Investigating The Extreme Points Of Countries & Continents

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[@duckmeister5385]

Doing the extreme points in Vatican City was a baller move: This point. This point. This point. And this point.

[@chefnyc]

How many meters as the crow flies? (Or a snail crawls)

[@markmh835]

Do those 4 points have street addresses? If there are no names or addresses, I suggest we petition the Pope to name them. My nominees for the names of the 4 extreme points would be: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (You saw that one coming, didn't you?)

[@mrbanana6492]

POV: You’re blind

[@iwattasandwich8672]

Another mind-blowing extreme point: Uruguay's northernmost point is the southernmost northern point of any country, excluding territories.

[@markmh835]

Thanks! I love these kind of statistics and wish this site had covered them: southernmost northern point (Uruguay as you said); northernmost southern point (probably Iceland); easternmost western point and westernmost eastern point. Also: lowest highest point (probably Maldives) and highest lowest point (perhaps Bolivia?). I'm weird and I have no life..... 😊

[@mvic81818]

The US easternmost and westernmost points are technically in the Aleutian Islands straddling the international dateline.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

The two Point Udalls are the easternmost and westernmost by direction of travel, not longitude! By longitude, both points are in Alaska! Here's the history on why they have the same name: Point Udall on St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands is the original Point Udall and was named in 1969 for Stewart Udall, who was an Arizona congressman and Secretary of the Interior under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Point Udall in Guam on the other hand is named after his brother, Arizona congressman Morris "Mo" Udall. It was originally called Orote Point until it was renamed in Morris's honor in 1987 after a proposal by Congressman Denny Smith of Oregon and was designated by Guamanian governor Joseph Franklin Ada. When the Guamanian point's renaming was proposed, Congressman Smith and Guam's nonvoting congressional delegate Ben Blaz explained that "America's day would begin and end at a Point Udall". And after Morris died in 1998 at age 76, Bill Clinton said "It is fitting that the easternmost point of the United States, in the Virgin Islands, and the westernmost point, in Guam, are both named 'Udall Point.' The Sun will never set on the legacy of Mo Udall". Stewart would die in 2010 at age 90.

[@SGilles919]

Yes! Part 2! Canada, Australia, Brazil, China, Mexico, Italy, Indonesia, and maybe another continent...South or North America would be interesting. Europe too. So would Asia...I'm just gonna name all of them! Edited to add: Chile is also a must!

[@C0lon0]

The fact that Chile is just the second tallest country is just insane.

[@intellegentpeoplehere]

And india too

[@berkajr3685]

Yes please. Australia and South America was left out. It needs to be done. Thank you for a great video

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

my country is left out too.

[@lennydowntown9376]

I know mainland Australia’s southernmost point, Wilson’s Prom in Victoria. Worth noting I’m Aussie

[@saturnzmatz]

yes !!! i'd really wanna see australia's extreme points (i'm not even australian i just wanna learn abt it)

[@NebraskaGonvilleJones]

The vast majority of Australians are unaware of Australias highest point. Most understand it to be Mt Kosciusko on the mainland however that is incorrect. The summit of Big Ben (an active volcano on Heard Island) is Mawson Peak at 2,745m and is the highest point of Aus.

[@chrisuminski6037]

The eastern most point of the USA is technically in Alaska because the Aleutian Islands cross the 180° Longitude point

[@kybeozactus407]

In Russia, 180 meridian passes through Chukotka - according to your logic, this is both the westernmost and the easternmost edge of Russia.

[@chrisuminski6037]

@@kybeozactus407 correct.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

I can explain the reason the Northwest Angle is that way: It's due to an erroneous map consulted while drafting the Treaty of Paris in 1783. As part of negotiations to conclude the American Revolution, Great Britain recognized and approved a boundary between the US and Canada that ran from the East Coast to the Mississippi River. While determining the US's northern border, negotiators worked off a map from 1755 that incorrectly showed Lake of the Woods as being smaller and differently shaped than it actually is. This caused cartographers to believe Lake of the Woods, and, by extension, the Northwest Angle, were adjacent to the Mississippi Headwaters. It wasn’t until 1798 that a British explorer proved the Headwaters was not actually connected to Lake of the Woods. In the Anglo-American Convention of 1818, the error regarding the Mississippi River was corrected by having the boundary continue due south from the northwest point of the lake, but only to the 49th parallel and then westward along it. The Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 reaffirmed this border. Because of laws restricting fishing, some residents of the Northwest Angle suggested joining Canada in 1997. When a congressman proposed legislation to let the residents vote on leaving, this angered the leaders of Red Lake Indian Reservation, which holds most of the Northwest Angle's land.

