List of elevation extremes by country
The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country.
Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface.
Table
Country or region | Highest point | Maximum elevation | Lowest point | Minimum elevation | Elevation span |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | Noshaq | m 24,580 ft |
7492Amu Darya | m 846 ft |
258 m 23,734 ft | 7234
Albania | Korab | m 9,068 ft |
2764Adriatic Sea | sea level | m 9,068 ft | 2764
Algeria | Mount Tahat | m 9,852 ft |
3003Chott Melrhir | −40 m −131 ft |
m 9,984 ft | 3043
American Samoa | Lata Mountain on Ta‘ū | m 3,169 ft |
966South Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 3,169 ft | 966
Andorra | Coma Pedrosa | m 9,652 ft |
2942Gran Valira | m 2,756 ft |
840 m 6,896 ft | 2102
Angola | Mount Moco | m 8,596 ft |
2620South Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 8,596 ft | 2620
Anguilla | Crocus Hill | m 213 ft |
65Caribbean Sea | sea level | m 213 ft | 65
Antarctica | Mount Vinson | m 16,050 ft |
4892Deep Lake, Vestfold Hills[1] | −50 m −164 ft |
m 16,214 ft | 4942
Antigua and Barbuda | Mount Obama on Antigua | m 1,319 ft |
402Caribbean Sea | sea level | m 1,319 ft | 402
Argentina | Aconcagua[2][3] | m 22,835 ft |
6960Laguna del Carbón[4] | −105 m −344 ft |
m 23,179 ft | 7065
Armenia | Mount Aragats | m 13,419 ft |
4090Debed | m 1,312 ft |
400 m 12,106 ft | 3690
Aruba | Mount Jamanota | m 617 ft |
188Caribbean Sea | sea level | m 617 ft | 188
Ashmore and Cartier Islands | unnamed location | m 10 ft |
3Indian Ocean | sea level | m 10 ft | 3
Australia | Mount Kosciuszko[5] | m 7,310 ft |
2228Lake Eyre | −15 m −49 ft |
m 7,359 ft | 2243
Austria | Grossglockner | m 12,461 ft |
3798Lake Neusiedl | m 377 ft |
115 m 12,083 ft | 3683
Azerbaijan | Mount Bazardüzü | m 14,715 ft |
4485Caspian Sea | −28 m −92 ft |
m 14,806 ft | 4513
Bahamas | Mount Alvernia on Cat Island | m 207 ft |
63North Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 207 ft | 63
Bahrain | Mountain of Smoke | m 400 ft |
122Persian Gulf | sea level | m 400 ft | 122
Bangladesh | Saka Haphong | m 3,451 ft |
1052Bay of Bengal | sea level | m 3,451 ft | 1052
Barbados | Mount Hillaby | m 1,102 ft |
336North Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 1,102 ft | 336
Belarus | Dzyarzhynskaya Hara | m 1,135 ft |
346Neman | m 295 ft |
90 m 840 ft | 256
Belgium | Signal de Botrange | m 2,277 ft |
694Multiple, west of Veurne51°02′00″N 2°35′52″E / 51.033230°N 2.597802°E | −4 m −13 ft |
m 2,290 ft | 698
Belize | Doyle's Delight | m 3,688 ft |
1124Caribbean Sea | sea level | m 3,688 ft | 1124
Benin | Mont Sokbaro | m 2,159 ft |
658Bight of Benin | sea level | m 2,159 ft | 658
Bermuda | Town Hill | m 249 ft |
76North Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 249 ft | 76
Bhutan | Gangkhar Puensum | m 24,836 ft |
7570Drangme Chhu | m 318 ft |
97 m 24,518 ft | 7473
Bolivia | Sajama | m 21,463 ft |
6542Paraguay River | m 295 ft |
90 m 21,168 ft | 6452
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Maglić | m 7,828 ft |
2386Adriatic Sea | sea level | m 7,828 ft | 2386
Botswana | Otse Hill | m 4,892 ft |
1491confluence of Limpopo River and Shashe River | m 1,683 ft |
513 m 3,209 ft | 978
Bouvet Island | Olavtoppen | m 3,068 ft |
935South Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 3,068 ft | 935
Brazil | Pico da Neblina | m 9,826 ft[6] |
2995Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 9,826 ft | 2995
British Indian Ocean Territory | unnamed location on Diego Garcia | m 49 ft |
15Indian Ocean | sea level | m 49 ft | 15
Brunei | Bukit Pagon | m 6,070 ft |
1850South China Sea | sea level | m 6,070 ft | 1850
Bulgaria | Musala | m 9,596 ft |
2925Black Sea | sea level | m 9,596 ft | 2925
Burkina Faso | Mount Tenakourou | m 2,457 ft |
749Black Volta | m 656 ft |
200 m 1,801 ft | 549
Burundi | Mount Heha | m 8,806 ft |
2684Lake Tanganyika | m 2,533 ft |
772 m 6,273 ft | 1912
Cambodia | Phnom Aural | m 5,938 ft |
1810Gulf of Thailand | sea level | m 5,938 ft | 1810
Cameroon | Mount Cameroon | m 13,255 ft |
4040Bight of Bonny | sea level | m 13,255 ft | 4040
Canada | Mount Logan[7] | m 19,551 ft |
5959North Atlantic Ocean Arctic Ocean North Pacific Ocean |
sea level | m 19,551 ft | 5959
Cape Verde | Pico do Fogo | m 9,281 ft |
2829North Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 9,281 ft | 2829
Cayman Islands | The Bluff on Cayman Brac | m 151 ft |
46Caribbean Sea | sea level | m 151 ft | 46
Central African Republic | Mont Ngaoui | m 4,659 ft |
