List of countries by westernmost point
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This is a list of countries by westernmost point on land (dependent territories included). A selection of dependent territories are listed in italics and are not ranked.
There are five countries with territory on both sides of the 180th meridian, and thus can be said to be both the westernmost and easternmost countries: Russia, New Zealand, Fiji, United States, and Kiribati (as well as Antarctica). Russia, New Zealand, and Fiji have most of their territories west of the 180th meridian, in the Eastern Hemisphere, so they are considered in this article to belong to the easternmost countries with their territory stretching east beyond the 180th meridian into the Western Hemisphere. Conversely, the United States and Kiribati have most of their territories east of the 180th meridian, into the Western Hemisphere, so they are considered to belong to the westernmost countries, with their territory stretching west beyond the 180th meridian into the Eastern Hemisphere.
Rank | Country | Westernmost point | Longitude |
---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | Orote Point, Guam Peaked Island Alaska (westernmost point in the 50 states) Cape Alava (contiguous states) |
144°37′5.5″E 172°26′E 124°43′W |
2 | Kiribati | Banaba Island | 169°32′13″E |
3 | Tonga | Niuafo'ou, Tongatapu administrative area | 175°38′W |
4 | Samoa | Cape to the southwest of Falealupo, Gaga'ifomauga district | 172°48′W |
5 | Canada | Yukon–Alaska border | 141°00′W |
6 | United Kingdom | Oeno Island, Pitcairn Islands Manger townland, near Belleek, County Fermanagh (inhabited islands) Great Britain (inhabited islands): Vatersay |
130°44′W 08°10′W 07°34′W |
7 | Mexico | Roca Elefante at Guadalupe Island, in the Pacific Ocean Near Tijuana (mainland) |
118°22′00″W 117°02′W |
8 | Chile | Motu Nui, off Easter Island Taitao Peninsula (mainland) |
109°27′10″W 75°38′W |
9 | Guatemala | Border with Mexico on Pacific coast, San Marcos Department | 92°15′W |
10 | Ecuador | Galápagos Islands, Fernandina Island (mainland) |
92°01′W 80°05′W |
11 | El Salvador | Border with Guatemala, Ahuachapán Department | 90°15′W |
12 | Belize | Border with Guatemala, at Sarstoon River | 89°12′W |
13 | Honduras | Border with El Salvador and Guatemala, Ocotepeque Department | 88°43′W |
14 | Nicaragua | Pacific coast at Gulf of Fonseca, Chinandega Department | 87°40′W |
15 | Costa Rica | Cocos Island Santa Elena Peninsula (mainland) |
87°05′W 85°50′W |
16 | Cuba | Cape San Antonio on Guanahacabibes Peninsula, Pinar del Río Province | 84°58′W |
17 | Panama | Border with Costa Rica, Chiriquí Province | 83°04′W |
18 | Colombia | West of San Andrés island Nariño Department (mainland) |
81°44′W 79°00′W |
19 | Peru | Islets east of in the La Brea District, Talara Province, Piura Region | 81°19′45″W |
20 | Bahamas | Alice Town, Bimini | 79°15′W |
21 | Jamaica | South Negril Point, Westmoreland Parish | 78°22′W |
22 | Haiti | Cape near Anse-d'Hainault, Grand'Anse | 74°28′W |
23 | Brazil | Serra do Divisor, Acre | 73°59′04″W |
24 | Argentina | Cerro Agasiz, Santa Cruz Province | 73°30′00″W |
25 | Venezuela | Border with Colombia, Zulia State | 73°20′W |
26 | Denmark | Carey Islands, Greenland Mainland: Blåvandshuk (Ribe County) |
73°14′W 8°05′E |
27 | Greenland | Carey Islands | 73°14′W |
28 | Dominican Republic | Las Lajas, border with Haiti, Independencia Province | 72°00′W |
29 | Netherlands | Aruba Netherlands (Europe): Sint Anna ter Muiden |
70°01′W 3°21′E |
30 | Bolivia | Border with Peru | 69°40′W |
31 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Western cape of Saint Kitts, Saint Anne Sandy Point Parish | 62°51′W |
32 | Paraguay | Border with Bolivia and Argentina, Boquerón department | 62°35′W |
33 | Trinidad and Tobago | Westernmost cape of Trinidad, near | 61°56′W |
34 | Antigua and Barbuda | Antigua | 61°55′W |
35 | France | , Guadeloupe (Metropolitan France) Mainland: Pointe de Corsen |
