Murchison Promontory

Murchison Promontory is located in Nunavut
Murchison Promontory
Murchison Promontory
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Location in Nunavut, Canada[1]
Satellite image with Prince of Wales Island at centre. Near top right is the square-shaped Somerset Island, below which is the Murchison Promontory at the north end of the Boothia Peninsula, part of the continental mainland.

Murchison Promontory (71°58′N 94°57′W / 71.967°N 94.950°W / 71.967; -94.950 (Murchison Promontory)), a cape (promontory) in the northern Canadian Arctic,[1] is the northernmost mainland point of the Americas and of Canada.[2][3] Located 1,087 nautical miles (1,251 mi; 2,013 km) from the North Pole, it is 64 km (40 mi) farther north than Point Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost point of all U.S. territory.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Murchison Promontory". Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  2. ^ Querying Geographical Names of Canada Archived 2011-06-08 at the Wayback Machine at Natural Resources Canada
  3. ^ Murchison Promontory Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine at the Atlas of Canada
  4. ^ "The Northernmost Points In The United States". worldatlas.com. Retrieved October 10, 2019.