List of elevation extremes by country

The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country or dependent territory.

Map of countries coloured according to their highest point

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

Land surface elevation extremes by country

Country or region	Highest point	Maximum elevation	Lowest point	Minimum elevation	Elevation span
Afghanistan	Noshakh	7492 m 24,580 ft	Amu Darya	258 m 846 ft	7234 m 23,734 ft
Albania	Korab	2764 m 9,068 ft	Adriatic Sea	sea level	2764 m 9,068 ft
Algeria	Mount Tahat	3003 m 9,852 ft	Chott Melrhir	−40 m −131 ft	3043 m 9,984 ft
American Samoa	Lata Mountain on Ta‘ū	966 m 3,169 ft	South Pacific Ocean	sea level	966 m 3,169 ft
Andorra	Coma Pedrosa	2942 m 9,652 ft	Gran Valira	840 m 2,756 ft	2102 m 6,896 ft
Angola	Mount Moco	2620 m 8,596 ft	South Atlantic Ocean	sea level	2620 m 8,596 ft
Anguilla	Crocus Hill	73 m 240 ft	Caribbean Sea	sea level	73 m 240 ft
Antarctica	Mount Vinson	4892 m 16,050 ft	Deep Lake, Vestfold Hills^[1]^[citation needed]	−50 m −164 ft	4942 m 16,214 ft
Antigua and Barbuda	Boggy Peak on Antigua	402 m 1,319 ft	Caribbean Sea	sea level	402 m 1,319 ft
Argentina	Aconcagua^[a]^[b]	6960 m 22,835 ft	Laguna del Carbón^[c]	−105 m −344 ft	7065 m 23,179 ft
Armenia	Mount Aragats	4090 m 13,419 ft	Debed	400 m 1,312 ft	3690 m 12,106 ft
Aruba	Mount Jamanota	188 m 617 ft	Caribbean Sea	sea level	188 m 617 ft
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Unnamed location	3 m 10 ft	Indian Ocean	sea level	3 m 10 ft
Australia	Mount Kosciuszko^[d]	2228 m 7,310 ft	Lake Eyre	−15 m −49 ft	2243 m 7,359 ft
Austria	Grossglockner	3798 m 12,461 ft	Lake Neusiedl	115 m 377 ft	3683 m 12,083 ft
Azerbaijan	Mount Bazardüzü	4485 m 14,715 ft	Caspian Sea	−28 m −92 ft	4513 m 14,806 ft
Bahamas	Mount Alvernia on Cat Island	63 m 207 ft	North Atlantic Ocean	sea level	63 m 207 ft
Bahrain	Mountain of Smoke	122 m 400 ft	Persian Gulf	sea level	122 m 400 ft
Bangladesh	Saka Haphong	1063 m 3,488 ft	Bay of Bengal	sea level	1063 m 3,488 ft
Barbados	Mount Hillaby	336 m 1,102 ft	North Atlantic Ocean	sea level	336 m 1,102 ft
Belarus	Dzyarzhynskaya Hara	346 m 1,135 ft	Neman	90 m 295 ft	256 m 840 ft
Belgium	Signal de Botrange	694 m 2,277 ft	De Moeren	−4 m −13 ft	698 m 2,290 ft
Belize	Doyle's Delight	1124 m 3,688 ft	Caribbean Sea	sea level	1124 m 3,688 ft
Benin	Mont Sokbaro	658 m 2,159 ft	Bight of Benin	sea level	658 m 2,159 ft
Bermuda	Town Hill	76 m 249 ft	North Atlantic Ocean	sea level	76 m 249 ft
Bhutan	Gangkhar Puensum	7570 m 24,836 ft	Drangme Chhu	97 m 318 ft	7473 m 24,518 ft
Bir Tawil	Gabal Hagar El Zarqa	662 m 2,172 ft	[data missing]
Bolivia	Sajama	6542 m 21,463 ft	Paraguay River	90 m 295 ft	6452 m 21,168 ft
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Maglić	2386 m 7,828 ft	Adriatic Sea	sea level	2386 m 7,828 ft
Botswana	Otse Hill	1491 m 4,892 ft	Confluence of Limpopo River and Shashe River	513 m 1,683 ft	978 m 3,209 ft
Bouvet Island	Olavtoppen	935 m 3,068 ft	South Atlantic Ocean	sea level	935 m 3,068 ft
Brazil	Pico da Neblina	2995 m 9,826 ft^[2]	Atlantic Ocean	sea level	2995 m 9,826 ft
British Indian Ocean Territory	Unnamed location on Diego Garcia	15 m 49 ft	Indian Ocean	sea level	15 m 49 ft
Brunei	Bukit Pagon	1850 m 6,070 ft	South China Sea	sea level	1850 m 6,070 ft
Bulgaria	Musala	2925 m 9,596 ft	Black Sea	sea level	2925 m 9,596 ft
Burkina Faso	Mount Tenakourou	749 m 2,457 ft	Black Volta	200 m 656 ft	549 m 1,801 ft
Burundi	Mount Heha	2684 m 8,806 ft	Lake Tanganyika	772 m 2,533 ft	1912 m 6,273 ft
Cambodia	Phnom Aural	1810 m 5,938 ft	Gulf of Thailand	sea level	1810 m 5,938 ft
Cameroon	Mount Cameroon	4040 m 13,255 ft	Bight of Bonny	sea level	4040 m 13,255 ft
Canada	Mount Logan^[e]	5959 m 19,551 ft	North Atlantic Ocean Arctic Ocean North Pacific Ocean	sea level	5959 m 19,551 ft
Cape Verde	Pico do Fogo	2829 m 9,281 ft	North Atlantic Ocean	sea level	2829 m 9,281 ft
Cayman Islands	The Bluff on Cayman Brac	46 m 151 ft	Caribbean Sea	sea level	46 m 151 ft
