lowest fresh water point of the Americas at . Inland points The continental pole of inaccessibility of the Americas 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, from the nearest coastlines. The South American pole of inaccessibility is located at , near Arenápolis, Brazil, from the nearest coastlines. Islands Island of Greenland — most extensive island on Earth at and tallest island of Western Hemisphere at . Island of Cuba — most extensive island of the Caribbean at . Hispaniola — tallest island of the Caribbean at and second most extensive island of the Caribbean at . Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron, Ontario, Canada — most extensive lake island on Earth at . Lakes Lake Superior, Canada and the United States — most voluminous lake in the Americas and the Western Hemisphere at . Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada — deepest lake in the Americas and the Western Hemisphere at . Lake Michigan–Huron, Canada and the United States — most extensive lake in the Americas and the Western Hemisphere and the most extensive fresh water lake on Earth at . Nettilling Lake on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada — most extensive lake on any island on Earth at . Lake Manitou on Manitoulin Island in Lake Michigan–Huron, Ontario, Canada — most extensive lake on an island in a lake on Earth at . Rivers Amazon Basin of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela — most extensive river basin on Earth at . Mississippi Basin of Canada and the United States — most extensive river basin of North America at . Amazon River of Peru, Colombia, and Brazil — longest river in the Americas and the Western Hemisphere at and the most profuse river on Earth with an average discharge of . Mississippi-Missouri-Jefferson River System of the United States — longest river system of North America at . Paraná River of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay — the second most extensive river on the Americas, at . Missouri River of the United States — longest river of North America at . Mississippi River of the United States — longest Gulf of Mexico main stem river at . Yukon River of Canada and the United States — longest Bering Sea main stem river at . Nelson River of Manitoba, Canada — longest