Few have heard of Natal, in Brazil's far north-east tip.
Next stop was Laguna Grande, a bay on the island's north-east tip near Fajardo that is famed for its bioluminescence.
Sometimes the best way of dealing with winter is to get as far away from it as possible – and destinations don't come much more far-flung than the Furneaux Islands, off the north-east tip of Tasmania.
The Orkney Islands – there are 70 of them – are a low-lying cluster just off the north-east tip of Caithness, accessible by ferry from Thurso or Aberdeen, or by air from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness.
The last 2km of the trail is steep and slippery, especially in the dark: when you reach the top, the glow of your achievement may be dimmed as it's not unusual for cloud cover to obscure the (otherwise) incredible view of the whole of the entire north-east tip of the island of Borneo.
Eight-day self-guided walk with Macs Adventure, £425pp including some meals and telephone support Running for 745 miles from Peel Fell in the Cheviot Hills, to the north-east tip of Scotland at Duncansby Head, the Scottish Watershed (between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea) is a twisting, tortuous route.
The eclipse will cast its 95-mile (150km) wide shadow starting at dawn in Australia's Northern Territory, then cross the north-east tip of the country before swooping east across the South Pacific, where no islands are in its direct path.
The region, in the north-east tip of India, is not politically influential, sending only one representative to the country's parliament.
The prime minister, who is staying in a tent at a site sacred to the local community near Nhulunbuy on the north-east tip of the Northern Territory, was given a traditional welcome when he arrived on Sunday.
Penmon is a promontory, village and ecclesiastical parish on the south-east tip of the Isle of Anglesey in Wales, about 3 mile east of the town of Beaumaris.
