The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country.
Elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, an equipotential gravitational surface model of the Earth's sea level.
Contents |
Flag | Country or region | Highest point | Maximum elevation | Lowest point | Minimum elevation | Elevation span |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | Noshaq | 24,580 ft |
7492 mAmu Darya | 846 ft |
258 m23,734 ft |
7234 m|
Albania | Maja e Korabit | 9,068 ft |
2764 mAdriatic Sea | sea level | 9,068 ft |
2764 m|
Algeria | Mount Tahat | 9,852 ft |
3003 mChott Melrhir | −40 m −131 ft |
9,984 ft |
3043 m|
American Samoa | Lata Mountain on Ta‘ū | 3,169 ft |
966 mSouth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 3,169 ft |
966 m|
Andorra | Coma Pedrosa | 9,652 ft |
2942 mGran Valira | 2,756 ft |
840 m6,896 ft |
2102 m|
Angola | Morro de Môco | 8,596 ft |
2620 mSouth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 8,596 ft |
2620 m|
Anguilla | Crocus Hill on Anguilla | 213 ft |
65 mCaribbean Sea | sea level | 213 ft |
65 m|
Antarctica[1][2] | Vinson Massif[3][4] | 16,050 ft |
4892 mSouthern Ocean | sea level | 16,050 ft |
4892 m|
Antigua and Barbuda | Mount Obama on Antigua | 1,319 ft |
402 mCaribbean Sea | sea level | 1,319 ft |
402 m|
Argentina | Aconcagua[5][6] | 22,835 ft |
6960 mLaguna del Carbón[7] | −105 m −344 ft |
23,179 ft |
7065 m|
Armenia | Mount Aragats | 13,419 ft |
4090 mDebed | 1,312 ft |
400 m12,106 ft |
3690 m|
Aruba | Mount Jamanota on Aruba | 617 ft |
188 mCaribbean Sea | sea level | 617 ft |
188 m|
Ascension Island | Green Mountain on Ascension Island | 2,818 ft |
859 mSouth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 2,818 ft |
859 m|
Ashmore and Cartier Islands | unnamed location | 10 ft |
3 mIndian Ocean | sea level | 10 ft |
3 m|
Australia | Mount Kosciuszko[8] | 7,310 ft |
2228 mLake Eyre | −15 m −49 ft |
7,359 ft |
2243 m|
Austria | Großglockner | 12,461 ft |
3798 mLake Neusiedl | 377 ft |
115 m12,083 ft |
3683 m|
Azerbaijan | Bazarduzu Dagi | 14,715 ft |
4485 mCaspian Sea | −28 m −92 ft |
14,806 ft |
4513 m|
Bahamas, The | Mount Alvernia on Cat Island | 207 ft |
63 mNorth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 207 ft |
63 m|
Bahrain | Jabal ad Dukhan | 400 ft |
122 mPersian Gulf | sea level | 400 ft |
122 m|
Bangladesh | Mowdok Mual | 3,451 ft |
1052 mBay of Bengal | sea level | 3,451 ft |
1052 m|
Barbados | Mount Hillaby on Barbados | 1,102 ft |
336 mNorth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 1,102 ft |
336 m|
Belarus | Dzyarzhynskaya Hara | 1,135 ft |
346 mNeman | 295 ft |
90 m840 ft |
256 m|
Belgium | Signal de Botrange | 2,277 ft |
694 mNorth Sea | sea level | 2,277 ft |
694 m|
Belize | Doyle's Delight | 3,688 ft |
1124 mCaribbean Sea | sea level | 3,688 ft |
1124 m|
Benin | Mont Sokbaro | 2,159 ft |
658 mBight of Benin | sea level | 2,159 ft |
658 m|
Bermuda | Town Hill on Bermuda | 249 ft |
76 mNorth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 249 ft |
76 m|
Bhutan | Gangkhar Puensum | 24,836 ft |
7570 mDrangme Chhu | 318 ft |
97 m24,518 ft |
7473 m|
Bolivia | Sajama | 21,463 ft |
6542 mRio Paraguay | 295 ft |
90 m21,168 ft |
6452 m|
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Maglić | 7,828 ft |
2386 mAdriatic Sea | sea level | 7,828 ft |
2386 m|
Botswana | Otse Hill | 4,892 ft |
1491 mconfluence of Limpopo River and Shashe River | 1,683 ft |
513 m3,209 ft |
978 m|
Bouvet Island | Olav Peak on Bouvet Island | 3,068 ft |
935 mSouth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 3,068 ft |
935 m|
Brazil | Pico da Neblina | 9,823 ft |
2994 mAtlantic Ocean | sea level | 9,823 ft |
2994 m|
British Indian Ocean Territory | unnamed location on Diego Garcia | 49 ft |