Central African Republic	Mont Ngaoui	1420 m 4,659 ft	Ubangi River	335 m 1,099 ft	1085 m 3,560 ft
Chad	Emi Koussi	3445 m 11,302 ft	Djourab Depression	160 m 525 ft	3285 m 10,778 ft
Chile	Ojos del Salado^[f]^[g]	6893 m 22,615 ft	South Pacific Ocean	sea level	6893 m 22,615 ft
China^[h]	Mount Everest^[i]^[j]	8849 m 29,032 ft	Ayding Lake^[k]	−154 m −505 ft	9,002 m 29,534 ft
Christmas Island	Murray Hill	361 m 1,184 ft	Indian Ocean	sea level	361 m 1,184 ft
Clipperton Island	Rocher Clipperton	29 m 95 ft	North Pacific Ocean	sea level	29 m 95 ft
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Unnamed location	5 m 16 ft	Indian Ocean	sea level	5 m 16 ft
Colombia	Pico Cristóbal Colón^[l] Pico Simón Bolívar	5730 m 18,799 ft	North Pacific Ocean Caribbean Sea	sea level	5730 m 18,799 ft
Comoros	Mount Karthala on Grande Comore	2360 m 7,743 ft	Indian Ocean	sea level	2360 m 7,743 ft
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Mount Stanley (Margherita Peak)	5109 m 16,762 ft	South Atlantic Ocean	sea level	5109 m 16,762 ft
Republic of the Congo	Mont Nabemba	1020 m 3,346 ft	South Atlantic Ocean	sea level	1020 m 3,346 ft
Cook Islands	Te Manga on Rarotonga	652 m 2,139 ft	South Pacific Ocean	sea level	652 m 2,139 ft
Coral Sea Islands	Unnamed location on Cato Island	29 m 95 ft	South Pacific Ocean	sea level	29 m 95 ft
Costa Rica	Cerro Chirripó	3820 m 12,533 ft	North Pacific Ocean Caribbean Sea	sea level	3820 m 12,533 ft
Ivory Coast	Mont Nimba	1752 m 5,748 ft	Gulf of Guinea	sea level	1752 m 5,748 ft
Croatia	Dinara	1831 m 6,007 ft	Adriatic Sea	sea level	1831 m 6,007 ft
Cuba	Pico Turquino	1974 m 6,476 ft	Caribbean Sea	sea level	1974 m 6,476 ft
Curaçao	Christoffelberg	375 m 1,230 ft	Caribbean Sea	sea level	375 m 1,230 ft
Cyprus	Mount Olympus	1952 m 6,404 ft	Mediterranean Sea	sea level	1952 m 6,404 ft
Czech Republic	Sněžka	1603 m 5,259 ft	Elbe	115 m 377 ft	1487 m 4,879 ft
Denmark	Møllehøj	171 m 561 ft	Lammefjord	−7 m −23 ft	178 m 584 ft
Djibouti	Mousa Ali	2028 m 6,654 ft	Lake Assal^[m]	−155 m −509 ft	2183 m 7,162 ft
Dominica	Morne Diablotins	1447 m 4,747 ft	Caribbean Sea	sea level	1447 m 4,747 ft
Dominican Republic	Pico Duarte^[n]	3098 m 10,164 ft	Lake Enriquillo^[4]^[o] on Hispaniola	−45 m −148 ft	3143 m 10,312 ft
Ecuador	Chimborazo^[p]	6267 m 20,561 ft	Pacific Ocean	sea level	6267 m 20,561 ft
Egypt	Mount Catherine	2629 m 8,625 ft	Qattara Depression	−133 m −436 ft	2762 m 9,062 ft
El Salvador	Cerro El Pital	2730 m 8,957 ft	North Pacific Ocean	sea level	2730 m 8,957 ft
Equatorial Guinea	Pico Basile on Bioko	3008 m 9,869 ft	North Atlantic Ocean	sea level	3008 m 9,869 ft
Eritrea	Emba Soira	3018 m 9,902 ft	Lake Kulul	−75 m −246 ft	3093 m 10,148 ft
Estonia	Suur Munamägi	318 m 1,043 ft	Baltic Sea	sea level	318 m 1,043 ft
Eswatini	Emlembe	1862 m 6,109 ft	Maputo River	21 m 69 ft	1841 m 6,040 ft
Ethiopia	Ras Dejen	4550 m 14,928 ft	Danakil Depression	−125 m −410 ft	4675 m 15,338 ft
Falkland Islands	Mount Usborne on East Falkland	705 m 2,313 ft	South Atlantic Ocean	sea level	705 m 2,313 ft
Faroe Islands	Slættaratindur on Eysturoy	880 m 2,887 ft	North Atlantic Ocean	sea level	880 m 2,887 ft
Fiji	Tomanivi on Viti Levu	1324 m 4,344 ft	South Pacific Ocean	sea level	1324 m 4,344 ft
Finland	Halti	1324 m 4,344 ft	Baltic Sea	sea level	1324 m 4,344 ft
France	Mont Blanc^[q]	4810 m 15,781 ft	Étang de Lavalduc	−10 m −33 ft	4820 m 15,814 ft
French Guiana	Bellevue de l'Inini	851 m 2,792 ft	North Atlantic Ocean	sea level	851 m 2,792 ft
French Polynesia	Mont Orohena^[r]	2241 m 7,352 ft	South Pacific Ocean	sea level	2241 m 7,352 ft
French Southern and Antarctic Lands	Mont Ross on Kerguelen Islands	1850 m 6,070 ft	Indian Ocean	sea level	1850 m 6,070 ft
Gabon	Mont Bengoué	1070 m 3,510 ft	Atlantic Ocean	sea level	1070 m 3,510 ft
Gambia	Unnamed point	64 m 210 ft^[5]	North Atlantic Ocean	sea level	64 m 210 ft
Georgia	Shkhara	5201 m 17,064 ft	Black Sea	sea level	5201 m 17,064 ft
Germany	Zugspitze	2962 m 9,718 ft	Neuendorf-Sachsenbande	−4 m −12 ft	2966 m 9,729 ft
