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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
Geographic coordinates expressed in WGS 84.
Colombia
- Northernmost point: Bajo Nuevo keys in San Andrés y Providencia Department (15°53′03″N 81°22′14″W / 15.88417°N 81.37056°W / 15.88417; -81.37056)
- Southernmost point: stream in Amazonas River, Leticia, in Amazonas Department (4°13′37″S 69°56′50″W / 4.22694°S 69.94722°W / -4.22694; -69.94722)
- Westernmost point: San Andrés Island in San Andrés y Providencia Department (12°31′51″N 81°44′08″W / 12.53083°N 81.73556°W / 12.53083; -81.73556)
- Easternmost point: San José Island in Rio Negro, in front of the Cocuy monolith in Guainía Department (1°13′48″N 66°51′01″W / 1.23000°N 66.85028°W / 1.23000; -66.85028)
Colombia (mainland)
- Northernmost point: Punta Gallinas in Guajira Department (12°27′30″N 71°39′52″W / 12.45833°N 71.66444°W / 12.45833; -71.66444)
- Southernmost point: Amazonas River, Leticia, in Amazonas Department (4°13′37″S 69°56′50″W / 4.22694°S 69.94722°W / -4.22694; -69.94722)
- Westernmost point: Cabo Manglares in Nariño Department (1°39′02″N 79°00′29″W / 1.65056°N 79.00806°W / 1.65056; -79.00806)
- Easternmost point: San José Island in Rio Negro, in front of the Cocuy monolith in Guainía Department (1°13′48″N 66°51′01″W / 1.23000°N 66.85028°W / 1.23000; -66.85028)
Altitude
Height refers to mean sea level.
- Highest point: Pico Cristóbal Colón in Magdalena Department, 5,730 m (10°50′11.6″N 73°41′12.3″W / 10.836556°N 73.686750°W / 10.836556; -73.686750)
- Lowest point: Pacific Ocean, 0 m
The Columbia Gazetteer of the World (2008) gives Pico Cristóbal Colón's height as 5,776 m, but the CIA World Factbook (2024) gives the height as 5,730 m.
References
- ^ "Colombia". The World Factbook (2024 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency.
- Cohen, Saul Bernard (2008). The Columbia Gazetteer of the World: A to G. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-14554-1.
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