15 mIndian Ocean | sea level | 49 ft |
15 m|
Brunei | Bukit Pagon on Borneo | 6,070 ft |
1850 mSouth China Sea | sea level | 6,070 ft |
1850 m|
Bulgaria | Musala | 9,596 ft |
2925 mBlack Sea | sea level | 9,596 ft |
2925 m|
Burkina Faso | Tena Kourou | 2,457 ft |
749 mBlack Volta | 656 ft |
200 m1,801 ft |
549 m|
Burma | Hkakabo Razi | 19,295 ft |
5881 mIndian Ocean | sea level | 19,295 ft |
5881 m|
Burundi | Mount Heha | 8,806 ft |
2684 mLake Tanganyika | 2,533 ft |
772 m6,273 ft |
1912 m|
Cambodia | Phnom Aural | 5,938 ft |
1810 mGulf of Thailand | sea level | 5,938 ft |
1810 m|
Cameroon | Mount Cameroon | 13,255 ft |
4040 mBight of Bonny | sea level | 13,255 ft |
4040 m|
Canada | Mount Logan[9] | 19,551 ft |
5959 mNorth Atlantic Ocean Arctic Ocean North Pacific Ocean |
sea level | 19,551 ft |
5959 m|
Cape Verde | Mount Fogo on Fogo | 9,281 ft |
2829 mNorth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 9,281 ft |
2829 m|
Cayman Islands | The Bluff on Cayman Brac | 151 ft |
46 mCaribbean Sea | sea level | 151 ft |
46 m|
Central African Republic | Mont Ngaoui | 4,659 ft |
1420 mUbangi River | 1,099 ft |
335 m3,560 ft |
1085 m|
Chad | Emi Koussi | 11,302 ft |
3445 mBodélé Depression | 525 ft |
160 m10,778 ft |
3285 m|
Chile | Ojos del Salado[10][11] | 22,615 ft |
6893 mSouth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 22,615 ft |
6893 m|
China[12] | Mount Everest[13] | 29,029 ft |
8848 mAydingkol[14] | −154 m −505 ft |
29,534 ft |
9,002 m|
Christmas Island | Murray Hill on Christmas Island | 1,184 ft |
361 mIndian Ocean | sea level | 1,184 ft |
361 m|
Clipperton Island | Rocher Clipperton on Île de Clipperton | 95 ft |
29 mNorth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 95 ft |
29 m|
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | unnamed location | 16 ft |
5 mIndian Ocean | sea level | 16 ft |
5 m|
Colombia | Pico Cristóbal Colón[15][16] Pico Simón Bolívar[15][16] |
18,701 ft |
5700 mNorth Pacific Ocean Caribbean Sea |
sea level | 18,701 ft |
5700 m|
Comoros | Mount Karthala on Grande Comore | 7,743 ft |
2360 mIndian Ocean | sea level | 7,743 ft |
2360 m|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Margherita Peak | 16,762 ft |
5109 mSouth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 16,762 ft |
5109 m|
Congo, Republic of the | Mont Nabeba | 3,346 ft |
1020 mSouth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 3,346 ft |
1020 m|
Cook Islands | Te Manga on Rarotonga | 2,139 ft |
652 mSouth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 2,139 ft |
652 m|
Coral Sea Islands | unnamed location on Cato Island | 95 ft |
29 mSouth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 95 ft |
29 m|
Costa Rica | Cerro Chirripó | 12,533 ft |
3820 mNorth Pacific Ocean Caribbean Sea |
sea level | 12,533 ft |
3820 m|
Côte d'Ivoire | Mont Nimba | 5,748 ft |
1752 mGulf of Guinea | sea level | 5,748 ft |
1752 m|
Croatia | Dinara | 6,007 ft |
1831 mAdriatic Sea | sea level | 6,007 ft |
1831 m|
Cuba | Pico Turquino on Cuba | 6,476 ft |
1974 mCaribbean Sea | sea level | 6,476 ft |
1974 m|
Curaçao | Christoffelberg on Curaçao | 1,230 ft |
375 mCaribbean Sea | sea level | 1,230 ft |
375 m|
Cyprus | Mount Olympus on Cyprus | 6,401 ft |
1951 mMediterranean Sea | sea level | 6,401 ft |
1951 m|
Czech Republic | Sněžka | 5,256 ft |
1602 mElbe | 377 ft |
115 m4,879 ft |
1487 m|
Denmark | Møllehøj | 561 ft |
171 mLammefjord | −7 m −23 ft |
584 ft |
178 m|
Djibouti | Mousa Ali | 6,654 ft |
2028 mLake Asal[17] | −155 m −509 ft |
7,162 ft |
2183 m|
Dominica | Morne Diablotins on Dominica | 4,747 ft |
1447 mCaribbean Sea | sea level | 4,747 ft |
1447 m|
Dominican Republic | Pico Duarte[18] on Hispaniola | 10,164 ft |