1420Ubangi River | m 1,099 ft |
335 m 3,560 ft | 1085
Chad | Emi Koussi | m 11,302 ft |
3445Bodélé Depression | m 525 ft |
160 m 10,778 ft | 3285
Chile | Ojos del Salado[8][9] | m 22,615 ft |
6893South Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 22,615 ft | 6893
China, People's Republic of[10] | Mount Everest[11] | m 29,029 ft |
8848Ayding Lake[12] | −154 m −505 ft |
m 29,534 ft | 9,002
Christmas Island | Murray Hill | m 1,184 ft |
361Indian Ocean | sea level | m 1,184 ft | 361
Clipperton Island | Rocher Clipperton on Clipperton Island | m 95 ft |
29North Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 95 ft | 29
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | unnamed location | m 16 ft |
5Indian Ocean | sea level | m 16 ft | 5
Colombia | Pico Cristóbal Colón[13][14] Pico Simón Bolívar[13][14] |
m 18,701 ft |
5700North Pacific Ocean Caribbean Sea |
sea level | m 18,701 ft | 5700
Comoros | Mount Karthala on Grande Comore | m 7,743 ft |
2360Indian Ocean | sea level | m 7,743 ft | 2360
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Margherita Peak | m 16,762 ft |
5109South Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 16,762 ft | 5109
Republic of the Congo | Mont Nabeba | m 3,346 ft |
1020South Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 3,346 ft | 1020
Cook Islands | Te Manga on Rarotonga | m 2,139 ft |
652South Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 2,139 ft | 652
Coral Sea Islands | unnamed location on Cato Island | m 95 ft |
29South Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 95 ft | 29
Costa Rica | Cerro Chirripó | m 12,533 ft |
3820North Pacific Ocean Caribbean Sea |
sea level | m 12,533 ft | 3820
Ivory Coast | Mont Nimba | m 5,748 ft |
1752Gulf of Guinea | sea level | m 5,748 ft | 1752
Croatia | Dinara | m 6,007 ft |
1831Adriatic Sea | sea level | m 6,007 ft | 1831
Cuba | Pico Turquino | m 6,476 ft |
1974Caribbean Sea | sea level | m 6,476 ft | 1974
Curaçao | Christoffelberg | m 1,230 ft |
375Caribbean Sea | sea level | m 1,230 ft | 375
Cyprus | Mount Olympus | m 6,401 ft |
1951Mediterranean Sea | sea level | m 6,401 ft | 1951
Czech Republic | Sněžka | m 5,259 ft |
1603Elbe | m 377 ft |
115 m 4,879 ft | 1487
Denmark | Møllehøj | m 561 ft |
171Lammefjord | −7 m −23 ft |
m 584 ft | 178
Djibouti | Mousa Ali | m 6,654 ft |
2028Lake Assal[15] | −155 m −509 ft |
m 7,162 ft | 2183
Dominica | Morne Diablotins | m 4,747 ft |
1447Caribbean Sea | sea level | m 4,747 ft | 1447
Dominican Republic | Pico Duarte[16] | m 10,164 ft |
3098Lago Enriquillo[17][18] on Hispaniola | −45 m −148 ft |
m 10,312 ft | 3143
Ecuador | Chimborazo[19] | m 20,561 ft |
6267Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 20,561 ft | 6267
Egypt | Mount Catherine | m 8,625 ft |
2629Qattara Depression | −133 m −436 ft |
m 9,062 ft | 2762
El Salvador | Cerro El Pital | m 8,957 ft |
2730North Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 8,957 ft | 2730
Equatorial Guinea | Pico Basile on Bioko | m 9,869 ft |
3008North Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 9,869 ft | 3008
Eritrea | Emba Soira | m 9,902 ft |
3018Lake Kulul | −75 m −246 ft |
m 10,148 ft | 3093
Estonia | Suur Munamägi | m 1,043 ft |
318Baltic Sea | sea level | m 1,043 ft | 318
Ethiopia | Ras Dejen | m 14,928 ft |
4550Danakil Depression | −125 m −410 ft |
m 15,338 ft | 4675
Falkland Islands | Mount Usborne on East Falkland | m 2,313 ft |
705South Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 2,313 ft | 705
Faroe Islands | Slættaratindur on Eysturoy | m 2,887 ft |
880North Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 2,887 ft | 880
Fiji | Tomanivi on Viti Levu | m 4,344 ft |
1324South Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 4,344 ft | 1324
Finland | Halti | m 4,344 ft |
1324Baltic Sea | sea level | m 4,344 ft | 1324
France | Mont Blanc[20] | m 15,781 ft |
4810Étang de Lavalduc | −10 m −33 ft |
m 15,814 ft | 4820
French Guiana | Bellevue de l'Inini | m 2,792 ft |
851North Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 2,792 ft | 851
French Polynesia | Mont Orohena[21] | m 7,352 ft |
2241South Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 7,352 ft | 2241
French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Mont Ross on Kerguelen Islands | m 6,070 ft |
1850Indian Ocean | sea level | m 6,070 ft | 1850
Gabon | Mont Bengoué | m 3,510 ft |
1070Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 3,510 ft | 1070
Gambia | Red Rock | m 174 ft |
53North Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 174 ft | 53