Ghana	Mount Afadjato	880 m 2,887 ft	Gulf of Guinea	sea level	880 m 2,887 ft
Gibraltar	Rock of Gibraltar	426 m 1,398 ft	Strait of Gibraltar	sea level	426 m 1,398 ft
Greece	Mount Olympus	2917 m 9,570 ft	Epitalio	−6 m −20 ft ^[6] ^[7]	2917 m 9,570 ft
Greenland	Gunnbjørn Fjeld^[s]	3700 m 12,139 ft	Arctic Ocean North Atlantic Ocean	sea level	3700 m 12,139 ft
Grenada	Mount Saint Catherine	840 m 2,756 ft	Caribbean Sea	sea level	840 m 2,756 ft
Guadeloupe	La Grande Soufrière on Basse-Terre Island	1484 m 4,869 ft	Caribbean Sea	sea level	1484 m 4,869 ft
Guam	Mount Lamlam^[t]	406 m 1,332 ft	North Pacific Ocean	sea level	406 m 1,332 ft
Guatemala	Volcán Tajumulco^[u]	4220 m 13,845 ft	North Pacific Ocean Caribbean Sea	sea level	4220 m 13,845 ft
Guernsey	Le Moulin	114 m 374 ft	English Channel	sea level	114 m 374 ft
Guinea	Mont Nimba	1752 m 5,748 ft	North Atlantic Ocean	sea level	1752 m 5,748 ft
Guinea-Bissau	Monte Torin	262 m 860 ft	North Atlantic Ocean	sea level	262 m 860 ft
Guyana	Mount Roraima	2772 m 9,094 ft^[v]	North Atlantic Ocean	sea level	2772 m 9,094 ft
Haiti	Pic la Selle	2680 m 8,793 ft	Caribbean Sea	sea level	2680 m 8,793 ft
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	Big Ben (Mawson Peak)^[d]	2745 m 9,006 ft	Indian Ocean	sea level	2745 m 9,006 ft
Honduras	Cerro Las Minas	2870 m 9,416 ft	Caribbean Sea North Pacific Ocean	sea level	2870 m 9,416 ft
Hong Kong	Tai Mo Shan	958 m 3,143 ft	South China Sea	sea level	958 m 3,143 ft
Hungary	Kékes	1014 m 3,327 ft	Tisza	76 m 249 ft	938 m 3,077 ft
Iceland	Hvannadalshnúkur	2110 m 6,921 ft	North Atlantic Ocean	sea level	2110 m 6,921 ft
India	Kangchenjunga^[w]^[x]	8586 m 28,169 ft	Kuttanad^[9]	−2 m −7 ft	8588 m 28,177 ft
Indonesia	Puncak Jaya on New Guinea^[y]	4884 m 16,024 ft	Indian Ocean South Pacific Ocean	sea level	4884 m 16,024 ft
Iran	Damavand	5610 m 18,406 ft	Caspian Sea	−28 m −92 ft	5638 m 18,497 ft
Iraq	Cheekha Dar	3611 m 11,847 ft	Persian Gulf	sea level	3611 m 11,847 ft
Ireland	Carrauntoohil	1038 m 3,406 ft	North Slob	−3 m −10 ft	1038 m 3,406 ft
Isle of Man	Snaefell	621 m 2,037 ft	Irish Sea	sea level	621 m 2,037 ft
Israel	Mount Meron (de jure; inside the Green Line) Mount Hermon (de facto; in the occupied Golan Heights)^[z]	1208 m 3,963 ft	Dead Sea^[aa]	−428 m −1,404 ft	1636 m 5,367 ft
Italy	Mont Blanc^[q]	4810 m 15,781 ft	Jolanda di Savoia	−3 m −10 ft	4813 m 15,791 ft
Jamaica	Blue Mountain Peak	2256 m 7,402 ft	Caribbean Sea	sea level	2256 m 7,402 ft
Japan	Mount Fuji on Honshu	3776 m 12,388 ft	Hachiro-gata on Honshu	−4 m −13 ft	3780 m 12,402 ft
Jersey	Les Platons	136 m 446 ft	English Channel	sea level	136 m 446 ft
Jordan	Jabal Umm ad Dami	1854 m 6,083 ft	Dead Sea^[aa]	−428 m −1,404 ft	2276 m 7,467 ft
Kazakhstan	Khan Tengri	7010 m 22,999 ft	Karagiye Depression	−132 m −433 ft	7142 m 23,432 ft
Kenya	Mount Kenya	5199 m 17,057 ft	Indian Ocean	sea level	5199 m 17,057 ft
Kiribati	Unnamed location on Banaba	81 m 266 ft	Pacific Ocean	sea level	81 m 266 ft
North Korea	Paektu-san	2744 m 9,003 ft	Sea of Japan Yellow Sea	sea level	2744 m 9,003 ft
South Korea	Halla-san on Jejudo	1950 m 6,398 ft	Sea of Japan Yellow Sea	sea level	1950 m 6,398 ft
Kosovo	Velika Rudoka^[10]^[11]^[12]	2660 m 8,728 ft	White Drin	297 m 974 ft	2359 m 7,740 ft
Kuwait	Mutla Ridge	306 m 1,004 ft	Persian Gulf	sea level	306 m 1,004 ft
Kyrgyzstan	Jengish Chokusu	7439 m 24,406 ft	Kara Darya	435 m 1,427 ft	7004 m 22,979 ft
Laos	Phou Bia	2817 m 9,242 ft	Mekong	70 m 230 ft	2747 m 9,012 ft
Latvia	Gaiziņkalns	312 m 1,024 ft	Baltic Sea	sea level	312 m 1,024 ft
Lebanon	Qurnat as Sawda'	3088 m 10,131 ft	Mediterranean Sea	sea level	3088 m 10,131 ft
Lesotho	Thabana Ntlenyana^[ab]	3482 m 11,424 ft	Confluence of Orange River and Makhaleng River	1400 m 4,593 ft	2082 m 6,831 ft
Liberia	Mount Wuteve	1440 m 4,724 ft	North Atlantic Ocean	sea level	1440 m 4,724 ft
Libya	Bikku Bitti	2267 m 7,438 ft	Sabkhat Ghuzayyil	−47 m −154 ft	2314 m 7,592 ft
