Extremities

This page is about the extreme points of countries, continents etc.

Africa's easternmost point		Horn of Africa (Somalia)
Africa (mainland): southernmost point		Cape Agulhas
Africa's westernmost point		Cape Verde (Senegal)
America (mainland): southernmost point		Cape Horn
Australia (mainland): northernmost point		Cape York
Cumbria's westernmost point (western extremity of Wainwright’s Coast to Coast path)		St. Bees Head
England's westernmost point		Land's End
Greece's southernmost point		Cape Matapan
Greenland's southernmost point		Cape Farewell
India's southernmost point (name used under British rule)		Cape Comorin
Ireland (mainland): northernmost point		Malin Head (Co. Donegal)
Ireland (mainland): southernmost point		Mizzen Head (Co. Cork)
Isle of Man's northernmost point		Point of Ayre
Lewis–Harris's northernmost point		Butt of Lewis
Mainland Britain (and England): easternmost point		Lowestoft Ness (Ness Point)
Mainland Britain (and Scotland): northernmost point		Dunnet Head
Dunnet Head's northernmost point		Easter Head
Mainland Britain (and England): southernmost point		Lizard Point
Mainland Britain (and Scotland): westernmost point		Ardnamurchan Point
Mainland Europe (and Norway): northernmost point		North Cape
Mainland Europe (and Gibraltar): southernmost point		Europa Point
Mainland Europe (and Portugal): westernmost point		Cape Roca (Capo da Roca)
New Zealand's extreme north–west tip		Cape Reinga
Portugal's south–western tip		Cape St. Vincent
Scotland's north–western tip		Cape Wrath
Scotland's southernmost point		Mull of Galloway
The Scottish mainland's closest point to Ireland		Mull of Kintyre
Spain's westernmost point		Cape Finisterre
Wales's northernmost point		Point of Ayr

The following are maybe too obscure to be asked in the above way:

Cape Byron and Steep Point are respectively the eastern and western extremities of		Australia
Punta Gallinas, the northernmost point of South America, is in		Colombia
Lindesnes is the southernmost point of		Norway
Africa's northernmost point: according to Wikipedia, there are two candidates; Ras ben Sakka reaches 30 metres further north than Ra's al Abyad, a.k.a. Cap Blanc, which is just less than 1 kilometre to the east. Both are in		Tunisia
Barrow Point is the northern extremity of		USA

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