Georgia | Shkhara | m 17,064 ft |
5201Black Sea | sea level | m 17,064 ft | 5201
Germany | Zugspitze | m 9,718 ft |
2962Neuendorf-Sachsenbande | −4 m −12 ft |
m 9,729 ft | 2966
Ghana | Mount Afadjato | m 2,887 ft |
880Gulf of Guinea | sea level | m 2,887 ft | 880
Gibraltar | Rock of Gibraltar | m 1,398 ft |
426Strait of Gibraltar | sea level | m 1,398 ft | 426
Greece | Mount Olympus | m 9,577 ft |
2919Mediterranean Sea | [22] | sea level m 9,577 ft | 2919
Greenland | Gunnbjørn Fjeld[23][24] on Greenland | m 12,139 ft |
3700Arctic Ocean North Atlantic Ocean |
sea level | m 12,139 ft | 3700
Grenada | Mount Saint Catherine | m 2,756 ft |
840Caribbean Sea | sea level | m 2,756 ft | 840
Guadeloupe | La Grande Soufrière on Basse-Terre Island | m 4,869 ft |
1484Caribbean Sea | sea level | m 4,869 ft | 1484
Guam | Mount Lamlam[25] on Guam | m 1,332 ft |
406North Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 1,332 ft | 406
Guatemala | Volcán Tajumulco[26] | m 13,845 ft |
4220North Pacific Ocean Caribbean Sea |
sea level | m 13,845 ft | 4220
Guernsey | Le Moulin | m 374 ft |
114English Channel | sea level | m 374 ft | 114
Guinea | Mont Nimba | m 5,748 ft |
1752North Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 5,748 ft | 1752
Guinea-Bissau | unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country | m 984 ft |
300North Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 984 ft | 300
Guyana | Mount Roraima | m 9,022 ft[27] |
2750North Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 9,022 ft | 2750
Haiti | Pic la Selle | m 8,793 ft |
2680Caribbean Sea | sea level | m 8,793 ft | 2680
Heard Island and McDonald Islands | Mawson Peak[5] | m 9,006 ft |
2745Indian Ocean | sea level | m 9,006 ft | 2745
Honduras | Cerro Las Minas | m 9,416 ft |
2870Caribbean Sea North Pacific Ocean |
sea level | m 9,416 ft | 2870
Hong Kong | Tai Mo Shan | m 3,143 ft |
958South China Sea | sea level | m 3,143 ft | 958
Hungary | Kékes | m 3,327 ft |
1014Tisza | m 249 ft |
76 m 3,077 ft | 938
Iceland | Hvannadalshnúkur | m 6,921 ft |
2110North Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 6,921 ft | 2110
India | Kangchenjunga[28][29] | m 28,169 ft |
8586Kuttanad[30] | −2 m −7 ft |
m 28,177 ft | 8588
Indonesia | Puncak Jaya[31][32] | m 16,024 ft |
4884Indian Ocean South Pacific Ocean |
sea level | m 16,024 ft | 4884
Iran | Damavand | m 18,406 ft |
5610Caspian Sea | −28 m −92 ft |
m 18,497 ft | 5638
Iraq | Cheekha Dar | m 11,847 ft |
3611Persian Gulf | sea level | m 11,847 ft | 3611
Ireland | Carrauntoohil | m 3,406 ft |
1038North Slob on Ireland | −3 m −10 ft |
m 3,406 ft | 1038
Isle of Man | Snaefell | m 2,037 ft |
621Irish Sea | sea level | m 2,037 ft | 621
Israel | Mount Hermon (from Israeli point of view; See Israeli-occupied territories)[33] | m 7,336 ft |
2236Dead Sea[34] | −428 m −1,404 ft |
m 5,367 ft | 1636
Mount Meron (from the point of view of most of the International Comunity, which does not recognize the Israeli annexation of the Golan Heights, and considers it Syrian territory; See Israeli-occupied territories) | m 3,957 ft |
1206−428 m −1,404 ft |
m 5,367 ft | 1636||
Italy | Monte Bianco[20] | m 15,781 ft |
4810Jolanda di Savoia | −3 m −10 ft |
m 15,791 ft | 4813
Jamaica | Blue Mountain Peak | m 7,402 ft |
2256Caribbean Sea | sea level | m 7,402 ft | 2256
Japan | Mount Fuji on Honshu | m 12,388 ft |
3776Hachiro-gata on Honshu | −4 m −13 ft |
m 12,402 ft | 3780
Jersey | Les Platons | m 469 ft |
143English Channel | sea level | m 469 ft | 143
Jordan | Jabal Umm ad Dami | m 6,083 ft |
1854Dead Sea[34] | −428 m −1,404 ft |
m 7,467 ft | 2276
Kazakhstan | Khan Tengri | m 22,999 ft |
7010Karagiye Depression | −132 m −433 ft |
m 23,432 ft | 7142
Kenya | Mount Kenya | m 17,057 ft |
5199Indian Ocean | sea level | m 17,057 ft | 5199
Kiribati | unnamed location on Banaba | m 266 ft |
81Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 266 ft | 81
North Korea | Paektu-san | m 9,003 ft |
2744Sea of Japan Yellow Sea |
sea level | m 9,003 ft | 2744
South Korea | Halla-san on Jejudo | m 6,398 ft |
1950Sea of Japan Yellow Sea |
sea level | m 6,398 ft | 1950
Kosovo[35] | Đeravica | m 8,714 ft |
2656White Drin | m 974 ft |
297 m 7,740 ft | 2359
Kuwait | Mutla Ridge | m 1,004 ft |
306Persian Gulf | sea level | m 1,004 ft | 306
Kyrgyzstan | Jengish Chokusu | m 24,406 ft |
7439Kara Darya | m 1,427 ft |
435 m 22,979 ft | 7004
Laos | Phou Bia | m 9,242 ft |
2817Mekong | m 230 ft |
70 m 9,012 ft | 2747
Latvia | Gaiziņkalns | m 1,024 ft |
