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Extreme points are portions of a region which are further north, south, east, or west than any other. This is a list of extreme points in U.S. states , territories , and the District of Columbia . [ 1 ]
9th Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana – lowest surface point in eastern United States, at −7 feet (− New Orleans , Louisiana , 29°58′N 90°03′W / 29.967°N 90.050°W / 29.967; -90.050 ( New Orleans, Louisiana ) – lowest city over 250,000 population in all U.S. territory and Western Hemisphere, with an average elevation ...
However, if the border between east and west is defined by the 180th meridian, the westernmost point is the West Point of Amatignak Island, as Attu Island is in the Eastern Hemisphere Easternmost point — Nordostrundingen , Greenland 81°26′25″N 11°29′22″W / 81.44028°N 11.48944°W / 81.44028; -11.48944 ( Nordostrundingen
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. Palmyra Atoll high point – 10 feet (3 m) [92] Wake Island high point – 26 feet (8 m) [93]
A rock east of Antigua: 61°40′W 178 Saint Kitts and Nevis: Eastern cape of Nevis, Saint James Windward Parish: 62°31′W 179 United States: Point Udall, Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands West Quoddy Head (50 States) 64°34′W 66°56′W 180 Puerto Rico: Cayo Norte, Culebra: 65°15′W 181 Chile: Nueva Island in Magallanes and Antártica ...
The geographic center of the United States is a point approximately 20 miles (32 km) north of Belle Fourche, South Dakota at It has been regarded as such by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and the U.S. National Geodetic Survey (NGS) since the additions of Alaska and Hawaii to the United States in 1959.
In 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit upheld the District Court decision in Segovia v. United States, which ruled that former Illinois residents living in Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands did not qualify to cast overseas ballots according to their last registered address on the U.S. mainland. [150]
Colorado River of the United States and Mexico — longest Gulf of California main stem river at 2,330 km (1,448 Columbia River of Canada and the United States 46°14′39″N 124°3′29″W / 46.24417°N 124.05806°W / 46.24417; -124.05806 ( Columbia River ) — longest eastern Pacific Ocean main stem river at 2,000 km (1,243