Liechtenstein	Grauspitz	2599 m 8,527 ft	Rhine	430 m 1,411 ft	2169 m 7,116 ft
Lithuania	Aukštojas Hill	294 m 964 ft	Nemunas Delta	−5 m −16 ft	295 m 968 ft
Luxembourg	Kneiff	560 m 1,837 ft	Moselle River	133 m 436 ft	427 m 1,401 ft
Macau	Coloane Alto on Gau Ou Saan	172 m 564 ft	South China Sea	sea level	172 m 564 ft
North Macedonia	Golem Korab	2764 m 9,068 ft	Vardar	50 m 164 ft	2714 m 8,904 ft
Madagascar	Maromokotro	2876 m 9,436 ft	Indian Ocean	sea level	2876 m 9,436 ft
Malawi	Mount Mulanje	3002 m 9,849 ft	Shire River	37 m 121 ft	2965 m 9,728 ft
Malaysia	Gunung Kinabalu on Borneo	4095 m 13,436 ft	South China Sea Indian Ocean	sea level	4095 m 13,436 ft
Maldives^[ac]	Mount Villingili on Villingili	5 m 17 ft	Indian Ocean	sea level	5 m 17 ft
Mali	Hombori Tondo	1155 m 3,789 ft	Senegal River	23 m 75 ft	1132 m 3,714 ft
Malta	Ta'Dmejrek on Malta Island	253 m 830 ft	Mediterranean Sea	sea level	253 m 830 ft
Marshall Islands	Unnamed location on Likiep	10 m 33 ft	North Pacific Ocean	sea level	10 m 33 ft
Martinique	Mount Pelée	1397 m 4,583 ft	Caribbean Sea	sea level	1397 m 4,583 ft
Mauritania	Kediet ej Jill	915 m 3,002 ft	Sebkha de Ndrhamcha	−5 m −16 ft	920 m 3,018 ft
Mauritius	Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire	828 m 2,717 ft	Indian Ocean	sea level	828 m 2,717 ft
Mayotte	Benara on Mahoré	660 m 2,165 ft	Mozambique Channel	sea level	660 m 2,165 ft
Mexico	Volcán Citlaltépetl (Pico de Orizaba)^[ad]	5636 m 18,491 ft	Laguna Salada	−10 m −33 ft	5646 m 18,524 ft
Federated States of Micronesia	Nanlaud on Pohnpei	782 m 2,566 ft	North Pacific Ocean	sea level	782 m 2,566 ft
Moldova	Bălănești Hill	430 m 1,411 ft	Dniester	2 m 7 ft	428 m 1,404 ft
Monaco	along Chemin des Révoires on Mont Agel	161 m 528 ft	Mediterranean Sea	sea level	161 m 528 ft
Mongolia	Khüiten Peak	4374 m 14,350 ft	Hoh Nuur	518 m 1,699 ft	3856 m 12,651 ft
Montenegro	Zla Kolata	2534 m 8,314 ft	Adriatic Sea	sea level	2534 m 8,314 ft
Montserrat	Chances Peak	915 m 3,002 ft	Caribbean Sea	sea level	915 m 3,002 ft
Morocco^[ae]	Jbel Toubkal	4167 m 13,671 ft	Sebkha Tah	−55 m −180 ft	4222 m 13,852 ft
Mozambique	Monte Binga	2436 m 7,992 ft	Mozambique Channel	sea level	2436 m 7,992 ft
Myanmar	Hkakabo Razi	5881 m 19,295 ft	Indian Ocean	sea level	5881 m 19,295 ft
Namibia	Königstein	2573 m 8,442 ft	South Atlantic Ocean	sea level	2573 m 8,442 ft
Nauru	Command Ridge	65 m 213 ft	South Pacific Ocean	sea level	65 m 213 ft
Nepal	Mount Everest^[i]^[af]	8849 m 29,032 ft	Mukhiyapatti Musharniya	59 m 194 ft	8789 m 28,835 ft
Netherlands	Mount Scenery^[ag] on Saba	887 m 2,910 ft	Vergeten Plek, in the Zuidplaspolder near Waddinxveen	−7 m −22 ft	894 m 2,932 ft
New Caledonia	Mont Panié	1628 m 5,341 ft	Coral Sea	sea level	1628 m 5,341 ft
New Zealand	Aoraki / Mount Cook^[ah] in the South Island	3724 m 12,218 ft	Unnamed location near Momona, Taieri Plains, Otago	−2 m −7 ft	3726 m 12,224 ft
Nicaragua	Mogotón	2107 m 6,913 ft	North Pacific Ocean Caribbean Sea	sea level	2107 m 6,913 ft
Niger	Mont Idoukal-n-Taghès	2022 m 6,634 ft	Niger River	200 m 656 ft	1822 m 5,978 ft
Nigeria	Chappal Waddi	2419 m 7,936 ft	Unnamed location on Lagos Island	−0.2 m −0.7 ft	2419 m 7,937 ft
Niue	Unnamed location near Mutalau on Niue	68 m 223 ft	South Pacific Ocean	sea level	68 m 223 ft
Norfolk Island	Mount Bates	319 m 1,047 ft	South Pacific Ocean	sea level	319 m 1,047 ft
Northern Mariana Islands	Mount Agrihan on Agrihan	965 m 3,166 ft	North Pacific Ocean	sea level	965 m 3,166 ft
Norway	Galdhøpiggen	2469 m 8,100 ft	Norwegian Sea	sea level	2469 m 8,100 ft
Oman	Jabal Shams	3009 m 9,872 ft	Arabian Sea	sea level	3009 m 9,872 ft
Pakistan	K2^[ai]	8611 m 28,251 ft	Arabian Sea	sea level	8611 m 28,251 ft
Palau	Mount Ngerchelchuus on Babeldaob	242 m 794 ft	North Pacific Ocean	sea level	242 m 794 ft
Palestine	Mount Nabi Yunis	1030 m 3,379 ft	Dead Sea^[aa]	−428 m −1,404 ft	1444 m 4,738 ft
Panama	Volcán Barú	3475 m 11,401 ft	North Pacific Ocean Caribbean Sea	sea level	3475 m 11,401 ft