312Baltic Sea | sea level | m 1,024 ft | 312
Lebanon | Qurnat as Sawda' | m 10,131 ft |
3088Mediterranean Sea | sea level | m 10,131 ft | 3088
Lesotho | Thabana Ntlenyana[36] | m 11,424 ft |
3482confluence of Orange River and Makhaleng River | m 4,593 ft |
1400 m 6,831 ft | 2082
Liberia | Mount Wuteve | m 4,724 ft |
1440North Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 4,724 ft | 1440
Libya | Bikku Bitti | m 7,438 ft |
2267Sabkhat Ghuzayyil | −47 m −154 ft |
m 7,592 ft | 2314
Liechtenstein | Grauspitz | m 8,527 ft |
2599Rhine | m 1,411 ft |
430 m 7,116 ft | 2169
Lithuania | Aukštojas Hill | m 964 ft |
294Nemunas Delta | −5 m −16 ft |
m 968 ft | 295
Luxembourg | Kneiff | m 1,837 ft |
560Moselle River | m 436 ft |
133 m 1,401 ft | 427
Macau | Coloane Alto on Gau Ou Saan | m 564 ft |
172South China Sea | sea level | m 564 ft | 172
Macedonia | Golem Korab | m 9,068 ft |
2764Vardar | m 164 ft |
50 m 8,904 ft | 2714
Madagascar | Maromokotro on Madagascar | m 9,436 ft |
2876Indian Ocean | sea level | m 9,436 ft | 2876
Malawi | Mount Mulanje | m 9,849 ft |
3002Shire River | m 121 ft |
37 m 9,728 ft | 2965
Malaysia | Gunung Kinabalu on Borneo | m 13,435 ft |
4095South China Sea Indian Ocean |
sea level | m 13,435 ft | 4095
Maldives[37] | Mount Villingili on Villingili[38] | m 8 ft |
2Indian Ocean | sea level | m 8 ft | 2
Mali | Hombori Tondo | m 3,789 ft |
1155Senegal River | m 75 ft |
23 m 3,714 ft | 1132
Malta | Ta'Dmejrek on Malta Island | m 830 ft |
253Mediterranean Sea | sea level | m 830 ft | 253
Marshall Islands | unnamed location on Likiep | m 33 ft |
10North Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 33 ft | 10
Martinique | Mount Pelée | m 4,583 ft |
1397Caribbean Sea | sea level | m 4,583 ft | 1397
Mauritania | Kediet ej Jill | m 3,002 ft |
915Sebkha de Ndrhamcha | −5 m −16 ft |
m 3,018 ft | 920
Mauritius | Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire | m 2,717 ft |
828Indian Ocean | sea level | m 2,717 ft | 828
Mayotte | Benara on Mahoré | m 2,165 ft |
660Mozambique Channel | sea level | m 2,165 ft | 660
Mexico | Volcán Citlaltépetl (Pico de Orizaba)[39] | m 18,491 ft |
5636Laguna Salada | −10 m −33 ft |
m 18,524 ft | 5646
Federated States of Micronesia | Nanlaud on Pohnpei | m 2,566 ft |
782North Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 2,566 ft | 782
Moldova | Bălănești Hill | m 1,411 ft |
430Dniester | m 7 ft |
2 m 1,404 ft | 428
Monaco | along Chemin des Révoires on Mont Agel | m 528 ft |
161Mediterranean Sea | sea level | m 528 ft | 161
Mongolia | Khüiten Peak | m 14,350 ft |
4374Hoh Nuur | m 1,699 ft |
518 m 12,651 ft | 3856
Montenegro | Zla Kolata | m 8,314 ft |
2534Adriatic Sea | sea level | m 8,314 ft | 2534
Montserrat | Chances Peak | m 3,002 ft |
915Caribbean Sea | sea level | m 3,002 ft | 915
Morocco[40] | Jbel Toubkal | m 13,665 ft |
4165Sebkha Tah | −55 m −180 ft |
m 13,845 ft | 4220
Mozambique | Monte Binga | m 7,992 ft |
2436Mozambique Channel | sea level | m 7,992 ft | 2436
Myanmar | Hkakabo Razi | m 19,295 ft |
5881Indian Ocean | sea level | m 19,295 ft | 5881
Namibia | Königstein | m 8,442 ft |
2573South Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 8,442 ft | 2573
Nauru | Command Ridge | m 233 ft |
71South Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 233 ft | 71
Navassa Island | unnamed location | m 253 ft |
77Caribbean Sea | sea level | m 253 ft | 77
Nepal | Mount Everest[11] | m 29,029 ft |
8848Kanchan Kalan | m 230 ft |
70 m 28,799 ft | 8778
Netherlands | Mount Scenery[41] on Saba | m 2,910 ft |
887Vergeten Plek, in the Zuidplaspolder near Waddinxveen | −7 m −22 ft |
m 2,932 ft | 894
New Caledonia | Mont Panié | m 5,341 ft |
1628Coral Sea | sea level | m 5,341 ft | 1628
New Zealand | Aoraki/Mount Cook[42] in the South Island | m 12,218 ft |
3724Taieri Plains | −2 m −7 ft |
m 12,224 ft | 3726
Nicaragua | Mogoton | m 6,913 ft |
2107North Pacific Ocean Caribbean Sea |
sea level | m 6,913 ft | 2107
Niger | Mont Idoukal-n-Taghès | m 6,634 ft |
2022Niger River | m 656 ft |
200 m 5,978 ft | 1822
Nigeria | Chappal Waddi | m 7,936 ft |
2419unnamed location on Lagos Island | −0.2 m −0.7 ft |
m 7,937 ft | 2419
Niue | unnamed location near Mutalau on Niue | m 223 ft |
68South Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 223 ft | 68
Norfolk Island | Mount Bates | m 1,047 ft |
319South Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 1,047 ft | 319
Northern Mariana Islands | Mount Agrihan on Agrihan | m 3,166 ft |
965North Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 3,166 ft | 965
