Geography of Senegal - Extreme Points

Extreme Points

This is a list of the extreme points of Senegal, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

  • Northern-most point – unnamed location on the border with Mauritania in the Senegal river immediately north-west of the town of Podor, Saint-Louis Region
  • Eastern-most point – unnamed location on the border with Mali near the confluence of the Balin-Ko river and the Falémé River, Kédougou Region
  • Southern-most point – unnamed location on the border with Guinea immediately south of the village of Toile, Kédougou Region
  • Western-most point - Pointe des Almadies, Cap Vert peninsula, Dakar Region*
  • *Note: this is also the western-most point of the African continent

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