Papua New Guinea	Mount Wilhelm	4509 m 14,793 ft	South Pacific Ocean	sea level	4509 m 14,793 ft
Paraguay	Cerro Peró	842 m 2,762 ft	Paraguay River	46 m 151 ft	796 m 2,612 ft
Peru	Huascarán^[aj]	6768 m 22,205 ft	Bayóvar Depression	−34 m −112 ft	6802 m 22,316 ft
Philippines	Mount Apo on Mindanao	2954 m 9,692 ft	Philippine Sea South China Sea	sea level	2954 m 9,692 ft
Pitcairn Islands	Pawala Valley Ridge	347 m 1,138 ft	South Pacific Ocean	sea level	347 m 1,138 ft
Poland	Northwestern peak of Rysy	2500 m 8,202 ft	Marzęcino	−2 m −7 ft	2502 m 8,209 ft
Portugal	Montanha do Pico on Pico Island^[ak]	2351 m 7,713 ft	North Atlantic Ocean	sea level	2351 m 7,713 ft
Puerto Rico	Cerro de Punta	1338 m 4,390 ft	Caribbean Sea	sea level	1338 m 4,390 ft
Qatar	Qurayn Abu al Bawl	103 m 338 ft	Persian Gulf	sea level	103 m 338 ft
Réunion	Piton des Neiges	3069 m 10,069 ft	Indian Ocean	sea level	3069 m 10,069 ft
Romania	Moldoveanu	2544 m 8,346 ft	Black Sea	sea level	2544 m 8,346 ft
Russia	Mount Elbrus^[al]	5642 m 18,510 ft	Caspian Sea^[am]	−28 m −92 ft	5670 m 18,602 ft
Rwanda	Mount Karisimbi	4507 m 14,787 ft	Ruzizi River	950 m 3,117 ft	3557 m 11,670 ft
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic^[ae]	Tikhzoukhane	605 m 1,985 ft	Sebjet Tah	−55 m −180 ft	660 m 2,165 ft
Saint Barthélemy	Morne du Vitet	286 m 938 ft	Caribbean Sea	sea level	286 m 938 ft
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha	2060 m 6,759 ft	South Atlantic Ocean	sea level	2060 m 6,759 ft
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Mount Liamuiga on Saint Kitts	1156 m 3,793 ft	Caribbean Sea	sea level	1156 m 3,793 ft
Saint Lucia	Mount Gimie	950 m 3,117 ft	Caribbean Sea	sea level	950 m 3,117 ft
Saint Martin	Pic Paradis on Saint Martin	424 m 1,391 ft	Caribbean Sea	sea level	424 m 1,391 ft
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Morne de la Grande Montagne on Miquelon	240 m 787 ft	North Atlantic Ocean	sea level	240 m 787 ft
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	La Soufrière	1234 m 4,049 ft	Caribbean Sea	sea level	1234 m 4,049 ft
Samoa	Mauga Silisili on Savai'i	1857 m 6,093 ft	South Pacific Ocean	sea level	1857 m 6,093 ft
San Marino	Monte Titano	739 m 2,425 ft	Ausa River	55 m 180 ft	684 m 2,244 ft
São Tomé and Príncipe	Pico de São Tomé on São Tomé Island	2024 m 6,640 ft	Gulf of Guinea	sea level	2024 m 6,640 ft
Saudi Arabia	Jabal Sawda (official) or Jabal Farwa' (most recent survey)	3000 m 9,843 ft	Persian Gulf Red Sea	sea level	3000 m 9,843 ft
Senegal	Baunez ridge 2.7 km southeast of Nepen Diakha	648 m 2,126 ft	North Atlantic Ocean	sea level	648 m 2,126 ft
Serbia	Midžor (Velika Rudoka if Kosovo is considered part of Serbia)	2169 m 7,116 ft	Confluence of the Timok River and the Danube River	28 m 92 ft	2141 m 7,024 ft
Seychelles	Morne Seychellois on Mahé	905 m 2,969 ft	Indian Ocean	sea level	905 m 2,969 ft
Sierra Leone	Mount Bintumani	1948 m 6,391 ft	North Atlantic Ocean	sea level	1948 m 6,391 ft
Singapore	Bukit Timah Hill	164 m 537 ft	Singapore Strait	sea level	164 m 537 ft
Sint Maarten	200 m SW of Flagstaff Peak (The summit is wholly in Saint Martin.) ^[13]^[14]^[15]	383 m 1,257 ft	Caribbean Sea	sea level	383 m 1,257 ft
Slovakia	Gerlachovský štít	2655 m 8,711 ft	Bodrog	94 m 308 ft	2561 m 8,402 ft
Slovenia	Triglav	2864 m 9,396 ft	Adriatic Sea	sea level	2864 m 9,396 ft
Solomon Islands	Mount Popomanaseu on Guadalcanal	2335 m 7,661 ft	South Pacific Ocean	sea level	2335 m 7,661 ft
Somalia	Shimbiris	2450 m 8,038 ft	Indian Ocean	sea level	2450 m 8,038 ft
South Africa	Mafadi	3450 m 11,319 ft	South Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean	sea level	3450 m 11,319 ft
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Mount Paget^[an]	2934 m 9,626 ft	South Atlantic Ocean	sea level	2934 m 9,626 ft
South Sudan	Kinyeti	3187 m 10,456 ft	White Nile	350 m 1,148 ft	2837 m 9,308 ft
Spain	Teide^[ao] on Tenerife^[ap]	3715 m 12,188 ft	North Atlantic Ocean Mediterranean Sea	sea level	3715 m 12,188 ft