Norway | Galdhøpiggen | m 8,100 ft |
2469Norwegian Sea | sea level | m 8,100 ft | 2469
Oman | Jabal Shams | m 9,872 ft |
3009Arabian Sea | sea level | m 9,872 ft | 3009
Pakistan | K2[43][44] | m 28,251 ft |
8611Arabian Sea | sea level | m 28,251 ft | 8611
Palau | Mount Ngerchelchuus on Babeldaob | m 794 ft |
242North Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 794 ft | 242
Palestine | Mount Nabi Yunis | m 3,379 ft |
1030Dead Sea[34] | −428 m −1,404 ft |
m 4,738 ft | 1444
Panama | Volcán Barú | m 11,401 ft |
3475North Pacific Ocean Caribbean Sea |
sea level | m 11,401 ft | 3475
Papua New Guinea | Mount Wilhelm | m 14,793 ft |
4509South Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 14,793 ft | 4509
Paraguay | Cerro Peró | m 2,762 ft |
842Paraguay River | m 151 ft |
46 m 2,612 ft | 796
Peru | Huascarán[45] | m 22,205 ft |
6768Bayóvar Depression | −34 m −112 ft |
m 22,316 ft | 6802
Philippines | Mount Apo on Mindanao | m 9,692 ft |
2954Philippine Sea South China Sea |
sea level | m 9,692 ft | 2954
Pitcairn Islands | Pawala Valley Ridge | m 1,138 ft |
347South Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 1,138 ft | 347
Poland | Northwestern peak of Rysy | m 8,199 ft |
2499Żuławy Wiślane | −2 m −6 ft |
m 8,215 ft | 2504
Portugal | Ponta do Pico on Pico Island[46] | m 7,713 ft |
2351North Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 7,713 ft | 2351
Puerto Rico | Cerro de Punta | m 4,390 ft |
1338Caribbean Sea | sea level | m 4,390 ft | 1338
Qatar | Qurayn Abu al Bawl | m 338 ft |
103Persian Gulf | sea level | m 338 ft | 103
Réunion | Piton des Neiges | m 10,069 ft |
3069Indian Ocean | sea level | m 10,069 ft | 3069
Romania | Moldoveanu | m 8,346 ft |
2544Black Sea | sea level | m 8,346 ft | 2544
Russia | Mount Elbrus[47][48] | m 18,510 ft |
5642Caspian Sea[49] | −28 m −92 ft |
m 18,602 ft | 5670
Rwanda | Mount Karisimbi | m 14,787 ft |
4507Ruzizi River | m 3,117 ft |
950 m 11,670 ft | 3557
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[40] | unnamed location | m 1,985 ft |
605Sebjet Tah | −55 m −180 ft |
m 2,165 ft | 660
Saint Barthélemy | Morne du Vitet | m 938 ft |
286Caribbean Sea | sea level | m 938 ft | 286
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha | m 6,759 ft |
2060South Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 6,759 ft | 2060
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Mount Liamuiga on Saint Kitts | m 3,793 ft |
1156Caribbean Sea | sea level | m 3,793 ft | 1156
Saint Lucia | Mount Gimie | m 3,117 ft |
950Caribbean Sea | sea level | m 3,117 ft | 950
Saint Martin | Pic Paradis on Saint Martin | m 1,391 ft |
424Caribbean Sea | sea level | m 1,391 ft | 424
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Morne de la Grande Montagne on Miquelon | m 787 ft |
240North Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 787 ft | 240
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | La Soufrière | m 4,049 ft |
1234Caribbean Sea | sea level | m 4,049 ft | 1234
Samoa | Mauga Silisili on Savai'i | m 6,093 ft |
1857South Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 6,093 ft | 1857
San Marino | Monte Titano | m 2,477 ft |
755Ausa River | m 180 ft |
55 m 2,297 ft | 700
São Tomé and Príncipe | Pico de São Tomé on São Tomé Island | m 6,640 ft |
2024Gulf of Guinea | sea level | m 6,640 ft | 2024
Saudi Arabia | Jabal Sawda | m 9,843 ft |
3000Persian Gulf Red Sea |
sea level | m 9,843 ft | 3000
Senegal | unnamed feature 2.7 km southeast of Nepen Diakha | m 2,126 ft |
648North Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 2,126 ft | 648
Serbia | Midžor (Đeravica when Kosovo is considered as part of Serbia) | m 7,116 ft |
2169Iron Gate | m 92 ft |
28 m 7,024 ft | 2141
Seychelles | Morne Seychellois on Mahé | m 2,969 ft |
905Indian Ocean | sea level | m 2,969 ft | 905
Sierra Leone | Mount Bintumani | m 6,391 ft |
1948North Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 6,391 ft | 1948
Singapore | Bukit Timah Hill | m 537 ft |
164Singapore Strait | sea level | m 537 ft | 164
Sint Maarten | 200 m SW from Flagstaff Peak (summit is wholly in Saint Martin.) | m 1,257 ft |
383Caribbean Sea | sea level | m 1,257 ft | 383
Slovakia | Gerlachovský štít | m 8,711 ft |
2655Bodrog | m 308 ft |
94 m 8,402 ft | 2561
Slovenia | Triglav | m 9,396 ft |
2864Adriatic Sea | sea level | m 9,396 ft | 2864
Solomon Islands | Mount Popomanaseu on Guadalcanal | m 7,661 ft |
2335South Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 7,661 ft | 2335
Somalia | Shimbiris | m 8,038 ft |
