Extreme points of Europe
Categories: Geography of Europe
This is a list of the extreme points of Europe, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location on the continent. Europe is sometimes described as stretching from Europa Point (the southernmost point of Gibraltar) to North Cape (the northernmost point of the inshore islands of Europe).
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Extreme points of Europe
Europe
- Northernmost point — Fligeli Cape, Rudolf Island, Franz Josef Land, Russia (81° 48′ 24″ N)1
- Southernmost point — Gavdos, Greece (34° 48′ 02″ N)2
- Westernmost point — Bjargtangar, Iceland (24° 32′ 03″ W)3
- Easternmost point — Cape Zhelaniya, Severny, Novaya Zemlya, Russia (69° 05′ 31″ E)4
This results in the center of Europe being at 58° 18′ 14″ N, 22° 16′ 44″ E, in the island of Saaremaa, Estonia.
Mainland Europe
- Northernmost point — Cape Nordkinn, Norway (71° 08′ 02″ N)
- Southernmost point — Punta de Tarifa, Spain (36° 00′ 00″ N)
- Westernmost point — Cabo da Roca, Portugal (09° 30′ 03″ W)
- Easternmost point — In Russia, an unnamed 535 meter peak at 68° 18′ 50″ E on the far northern Ural Mountains watershed divide, 8.5 km north of the upper Baydarata River's North Fork and 23 km northeast of a 1177 meter peak named Gora Khuuta-Saurey 4
This results in the center of Europe being at 53° 34′ 01″ N, 29° 24′ 24″ E, near Klichev, Belarus.
1 If Franz Josef Land is not considered a part of Europe, then the northernmost point would be located at the extreme north of Severny, Novaya Zemlya, Russia (77° 00′ 03″ N), in which case the center of Europe would be located near Telšiai, Lithuania (55° 54′ 03″ N, 22° 16′ 44″ E).
2 If the Madeira Islands or the Canary Islands are included as part of Europe, they must be considered the southernmost part of the continent.
3 If the Azores are included as part of Europe, Flores is the westernmost part of the continent.
4 Assuming the eastern border of Europe is defined as the Ural River to its source, then the Ural Mountains watershed divide north to the Kara Sea at Kara, Russia.
See also
Extreme points of European countries
- Extreme points of Albania
- Extreme points of Andorra
- Extreme points of Austria
- Extreme points of Belarus
- Extreme points of Belgium
- Extreme points of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Extreme points of Bulgaria
- Extreme points of Croatia
- Extreme points of Cyprus
- Extreme points of the Czech Republic
- Extreme points of Denmark
- Extreme points of Estonia
- Extreme points of the Faroe Islands
- Extreme points of Finland
- Extreme points of France
- Extreme points of Germany
- Extreme points of Greece
- Extreme points of Hungary
- Extreme points of Iceland
- Extreme points of Ireland
- Extreme points of Italy
- Extreme points of Latvia
- Extreme points of Liechtenstein
- Extreme points of Lithuania
- Extreme points of Luxembourg
- Extreme points of Macedonia
- Extreme points of Malta
- Extreme points of Moldova
- Extreme points of Monaco
- Extreme points of Montenegro
- Extreme points of the Netherlands
- Extreme points of Norway
- Extreme points of Poland
- Extreme points of Portugal
- Extreme points of Romania
- Extreme points of Russia
- Extreme points of San Marino
- Extreme points of Serbia
- Extreme points of Slovakia
- Extreme points of Slovenia
- Extreme points of Spain
- Extreme points of Sweden
- Extreme points of Switzerland
- Extreme points of Turkey
- Extreme points of Ukraine
- Extreme points of the United Kingdom
- Extreme points of Vatican City
Other
- Extreme points of Eurasia
- Extreme points of Africa-Eurasia
- Extreme points of the world
- The world´s most northern city, capital, island etc. (most of them are in Europe)fr:Liste de points extrêmes de l'Europe