mount Aconcagua is the second most prominent summit on Earth.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> Mendoza Province, Argentina Template:Coord — highest summit of the Americas, the Western Hemisphere, and the Southern Hemisphere at Template:Convert.

• Ojos del Salado, Chile and Argentina Template:Coord — highest volcano summit on Earth and second highest summit of the Americas, the Western Hemisphere, and the Southern Hemisphere at Template:Convert.
• Denali,<ref name=ADN>Template:Cite press release</ref> Alaska, United States Template:Coord — highest summit of North America at Template:Convert.
• Volcán Tajumulco,<ref group=note>Volcán Tajumulco is the highest point of the Republic of Guatemala and all of Central America. Volcán Tajumulco is the southernmost and easternmost 4000 m (13,123-foot) summit of North America</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> San Marcos, Guatemala Template:Coord — highest summit of Central America at Template:Convert.

• Gunnbjørn Fjeld,<ref group=note>Gunnbjørn Fjeld is the highest point on the Island of Greenland, Kalaallit Nunaat, the Kingdom of Denmark, and the entire Arctic</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> Sermersooq, Island of Greenland, Greenland Template:Coord — highest island summit of the Americas and the Western Hemisphere and highest summit of the entire Arctic at Template:Convert.

• Pico Duarte,<ref group=note>Pico Duarte is the highest point on the Island of Hispaniola, the Dominican Republic, and all the islands of the Caribbean Sea</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> Dominican Republic, Hispaniola Template:Coord — highest summit of the Caribbean at Template:Convert.

Lowest points

• Laguna del Carbón, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina Template:Coord — lowest surface point of the Americas, the Western Hemisphere, and the Southern Hemisphere at Template:Convert.
• Badwater Basin, Death Valley, California, United States Template:Coord — lowest surface point of North America at Template:Convert.<ref name=NED>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Furnace Creek Airport, California, United States Template:Coord — lowest airfield of the Americas at Template:Convert.
• Furnace Creek, California, United States<ref group=note>Furnace Creek in Death Valley, California, United States set the world record for the highest reliably reported ambient air temperature of 134°F (56.7°C) on July 10, 1913. This record has been eclipsed only once by a questionable reading of 136°F (57.8°C) recorded in 'Aziziya, Libya, on September 13, 1922.</ref> Template:Coord — lowest settlement of the Americas at Template:Convert.
• Calipatria, California, United States Template:Coord — lowest city of the Americas at Template:Convert.
• Lago Enriquillo, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola Template:Coord — lowest surface point on any ocean island on Earth at Template:Convert.
• New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Template:Coord — lowest city of the Americas with an average elevation of Template:Convert.
• Isthmus of Rivas, Rivas, Nicaragua Template:Coord — lowest pass between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean (on the Continental Divide of the Americas) at Template:Convert.
• Great Slave Lake bottom, Northwest Territories, Canada Template:Coord — lowest fresh water point of the Americas at Template:Convert.

Inland points

• The continental pole of inaccessibility of the Americas is located at Template:Coord, about eleven miles southeast of the town of Kyle on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Bennett County, South Dakota, United States, Template:Convert from the nearest coastlines.
• The South American pole of inaccessibility is located at Template:Coord, near Arenápolis, Brazil, Template:Convert from the nearest coastlines.

Islands

• Island of Greenland Template:Coord — most extensive island on Earth at Template:Convert and tallest island of Western Hemisphere at Template:Convert.
• Island of Cuba Template:Coord — most extensive island of the Caribbean at Template:Convert.
• Hispaniola Template:Coord — tallest island of the Caribbean at Template:Convert and second most extensive island of the Caribbean at Template:Convert.
• Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron, Ontario, Canada Template:Coord — most extensive lake island on Earth at Template:Convert.

Lakes

• Lake Superior, Canada and the United States Template:Coord — most voluminous lake in the Americas and the Western Hemisphere at Template:Convert.
• Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada Template:Coord — deepest lake in the Americas and the Western Hemisphere at Template:Convert.
• Lake Michigan–Huron, Canada and the United States Template:Coord — most extensive lake in the Americas and the Western Hemisphere and the most extensive fresh water lake on Earth at Template:Convert.
• Nettilling Lake on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada Template:Coord — most extensive lake on any island on Earth at Template:Convert.
• Lake Manitou on Manitoulin Island in Lake Michigan–Huron, Ontario, Canada Template:Coord — most extensive lake on an island in a lake on Earth at Template:Convert.

Rivers

• Amazon Basin of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela Template:Coord — most extensive river basin on Earth at Template:Convert.
• Mississippi Basin of Canada and the United States Template:Coord — most extensive river basin of North America at Template:Convert.
• Amazon River of Peru, Colombia, and Brazil Template:Coord — longest river in the Americas and the Western Hemisphere at Template:Convert and the most profuse river on Earth with an average discharge of Template:Convert.
• Mississippi-Missouri-Jefferson River System of the United States Template:Coord — longest river system of North America at Template:Convert.
• Paraná River of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay Template:Coord — the second most extensive river on the Americas, at Template:Convert.
• Missouri River of the United States Template:Coord — longest river of North America at Template:Convert.
• Mississippi River of the United States Template:Coord — longest Gulf of Mexico main stem river at Template:Convert.
• Yukon River of Canada and the United States Template:Coord — longest Bering Sea main stem river at Template:Convert.
• Nelson River of Manitoba, Canada Template:Coord — longest Hudson Bay main stem river at Template:Convert.)
• Colorado River of the United States and Mexico Template:Coord — longest Gulf of California main stem river at Template:Convert.
• Columbia River of Canada and the United States Template:Coord — longest eastern Pacific Ocean main stem river at Template:Convert.

See also

• Geography of the Americas
  • Geography of North America
  • Geography of South America
• Extreme points of the Earth
  • Extreme points of the Americas
    • Extreme points of North America
      • Extreme points of Central America
      • Extreme points of the Caribbean
    • Extreme points of South America