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Country
Elevation extremes (m)
Afghanistan lowest point: Amu Darya 258 m
highest point: Nowshak 7,485 m
Albania lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Maja e Korabit (Golem Korab) 2,764 m
Algeria lowest point: Chott Melrhir -40 m
highest point: Tahat 3,003 m
American Samoa lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Lata 966 m
Andorra lowest point: Riu Runer 840 m
highest point: Coma Pedrosa 2,946 m
Angola lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Morro de Moco 2,620 m
Anguilla lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Crocus Hill 65 m
Antarctica lowest point: Bentley Subglacial Trench -2,555 m
highest point: Vinson Massif 4,897 m
note: the lowest known land point in Antarctica is hidden in the Bentley Subglacial Trench; at its surface is the deepest ice yet discovered and the world's lowest elevation not under seawater
Antigua and Barbuda lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Boggy Peak 402 m
Arctic Ocean lowest point: Fram Basin -4,665 m
highest point: sea level 0 m
Argentina lowest point: Laguna del Carbon -105 m (located between Puerto San Julian and Comandante Luis Piedra Buena in the province of Santa Cruz)
highest point: Cerro Aconcagua 6,960 m (located in the northwestern corner of the province of Mendoza)
Armenia lowest point: Debed River 400 m
highest point: Aragats Lerrnagagat' 4,090 m
Aruba lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Jamanota 188 m
Ashmore and Cartier Islands lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 3 m
Atlantic Ocean lowest point: Milwaukee Deep in the Puerto Rico Trench -8,605 m
highest point: sea level 0 m
Australia lowest point: Lake Eyre -15 m
highest point: Mount Kosciuszko 2,229 m
Austria lowest point: Neusiedler See 115 m
highest point: Grossglockner 3,798 m
Azerbaijan lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Bazarduzu Dagi 4,485 m
Bahamas, The lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Alvernia, on Cat Island 63 m
Bahrain lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Jabal ad Dukhan 122 m
Baker Island lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 8 m
Bangladesh lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Keokradong 1,230 m
Barbados lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Hillaby 336 m
Bassas da India lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 2.4 m
Belarus lowest point: Nyoman River 90 m
highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m
Belgium lowest point: North Sea 0 m
highest point: Signal de Botrange 694 m
Belize lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Victoria Peak 1,160 m
Benin lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Sokbaro 658 m
Bermuda lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Town Hill 76 m
Bhutan lowest point: Drangme Chhu 97 m
highest point: Kula Kangri 7,553 m
Bolivia lowest point: Rio Paraguay 90 m
highest point: Nevado Sajama 6,542 m
Bosnia and Herzegovina lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Maglic 2,386 m
Botswana lowest point: junction of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers 513 m
highest point: Tsodilo Hills 1,489 m
Bouvet Island lowest point: South Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Olav Peak 935 m
Brazil lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico da Neblina 3,014 m
British Indian Ocean Territory lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Diego Garcia 15 m
British Virgin Islands lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Sage 521 m
Brunei lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Bukit Pagon 1,850 m
Bulgaria lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Musala 2,925 m
Burkina Faso lowest point: Mouhoun (Black Volta) River 200 m
highest point: Tena Kourou 749 m
Burma lowest point: Andaman Sea 0 m
highest point: Hkakabo Razi 5,881 m
Burundi lowest point: Lake Tanganyika 772 m
highest point: Heha 2,670 m
Cambodia lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m
highest point: Phnum Aoral 1,810 m
Cameroon lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Fako (on Mount Cameroon) 4,095 m
Canada lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Logan 5,959 m
Cape Verde lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mt. Fogo 2,829 m (a volcano on Fogo Island)
Cayman Islands lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: The Bluff 43 m
Central African Republic lowest point: Oubangui River 335 m
highest point: Mont Ngaoui 1,420 m
Chad lowest point: Djourab Depression 160 m
highest point: Emi Koussi 3,415 m
Chile lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Nevado Ojos del Salado 6,880 m
China lowest point: Turpan Pendi -154 m
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m
Christmas Island lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Murray Hill 361 m
Clipperton Island lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Rocher Clipperton 29 m