Spratly Islands^[aq]	Unnamed location on Southwest Cay	4 m 13 ft	South China Sea	sea level	4 m 13 ft
Sri Lanka	Pidurutalagala on Sri Lanka	2524 m 8,281 ft	Indian Ocean	sea level	2524 m 8,281 ft
Sudan	Deriba Caldera	3042 m 9,980 ft	Red Sea	sea level	3042 m 9,980 ft
Suriname	Juliana Top	1230 m 4,035 ft	North Atlantic Ocean	sea level	1230 m 4,035 ft
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	Haakon VII Toppen	2277 m 7,470 ft	Norwegian Sea	sea level	2277 m 7,470 ft
Sweden	Kebnekaise	2097 m 6,880 ft	Kristianstad	−2 m −8 ft	2099 m 6,888 ft
Switzerland	Dufourspitze (Monte Rosa)	4634 m 15,203 ft	Lake Maggiore	193 m 633 ft	4441 m 14,570 ft
Syria	Jabal el-Sheikh	2814 m 9,232 ft	Northeast shores of the Sea of Galilee in the Golan Heights (from Syrian point of view; See Israeli-occupied territories)	−214 m −702 ft	2814 m 9,232 ft
Taiwan^[ar]	Yu Shan (Jade Mountain)	3952 m 12,966 ft	Philippine Sea South China Sea East China Sea	sea level	3952 m 12,966 ft
Tajikistan	Ismoil Somoni Peak	7495 m 24,590 ft	Syr Darya	300 m 984 ft	7195 m 23,606 ft
Tanzania	Kilimanjaro^[as]	5892 m 19,331 ft	Indian Ocean	sea level	5892 m 19,331 ft
Thailand	Doi Inthanon	2565 m 8,415 ft	Gulf of Thailand Andaman Sea	sea level	2565 m 8,415 ft
Timor-Leste	Mount Ramelau on Timor	2963 m 9,721 ft	Timor Sea	sea level	2963 m 9,721 ft
Togo	Mont Agou	986 m 3,235 ft	Bight of Benin	sea level	986 m 3,235 ft
Tokelau	Unnamed location	5 m 16 ft	South Pacific Ocean	sea level	5 m 16 ft
Tonga	Unnamed location on Kao	1033 m 3,389 ft	South Pacific Ocean	sea level	1033 m 3,389 ft
Trinidad and Tobago	El Cerro del Aripo on Trinidad	940 m 3,084 ft	Caribbean Sea	sea level	940 m 3,084 ft
Tunisia	Jebel ech Chambi	1544 m 5,066 ft	Shatt al Gharsah	−17 m −56 ft	1561 m 5,121 ft
Turkey	Mount Ararat	5137 m 16,854 ft	Mediterranean Sea Black Sea	sea level	5137 m 16,854 ft
Turkmenistan	Aýrybaba	3139 m 10,299 ft	Vpadina Akchanaya^[at]	−81 m −266 ft	3220 m 10,564 ft
Turks and Caicos Islands	Blue Hills on Providenciales	49 m 161 ft	North Atlantic Ocean	sea level	49 m 161 ft
Tuvalu	Unnamed location on Niulakita	5 m 15 ft	South Pacific Ocean	sea level	5 m 15 ft
Uganda	Mount Stanley (Margherita Peak)	5109 m 16,762 ft	Albert Nile	621 m 2,037 ft	4488 m 14,724 ft
Ukraine	Hoverla	2061 m 6,762 ft	Kuyalnik Estuary	−5 m −16 ft	2066 m 6,778 ft
United Arab Emirates	Jabal Al Jais	1910 m 6,266 ft	Persian Gulf Gulf of Oman	sea level	1910 m 6,266 ft
United Kingdom	Ben Nevis^[au]	1345 m 4,413 ft	Holme Fen^[16]	−4 m −13 ft	1349 m 4,426 ft
United States	Denali^[av]^[aw]^[ax]	6190.5 m 20,310 ft	Badwater Basin^[ay]	−85.5 m −281 ft	6276 m 20,591 ft
United States Minor Outlying Islands	Unnamed hill on Sand Island (Johnston Atoll)	13 m 43 ft	Pacific Ocean	sea level	13 m 43 ft
Uruguay	Cerro Catedral	514 m 1,685 ft	South Atlantic Ocean	sea level	514 m 1,685 ft
Uzbekistan	Alpomish^[17]	4668 m 15,315 ft	Sariqarnish Kuli^[at]	−12 m −39 ft	4680 m 15,354 ft
Vanuatu	Mount Tabwemasana on Espiritu Santo	1877 m 6,158 ft	South Pacific Ocean	sea level	1877 m 6,158 ft
Vatican City	Vatican Hill	75 m 246 ft	Saint Peter's Square	33 m 108 ft	42 m 138 ft
Venezuela	Pico Bolívar	4978 m 16,332 ft	Lagunillas Municipality, Zulia	−12 m −39 ft	4990 m 16,371 ft
Vietnam	Fansipan	3143 m 10,312 ft	South China Sea Gulf of Thailand	sea level	3143 m 10,312 ft
British Virgin Islands	Mount Sage on Tortola	521 m 1,709 ft	Caribbean Sea	sea level	521 m 1,709 ft
United States Virgin Islands	Crown Mountain on Saint Thomas	474 m 1,555 ft	Caribbean Sea	sea level	474 m 1,555 ft
Wallis and Futuna	Mont Puke on Futuna	524 m 1,719 ft	South Pacific Ocean	sea level	524 m 1,719 ft
Yemen	Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb	3666 m 12,028 ft	Arabian Sea	sea level	3666 m 12,028 ft
Zambia	Mafinga Central	2329 m 7,641 ft	Zambezi	329 m 1,079 ft	2000 m 6,562 ft
Zimbabwe	Mount Nyangani	2592 m 8,504 ft	Confluence of Runde River and Save River	162 m 531 ft	2430 m 7,972 ft
Earth	Mount Everest^[i]	8848 m 29,029 ft	Dead Sea^[aa]	−428 m −1,404 ft	9,276 m 30,433 ft

