Northern and Southernmost Points of Land On Earth
See also: Northernmost settlements and Southernmost settlements| Northernmost point on land | Kaffeklubben Island, east of Greenland (83°40′N 29°50′W / 83.667°N 29.833°W / 83.667; -29.833) Various shifting gravel bars lie further north, the most famous being Oodaaq |
| Southernmost point on land | The geographic South Pole |
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“Sophocles long ago
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