This is a list of lists of places considered the most extreme by virtue of meeting some superlative geographical or physical criterion – e.g. farthest, highest, lowest, greatest, or least.

Earth

Extremes on 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 ...

List of countries by northernmost point This is a list of countries by northernmost point on land. Where borders are contested, the northernmost point under the control of a nation is listed. Notes Northernmost point Northernmost may refer to: * List of northernmost items * List ...

* List of countries by southernmost point * List of countries by easternmost point * List of countries by westernmost point *

Northernmost settlements The most northern settlements on Earth are communities close to the North Pole, ranging from about 70° N to about 89° N. This is a list showing all of the northernmost settlements on Earth, which are all south of latitude 90° N. There are no ...

* Southernmost settlements *

List of northernmost items This is a list of various northernmost things on earth. Cities and settlements Geography Nature Wild animals Plants These lists only contain naturally occurring plants and trees, excluding individuals planted by humans. General ...

List of southernmost items The most southerly geographical features of various types are listed here. Cities and settlements Geography Islands Berkner Island is further south than any of these, but its bedrock lies entirely below sea level, with only its ice cov ...

List of countries by highest point The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country or dependent territory. Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gr ...

* List of countries by lowest point *

List of elevation extremes by country The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country or dependent territory. Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gr ...

List of elevation extremes by region The following three sortable tables list land surface elevation extremes by region. Elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, an equipotential gravitational surface model of the Earth's sea level. __TOC__ Table of elevation e ...

List of highest towns by country This is a list of the highest settlements by country. Many of these are too small to be regarded as towns or cities. Only permanent settlements occupied year-round are included. When possible, the highest point in the contiguous year-round settl ...

Continents

Extreme points of Afro-Eurasia Afro-Eurasia (also Afroeurasia, Eurafrasia or the Old World) is a landmass comprising the continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe. The terms are compound words of the names of its constituent parts. Its mainland is the largest and most p ...

** Extreme points of Africa ** Extreme points of Eurasia ***

Extreme points of Europe This is a list of the extreme points of Europe: the geographical points that are higher or farther north, south, east or west than any other location in Europe. Some of these positions are open to debate, as the definition of Europe is diverse. ...

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Extreme points of Asia This is a list of the extreme points of Asia, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location on the continent. ''Asia'' * Northernmost Point — Cape Fligely, Prince Rudolf Island, Franz Josef Land, Russia (8 ...

Extreme points of the Americas This is a list of the extreme points of The Americas, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location on the continent. The continent's southernmost point is often said to be Cape Horn, which is the southernmost point ...

Extreme points of North America This is a list of the extreme points of North America: the points that are highest and lowest, and farther north, south, east or west than any other location on the continent. Some of these points are debatable, given the varying definitions of ...

*** Extreme points of the Caribbean *** Extreme points of Central America **

Extreme points of South America The extreme points of South America are the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location on the continent. The continent's southernmost point is often said to be Cape Horn, but Águila Islet of the Diego Ramírez Isl ...

Extreme points of Antarctica This is a list of extreme points in Antarctica. List * The tallest mountain in Antarctica is Vinson Massif rising 4,892 meters (16,050 feet) above sea level. * The lowest point in Antarctica is within the Denman Glacier, which reaches 3.5 kilomete ...

* Extreme points of Oceania **

Extreme points of Australia This is a list of the extreme points of Australia (the country, not the continent). The list includes extremes of cardinal direction, elevation, and other points of peculiar geographic interest. The location of some points depend on whether isl ...

* Extreme points of the Antarctic *

Extreme points of the Arctic This is a list of the extreme points of the Arctic, the points of Arctic lands that are farther to the north than any other location classified by continent and country, latitude and longitude, and distance to the North Pole. The list is sorted fr ...

Sovereign states

Dependencies, autonomies, and other territories

Extreme points of the Faroe Islands The extreme points of the Faroe Islands include the coordinates that are further north, south, east or west than any other location in the Faroe Islands; and the highest and the lowest elevations in the territory. The latitude and longitude are ex ...

* Extreme points of Greenland * Extreme points of Guam * Extreme points of Niue *

Extreme points of Northern Cyprus The extreme points of Northern Cyprus are the most notable places that are closest to the most northerly, southerly, easterly and westerly areas of North Cyprus, the northern third of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. The most easterly and no ...

Extreme points of the Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI; ch, Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; cal, Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas), is an unincorporated territory and commonwea ...

Extreme points of Taiwan This is a list of Taiwanese superlatives. Geography Ecology Demography Structures References {{Asia in topic, Extreme points of, collapsed=yes Taiwanese Superlatives Comparison is a feature in the morphology or synta ...

* Extreme points of Western Sahara

Miscellaneous political subdivisions

* Extreme points of the Commonwealth of Nations * Extreme points of the African Union *

Extreme points of the British Isles This is a list of the extreme points of the British Isles, the points that are farther north, south, east, west, higher or lower than any other location. *Northernmost Point — Out Stack, Shetland Islands, Scotland *Northernmost Settlement & ...

Extreme points of Canadian provinces This is a table of extreme points (north, south, east and west) of each of the provinces and territories of Canada. Many of these points are uninhabited; see also extreme communities of Canada for inhabited places. See also * Extreme points of ...

Extreme communities of Canada This is a list of the extreme communities in Canada and its provinces and territories. They are farther east, north, south or west than any other community, though they are generally not farther than the extreme points of Canadian provinces. The ...

* Extreme points of the European Union * Extreme points of New England * Extreme points of U.S. states

Space

List of Solar System extremes This article describes extreme locations of the Solar System. Entries listed in bold are Solar System-wide extremes. By feature By class By object By distance * List of Solar System objects most distant from the Sun See also * ...

List of extrasolar planet extremes The following are lists of extremes among the known exoplanets. The properties listed here are those for which values are known reliably. It is important to note that the study of exoplanets is one of the most dynamic emerging fields of science, a ...

* List of hottest stars *

List of largest cosmic structures This is a list of the largest cosmic structures so far discovered. The unit of measurement used is the light-year (distance traveled by light in one Julian year; approximately 9.46 trillion kilometres). This list includes superclusters, galax ...

List of largest stars Below are lists of the largest stars currently known, ordered by radius and separated into categories by galaxy. The unit of measurement used is the radius of the Sun (approximately ). The angular diameters of stars can be measured directly us ...

List of most massive black holes This is an ordered list of the most massive black holes so far discovered (and probable candidates), measured in units of solar masses (), approximately . Introduction A supermassive black hole (SMBH) is an extremely large black hole, on the ...

* List of most massive stars *

List of most luminous stars This is a list of stars arranged by their absolute magnitude – their intrinsic stellar luminosity. This cannot be observed directly, so instead must be calculated from the apparent magnitude (the brightness as seen from Earth), the distance t ...