2450Indian Ocean | sea level | m 8,038 ft | 2450
South Africa | Mafadi | m 11,319 ft |
3450South Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean |
sea level | m 11,319 ft | 3450
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Mount Paget[53] | m 9,626 ft |
2934South Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 9,626 ft | 2934
South Sudan | Kinyeti | m 10,456 ft |
3187White Nile | m 1,148 ft |
350 m 9,308 ft | 2837
Spain | Teide[54] on Tenerife[55] | m 12,198 ft |
3718North Atlantic Ocean Mediterranean Sea |
sea level | m 12,198 ft | 3718
Spratly Islands[56] | unnamed location on Southwest Cay | m 13 ft |
4South China Sea | sea level | m 13 ft | 4
Sri Lanka | Pidurutalagala on Sri Lanka | m 8,281 ft |
2524Indian Ocean | sea level | m 8,281 ft | 2524
Sudan | Deriba Caldera | m 9,980 ft |
3042Red Sea | sea level | m 9,980 ft | 3042
Suriname | Juliana Top | m 4,035 ft |
1230North Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 4,035 ft | 1230
Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Haakon VII Toppen | m 7,470 ft |
2277Norwegian Sea | sea level | m 7,470 ft | 2277
Swaziland | Emlembe | m 6,109 ft |
1862Maputo River | m 69 ft |
21 m 6,040 ft | 1841
Sweden | Kebnekaise | m 6,903 ft |
2104Kristianstad | −2 m −8 ft |
m 6,911 ft | 2106
Switzerland | Dufourspitze (Monte Rosa) |
m 15,203 ft |
4634Lake Maggiore | m 633 ft |
193 m 14,570 ft | 4441
Syria | Jabal el-Sheikh | m 9,232 ft |
2814Northeast shores of the Sea of Galilee in the Golan Heights (from Syrian point of view; See Israeli-occupied territories) | −214 m −702 ft |
m 9,232 ft | 2814
Taiwan[57] | Yu Shan | m 12,966 ft |
3952South China Sea | sea level | m 12,966 ft | 3952
Tajikistan | Ismoil Somoni Peak | m 24,590 ft |
7495Syr Darya | m 984 ft |
300 m 23,606 ft | 7195
Tanzania | Kilimanjaro[58][59] | m 19,331 ft |
5892Indian Ocean | sea level | m 19,331 ft | 5892
Thailand | Doi Inthanon | m 8,415 ft |
2565Gulf of Thailand Andaman Sea |
sea level | m 8,415 ft | 2565
Timor-Leste | Mount Ramelau on Timor | m 9,721 ft |
2963Timor Sea | sea level | m 9,721 ft | 2963
Togo | Mont Agou | m 3,235 ft |
986Bight of Benin | sea level | m 3,235 ft | 986
Tokelau | unnamed location | m 16 ft |
5South Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 16 ft | 5
Tonga | unnamed location on Kao | m 3,389 ft |
1033South Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 3,389 ft | 1033
Trinidad and Tobago | El Cerro del Aripo on Trinidad | m 3,084 ft |
940Caribbean Sea | sea level | m 3,084 ft | 940
Tunisia | Jebel ech Chambi | m 5,066 ft |
1544Shatt al Gharsah | −17 m −56 ft |
m 5,121 ft | 1561
Turkey | Mount Ararat | m 16,854 ft |
5137Mediterranean Sea Black Sea |
sea level | m 16,854 ft | 5137
Turkmenistan | Aýrybaba | m 10,299 ft |
3139Vpadina Akchanaya[60] | −81 m −266 ft |
m 10,564 ft | 3220
Turks and Caicos Islands | Blue Hills on Providenciales | m 161 ft |
49North Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 161 ft | 49
Tuvalu | unnamed location | m 15 ft |
5South Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 15 ft | 5
Uganda | Margherita Peak | m 16,762 ft |
5109Albert Nile | m 2,037 ft |
621 m 14,724 ft | 4488
Ukraine | Hoverla | m 6,762 ft |
2061Kuyalnik Estuary | −5 m −16 ft |
m 6,778 ft | 2066
United Arab Emirates | unnamed knoll west of Jabal Bil Ays | m 6,266 ft |
1910Persian Gulf Gulf of Oman |
sea level | m 6,266 ft | 1910
United Kingdom | Ben Nevis | m 4,413 ft |
1345The Fens | −4 m −13 ft |
m 4,426 ft | 1349
United States | Denali[61][62][63][64] | m 20,310 ft |
6190.5Badwater Basin[65] | −85.0 m −279 ft |
m 20,589 ft | 6275.5
United States Minor Outlying Islands | unnamed hill on Sand Island | m 43 ft |
13Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 43 ft | 13
Uruguay | Cerro Catedral | m 1,685 ft |
514South Atlantic Ocean | sea level | m 1,685 ft | 514
Uzbekistan | Khazret Sultan | m 15,233 ft |
4643Sariqarnish Kuli[60] | −12 m −39 ft |
m 15,272 ft | 4655
Vanuatu | Mount Tabwemasana on Espiritu Santo | m 6,158 ft |
1877South Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 6,158 ft | 1877
Vatican City | Vatican Hill | m 246 ft |
75Saint Peter's Square | m 108 ft |
33 m 138 ft | 42
Venezuela | Pico Bolívar | m 16,332 ft |
4978Lagunillas Municipality, Zulia | −12 m −39 ft |
m 16,371 ft | 4990
Vietnam | Fan Si Pan | m 10,312 ft |
3143South China Sea Gulf of Thailand |
sea level | m 10,312 ft | 3143
British Virgin Islands | Mount Sage on Tortola | m 1,709 ft |
521Caribbean Sea | sea level | m 1,709 ft | 521