3098 mLago Enriquillo[19] on Hispaniola | −46 m −151 ft |
10,315 ft |
3144 m|
Ecuador | Chimborazo[20] | 20,561 ft |
6267 mPacific Ocean | sea level | 20,561 ft |
6267 m|
Egypt | Mount Catherine | 8,625 ft |
2629 mQattara Depression | −133 m −436 ft |
9,062 ft |
2762 m|
El Salvador | Cerro El Pital | 8,957 ft |
2730 mNorth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 8,957 ft |
2730 m|
Equatorial Guinea | Pico Basile on Bioko | 9,869 ft |
3008 mNorth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 9,869 ft |
3008 m|
Eritrea | Emba Soira | 9,902 ft |
3018 mLake Kulul | −75 m −246 ft |
10,148 ft |
3093 m|
Estonia | Suur Munamägi | 1,043 ft |
318 mBaltic Sea | sea level | 1,043 ft |
318 m|
Ethiopia | Ras Dejen | 14,928 ft |
4550 mDanakil Depression | −125 m −410 ft |
15,338 ft |
4675 m|
European Union[21] | Mont Blanc [22] | 15,781 ft |
4810 mLammefjord | −7 m −23 ft |
15,804 ft |
4817 m|
Falkland Islands | Mount Usborne on East Falkland | 2,313 ft |
705 mSouth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 2,313 ft |
705 m|
Faroe Islands | Slættaratindur on Eysturoy | 2,894 ft |
882 mNorth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 2,894 ft |
882 m|
Fiji | Tomanivi on Viti Levu | 4,344 ft |
1324 mSouth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 4,344 ft |
1324 m|
Finland | Halti | 4,344 ft |
1324 mBaltic Sea | sea level | 4,344 ft |
1324 m|
France | Mont Blanc [22] | 15,781 ft |
4810 mDelta du Rhône | −2 m −7 ft |
15,787 ft |
4812 m|
French Guiana | Bellevue de l'Inini | 2,792 ft |
851 mNorth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 2,792 ft |
851 m|
French Polynesia | Mont Orohena[23] on Tahiti | 7,352 ft |
2241 mSouth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 7,352 ft |
2241 m|
French Southern Territories | Mont Ross on Iles Kerguelen | 6,070 ft |
1850 mIndian Ocean | sea level | 6,070 ft |
1850 m|
Gabon | Mont Bengoué | 3,510 ft |
1070 mAtlantic Ocean | sea level | 3,510 ft |
1070 m|
Gambia, The | unnamed location | 174 ft |
53 mNorth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 174 ft |
53 m|
Georgia | Shkhara | 17,064 ft |
5201 mBlack Sea | sea level | 17,064 ft |
5201 m|
Germany | Zugspitze | 9,718 ft |
2962 mNeuendorf-Sachsenbande | −4 m −12 ft |
9,729 ft |
2966 m|
Ghana | Mount Afadjato | 2,887 ft |
880 mGulf of Guinea | sea level | 2,887 ft |
880 m|
Gibraltar | Rock of Gibraltar | 1,398 ft |
426 mStrait of Gibraltar | sea level | 1,398 ft |
426 m|
Greece | Mount Olympus | 9,577 ft |
2919 mMediterranean Sea | sea level | 9,577 ft |
2919 m|
Greenland | Gunnbjørn Fjeld[24][25] on Greenland | 12,139 ft |
3700 mArctic Ocean North Atlantic Ocean |
sea level | 12,139 ft |
3700 m|
Grenada | Mount Saint Catherine on Grenada | 2,756 ft |
840 mCaribbean Sea | sea level | 2,756 ft |
840 m|
Guadeloupe | La Grande Soufrière on Île de Basse-Terre | 4,869 ft |
1484 mCaribbean Sea | sea level | 4,869 ft |
1484 m|
Guam | Mount Lamlam[26] on Guam | 1,332 ft |
406 mNorth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 1,332 ft |
406 m|
Guatemala | Volcán Tajumulco[27] | 13,845 ft |
4220 mNorth Pacific Ocean Caribbean Sea |
sea level | 13,845 ft |
4220 m|
Guernsey | Le Moulin on Sark | 374 ft |
114 mEnglish Channel | sea level | 374 ft |
114 m|
Guinea | Mont Nimba | 5,748 ft |
1752 mNorth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 5,748 ft |
1752 m|
Guinea-Bissau | unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country | 984 ft |
300 mNorth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 984 ft |
300 m|
Guyana | Mount Roraima | 9,022 ft |
2750 mNorth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 9,022 ft |
2750 m|
Haiti | Pic la Selle on Hispaniola | 8,793 ft |