National elevation ranges

Of all countries, Lesotho has the world's highest low point at 1,400 metres (4,593 ft). Other countries with high low points include Rwanda 950 metres (3,117 ft) and Andorra 840 metres (2,756 ft). Countries with very low high points include Maldives 5 metres (16 ft), Tuvalu, 5 metres (16 ft) and the Marshall Islands 10 metres (33 ft). These island countries also have the smallest range between their lowest (sea level) and highest points, and are very sensitive to changes in sea level.

The highest and lowest points in China constitute the greatest elevation range within any single country at 9,002 metres (29,534 ft). The elevation ranges are also great in Nepal 8,789 metres (28,835 ft), Pakistan 8,611 metres (28,251 ft), and India 8,588 metres (28,176 ft).

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, giving a ratio of 69 m for every km². In Australia's 7,686,850 square kilometres (2,967,910 sq mi) area, there is only a 2,244 metres (7,362 ft) difference between the highest and lowest points, which gives a ratio of 292 micrometres (0.0115 in) per km².

Gallery

•  
  The summit of Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth.
•  
  The summit of K2 is the highest point of Pakistan.
•  
  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 Noshakh 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 Huascarán is the highest point of Peru and the Tropics.
•  
  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 Denali is the highest point of the United States and North America.
•  
  The summit of Mount Logan is the highest point of Canada.
•  
  The summit of Kilimanjaro is the highest point of Tanzania and Africa.
•  
  Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain of Russia and Europe.
•  
  The summit of Mount Vinson is the highest point of Antarctica and the Antarctic.
•  
  The summit of Puncak Jaya is the highest point of Indonesia, the Island of New Guinea, and all ocean islands.
•  
  The summit of Gunnbjorn Fjeld is the highest point of Greenland and the Arctic.
•  
  Lago Enriquillo is the lowest point of the Dominican Republic and all ocean islands.
•  
  The Badwater Basin in Death Valley is the lowest point of the United States and North America.
•  
  The Qattara Depression is the lowest point in Egypt.
•  
  Aydingkol is the lowest point of China.
•  
  Lake Asal is the lowest point of Djibouti and Africa.
•  
  The Dead Sea is the lowest point on Earth.

See also

•  Mountains portal
•  Lists portal

• List of elevation extremes by region
• List of highest points of African countries
• List of highest points of Asian countries
• List of highest points of European countries
• List of highest points of Oceanian countries
• List of tallest mountains in the Solar System
• Geodesy
  • Geoid
  • Nadir
  • Summit
  • Topographic elevation
  • Topographic isolation
  • Topographic prominence
• List of countries by average elevation
• List of sovereign states
• List of U.S. states by elevation
• Category:Highest points
• Category:Lowest points