United States Virgin Islands | Crown Mountain on Saint Thomas | m 1,555 ft |
474Caribbean Sea | sea level | m 1,555 ft | 474
Wallis and Futuna | Mont Puke on Futuna | m 1,719 ft |
524South Pacific Ocean | sea level | m 1,719 ft | 524
Yemen | Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb | m 12,028 ft |
3666Arabian Sea | sea level | m 12,028 ft | 3666
Zambia | Mafinga Central | m 7,641 ft |
2329Zambezi | m 1,079 ft |
329 m 6,562 ft | 2000
Zimbabwe | Mount Nyangani | m 8,504 ft |
2592confluence of Runde River and Save River | m 531 ft |
162 m 7,972 ft | 2430
Earth | Mount Everest[11] | m 29,029 ft |
8848Dead Sea[34] | −428 m −1,404 ft |
m 30,433 ft | 9,276
National elevation ranges
Of all countries, Lesotho has the world's highest low point at 1,400 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 9,002 m. The elevation ranges are also great in Nepal (8,789 m), Pakistan (8,611 m), and India (8,588 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-square-kilometre (2,967,910 sq mi) area there is only a 2,244-metre (7,362 ft) difference between the highest and lowest points, which is equivalent to an average gradient of 292-micrometre (0.292 mm) gradient per km².
Gallery
- The summit of Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth.
- The summit of Kangchenjunga is the highest point of India.
- The summit of Gangkhar Puensum is the highest point of Bhutan.
- The summit of Ismoil Somoni Peak is the highest point of Tajikistan.
- The summit of Noshaq is the highest point of Afghanistan.
- The summit of Jengish Chokusu is the highest point of Kyrgyzstan.
- The summit of Khan Tengri is the highest point of Kazakhstan.
- The summit of Aconcagua is the highest point of Argentina, the Americas, the Western Hemisphere, and the Southern Hemisphere.
- The summit of Ojos del Salado is the highest point of Chile.
- The summit of Nevado Sajama is the highest point of Bolivia.
- The summit of Chimborazo is the highest point of Ecuador and the farthest point from the center of the Earth.
- The summit of Mount Logan is the highest point of Canada.
- The summit of Puncak Jaya is the highest point of Indonesia, the Island of New Guinea, and all ocean islands.
- The Qattara Depression is the lowest point in Egypt.
See also
- List of elevation extremes by region
- Geodesy
- List of countries by average elevation
- List of countries by highest point
- List of countries by lowest point
- List of sovereign states
- List of U.S. states by elevation
- Category:Highest points
- Category:Lowest points
Notes
- ↑ "Deep Lake". Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
- ↑ The summit of Aconcagua is the highest point outside of Asia.
- ↑ The summit of Aconcagua is the second-most prominent point on Earth.
- ↑ Laguna del Carbón is the lowest point in both the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
- 1 2 The summit of Mawson Peak on Heard Island is the highest point on a dependent territory of Australia.
- ↑ "Picos da Neblina e 31 de Março, no Amazonas, ficam mais altos, diz IBGE" [Neblina and 31 de Março peaks, in Amazonas, become higher, says IBGE]. Portal Amazônia (in Portuguese). 2016-02-29. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
- ↑ The summit of Mount Logan is the sixth-most prominent point on Earth.
- ↑ Ojos del Salado is the highest volcano on Earth.
- ↑ The summit of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) is the twelfth-most topographically isolated point on Earth.
- ↑ China has the broadest range of surface elevations of any country with a span of 9,004 m (29,541 ft).
- 1 2 3 The summit of Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth."Nepal and China agree on Mount Everest's height". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ↑ Aydingkol is the third-lowest depression on Earth.
- 1 2 It has yet to be determined whether Pico Cristóbal Colón or Pico Simón Bolívar is the highest point of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range.
- 1 2 The higher summit of either Pico Cristóbal Colón or Pico Simón Bolívar is the fifth-most prominent point on Earth.
- ↑ Lake Asal is the second-lowest depression on Earth.
- ↑ The summit of Pico Duarte on Hispaniola is the highest point in the Caribbean.
- ↑ Eva Joelisa Romero Luna; Dina Poteau (August 2011). "Water Level Fluctuations of Lake Enriquillo and Lake Saumatre in Response to Environmental Changes" (PDF). Cornell University. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
- ↑ The shore of Lago Enriquillo on Hispaniola is the lowest point on any ocean island.