2680 mCaribbean Sea | sea level | 8,793 ft |
2680 m|
Heard Island and McDonald Islands | Mawson Peak on Heard Island[8] | 9,006 ft |
2745 mIndian Ocean | sea level | 9,006 ft |
2745 m|
Honduras | Cerro Las Minas | 9,416 ft |
2870 mCaribbean Sea North Pacific Ocean |
sea level | 9,416 ft |
2870 m|
Hong Kong | Tai Mo Shan | 3,143 ft |
958 mSouth China Sea | sea level | 3,143 ft |
958 m|
Hungary | Kékes | 3,327 ft |
1014 mTisza | 249 ft |
76 m3,077 ft |
938 m|
Iceland | Hvannadalshnúkur on Iceland | 6,921 ft |
2110 mNorth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 6,921 ft |
2110 m|
India | Kangchenjunga[28][29] | 28,169 ft |
8586 mKuttanad[30] | −2 m −7 ft |
28,177 ft |
8588 m|
Indonesia | Puncak Jaya[31][32] on New Guinea | 16,024 ft |
4884 mIndian Ocean South Pacific Ocean |
sea level | 16,024 ft |
4884 m|
Iran | Damavand | 18,406 ft |
5610 mCaspian Sea | −28 m −92 ft |
18,497 ft |
5638 m|
Iraq | Cheekha Dar | 11,847 ft |
3611 mPersian Gulf | sea level | 11,847 ft |
3611 m|
Ireland | Carrauntoohil on Ireland | 3,406 ft |
1038 mNorth Slob, Wexford | −3 m −10 ft |
3,406 ft |
1038 m|
Isle of Man | Snaefell on the Isle of Man | 2,037 ft |
621 mIrish Sea | sea level | 2,037 ft |
621 m|
Israel | Mount Meron | 3,963 ft |
1208 mDead Sea[33] | −422 m −1,385 ft |
5,348 ft |
1630 m|
Italy | Monte Bianco[22] | 15,781 ft |
4810 mDelta del Po | −3 m −10 ft |
15,791 ft |
4813 m|
Jamaica | Blue Mountain Peak on Jamaica | 7,402 ft |
2256 mCaribbean Sea | sea level | 7,402 ft |
2256 m|
Jan Mayen | Haakon VII Toppen | 7,470 ft |
2277 mNorwegian Sea | sea level | 7,470 ft |
2277 m|
Japan | Mount Fuji on Honshū | 12,388 ft |
3776 mHachiro-gata | −4 m −13 ft |
12,402 ft |
3780 m|
Jersey | Les Platons on Jersey | 469 ft |
143 mEnglish Channel | sea level | 469 ft |
143 m|
Jordan | Jabal Umm ad Dami | 6,083 ft |
1854 mDead Sea[33] | −422 m −1,385 ft |
7,467 ft |
2276 m|
Kazakhstan | Khan Tengri | 22,999 ft |
7010 mKaragiye Depression | −132 m −433 ft |
23,432 ft |
7142 m|
Kenya | Mount Kenya | 17,057 ft |
5199 mIndian Ocean | sea level | 17,057 ft |
5199 m|
Kiribati | unnamed location on Banaba | 266 ft |
81 mPacific Ocean | sea level | 266 ft |
81 m|
Korea, North | Paektu-san | 9,003 ft |
2744 mSea of Japan Yellow Sea |
sea level | 9,003 ft |
2744 m|
Korea, South | Halla-san on Jejudo | 6,398 ft |
1950 mSea of Japan Yellow Sea |
sea level | 6,398 ft |
1950 m|
Kosovo[34] | Gjeravica | 8,714 ft |
2656 mWhite Drin | 974 ft |
297 m7,740 ft |
2359 m|
Kuwait | unnamed location | 1,004 ft |
306 mPersian Gulf | sea level | 1,004 ft |
306 m|
Kyrgyzstan | Jengish Chokusu | 24,406 ft |
7439 mKara Darya | 433 ft |
132 m23,973 ft |
7307 m|
Laos | Phou Bia | 9,242 ft |
2817 mMekong | 230 ft |
70 m9,012 ft |
2747 m|
Latvia | Gaizinkalns | 1,024 ft |
312 mBaltic Sea | sea level | 1,024 ft |
312 m|
Lebanon | Qurnat as Sawda' | 10,131 ft |
3088 mMediterranean Sea | sea level | 10,131 ft |
3088 m|
Lesotho | Thabana Ntlenyana[35] | 11,424 ft |
3482 mconfluence of Orange River and Makhaleng River | 4,593 ft |
1400 m6,831 ft |
2082 m|
Liberia | Mount Wuteve | 4,724 ft |
1440 mNorth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 4,724 ft |
1440 m|
Libya | Bikku Bitti | 7,438 ft |
2267 mSabkhat Ghuzayyil | −47 m −154 ft |
7,592 ft |
2314 m|
Liechtenstein | Grauspitz | 8,527 ft |
2599 mRhine | 1,411 ft |
430 m7,116 ft |
2169 m|
Lithuania | Aukštojas Hill | 964 ft |
294 mNemunas delta | −1 m −4 ft |
968 ft |
295 m|
Luxembourg | Kneiff | 1,837 ft |
560 mMoselle River | 436 ft |
133 m1,401 ft |
427 m|
Macau | Coloane Alto on Gau Ou Saan | 564 ft |
172 mSouth China Sea | sea level | 564 ft |
172 m|
Macedonia | Golem Korab | 9,068 ft |
2764 mVardar | 164 ft |
50 m8,904 ft |
2714 m|
Madagascar | Maromokotro on Madagascar | 9,436 ft |
