Mainland Europe
- Northernmost point. Cape Nordkinn (Kinnarodden), Norway (71° 08′ 02″ N)
- Southernmost point. Punta de Tarifa, Spain (36° 00′ 15″ N)
- Westernmost point. Cabo da Roca, Portugal (09° 30′ 03″ W)
- Easternmost point. The easternmost point is dependent upon the various definitions of Europe's eastern border. Utilizing the most common definition of Europe's eastern edge (the watershed divide of the Ural Mountains), the easternmost point of the Ural watershed (and thus mainland Europe) lies on an unnamed 545 metre peak at 68° 18′ 37″ N 66° 37′ 05″ E as shown on various detailed maps such as the Soviet General Staff maps and as shown on Google Earth/Maps. This peak is 17 km northeast of an 875 meter peak named Gora Anoraga and 60 km southwest of Ostrov Lediyev (island) on Arctic waters south of the Kara Sea.
- The geographical midpoint equidistant to these extreme points (if 66° 11′ 57″ E is used as easternmost point) is at 53°34′01.5″N 28°20′57.2″E / 53.567083°N 28.349222°E / 53.567083; 28.349222, 15 km north east of Marina Gorka, Belarus. The centre could be 1° to the east.
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