[@maskingtapee]

Thanks Kim Jong Un

[@Melisareb]

If you include transcontinental islands in Africa, the westernmost part is some islands in Portugal/Spain, while the easternmost part is Socotra. The easternmost part of the UK is The British Indian Ocean Territory, not the controversial military bases in Cyprus.

[@angelofababeir1709]

was about to say this

[@jpro6413]

The British Indian Ocean Territory is not British anymore, Otherwise you are right

[@Lord_Skeptic]

​@@jpro6413yes it is. The clue is in the name.

[@prplt]

no it's Cape Verde and Mauritius 😂

[@tanmaysriram3081]

@The Geography BIble, i found a minor issue at 1:13. You've said that the easternmost point is point udall, which is correct from a travel point of view, but when viewed form a longitudinal POV there is pochnoi point on semisopochnoi island alaska which falls at 179 degrees and 46 minutes east. But again, this is in reference to the IDT, not direction of travel. Overall good video though! :D

[@Lord_Skeptic]

If you were to go by longitudal logic then Russia's easternmost and westernmost point are at the antimeridian.

[@Lord_Skeptic]

What does IDT stand for?

[@joened4613]

Not only part-2, you should also do a part-3!

[@Adrienmon]

4:00 : Pronunciation tip : "Il de Bwan" ("e" of "de" pronunced like the "u" of "hurry") Plus the human presence in the region is not on this island, which is just a tiny rock assicated to the Kerguelen Islands. The human settlement you mention is ~120km away North-East to it, on the main island of the Kerguelen Islands

[@JanSKrogh]

The production is entertaining, but a weakness is that countries and their territories are mixed up. For example, Dhekelia is not part of the UK but a territory that the UK owns.

[@J3scribe]

Very interesting, I'd watch another.

[@melaniepeapell7326]

I loved this video. We definitely need a Part Two. Personally I would be interested in the extreme places of South America

[@fleunteur]

Asia would be interesting perhaps you also do Indonesia and other underrated countries like doctor congo or 🚗🇨🇫

[@usage8903]

Benten-jima is a tiny TINY island off of Soya-misaki, which is normally what is considered the northern point of Japan. These is a monument there.

[@linuxman7777]

For Japan, there is also what is considered a mainland IE the 4 main Islands, and each of those has extreme points as well. Cape Sata in Kagoshima(Southern Most) In Hokkaido Cape Soya(Northernmost) Cape Noshappu(Easternmost) And Kozakihana in Nagasaki(Westernmost)

[@noodengr3three825]

I have been to two of the spots. Africa's westernmost point. There is a huge statue representing African Renasance . Also the southern most of the Vatican

[@TwoFourFourFour]

Great channel cobber

[@HolySoliDeoGloria]

kən-TIG-yoo-əs (g always has the "hard" sound when followed by a, o, or u-very rare exceptions are gaol and margarine). Interesting video!

[@sdrawkcabUK]

Small correction - Lubec, Maine is the easternmost *town* in the contiguous US. The eastern most point is Quoddy Head (though looks like there’s some small islets further out if you count those) Ps. Check out Lowestoft Ness - UKs eastern point- it’s a thrilling place.

[@mysteriousDSF]

1:29 if there's a mountain I'd really love to climb it's Denali along with Kilimanjaro. Something absolutely magnificent about these mountains. Mount Everest has absolutely no appeal to me and some others like Aconcagua are just straight-up terrifying Ps. The big mountain in Hawaii is also great 😃👍🏻

[@DevinHeida]

You mean you don't want to see dead bodies, literal shit on the ground and litter left everywhere? Along with the sherpas doing most of the hard work for you? How doesn't that sound appealing.

[@MissMissy22]

Yes part 2!