2876 mIndian Ocean | sea level | 9,436 ft |
2876 m|
Malawi | Mount Mulanje | 9,849 ft |
3002 mShire River | 121 ft |
37 m9,728 ft |
2965 m|
Malaysia | Gunung Kinabalu on Borneo | 13,435 ft |
4095 mSouth China Sea Indian Ocean |
sea level | 13,435 ft |
4095 m|
Maldives[36] | unnamed location on Villingili[37] | 8 ft |
2 mIndian Ocean | sea level | 8 ft |
2 m|
Mali | Hombori Tondo | 3,789 ft |
1155 mSenegal River | 75 ft |
23 m3,714 ft |
1132 m|
Malta | Ta'Dmejrek on Malta Island | 830 ft |
253 mMediterranean Sea | sea level | 830 ft |
253 m|
Marshall Islands | unnamed location on Likiep | 33 ft |
10 mNorth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 33 ft |
10 m|
Martinique | Montagne Pelee on Martinique | 4,583 ft |
1397 mCaribbean Sea | sea level | 4,583 ft |
1397 m|
Mauritania | Kediet ej Jill | 3,002 ft |
915 mSebkha de Ndrhamcha | −5 m −16 ft |
3,018 ft |
920 m|
Mauritius | Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire on Mauritius | 2,717 ft |
828 mIndian Ocean | sea level | 2,717 ft |
828 m|
Mayotte | Benara on Mahoré | 2,165 ft |
660 mMozambique Channel | sea level | 2,165 ft |
660 m|
Mexico | Volcán Citlaltépetl (Pico de Orizaba)[38] | 18,491 ft |
5636 mLaguna Salada | −10 m −33 ft |
18,524 ft |
5646 m|
Federated States of Micronesia | Dolohmwar on Pohnpei | 2,595 ft |
791 mNorth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 2,595 ft |
791 m|
Moldova | Dealul Bălăneşti | 1,411 ft |
430 mDniester | 7 ft |
2 m1,404 ft |
428 m|
Monaco | along Chemin des Révoires on Mont Agel | 528 ft |
161 mMediterranean Sea | sea level | 528 ft |
161 m|
Mongolia | Khüiten Peak | 14,350 ft |
4374 mHoh Nuur Depression | 1,699 ft |
518 m12,651 ft |
3856 m|
Montenegro | Zla Kolata | 8,314 ft |
2534 mAdriatic Sea | sea level | 8,314 ft |
2534 m|
Montserrat | Chances Peak on Montserrat | 3,002 ft |
915 mCaribbean Sea | sea level | 3,002 ft |
915 m|
Morocco[39] | Jbel Toubkal | 13,665 ft |
4165 mSebjet Tah | −55 m −180 ft |
13,845 ft |
4220 m|
Mozambique | Monte Binga | 7,992 ft |
2436 mMozambique Channel | sea level | 7,992 ft |
2436 m|
Namibia | Konigstein | 8,550 ft |
2606 mSouth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 8,550 ft |
2606 m|
Nauru | Command Ridge on Nauru | 233 ft |
71 mSouth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 233 ft |
71 m|
Navassa Island | unnamed location on Navassa Island | 253 ft |
77 mCaribbean Sea | sea level | 253 ft |
77 m|
Nepal | Mount Everest[13] | 29,029 ft |
8848 mKanchan Kalan | 230 ft |
70 m28,799 ft |
8778 m|
Netherlands | Mount Scenery[40] on Saba | 2,877 ft |
877 mZuidplaspolder | −7 m −22 ft |
2,899 ft |
884 m|
New Caledonia | Mont Panié on New Caledonia | 5,341 ft |
1628 mCoral Sea | sea level | 5,341 ft |
1628 m|
New Zealand | Aoraki/Mount Cook[41] on South Island | 12,316 ft |
3754 mSouth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 12,316 ft |
3754 m|
Nicaragua | Mogoton | 6,913 ft |
2107 mNorth Pacific Ocean Caribbean Sea |
sea level | 6,913 ft |
2107 m|
Niger | Mont Idoukal-n-Taghès | 6,634 ft |
2022 mNiger River | 656 ft |
200 m5,978 ft |
1822 m|
Nigeria | Chappal Waddi | 7,936 ft |
2419 munnamed location on Lagos Island | −0.2 m −0.7 ft |
7,937 ft |
2419 m|
Niue | unnamed location near Mutalau on Niue | 223 ft |
68 mSouth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 223 ft |
68 m|
Norfolk Island | Mount Bates on Norfolk Island | 1,047 ft |
319 mSouth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 1,047 ft |
319 m|
Northern Mariana Islands | unnamed location on Agrihan | 3,166 ft |
965 mNorth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 3,166 ft |
965 m|
Norway | Galdhøpiggen | 8,100 ft |
2469 mNorwegian Sea | sea level | 8,100 ft |
