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Extreme points in the contiguous 48 states: Northwest Angle, Ballast Key, Sail Rock, Bodelteh Islands. Extreme points of the U.S. on the North American continent: Point Barrow, Cape Sable, West Quoddy Head, Cape Prince of Wales. Extreme points in all U.S. territory: Point Barrow, Rose Atoll, Wake Island, Peaked Island (red dots); Point Udall ...
This is a list of extreme points in U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia. [ 1 ] Although many borders were initially defined by treaty or other agreement to be along a specific line of latitude or longitude, inaccuracies with surveying equipment/techniques caused the surveyed lines to deviate slightly from the true boundaries.
Lizard Point seen from near the Youth Hostel. Lizard Point (from Cornish an Lysardh 'the high court') in Cornwall is at the southern tip of the Lizard Peninsula. It is situated half-a-mile (800 m) south of Lizard village in the civil parish of Landewednack and about 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Helston. [1]
Debauch Mountain PB. Denali (Mount McKinley) PB, highest summit of the Alaska Range, the State of Alaska, the United States of America, and all of North America. Devils Paw PB. Devils Prongs. Dike Mountain. Dillingham High Point PB. Dillon Mountain. Divide Mountain. Donoho Peak.
The 477 summits of the United States with at least 3000 meters (9,843 feet) of topographic elevation and 500 meters (1,640 feet) of topographic prominence; Rank Mountain Peak State Mountain Range Elevation Prominence Isolation Location; 1 Denali [a] (Mount McKinley) Alaska: Alaska Range: 20,310 ft 6190.5 m: 20,146 ft 6141 m: 4,629 mi 7,450 km
Only two states followed in the 1970s, but the ensuing decades saw nominations at a rate of almost one per year. State birds are more common, with all 50 states naming one, and they were adopted earlier, with the first one selected in 1927. Before their formal designation as state reptiles, Florida's alligator, Maryland's terrapin, and Texas's ...
Kingman Reef high point – less than 7 feet (2 m) [ 92 ] Midway Atoll, Sand Island high point – 50 feet (15 m) [ 92 ] – The highest point of the U.S. minor outlying islands in the Pacific Ocean. Navassa Island high point – 280 feet (85 m) [ 91 ] – The highest point of all the U.S. minor outlying islands.
Lizard Head Peak (12,847 feet (3,916 m)) is in the southern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. [3] Situated in Shoshone National Forest , Lizard Head Peak is the northeasternmost peak in the Cirque of the Towers , a popular climbing area.