Ixchiguán, San Marcos Department, Guatemala — highest town of North America at 3200 m (10,500 feet) Leadville, Colorado, United States — highest city of North America at 3094 m (10,152 feet) Lake County Airport, Colorado, United States — highest airfield of North America at 3026 m (9,927 feet) Lowest points Badwater Basin, Death Valley, California, United States — lowest land surface of North America at Salton Sea, California, United States — lowest lake of North America at −69 m (−226 feet) Furnace Creek Airport, California, United States — lowest airfield of the Americas at −64 m (−210 feet) Furnace Creek, California, United States — lowest settlement of the Americas at −58 m (−190 ft) Calipatria, California, United States — lowest city of the Americas at −56 m (−184 feet) Lago Enriquillo, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola — lowest lake on an island and lowest surface point on any ocean island on Earth at −27 m (−89 feet) New Orleans, Louisiana, United States — lowest city of the Americas with an average elevation of −0.5 m (−1.5 feet) Isthmus of Rivas, Rivas, Nicaragua — lowest pass between Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean (on the Continental Divide of the Americas) at 56 m (184 feet) Great Slave Lake bottom, Northwest Territories, Canada — lowest fresh water point of the Americas at −458 m (−1,503 feet) Other points The geographic center of the North American continent is located at , about 6 miles west of Balta in Pierce County, North Dakota, United States. The North American pole of inaccessibility is located at , about eleven miles southeast of the town of Kyle on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Bennett County, South Dakota, United States, 1650 km (1025 miles) from the nearest coastlines. Islands Island of Greenland — most extensive island on Earth at 2,130,800 km2 (822,700 square miles) and tallest island of Western Hemisphere. Highest point is Gunnbjørn Fjeld at . Island of Cuba — most extensive island of the Caribbean at 104,556 km2 (40,369 square miles). Highest point is Pico Turquino at . Hispaniola — tallest island of the Caribbean and second most extensive island of the Caribbean at 76,480 km2 (29,529 square miles). Highest peak is Pico Duarte at . Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron, Ontario, Canada — most extensive lake island on Earth at 2,766 km2 (1,068 square miles) Unimak Island — highest point is Shishaldin Volcano at . Ellesmere Island