2469 m|
Oman | Jabal Shams | 9,777 ft |
2980 mArabian Sea | sea level | 9,777 ft |
2980 m|
Pakistan | K2[42][43] | 28,251 ft |
8611 mArabian Sea | sea level | 28,251 ft |
8611 m|
Palau | Mount Ngerchelchuus on Babeldaob | 794 ft |
242 mNorth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 794 ft |
242 m|
Palestine | Tall Asur | 3,353 ft |
1022 mDead Sea[33] | −422 m −1,385 ft |
4,738 ft |
1444 m|
Panama | Volcán Barú | 11,401 ft |
3475 mNorth Pacific Ocean Caribbean Sea |
sea level | 11,401 ft |
3475 m|
Papua New Guinea | Mount Wilhelm on New Guinea | 14,793 ft |
4509 mSouth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 14,793 ft |
4509 m|
Paraguay | Cerro Peró | 2,762 ft |
842 mRio Paraguay | 151 ft |
46 m2,612 ft |
796 m|
Peru | Huascarán[44] | 22,205 ft |
6768 mSouth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 22,205 ft |
6768 m|
Philippines | Mount Apo on Mindanao | 9,692 ft |
2954 mPhilippine Sea South China Sea |
sea level | 9,692 ft |
2954 m|
Pitcairn Islands | Pawala Valley Ridge on Pitcairn Island | 1,138 ft |
347 mSouth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 1,138 ft |
347 m|
Poland | Northwestern peak of Rysy | 8,199 ft |
2499 mŻuławy Wiślane | −2 m −6 ft |
8,205 ft |
2501 m|
Portugal | Ponta do Pico on Pico Island[45] | 7,713 ft |
2351 mNorth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 7,713 ft |
2351 m|
Puerto Rico | Cerro de Punta on Puerto Rico | 4,390 ft |
1338 mCaribbean Sea | sea level | 4,390 ft |
1338 m|
Qatar | Qurayn Abu al Bawl | 338 ft |
103 mPersian Gulf | sea level | 338 ft |
103 m|
Réunion | Piton des Neiges on Réunion | 10,069 ft |
3069 mIndian Ocean | sea level | 10,069 ft |
3069 m|
Romania | Moldoveanu | 8,346 ft |
2544 mBlack Sea | sea level | 8,346 ft |
2544 m|
Russia | Mount Elbrus[46][47] | 18,510 ft |
5642 mCaspian Sea[48] | −28 m −92 ft |
18,602 ft |
5670 m|
Rwanda | Mount Karisimbi | 14,826 ft |
4519 mRuzizi River | 3,117 ft |
950 m11,709 ft |
3569 m|
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[39] | unnamed location | 2,641 ft |
805 mSebjet Tah | −55 m −180 ft |
2,822 ft |
860 m|
Saint Barthélemy | Morne du Vitet on Saint Barthélemy | 938 ft |
286 mCaribbean Sea | sea level | 938 ft |
286 m|
Saint Helena | Diana's Peak[49] on Saint Helena | 2,684 ft |
818 mSouth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 2,684 ft |
818 m|
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Mount Liamuiga on Saint Kitts | 3,793 ft |
1156 mCaribbean Sea | sea level | 3,793 ft |
1156 m|
Saint Lucia | Mount Gimie on Saint Lucia | 3,117 ft |
950 mCaribbean Sea | sea level | 3,117 ft |
950 m|
Saint Martin | Pic Paradis on Saint Martin | 1,391 ft |
424 mCaribbean Sea | sea level | 1,391 ft |
424 m|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Morne de la Grande Montagne on Miquelon | 787 ft |
240 mNorth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 787 ft |
240 m|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | La Soufrière on Saint Vincent | 4,049 ft |
1234 mCaribbean Sea | sea level | 4,049 ft |
1234 m|
Samoa | Mauga Silisili on Savai'i | 6,093 ft |
1857 mSouth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 6,093 ft |
1857 m|
San Marino | Monte Titano | 2,477 ft |
755 mAusa River | 180 ft |
55 m2,297 ft |
700 m|
São Tomé and Príncipe | Pico de São Tomé on São Tomé Island | 6,640 ft |
2024 mGulf of Guinea | sea level | 6,640 ft |
2024 m|
Saudi Arabia | Jabal Sawda | 10,279 ft |
3133 mPersian Gulf Red Sea |
sea level | 10,279 ft |
3133 m|
Senegal | unnamed feature near Nepen Diakha | 1,906 ft |
581 mNorth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 1,906 ft |
581 m|
Serbia | Đeravica | 8,714 ft |
2656 mIron Gate | 92 ft |
28 m8,622 ft |
2628 m|
