Where is the northernmost point of land in the world?

The northernmost point of permanent land in the world is Kaffeklubben Island, off Greenland’s northern coast.

The tiny, uninhabited island lies near Cape Morris Jesup in northeastern Greenland, within the Northeast Greenland National Park. Its northern tip is at roughly 83°40′ north latitude, placing it hundreds of kilometres from the geographic North Pole. Greenland is therefore the correct country-level answer to the question.

Robert Peary recorded the island’s location in 1900, but it was first visited in 1921 by Danish explorer Lauge Koch. It was named Kaffeklubben, meaning “Coffee Club,” after an informal coffee club associated with the University of Copenhagen’s geological museum.

The record has occasionally been challenged by shifting gravel banks and supposed islands farther north, including Oodaaq and a formation called 83-42. Because those features may be temporary debris-covered icebergs or unstable gravel, Kaffeklubben remains the accepted northernmost permanent land. Cape Morris Jesup is the northernmost point of mainland Greenland, but not of all land.