[@AtarahDerek]

You are wrong about the US and Russia's easternmost and westernmost points. For Russia, its easternmost point is the exact same as its westernmost point; the district of Chukotka, including Wrangel Island. For the US, its easternmost point is Semisopochnoi Island, and its westernmost point is one of the outlying Delarof Islands. Both are part of the Aleutian Island chain.

[@fantastic8400]

Please I would like a part 2 of the extreme points of countries and continents

[@dmax9946]

Could make a series of you include lowest geographical point and possibly historical extreme points

[@rosieroti4063]

Please do more. Lowest points of countries like Bolivia, Nepal, Bhutan vs highest points of Poland, Mongolia, Malawi Also do longest rivers passing through least number of countries vs shortest rivers passing through most number of countries. Shortest distance to the ocean for all land locked countries. Also rank land locked nations by sea food consumption. Do any of them exceed per capita consumption of countries with a coastline? Top ten deepest points on dry land below sea level. Countries with most percentage area covered by water. Coldest points close to the equator vs warmest (hottest) points close to the poles.

[@techoutsider5631]

Along those lines, the highest point in Denmark 😊

[@Alxinho959]

One that I even had to look up because I couldn’t believe it is that Canada’s easternmost point is closer to Estonia than it is to Canada’s westernmost point

[@sBrCj]

unpopular opinion maybe? including overseas territories and stuff like that certainly makes it fun, seeing just the continental extreme points would be more interesting

[@kalaivarmapanadian8977]

Please do south east asia's points 🙏

[@Carlium]

You should do Norway and it's overseas territories.

[@kozonsegeszsaar]

I would love to see a planet earth edition!

[@___Kelli___]

Could you include Paraguay and Austria in one of your videos?

[@betterdeadthanred23]

5:44 isn’t Cape of Hope more southern?

[@grahamharris526]

If I remember correctly I was advised the Alaskan Elusion Island chain extends beyond the International date line making them the furthest eastern points within the US.

[@truckermikemct1]

Alaska is the furthest eastern state in the USA. The most western Aleutian Islands cross the International Dateline, making them east of the continental mainland.

[@davidleatherwood1363]

Alaska have Islands on the other side of the international date line. With is the fastest east u can get in america. I would head west to get there but as soon as u cross the line you are east and secret time zones ahead

[@dannyisthecoolest1]

9:25 would it not be british indian ocean territory?

[@XxXpentech30XxX]

Like a breathe of fresh air

[@MalekEllouz00]

Things wrong with Northern-most point in Africa: Ras Ben Sakka is not Cap Blanc. It is called Cap Angela in French. Cap Blanc is a cap slightly to the east of it. Also, the pointer shows the Galite Islands in Tunisia, which are not named Cap Blanc as is shown in the video. They are not on the mainland, but they are the also the Northen-most point in Africa if you include islands.

[@LalinDissanayaka]

Do more parts

[@ShedowGame]

fun fact: france's southernmost is actually the literal south pole since they own the terre adélie in antarctica

[@Donanzador]

It is not. Nobody owns the Antarctica, there's only a bunch of disputed claims.

[@ShedowGame]

@@Donanzador i think u needa review the antarctic treaty

[@Donanzador]

@@ShedowGame Quite frankly I think it's you who needs to review the Antarctic Treaty. While it doesn't renounce any previous claims made before the treaty came into force, it also doesn't give the claims any international recognition or legal basis. Every member that has joined the Treaty is freely allowed to access all parts of the Antarctica (Including Terre Adelie) at all times, so thus no party solely "owns" any part of it. In addition, only 5 countries (out of a total of 56 that are part of the treaty) recognize France's claim, so I would say it (as well as the other 7 claims) is very much disputed.

[@Dubliner-un9lw]

At least by longitude the easternmost point of the US is Semispochnoi Island and the westernmost point is Amatignak Island and are seperated by about 100km

[@LocalBroYT]

3:57 Correction: Îles de Boynes is pronounced (EEL-de-Boin)

[@SquallLeonhartlo]

I may be wrong but, for the UK, isn't Diego Garcia, the island they use for a military base in the Indian Ocean, further east than Cyprus? Perhaps you excluded it because there is a dispute over it, but if that's the case, I'm unfamiliar with any dispute over the sovereignty of the island, only the dispute over the right of the former native people to return. I'm happy to be educated on any of these if someone cares to comment.

