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 of the Chilean islands. The Americas cross 134° of longitude east to west and 124° of latitude north to south. The Americas including islands Northernmost point — Kaffeklubben Island, Greenland Southernmost point — Southern Thule, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Easternmost point — Nordostrundingen, Greenland Westernmost point — Cape Wrangell on Attu Island, Alaska, United States The continental Americas Northernmost point — Murchison Promontory, Nunavut, Canada Southernmost point — Cape Froward, Magallanes, Chile Easternmost point — Ponta do Seixas, Paraíba, Brazil Westernmost point — Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, United States Highest points Aconcagua, Mendoza Province, Argentina — highest summit of the Americas, the Western Hemisphere, and the Southern Hemisphere at . Ojos del Salado, Chile and Argentina — highest volcano summit on Earth and second highest summit of the Americas, the Western Hemisphere, and the Southern Hemisphere at . Denali (Mount McKinley), Alaska, United States — highest summit of North America at . Volcán Tajumulco, San Marcos, Guatemala — highest summit of Central America at . Gunnbjørn Fjeld, Sermersooq, Island of Greenland, Greenland — highest island summit of the Americas and the Western Hemisphere and highest summit of the entire Arctic at . Pico Duarte, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola — highest summit of the Caribbean at . Lowest points Laguna del Carbón, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina — lowest surface point of the Americas, the Western Hemisphere, and the Southern Hemisphere at . Badwater Basin, Death Valley, California, United States — lowest surface point of North America at . Furnace Creek Airport, California, United States — lowest airfield of the Americas at . Furnace Creek, California, United States — lowest settlement of the Americas at . Calipatria, California, United States — lowest city of the Americas at . Lago Enriquillo, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola — lowest surface point on any ocean island on Earth at . New Orleans, Louisiana, United States — lowest city of the Americas with an average elevation of . Isthmus of Rivas, Rivas, Nicaragua — lowest pass between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean (on the Continental Divide of the Americas) at . Great Slave Lake bottom, Northwest Territories, Canada —