Approximately how many degrees of latitude and longitude does North America cover?

Question

Approximately how many degrees of latitude and longitude does North America cover?

Answer 1

78° of latitude , 168° of longitude

Northernmost Point — Kaffeklubben Island, Greenland (83°N).

Southernmost Point — Cocos Island, Costa Rica (5°N).

Easternmost Point — Nordost Rundingen, Greenland (12°W)

Westernmost Point — Amatignak Island, Alaska, United States (180°W)

North America (Mainland) - 65° of latitude , 112° of longitude

Northernmost Point — Boothia Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada (72°N).

Southernmost Point — Punta Mariato, Panama (7°N).

Easternmost Point — Cape St Charles, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (56°W)

Westernmost Point — Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, United States (168°W)

Answer 2

Northernmost point: 83°40'N (Greenland)

Southernmost point: 5°30'N (Costa Rica)

That's about 78 degrees of longitude.

Easternmost point: 12°08'W (Greenland again)

Westernmost point: 179°46'E (Alaska, just on the other side of the 180th meridian and thus technically the most easternmost point in North America)

That's about 168 degrees of longitude.