[@Lord_Skeptic]

There is a dispute with Mauritius about it

[@jamesyoung7742]

Norway would have been great for this

[@markmh835]

In Key West, Florida, USA, there is a colorful monument claiming to mark "the Southernmost Point in the United States." It is not in the water. Therefore i just walked behind the monument and found myself SOUTH of the SOUTHERNMOST point. (I wonder if I was still in the USA?) 😱😊

[@truciciel9537]

7:38 "over 900 km south from the north pole" Me: Yeah, but WHICH SOUTH?

[@DeanPlayzAxolotl]

The northern most point of the contiguous us is some where in Maine not the northwest angle

[@tunisian_stats]

I am Tunisian 🇹🇳❤️

[@kwokhardy2512]

Part 2? Of course!

[@AlbertTheGamer-gk7sn]

2:20 You mean "latitude"?, as longitude goes east to west, and latitude goes north to south. Longitude is meridians, while latitude is parallels.

[@michaelconnolly7681]

Yes please. Do a part 2,3 ,4,5 etc. This video is so interesting. We want more.

[@angelofababeir1709]

Shouldn't Africa's westernmost point probably in Cape Verde and easternmost point in its Indian Ocean countries?

[@cooltaylor1015]

Isn't part of Alaska across the 180⁰ line? If so, wouldn't the east most part of the USA Bethe closest part of Alaska to one side of the line, and west most be the opposite side of the line?

[@kennkoala]

What about the lowest points, or would that be a very short video?

[@travelispassionromania1994]

Planet Earth would be good. I'm from Romania 🇷🇴. Could you do a documentary on my country? Thank you

[@marym7104]

18,790th viewer of this video!

[@Wallblue21]

2:46 is this a bad bunny reference?

[@rv7589]

Also if you zoom on minamitori island, among all the military facilities, you'll find a house with a swimming pool, in the bottom of which you can clearly see the Playboy bunny.

[@marcussieffesci5587]

The Us’s most eastern and western points are in Alaska

[@DaanBruins]

wouldn't the most eastern point in the uk be the biot?

[@someperson3883]

America’s Eastern Most point is in Alaska.

[@lilsuzq32]

Yup...people never agree with me when I point that out.

[@oetsofficial]

Funny if you do Netherlands

[@payu349]

Is nobody gonna talk about how South America got flooded in the beginning of the video? 0:10

[@chefnyc]

It would be nice to have extremes with civilians living. Honestly an atol that 50 soldiers are guarding is not that interesting. Because I cannot go there…

[@petrus9067]

Idk why but counting overseas territoties, or even islands unconected to the continent. especially random small uninhabted islands is kinda flat to me. Like they seem too arbitrary. But like most people are saying, more parts would be cool!

[@riinak7212]

*con-TIG-you-ous Fun video though! :)

[@frankdebruin4435]

This video is very inaccurate. If you measure the easternmost and westernmost points in France by using their coordinates (thus splitting by the 180th meridian), instead of by direction of travel, you should also do this for the US. This would mean that the easternmost is Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska and the westernmost should be Amatignak Island, Alaska. These islands are only apart by a couple miles but get split by the 180th meridian, as do the islands of France.

[@sevsevie]

did anyone notice at the start how south america was ascending into water

[@itssomething1043]

Wouldn't frances most southern point and the UK's be in Antarctica

[@Ladder-mo7lq]

Antarctic claims aren't recognized

[@benlonghurst7777]

The British Indian Ocean Territory is the furthest east territory of the UK

[@pepperonish]

I believe Alaska has both the furthest and West.

[@marym7104]

Within 2 days!

[@Lord_Skeptic]

The easternmost and westernmost point of Russia is at the antimeridian

[@mysteriousDSF]

Mercator is the reason why we misunderstand Africa's shape. It's a lot less elongated and more stubby and square-like in reality.

[@ToutCQJM]

Are you sure the word “contiguous” is pronounced that way?

[@Gmackematix]

In case you ever have to say it a lot again, it's contiguous with a hard g, not a soft g like litigious or religious.

[@marmac83]

"Contiguous" has a hard G, as evidenced by the spelling.

