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==Extreme points of Mainland Europe== *'''Northernmost point'''. [[Cape Nordkinn]] (Kinnarodden), [[Norway]] (71°08′02″N 27°39′00″E) *'''Southernmost point'''. [[Punta de Tarifa]], [[Spain]] (36°00'00.2"N). This is the southernmost point of a small island connected to the coast by a causeway in 1808, so no longer an island. If manmade land is not accepted, the continental southernmost point is located slightly more to the North at 36°00'25"N. *'''Westernmost point'''. [[Cabo da Roca]], [[Portugal]] (9°29'56.44 W).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=WETillZI8rwC&dq=Dunmore+Head+most+westerly+point+of+Europe&pg=PA345 Statistical Account of the British Empire: 1/ by J. R. Macculloch], retrieved 13 May 2014</ref><ref group=note>[[Ireland]], which is part of the European [[continental shelf]] and which was connected to the continent by land during the [[last glacial period#Europe|last glacial period]], includes points that are further west than Cabo da Roca (see [[Extreme points of Ireland#Whole island|Extreme points of Ireland]]).</ref> *'''Easternmost point'''. The easternmost point is dependent upon the various definitions of Europe's eastern border. Utilizing the most common definition of Europe's eastern edge (the [[Continental divide|watershed divide]] of the [[Ural Mountains]]), the easternmost point of the Ural watershed (and thus mainland Europe) lies on an unnamed {{Convert|545|m|adj=on}} peak at {{Coord|68|18|37|N|66|37|05|E|type:landmark_region:RU_dim:100km_source:enwiki}} as shown on various detailed maps such as the Soviet General Staff maps and as shown on [[Google Earth]]/Maps. This peak is {{Convert|17|km|abbr=on}} northeast of an {{Convert|875|m|adj=on}} peak named Gora Anoraga and {{Convert|60|km|abbr=on}} southwest of Ostrov Lediyev (island) on Arctic waters south of the [[Kara Sea]].
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