Notes

1. The summit of Aconcagua is the highest point outside of Asia.
2. The summit of Aconcagua is the second-most prominent point on Earth.
3. Laguna del Carbón is the lowest point in both the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
4. The summit of Mawson Peak (2,745 m) on Heard Island is the highest point on a dependent territory of Australia, while Mount McClintock has the highest summit (3,490 m) of any mountain on any territory of Australia.
5. The summit of Mount Logan is the sixth-most prominent point on Earth.
6. Ojos del Salado is the highest volcano on Earth.
7. The summit of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) is the twelfth-most topographically isolated point on Earth.
8. China has the broadest range of surface elevations of any country with a span of 9,004 m (29,541 ft).
9. The summit of Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth.^[3]
10. Borders Nepal
11. Aydingkol is the third-lowest depression on Earth.
12. 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. The higher summit of these two is the fifth most prominent point on Earth.
13. Lake Asal is the second-lowest depression on Earth.
14. The summit of Pico Duarte on Hispaniola is the highest point in the Caribbean.
15. The shore of Lago Enriquillo on Hispaniola is the lowest point on any ocean island.
16. The summit of Chimborazo is the farthest point from the center of the Earth.
17. The summit of Mont Blanc is the highest point in Western Europe.
18. The summit of Mont Orohena on Tahiti is the seventh-most topographically isolated point on Earth.
19. The summit of Gunnbjørn Fjeld in Greenland is the highest point in the Arctic, and is the ninth most topographically isolated point on Earth.
20. The summit of Mount Lamlam on Guam is 11,377 meters (37,326 ft) above the Challenger Deep.
21. The summit of Volcán Tajumulco is the highest point in Central America.
22. Altitude listed by,^[8] but apparently calculated by geoprocessing from a topographic dataset; no documented surveys are known. Mount Roraima is not a well-defined sharp peak, but rather a tepui, a roughly flat tabletop plateau shared with Venezuela and Brazil. The highest point of the plateau is inside Venezuelan territory at 2,810 metres (9,220 ft). The Guyanese part of Mount Roraima is in a region claimed by Venezuela as Guayana Esequiba. Therefore, Venezuela does not recognize Mount Roraima as the highest point of Guyana.
23. Kangchenjunga is the third-highest mountain peak on Earth.
24. India claims all of Kashmir and Jammu. If recognized, this would make the summit of K2 the highest point in India.
25. The summit of Puncak Jaya is the highest point on any ocean island, and the fifth-most topographically isolated and the ninth-most topographically prominent point on Earth.
26. Only the southern slopes of Mount Hermon extend into the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. A peak in this area rising to 2236 m or 7336 ft is the highest point under Israeli control.
27. 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.
28. The summit of Thabana Ntlenyana is the eleventh most topographically isolated point on Earth.
29. Maldives has an average surface elevation of just 800 mm (31 in).
30. The summit of Volcán Citlaltépetl (Pico de Orizaba) is the seventh-most prominent point on Earth.
31. Both Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic claim all of Western Sahara.
32. Borders China.
33. The summit of the Vaalserberg at 322.7 m (1059 ft) is the highest point in the European Netherlands.
34. The summit of Aoraki / Mount Cook on the South Island is the tenth-most topographically isolated point on Earth.
35. K2, the second-highest mountain peak on Earth, is in a disputed region. The area around K2 is claimed by Pakistan, India and China, and is currently occupied by Pakistan and China.
36. The summit of Huascarán is the highest point in the Tropics.
37. The summit of Torre is the highest point in continental Portugal.
38. The summit of Mount Elbrus is the highest point in Europe, and the tenth-most prominent point on Earth.
39. The shore of the Caspian Sea is the lowest point in Europe.
40. Mount Paget on South Georgia is the highest mountain peak in the South Atlantic Ocean.
41. Teide is the highest mountain peak in the Atlantic Ocean.
42. The summit of Mulhacén is the highest point in continental Spain.
43. The Spratly Islands are claimed by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines.
44. The sovereignty of the Republic of China, which controls Taiwan, Kinmen and Matsu, is disputed.
45. The summit of Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest point in Africa, and the fourth-most prominent point on Earth.
46. 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).
47. The summits of Mount Paget and Mount Hope (Palmer Land) are higher than Ben Nevis at 9,629 and 10,627 ft, respectively. Mount Hope is not internationally recognised to be part of the United Kingdom, and Mount Paget is not on the British Isles.
48. The summit of Denali is the highest point in North America, and the third most prominent point on Earth.
49. Mauna Kea on Hawaiʻi is the highest mountain peak in the North Pacific Ocean. Its summit is the eighth most topographically isolated point on Earth.
50. The Highest point in the contiguous United States is Mount Whitney in the Sierra Nevada.
51. The Badwater Basin in Death Valley is the lowest point in North America.

References

1. "Deep Lake". Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
2. [Neblina and 31 de Março peaks, in Amazonas, become higher, says IBGE]. Portal Amazônia (in Portuguese). 2016-02-29. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
3. "Nepal and China agree on Mount Everest's height". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
4. 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.
5. "Point 61 - Peakbagger.com".
6. "Greece topographic map". Retrieved 16 February 2023.
7. "Meteoclub". Retrieved 16 February 2023.
8. Peakbagger
9. "Restoring Kuttanad to its heyday". The Hindu Business Line. 2009-02-02.
10. Archived at Ghostarchive and the : "Velika Rudoka (Kosovo high point) summit tour". YouTube.
11. "Serbia – Velika Rudoka". 2015-12-18.
12. "Velika Rudoka - Peakbagger.com".
13. "Flagstaff Ridge Southwest". Peakbagger. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
14. KLM Aerocarto (1971). Sint Maarten ("382.8 m") (Map). 1:25,000. Netherlands Antilles Cadastral Survey Department.
15. KLM Aerocarto (1982). Sint Maarten ("382.7 m") (Map). 1:10,000. Netherlands Antilles Cadastral Survey Department.
16. "Country diary: lowest land in Britain is unsettling in the gloom". The Guardian. 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
17. "Alpomish - Peakbagger.com". peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2023-10-30.

External links

• • Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• United States of America
  • The Library of Congress
    • Country Studies
  • U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
  • U.S. Department of State
    • Background Notes