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'''United States''' | '''United States''' | ||
[[File:USA-Extreme-Points.svg|USA-Extreme-Points|right|200px|thumb|Extreme points in the contiguous 48 states: Northwest Angle (MN), Ballast Key (FL), Sail Rock (ME), Bodelteh Islands (WA) See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_the_United_States]] | [[File:USA-Extreme-Points.svg|USA-Extreme-Points|right|200px|thumb|Extreme points in the contiguous 48 states: Northwest Angle (MN), Ballast Key (FL), Sail Rock (ME), Bodelteh Islands (WA) See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_the_United_States]] | ||
* easternmost point in continental U.S.: '''Sail Rock, Lubec, Maine''' | |||
* northernmost state in the continental U.S.: '''Minnesota''' | * northernmost state in the continental U.S.: '''Minnesota''' | ||
* northernmost point in the continental U.S.: '''Northwest Angle''', Minnesota, known as "The Angle" | * northernmost point in the continental U.S.: '''Northwest Angle''', Minnesota, known as "The Angle" | ||
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** in 2010, it's population was 119 | ** in 2010, it's population was 119 | ||
** see: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Angle Northwest Angle (wiki)] | ** see: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Angle Northwest Angle (wiki)] | ||
* northernmost point in U.S.: '''Point Barrow, Alaska''' | |||
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