2006-12-19 06:21:34 · 10 answers · asked by k m 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
The northernmost LAND in the world is a tiny island off the tip of Cape Morris Jessup, Greenland. That is geographically part of North America, but politically belongs to Denmark, a European country.
The northernmost MAINLAND in the world is Cape Chelyuskin, Russia (77°43'). The cape is in Asia.
2006-12-19 16:37:33 · answer #1 · answered by Keith P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
North America
2006-12-19 06:25:49 · answer #2 · answered by Jimbo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard to answer: Soviet Union is a nation, it has some Islands that are very far north, Greenland is a very large place, almost a continent, and it also goes pretty far north. North America also splits up into islands in northern Canada. You might have to ask which NATION goes the farthest north, seeing as continents are kind of a sketchy area of definition. IMO a good marker of farthest north doesn't involve land, but what serves as a human habitat. The farthest known to public air pad is in Thule, Greenland. Russia probably has something in their nothern islands, but not public info.
2006-12-19 06:41:56 · answer #3 · answered by Jon 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The northernmost settlement in Canada (and in the world) is Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Alert on the northern tip of Ellesmere Island—latitude 82.5°N—just 817 kilometres (450 nautical miles) from the North Pole.Since 1925, Canada has claimed the portion of the Arctic between 60°W and 141°W longitude;
2006-12-19 11:43:45 · answer #4 · answered by Crash 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Europe is the Northern most continent. Countries in order of distance from the geographic nort pole are... Greenland (Denmark), Ellesmere Island (Canada), Franz Joseph Land (Russia), Svalbard Islands (Norway), then Point Barrow (Alaska). Since Greenland is part of Denmark and Denmark is European, then your answer is Europe. If on the other hand you are talking about Continental land mass, then the answer would be Asia with Cape Chelyuskin on the Taimyr peninsula in central Russia.
2006-12-19 07:31:34 · answer #5 · answered by Folsom 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If it's mainland you're talking about - it would be Asia as the Tamyr peninsula in Asiatic Russia is the northernmost mainland.
Otherwise, it would be some islands like Baffin, Greenland, Novaya Zemlya or something like that.
2006-12-21 21:36:41 · answer #6 · answered by Kevin F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As i look at a map right now, Greenland is the most northern land.
So, technically it's Europe since Greenland belongs to Denmark.
2006-12-20 12:36:07 · answer #7 · answered by argentina1989 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it is north america. greenland stretches pretty far north
2006-12-19 06:27:57 · answer #8 · answered by nanabanana 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Antartica.
2006-12-19 06:28:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
its probably Asia,Africa,or Antarctica.
2006-12-23 03:20:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