Cocos (Keeling) Islands lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 5 m
Colombia lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico Cristobal Colon 5,775 m
note: nearby Pico Simon Bolivar also has the same elevation
Comoros lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Le Kartala 2,360 m
Congo, Democratic Republic of the lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pic Marguerite on Mont Ngaliema (Mount Stanley) 5,110 m
Congo, Republic of the lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Berongou 903 m
Cook Islands lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Te Manga 652 m
Coral Sea Islands lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Cato Island 6 m
Costa Rica lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro Chirripo 3,810 m
Cote d'Ivoire lowest point: Gulf of Guinea 0 m
highest point: Mont Nimba 1,752 m
Croatia lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Dinara 1,830 m
Cuba lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Pico Turquino 2,005 m
Cyprus lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Olympus 1,951 m
Czech Republic lowest point: Elbe River 115 m
highest point: Snezka 1,602 m
Denmark lowest point: Lammefjord -7 m
highest point: Yding Skovhoej 173 m
Djibouti lowest point: Lac Assal -155 m
highest point: Moussa Ali 2,028 m
Dominica lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Morne Diablatins 1,447 m
Dominican Republic lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m
highest point: Pico Duarte 3,175 m
East Timor lowest point: Timor Sea, Savu Sea, and Banda Sea 0 m
highest point: Foho Tatamailau 2,963 m
Ecuador lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Chimborazo 6,267 m
Egypt lowest point: Qattara Depression -133 m
highest point: Mount Catherine 2,629 m
El Salvador lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro El Pital 2,730 m
Equatorial Guinea lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico Basile 3,008 m
Eritrea lowest point: near Kulul within the Denakil depression -75 m
highest point: Soira 3,018 m
Estonia lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Suur Munamagi 318 m
Ethiopia lowest point: Denakil Depression -125 m
highest point: Ras Dejen 4,620 m
Europa Island lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 24 m
European Union lowest point: Lammefjord, Denmark -7 m; Zuidplaspolder, Netherlands -7 m
highest point: Mount Blanc, France/Italy 4,807 m
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Usborne 705 m
Faroe Islands lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Slaettaratindur 882 m
Fiji lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Tomanivi 1,324 m
Finland lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Haltiatunturi 1,328 m
France lowest point: Rhone River delta -2 m
highest point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m
French Guiana lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Bellevue de l'Inini 851 m
French Polynesia lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Orohena 2,241 m
French Southern and Antarctic Lands lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Ross on Iles Kerguelen 1,850 m
Gabon lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Iboundji 1,575 m
Gambia, The lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 53 m
Gaza Strip lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Abu 'Awdah (Joz Abu 'Auda) 105 m
Georgia lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Mt'a Shkhara 5,201 m
Germany lowest point: Neuendorf bei Wilster -3.54 m
highest point: Zugspitze 2,963 m
Ghana lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Afadjato 880 m
Gibraltar lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Rock of Gibraltar 426 m
Glorioso Islands lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 12 m
Greece lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Olympus 2,917 m
Greenland lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Gunnbjorn 3,700 m
Grenada lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Saint Catherine 840 m
Guadeloupe lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Soufriere 1,484 m
Guam lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Lamlam 406 m
Guatemala lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Volcan Tajumulco 4,211 m
Guernsey lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Sark 114 m
Guinea lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Nimba 1,752 m
Guinea-Bissau lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country 300 m
Guyana lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Roraima 2,835 m
Haiti lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m
Heard Island and McDonald Islands lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mawson Peak, on Big Ben 2,745 m
Holy See (Vatican City) lowest point: unnamed location 19 m
highest point: unnamed location 75 m
Honduras lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m
Hong Kong lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Tai Mo Shan 958 m
