Murchison Promontory
Murchison Promontory, a cape in the northern Canadian Arctic, is the northernmost mainland point of the Americas and of Canada. Located 1,087 nautical miles from the North Pole, it is 64 km farther north than Point Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost point of all U.S. territory.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Murchison Promontory
- Type: Cape
- Description: peninsula in Nunavut, Canada
- Categories: headland, peninsula, and landform
- Location: Nunavut, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Murchison Promontory from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Murchison Promontory” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Merçison burnu”
- Belarusian: “Мерчысан”
- Bulgarian: “Мърчисън (нос)”
- Bulgarian: “Мърчисън”
- Cebuano: “Murchison Promontory”
- Chinese: “默奇森岬”
- Dutch: “Murchison Promontory”
- French: “promontoire Murchison”
- French: “Promontoire Murchison”
- Japanese: “マーチソン・プロモントリー”
- Japanese: “マーチソン岬”
- Kabardian: “Мерчисон”
- Kazakh: “Мерчисон мүйісі”
- Korean: “머치슨곶”
- Latin: “Promunturium Murchisoni”
- Latvian: “Mērčisona rags”
- Polish: “Półwysep Murchisona”
- Portuguese: “Promontório Murchison”
- Russian: “Мерчисон”
- Russian: “Мёрчисон”
- Serbian: “Marčison Promontori”
- Serbian: “Murchison Promontory”
- Serbian: “Марчисон Промонтори”
- Swedish: “Murchison Promontory”
- Swedish: “Murchisonhalvön”
- Ukrainian: “Мерчисон”
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