61°48′W 5°08′W 4°47′W |
36 | Grenada | , Saint George Parish, Grenada island | 61°48′W |
37 | Dominica | Cape in the southwest of Saint John Parish | 61°30′W |
38 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Union Island, Grenadines Parish | 61°26′W |
39 | Guyana | Mount Venamo, border with Venezuela, Cuyuni-Mazaruni | 61°25′W |
40 | Saint Lucia | Western coast, Soufrière, Saint Lucia | 61°04′W |
41 | Barbados | , Saint Lucy | 59°40′W |
42 | Uruguay | Border with Argentina on Uruguay River, Soriano Department | 58°25′W |
43 | Suriname | Border with Guyana, Sipaliwini District | 58°05′W |
44 | Portugal | Monchique Islet, freguesia of Fajã Grande, municipality of Lajes das Flores (Azores) Cabo da Roca (mainland) |
31°16′8″W 9°50′W |
45 | Cape Verde | Cape near , Santo Antão Island | 25°25′W |
46 | Iceland | Bjargtangar, Vestur-Barðastrandarsýsla | 24°32′W |
47 | Spain | Punta de la Orchilla, El Hierro, Canary Islands Cape Touriñán (mainland) |
18°09′W 9°18′W |
48 | Senegal | Dakar city, Dakar Region | 17°27′W |
49 | Mauritania | Ras Nouadhibou peninsula, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region | 17°03′W |
50 | Western Sahara | La Güera | 17°03′W |
51 | Gambia | Atlantic coast, West Coast Division | 16°45′W |
52 | Guinea-Bissau | Cape Roxo, border with Senegal on Atlantic coast, Cacheu Region | 16°42′W |
53 | Guinea | Border with Guinea-Bissau on Atlantic coast, Boké Region | 15°03′W |
54 | Sierra Leone | Border with Guinea at Atlantic coast, Northern Province | 13°18′W |
55 | Morocco | Border with Western Sahara on Atlantic coast, Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira region | 13°15′W |
56 | Mali | Border with Senegal and Mauritania, Kayes Region | 12°00′W |
57 | Liberia | Border with Sierra Leone on Atlantic coast, Grand Cape Mount County | 11°30′W |
58 | Ireland | Tearaght Island, County Kerry Dunmore Head (mainland) |
10°40′W 10°28′W |
59 | Norway | Hoybergodden, Jan Mayen Vardetangen (mainland) |
9°04′39″W 4°56′E |
60 | Algeria | Border with Morocco and Western Sahara | 8°40′W |
61 | Côte d'Ivoire | Border with Liberia | 8°35′W |
— | Faroe Islands | Rock to the west of Mykines | 7°47′W |
62 | Burkina Faso | Cascades Region, border with Mali and Côte d'Ivoire | 5°30′W |
63 | Ghana | Border with Côte d'Ivoire, Western Region | 3°15′W |
64 | Togo | Border with Ghana and Burkina Faso, Savanes Region | 0°09′W |
65 | Niger | Border with Mali and Burkina Faso, Tillabéri Region | 0°07′E |
66 | Benin | Border with Togo | 0°50′E |
67 | Andorra | , Sant Julià de Lòria | 1°24′32″E |
68 | Belgium | De Panne, West Flanders | 2°35′E |
69 | Nigeria | Border with Benin, Ogun State | 2°45′E |
70 | Equatorial Guinea | Annobón island | 5°37′E |
71 | Luxembourg | Near Surré | 5°44′E |
72 | Germany | , near , North Rhine-Westphalia | 5°53′E |
73 | Switzerland | Chancy, Geneva | 5°57′22.69″E |
74 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Neves, São Tomé Island | 6°33′E |
75 | Italy | Rocca Bernauda, Piedmont | 6°37′E |
76 | Monaco | Near the southern end of the Boulevard du Jardin Exotique | 07°24′33″E |
77 | Tunisia | Border with Algeria, Tozeur Governorate | 7°35′E |
78 | Gabon | Cape Lopez, Ogooué-Maritime Province | 8°42′E |
79 | Cameroon | Southwest Region, border with Nigeria | 8°45′E |
80 | Libya | Border with Algeria, Ghat District | 9°20′E |
81 | Liechtenstein | River Rhine | 9°28′18″E |
82 | Austria | River Rhine near , Vorarlberg | 9°31′51″E |
83 | Sweden | Stora Drammen, Stromstad, Västra Götaland County (in the province of Bohuslän) | 10°57′27″E |
84 | Republic of the Congo | Border with Gabon at Atlantic coast | 11°10′E |
85 | Angola | Baia dos Tigres island, Namibe Province | 11°40′E |
86 | Namibia | Atlantic coast, Kunene Region | 11°45′E |
87 | Czech Republic | Krásná (Cheb District) near Aš, Karlovy Vary Region | 12°05′29″E |
88 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Border with Angola at Atlantic coast | 12°20′E |