[@danielszekeres8003]

His English accent just pronounces the word differently, doesnt mean hes wrong.

[@marmac83]

@@danielszekeres8003 It has nothing to do with accent. There is a correct way to pronounce the word, and an incorrect way. It's as simple as looking at the spelling of the word. Not rocket science.

[@benlonghurst7777]

@@danielszekeres8003 As an Englishman, I can confirm that it is pronounced 'contig-yoo-us' in British English

[@kevinmlafleche]

do it all

[@oceanashby521]

Do both please. A part 2 and extreme points on planet earth 👍

[@thorin5591]

Canada (Also North Americas 2nd) Northernmost point: Cape Columbia Nunavut 83°N latitude Canada Southernmost point: Pelee Island Ontario 41°N latitude Canada Easternmost point: Cape Spear Newfoundland and Labrador 52°W Canada Westernmost point: Yukon-Alaska Border 141°W Canada Highest Point: Mount Logan 5,959 meters.

[@rajabel334]

Part 2 pl

[@SHEEPLE21]

Yea

[@Sanandaj_geo]

Highest point of Iran is mount Damavand which is the highest volcano in Asia

[@_Shinzou_]

Great video! For a possible part 2, you should include Norway, as the distance between the northernmost and southernmost point is insane, the most extreme in the world i believe

[@latxatxa6665]

do Spain

[@janejones7638]

Another one, DJ Khaled. No, no that's not it, it's another great video as usual.

[@cycklist]

The Vatican owns various buildings outside the city itself which it considers fully sovereign territory. Why do you not count these, but include France's territories, for example?

[@danielszekeres8003]

A building cannot be on the same level as an island. We are not counting embassies either for obvious reasons.

[@lauriekeats8538]

OMG Pronunciation!!!! Had to switch off after a minute.

[@rohankishibe8259]

Love how Africa extreme points are all the word "head" in different languages!!!

[@michaelbindner9883]

Household income can be divided into two sources: government employees, contractors and beneficiaries and private industry employees. This gives a more accurate view of the impact of federal spending on the economy at large. Default on the debt would destabilize capitalism. Mutual funds and long term investments are leveraged by federal debt holdings. Default in this debt and the accounts are only backed by secondary market speculation, which has no intrinsic value. In bankruptcy, its value us zero. Debt, however (including government holdings) is backed by the ability and willingness to tax incomes, particularly those of high income households. This unwillingness by Republicans has led to the recent downgrade of its debt from AAA to AA+

[@L-mo]

The word is contiguous and it's pronounced /kənˈtɪɡjʊəs/

[@TwilightRealm723]

Small correction: The South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands are all disputed by Argentina, just like the Falkland / Malvinas Islands. And while Thule Island IS the Southernmost point of the UK not counting the Antartic claim, since you didn't want this video to include disputed territories, you should've mentioned Gough Island (Tristan da Cunha) in the South Antlantic instead! It's located 10,250kms away from London and is known to be closest land to the most remote island in the World, Bouvet Island, "only" ~1840kms separate the two! Human eye didn't get a glimpse of the place until 1505 and it (alongside the Inaccessible Island futher north) is a UNESCO World heritage site. Nobody lives on the island aside from a handful of South African researchers who staff the weather station on the east coast.

[@Luizam55]

Hey um, I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt, but making a video of extreme points of countries and continents and the only continent in question being Africa while we live in a world that severely segregates said continent seems a bit disingenuous. I like your videos and I understand that keeping them somewhat short is key to getting a greater audience, but perhaps you could do a part two showcasing more continents and fewer countries to maybe balance it out? Perhaps extreme points of America (the continent, not the country) and Oceania as well as some countries in Africa itself to show some diversity in the continent!

[@JonEdwardJordan]

The "contigious" US? I think you'll find the word you wanted was "contiguous". It's a U after the hard G.

[@healthyminds9279]

Great video! Too bad there's always gonna be hardcore nitpickers in the comments.

[@marvel_dc_]

Russia is gigantic 😂

[@terranceparsons5185]

Isn't the word contiggguous

[@Dracopol]

0:28 You pronounced "non-contiguous" as if it rhymed with "contagious". No, it's hard-g sound: non-kun-TI-gyoo-us.