Seychelles | Morne Seychellois on Mahé | 2,969 ft |
905 mIndian Ocean | sea level | 2,969 ft |
905 m|
Sierra Leone | Mount Bintumani | 6,391 ft |
1948 mNorth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 6,391 ft |
1948 m|
Singapore | Bukit Timah on Singapore | 537 ft |
164 mSingapore Strait | sea level | 537 ft |
164 m|
Sint Maarten | Sentry Hill on Sint Maarten | 1,115 ft |
340 mCaribbean Sea | sea level | 1,115 ft |
340 m|
Slovakia | Gerlachovský štít | 8,711 ft |
2655 mBodrog | 308 ft |
94 m8,402 ft |
2561 m|
Slovenia | Triglav | 9,396 ft |
2864 mAdriatic Sea | sea level | 9,396 ft |
2864 m|
Solomon Islands | Mount Popomanaseu on Guadalcanal | 7,661 ft |
2335 mSouth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 7,661 ft |
2335 m|
Somalia | Shimbiris | 8,038 ft |
2450 mIndian Ocean | sea level | 8,038 ft |
2450 m|
South Africa | Mafadi | 11,319 ft |
3450 mSouth Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean |
sea level | 11,319 ft |
3450 m|
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Mount Paget[50] on South Georgia | 9,626 ft |
2934 mSouth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 9,626 ft |
2934 m|
South Sudan | Kinyeti | 10,456 ft |
3187 mWhite Nile | 1,312 ft |
400 m9,144 ft |
2787 m|
Spain | Teide[51] on Tenerife[52] | 12,198 ft |
3718 mNorth Atlantic Ocean Mediterranean Sea |
sea level | 12,198 ft |
3718 m|
Spratly Islands[53] | unnamed location on Southwest Cay | 13 ft |
4 mSouth China Sea | sea level | 13 ft |
4 m|
Sri Lanka | Pidurutalagala on Sri Lanka | 8,281 ft |
2524 mIndian Ocean | sea level | 8,281 ft |
2524 m|
Sudan | Deriba Caldera | 9,980 ft |
3042 mRed Sea | sea level | 9,980 ft |
3042 m|
Suriname | Juliana Top | 4,035 ft |
1230 mNorth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 4,035 ft |
1230 m|
Svalbard | Newtontoppen on Spitsbergen | 5,633 ft |
1717 mArctic Ocean North Atlantic Ocean |
sea level | 5,633 ft |
1717 m|
Swaziland | Emlembe | 6,109 ft |
1862 mMaputo River | 69 ft |
21 m6,040 ft |
1841 m|
Sweden | Kebnekaise | 6,903 ft |
2104 mKristianstad | −2 m −8 ft |
6,911 ft |
2106 m|
Switzerland | Monte Rosa | 15,203 ft |
4634 mLake Maggiore | 640 ft |
195 m14,564 ft |
4439 m|
Syria | Jabal el-Sheikh | 9,232 ft |
2814 mMediterranean Sea | sea level | 9,232 ft |
2814 m|
Taiwan[54] | Yu Shan on Taiwan | 12,966 ft |
3952 mSouth China Sea | sea level | 12,966 ft |
3952 m|
Tajikistan | Ismoil Somoni Peak | 24,590 ft |
7495 mSyr Darya | 984 ft |
300 m23,606 ft |
7195 m|
Tanzania | Kilimanjaro[55][56] | 19,331 ft |
5892 mIndian Ocean | sea level | 19,331 ft |
5892 m|
Thailand | Doi Inthanon | 8,415 ft |
2565 mGulf of Thailand Andaman Sea |
sea level | 8,415 ft |
2565 m|
Timor-Leste | Mount Ramelau on Timor | 9,721 ft |
2963 mTimor Sea | sea level | 9,721 ft |
2963 m|
Togo | Mont Agou | 3,235 ft |
986 mBight of Benin | sea level | 3,235 ft |
986 m|
Tokelau | unnamed location | 16 ft |
5 mSouth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 16 ft |
5 m|
Tonga | unnamed location on Kao | 3,389 ft |
1033 mSouth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 3,389 ft |
1033 m|
Trinidad and Tobago | El Cerro del Aripo on Trinidad | 3,084 ft |
940 mCaribbean Sea | sea level | 3,084 ft |
940 m|
Tristan da Cunha | Queen Mary's Peak[49] on Tristan da Cunha | 6,759 ft |
2060 mSouth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 6,759 ft |
2060 m|
Tunisia | Jebel ech Chambi | 5,066 ft |
1544 mShatt al Gharsah | −17 m −56 ft |
5,121 ft |
1561 m|
Turkey | Mount Ararat | 16,854 ft |
5137 mMediterranean Sea Black Sea |
sea level | 16,854 ft |
5137 m|
Turkmenistan | Gora Ayrybaba | 10,299 ft |
3139 mVpadina Akchanaya[57] | −81 m −266 ft |
10,564 ft |
3220 m|
Turks and Caicos Islands | Blue Hills on Providenciales | 161 ft |
