Home › Landforms › Extreme Points
Extreme Points
10 entries
Alert, Nunavut
A Canadian military and weather station on Ellesmere Island, the northernmost permanently inhabited place on Earth
Challenger Deep
The deepest known point in Earth's oceans, at the southern end of the Mariana Trench
Chimborazo
Ecuador's highest mountain and the point on Earth's surface farthest from the planet's center
La Rinconada
A gold-mining town in the Peruvian Andes, the highest permanent settlement on Earth
Mawsynram
A village in India's Khasi Hills credited with the highest average annual rainfall on Earth
Oymyakon
A Siberian village widely cited as the coldest permanently inhabited place on Earth
Point Nemo
The oceanic pole of inaccessibility, the point in the sea farthest from any land
The North Pole
The northern end of Earth's axis, a point on drifting sea ice above a deep ocean
The South Pole
The southern end of Earth's axis, high on the Antarctic ice sheet and home to a year-round research station
Tristan da Cunha
The remotest inhabited archipelago on Earth, part of a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic