List of extreme points of Spain
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Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...
— the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.


Spain

* Northernmost Point — Punta de Estaca de Bares, Mañón, Corunna at * Southernmost Point — Punta de La Restinga, El Pinar del Hierro, Santa Cruz de Tenerife at * Westernmost Point — Punta de la Orchilla, Frontera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife at * Easternmost Point — La Mola Island, Mahón, Balearic Islands at * Highest Point —
El Teide Teide, or Mount Teide, ( es, El Teide, Pico del Teide, , "Peak of Teide") is a volcano on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spain. Its summit (at ) is the highest point in Spain and the highest point above sea level in the islands of the Atlan ...
3,718 m,
Tenerife Tenerife (; ; formerly spelled ''Teneriffe'') is the largest and most populous island of the Canary Islands. It is home to 43% of the total population of the archipelago. With a land area of and a population of 978,100 inhabitants as of Janu ...
, Santa Cruz de Tenerife * Point furthest from the coast (Iberian Pole of Inaccessibility) at Otero, Toledo


Spanish mainland

* Northernmost Point — Punta de Estaca de Bares, Corunna at * Southernmost Point — Punta de Tarifa,
Cádiz Cádiz (, , ) is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the Province of Cádiz, one of eight that make up the autonomous community of Andalusia. Cádiz, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Western Europe, ...
at * Westernmost Point — Cape Touriñán, Corunna at * Easternmost Point — Cap de Creus, Gerona at * Centre of the Península is reputedly assigned to
Cerro de los Ángeles The Cerro de los Ángeles (''Hill of the Angels'') is a hill located in Getafe, Spain, about south of Madrid. The site is famous for being the geographic centre of the Iberian Peninsula. On top of the hill there is a fourteenth-century monaste ...
in
Getafe Getafe () is a municipality and a city in Spain belonging to the Community of Madrid. , it has a population of 180,747, the region's sixth most populated municipality. Getafe is located 13 km south of Madrid's city centre, within a flat ar ...
(16 km south of
Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...
) at * Highest Point — Mulhacen 3,478 m, Sierra Nevada, Granada


Provincial capitals

* Northernmost:
Santander Santander may refer to: Places * Santander, Spain, a port city and capital of the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain * Santander Department, a department of Colombia * Santander State, former state of Colombia * Santander de Quilichao, a m ...
at * Southernmost:
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife), the most populous city in the auto ...
at * Westernmost: Santa Cruz de Tenerife at * Easternmost: Gerona at * Highest: Ávila - 1,132 m (3,714 ft) at


See also

*
Geography of Spain Spain is a country located in southwestern Europe occupying most (about 82 percent) of the Iberian Peninsula. It also includes a small exclave inside France called Llívia, as well as the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean, the Canary Isla ...
*
Extreme points of Earth This article lists extreme locations on Earth that hold geographical records or are otherwise known for their geophysical or meteorological superlatives. All of these locations are Earth-wide extremes; extremes of individual continents or coun ...


References

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