89 | San Marino | Acquaviva | 12°24′30″E |
90 | Vatican City | Intersection of Viale Vaticano and Via Aurelia | 12°26′44.62″E |
91 | Slovenia | Municipality of Kobarid - Breginj | 13°23′E |
92 | Croatia | Cape Lako (rt Lako), Basanija (administratively part of the city of Umag, Istria County) | 13°30′E |
93 | Chad | Border with Niger | 13°40′E |
94 | Poland | Oder river, near Osinów Dolny, West Pomeranian Voivodeship | 14°07′E |
95 | Malta | , Gozo | 14°12′E |
96 | Central African Republic | Nana-Mambéré, border with Cameroon | 14°20′E |
97 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Border with Croatia near Bihać | 15°50′E |
98 | Hungary | Border with Austria and Slovenia, Vas County | 16°8′E |
99 | South Africa | Alexander Bay, border with Namibia at Atlantic coast, Northern Cape province | 16°30′E |
100 | Slovakia | Border with Austria, Bratislava Region | 16°50′E |
101 | Montenegro | Prijevor, Herceg Novi municipality | 18°26′E |
102 | Serbia | Bezdan | 18°51′E |
103 | Finland | Märket, Hammarland, Åland (mainland) |
19°13′11″E 20°32′E |
104 | Albania | Sazan Island, Vlorë | 19°16′32″E |
105 | Greece | , off Corfu Sagiada (mainland) |
19°23′E 19°59′E |
106 | Russia | Narmeln, Vistula Spit, Kaliningrad Oblast | 19°38′E |
107 | Botswana | Border with Namibia | 20°00′E |
108 | Romania | Beba Veche, a village in Timiș County, on the border with Hungary and Serbia | 20°19′E |
109 | North Macedonia | Border with Albania, Southwestern Statistical Region | 20°30′E |
110 | Lithuania | Border with Russia on Curonian Spit, Neringa municipality | 20°58′E |
111 | Latvia | Baltic Sea coast, Liepāja District | 21°00′E |
112 | Estonia | Nootamaa island, Atla village, Lääne-Saare Parish, Saare County Mainland: Cape Ramsi, Einbi/Enby village, Noarootsi Parish, Lääne County |
21°45′51″E 23°24′15″E |
113 | Sudan | Border with Chad, West Darfur | 21°50′E |
114 | Zambia | Border with Angola | 22°00′E |
115 | Ukraine | Border with Slovakia near Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia Oblast | 22°15′E |
116 | Bulgaria | Mount , Vidin Province | 22°21′E |
117 | Belarus | Brest oblast | 23°10′E |
118 | South Sudan | Radom National Park | 23°23′E |
119 | Egypt | Border with Libya, Matrouh Governorate | 24°40′E |
120 | Zimbabwe | Border with Zambia and Botswana, Matabeleland North Province | 25°20′E |
121 | Turkey | , Gokceada (Imbros Island), Çanakkale Cape Baba (mainland) |
25°39′56″E 26°03′E |
122 | Moldova | Criva, Briceni | 26°40′E |
123 | Lesotho | Border with South Africa west of , Mafeteng District | 27°00′E |
124 | Rwanda | Border with Democratic Republic of the Congo, Western Province | 28°52′E |
125 | Burundi | Cibitoke Province, border with Democratic Republic of the Congo | 28°59′E |
126 | Tanzania | Border with Democratic Republic of the Congo amid Lake Tanganyika, Kigoma Region | 29°10′E |
127 | Uganda | Border with Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kisoro District | 29°34′E |
128 | Mozambique | Border with Zambia, Tete Province | 30°15′E |
129 | Eswatini (Swaziland) | Border with South Africa, Manzini District | 30°48′E |
130 | Cyprus | 32°16′E | |
131 | Malawi | Border with Mozambique, Mchinji District | 32°40′E |
132 | Ethiopia | Border with Sudan, Gambela Region | 33°00′E |
133 | Israel | Border with Egypt and Gaza Strip | 34°15′E |
134 | Saudi Arabia | Tiran Island, Tabuk Province (Disputed territory with Egypt) (mainland) |
34°33′E 34°50′E |
135 | Jordan | Border with Saudi Arabia at the Gulf of Aqaba, Aqaba Governorate | 34°55′E |
136 | Kenya | Border with Uganda at Lake Victoria, Western Province | 35°00′E |
137 | Lebanon | Mediterranean coast near border with Israel, Tyre District | 35°06′E |
138 | Syria | Border with Israel in Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Quneitra Governorate | 35°30′E |
139 | Eritrea | Border with Sudan, west of Teseney, Gash-Barka Region | 36°50′E |
140 | Iraq | Al Anbar Governorate | 38°50′E |