49 mNorth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 161 ft |
49 m|
Tuvalu | unnamed location | 15 ft |
5 mSouth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 15 ft |
5 m|
Uganda | Margherita Peak | 16,762 ft |
5109 mAlbert Nile | 2,037 ft |
621 m14,724 ft |
4488 m|
Ukraine | Hora Hoverla | 6,762 ft |
2061 mBlack Sea | sea level | 6,762 ft |
2061 m|
United Arab Emirates | unnamed knoll west of Jabal Bil Ays | 6,266 ft |
1910 mPersian Gulf Gulf of Oman |
sea level | 6,266 ft |
1910 m|
United Kingdom | Ben Nevis on Great Britain | 4,406 ft |
1343 mThe Fens | −4 m −13 ft |
4,419 ft |
1347 m|
United States | Mount McKinley (Denali)[58][59][60][61] | 20,320 ft |
6194 mBadwater Basin[62] | −85 m −280 ft |
20,600 ft |
6279 m|
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | unnamed hill on Sand Island | 43 ft |
13 mPacific Ocean | sea level | 43 ft |
13 m|
Uruguay | Cerro Catedral | 1,685 ft |
514 mSouth Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 1,685 ft |
514 m|
Uzbekistan | Khazret Sultan | 15,233 ft |
4643 mSariqarnish Kuli[57] | −12 m −39 ft |
15,272 ft |
4655 m|
Vanuatu | Mount Tabwemasana on Espiritu Santo | 6,158 ft |
1877 mSouth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 6,158 ft |
1877 m|
Vatican City | unnamed location | 246 ft |
75 mSaint Peter's Square | 108 ft |
33 m138 ft |
42 m|
Venezuela | Pico Bolívar | 16,342 ft |
4981 mCaribbean Sea | sea level | 16,342 ft |
4981 m|
Vietnam | Fan Si Pan | 10,312 ft |
3143 mSouth China Sea | sea level | 10,312 ft |
3143 m|
Virgin Islands, British | Mount Sage on Tortola | 1,709 ft |
521 mCaribbean Sea | sea level | 1,709 ft |
521 m|
Virgin Islands, United States | Crown Mountain on Saint Thomas | 1,555 ft |
474 mCaribbean Sea | sea level | 1,555 ft |
474 m|
Wake Island | unnamed location on Wake Island | 20 ft |
6 mNorth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 20 ft |
6 m|
Wallis and Futuna | Mont Puke on Futuna | 1,719 ft |
524 mSouth Pacific Ocean | sea level | 1,719 ft |
524 m|
Western Sahara[39] | unnamed location | 2,641 ft |
805 mSebjet Tah | −55 m −180 ft |
2,822 ft |
860 m|
Yemen | Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb | 12,028 ft |
3666 mArabian Sea | sea level | 12,028 ft |
3666 m|
Zambia | unnamed location in Mafinga Hills | 7,641 ft |
2329 mZambezi | 1,079 ft |
329 m6,562 ft |
2000 m|
Zimbabwe | Mount Nyangani | 8,504 ft |
2592 mconfluence of Runde River and Save River | 531 ft |
162 m7,972 ft |
2430 m|
Earth[63] | Mount Everest[13] | 29,029 ft |
8848 mDead Sea[33] | −422 m −1,385 ft |
30,413 ft |
9,270 m
Of all countries, Lesotho has the world's highest low point at 1400 m. Other countries with high low points include Rwanda (950 m) and Andorra (840 m). The Maldives have the world's lowest high point at 2.4 m. Other countries with very low high points include Tuvalu (5 m) and the Marshall Islands (10 m). These island countries also have the smallest range between their lowest (sea level) and highest points, and are very sensitive to rise in sea level.
The highest and lowest points in China constitute the greatest elevation range within any single country at 9004 m. The elevation ranges are also great in Nepal (8780 m), Pakistan (8611 m), and India (8588 m).
Monaco's elevation range is among the greatest relative to surface area. Within its 2.02 km2 territory, there is a difference of 140 m between its highest and lowest points, equivalent to an average gradient of 69 m for every km2. In Australia's 7,686,850 km2 area there is only a 2244 m difference between the highest and lowest points, which is equivalent to an average gradient of 29 μm gradient per km2.
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