- ↑ The summit of Chimborazo is the farthest point from the center of the Earth.
- 1 2 The summit of Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco) is the highest point in Western Europe.
- ↑ The summit of Mont Orohena on Tahiti is the seventh-most topographically isolated point on Earth.
- ↑ CIA. "Europe::Greece". The World Factbook. CIA. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ↑ The summit of Gunnbjørn Fjeld on Greenland is the highest point in the Arctic.
- ↑ The summit of Gunnbjørn Fjeld on Greenland is the ninth-most topographically isolated point on Earth.
- ↑ The summit of Mount Lamlam on Guam is 11,377 meters (37,326 ft) above the Challenger Deep.
- ↑ The summit of Volcán Tajumulco is the highest point in Central America.
- ↑ Presumed altitude. Mount Roraima is a large, roughly flat tabletop plateau (a tepui) where the borders of Guyana, Venezuela and Brazil meet. Its highest elevation is at 2,810 m or 9,219 ft, but that point is fully inside Venezuelan territory. The highest point in the Brazilian part of the mountain was determined by a 2005 Brazilian Army survey to be at the international border tripoint and measured by GPS to be at 2,734 m or 8,970 ft. The exact highest point on the Guyanese side of the mountain is not known and may be the border tripoint as well, but it is certainly close to that altitude value anyway. It should also be noted that Venezuela claims that region of Guyana as Guayana Esequiba and therefore does not recognize Mount Roraima as containing Guyana's highest point.
- ↑ Kangchenjunga is the third-highest mountain peak on Earth.
- ↑ India claims all of Kashmir and Jammu. If recognized, this would make the summit of K2 the highest point in India.
- ↑ "Restoring Kuttanad to its heyday". The Hindu Business Line. 2009-02-02.
- ↑ The summit of Puncak Jaya on New Guinea is the highest point on any ocean island.
- ↑ The summit of Puncak Jaya on New Guinea is the fifth-most topographically isolated and the ninth-most topographically prominent point on Earth.
- ↑ Only the southern slopes, not the summit of Mount Hermon, extend into Israeli-occupied territory (Golan Heights). A peak in this area rises to 2236m. Israel has annexed and administers the Golan Heights territory, but its territorial claim is not recognized by the international community which considers the area to be a part of Syria and not Israel
- 1 2 3 4 The shore of the Dead Sea is the lowest point on the surface of the Earth, the water table drops about 1 m per year, level -428 m refers to year 2014.
- ↑ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received formal recognition as an independent state from 111 out of 193 United Nations member states.
- ↑ The summit of Thabana Ntlenyana is the eleventh-most topographically isolated point on Earth.
- ↑ Maldives has an average surface elevation of just 800 mm (31 in).
- ↑ The high point of Villingili in Maldives is the equal lowest high point of any country.
- ↑ The summit of Volcán Citlaltépetl (Pico de Orizaba) is the seventh-most prominent point on Earth.
- 1 2 Both Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic claim all of Western Sahara.
- ↑ The summit of the Vaalserberg at 322.7 m (1059 ft) is the highest point in the European Netherlands.
- ↑ The summit of Aoraki/Mount Cook on the South Island is the tenth-most topographically isolated point on Earth.
- ↑ K2 is the second-highest mountain peak on Earth.
- ↑ The area around K2 is claimed by Pakistan, India, and China, although it is currently occupied by Pakistan.
- ↑ The summit of Huascarán is the highest point in the Tropics.
- ↑ The summit of Torre is the highest point in continental Portugal.
- ↑ The summit of Mount Elbrus is the highest point in Europe.
- ↑ The summit of Mount Elbrus is the tenth-most prominent point on Earth.
- ↑ The shore of the Caspian Sea is the lowest point in Europe.
- ↑ "Flagstaff Ridge Southwest". Peakbagger. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
- ↑ KLM Aerocarto (1971). Sint Maarten ("382.8 m") (Map). 1:25,000. Netherlands Antilles Cadastral Survey Department. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
- ↑ KLM Aerocarto (1982). Sint Maarten ("382.7 m") (Map). 1:10,000. Netherlands Antilles Cadastral Survey Department.
- ↑ Mount Paget on South Georgia is the highest mountain peak in the South Atlantic Ocean.
- ↑ Teide on Tenerife is the highest mountain peak in the Atlantic Ocean.
- ↑ The summit of Mulhacén is the highest point in continental Spain.
- ↑ The Spratly Islands are claimed by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines.
- ↑ The sovereignty of the Republic of China, which controls Taiwan, is disputed.
- ↑ The summit of Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest point in Africa.
- ↑ The summit of Mount Kilimanjaro is the fourth-most prominent point on Earth.
- 1 2 Sarygamysh Koli (Turkmen: Sarygamyş köli, Uzbek: 'Sariqamish ko‘li') is a salt lake on the border between Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan which dries into salt ponds and can eventually leave a salt flat with an elevation as low as −110 m (−361 ft) in Turkmenistan. At present, the water level of the main lake in Turkmenistan is about −60 m (−197 ft) with a higher lake in Uzbekistan at −12 m (−39 ft).
- ↑ The summit of Denali is the highest point in North America.
- ↑ The summit of Denali is the third-most prominent point on Earth.
- ↑ Mauna Kea on Hawaiʻi is the highest mountain peak in the North Pacific Ocean.
- ↑ The summit of Mauna Kea on Hawaiʻi is the eighth-most topographically isolated point on Earth.
- ↑ The Badwater Basin in Death Valley is the lowest point in North America.