Extreme points of Colombia
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This is a list of the extreme points of Colombia, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.
Latitude and longitude
[edit | edit source]Geographic coordinates expressed in WGS 84.
Colombia
[edit | edit source]- Northernmost point: Bajo Nuevo keys in San Andrés y Providencia Department (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.)
- Southernmost point: stream in Amazonas River, Leticia, in Amazonas Department (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.)
- Westernmost point: San Andrés Island in San Andrés y Providencia Department (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.)
- Easternmost point: San José Island in Rio Negro, in front of the Cocuy monolith in Guainía Department (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.)
Colombia (mainland)
[edit | edit source]- Northernmost point: Punta Gallinas in Guajira Department (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.)
- Southernmost point: Amazonas River, Leticia, in Amazonas Department (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.)
- Westernmost point: Cabo Manglares in Nariño Department (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.)
- Easternmost point: San José Island in Rio Negro, in front of the Cocuy monolith in Guainía Department (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.)
Altitude
[edit | edit source]Height refers to mean sea level.
- Highest point: Pico Cristóbal Colón in Magdalena Department, 5,730 m[1] (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.)
- Lowest point: Pacific Ocean, 0 m[1]
The Columbia Gazetteer of the World (2008) gives Pico Cristóbal Colón's height as 5,776 m,[2] but the CIA World Factbook (2024) gives the height as 5,730 m.[1]