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.- Type: Cape
- Description: peninsula in Nunavut, Canada
- Also known as: “マーチソン岬”
Murchison Promontory
- Categories: headland, peninsula, and landform
- Location: Nunavut, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
71.96802° or 71° 58′ 5″ north
Longitude
-94.95053° or 94° 57′ 2″ west
Elevation
50 metres (164 feet)
Open location code
C637X29X+6Q
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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”
- 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: “Марчисон Промонтори”
- Swedish: “Murchisonhalvön”
- Ukrainian: “Мерчисон”
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