141 | Somalia | Border with Kenya | 41°00′E |
142 | Georgia | Adjara | 41°30′E |
143 | Yemen | Jabal al-Tair Island | 41°49′E |
144 | Djibouti | Border with Ethiopia, Dikhil Region | 41°46′E |
145 | Comoros | Moroni, Grande Comore island | 43°12′E |
146 | Armenia | Shirak | 43°27′E |
147 | Madagascar | on Mozambique Channel coast, Toliara Province | 43°30′E |
148 | Iran | Sufi Ali, West Azerbaijan Province | 44°02′50″E |
149 | Azerbaijan | Sadarak, Nakhchivan | 44°46′E |
150 | Seychelles | Assumption Island | 46°29′E |
151 | Kuwait | Border with Iraq and Saudi Arabia, Al Jahra Governorate | 46°34′E |
152 | Kazakhstan | Border with Russia, West Kazakhstan Province | 50°00′E |
153 | Bahrain | Umm an Nasan island | 50°23′E |
154 | Qatar | Coast west of Dukhan, Al-Jamiliyah municipality | 50°45′E |
155 | United Arab Emirates | Small island to the northwest of the border with Saudi Arabia at the Persian Gulf coast, Abu Dhabi emirate | 51°33′E |
156 | Oman | Border with Saudi Arabia, Dhofar Governorate | 52°00′E |
157 | Turkmenistan | Border with Kazakhstan at Caspian Sea shore, Balkan Province | 52°25′E |
158 | Uzbekistan | Border with Kazakhstan, Karakalpakstan autonomous republic | 56°00′E |
159 | Mauritius | North Island of Agaléga Islands | 56°35′E |
160 | Afghanistan | Border with Iran, Herat | 60°30′E |
161 | Pakistan | Border with Iran and Afghanistan, Balochistan | 61°00′E |
162 | Tajikistan | Border with Uzbekistan, Sughd Province | 67°25′E |
163 | India | Sir Creek, Gujarat | 68°03′E |
164 | Kyrgyzstan | Border with Tajikistan, Batken Province | 69°20′E |
165 | Australia | McDonald Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands Steep Point (mainland) |
72°35′E 113°09′E |
166 | Maldives | Makunudhoo (Haa Dhaalu Atoll) | 72°42′E |
167 | China | Not to a hundred km[clarification needed] in the South-west of Wuqia, Xinjiang | 73°33′29″E |
168 | Sri Lanka | Kachchatheevu, Northern Province | 79°31′E |
169 | Nepal | Border with India near Mahakali, Sudurpashchim Province | 80°03′E |
170 | Mongolia | Border with Russia and China, Bayan-Ölgii Province | 88°00′E |
171 | Bangladesh | Rajshahi Division, border with India | 88°03′E |
172 | Bhutan | Border with India | 88°45′E |
173 | Myanmar | Rakhine State, border with Bangladesh | 92°15′E |
174 | Indonesia | Sabang | 94°45′E |
175 | Thailand | Border with Myanmar, Mae Hong Son Province | 97°20′E |
176 | Malaysia | Western coast of Langkawi island, Kedah state | 99°37′E |
177 | Laos | Border with Myanmar and Thailand, Bokeo Province | 100°08′E |
178 | Vietnam | Border with Laos and China, Điện Biên Province | 102°08′E |
179 | Cambodia | Battambang Province, border with Thailand | 102°25′E |
180 | Singapore | Western tip of Singapore island, West Region, Tuas | 103°36′E |
181 | Hong Kong | Western tip of Fan Lau Island, Lantau Island | 113°51′E |
182 | Brunei | Border with Malaysia near Kuala Belait | 114°05′E |
183 | Philippines | Kalayaan, Palawan | 114°17′E |
184 | Taiwan | Western tip of Dadan Island, Kinmen Island | 118°14′E |
185 | Japan | Cape Irizaki, Yonaguni Island Kōzakihana (four main islands) |
122°56′01″E 129°43′E |
186 | Timor-Leste | Border with Indonesia west of Citrana, Oecusse District | 124°00′E |
187 | North Korea | Pidansom | 124°10′E |
188 | South Korea | Baengnyeongdo Island, Incheon | 124°39′E |
189 | Palau | Tobi Island | 131°07′26″E |
190 | Micronesia | Ngulu Atoll, Yap state | 137°30′E |
191 | Papua New Guinea | Border with Indonesia, Western Province | 140°55′E |
192 | Solomon Islands | Treasury Islands, Western Province | 155°33′30″E |
193 | Marshall Islands | Ujelang Atoll | 160°54′E |
194 | New Zealand | Cape Lovitt, Auckland Islands West Cape (South Island) |
166°42′E 165°50′E |
195 | Nauru | West coast of Nauru island | 166°53′E |
196 | Vanuatu | Hiw Island | 166°33′E |
197 | Tuvalu | Lakena | 176°03′E |
198 | Fiji | Viwa Island | 176°53′E |
See also[]
- Lists of countries by geography
- Geography-related lists
- Extreme points by country