Howland Island lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 3 m
Hungary lowest point: Tisza River 78 m
highest point: Kekes 1,014 m
Iceland lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Hvannadalshnukur 2,119 m (at Vatnajokull glacier)
India lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Kanchenjunga 8,598 m
Indian Ocean lowest point: Java Trench -7,258 m
highest point: sea level 0 m
Indonesia lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Puncak Jaya 5,030 m
Iran lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Kuh-e Damavand 5,671 m
Iraq lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: unnamed peak; 3,611 m; note - this peak is not Gundah Zhur 3,607 m or Kuh-e Hajji-Ebrahim 3,595 m
Ireland lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Carrauntoohil 1,041 m
Israel lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Har Meron 1,208 m
Italy lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco) de Courmayeur 4,748 m (a secondary peak of Mont Blanc)
Jamaica lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m
Jan Mayen lowest point: Norwegian Sea 0 m
highest point: Haakon VII Toppen/Beerenberg 2,277 m
Japan lowest point: Hachiro-gata -4 m
highest point: Mount Fuji 3,776 m
Jarvis Island lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 7 m
Jersey lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 143 m
Johnston Atoll lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Summit Peak 5 m
Jordan lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Jabal Ram 1,734 m
Juan de Nova Island lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 10 m
Kazakhstan lowest point: Vpadina Kaundy -132 m
highest point: Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 6,995 m
Kenya lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Kenya 5,199 m
Kingman Reef lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 1 m
Kiribati lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Banaba 81 m
Korea, North lowest point: Sea of Japan 0 m
highest point: Paektu-san 2,744 m
Korea, South lowest point: Sea of Japan 0 m
highest point: Halla-san 1,950 m
Kuwait lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 306 m
Kyrgyzstan lowest point: Kara-Daryya (Karadar'ya) 132 m
highest point: Jengish Chokusu (Pik Pobedy) 7,439 m
Laos lowest point: Mekong River 70 m
highest point: Phou Bia 2,817 m
Latvia lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Gaizinkalns 312 m
Lebanon lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Qurnat as Sawda' 3,088 m
Lesotho lowest point: junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers 1,400 m
highest point: Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m
Liberia lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Wuteve 1,380 m
Libya lowest point: Sabkhat Ghuzayyil -47 m
highest point: Bikku Bitti 2,267 m
Liechtenstein lowest point: Ruggeller Riet 430 m
highest point: Grauspitz 2,599 m
Lithuania lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Juozapines/Kalnas 292 m
Luxembourg lowest point: Moselle River 133 m
highest point: Buurgplaatz 559 m
Macau lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Coloane Alto 172.4 m
Macedonia lowest point: Vardar River 50 m
highest point: Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,764 m
Madagascar lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Maromokotro 2,876 m
Malawi lowest point: junction of the Shire River and international boundary with Mozambique 37 m
highest point: Sapitwa (Mount Mlanje) 3,002 m
Malaysia lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Gunung Kinabalu 4,100 m
Maldives lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Wilingili island in the Addu Atoll 2.4 m
Mali lowest point: Senegal River 23 m
highest point: Hombori Tondo 1,155 m
Malta lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Ta'Dmejrek 253 m (near Dingli)
Man, Isle of lowest point: Irish Sea 0 m
highest point: Snaefell 621 m
Marshall Islands lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Likiep 10 m
Martinique lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Montagne Pelee 1,397 m
Mauritania lowest point: Sebkhet Te-n-Dghamcha -5 m
highest point: Kediet Ijill 915 m
Mauritius lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Piton 828 m
Mayotte lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Benara 660 m
Mexico lowest point: Laguna Salada -10 m
highest point: Volcan Pico de Orizaba 5,700 m
Micronesia, Federated States of lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Dolohmwar (Totolom) 791 m
Midway Islands lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 13 m
Moldova lowest point: Dniester River 2 m
highest point: Dealul Balanesti 430 m
Monaco lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mont Agel 140 m
Mongolia lowest point: Hoh Nuur 518 m
highest point: Nayramadlin Orgil (Huyten Orgil) 4,374 m
Montserrat lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Chances Peak (in the Soufriere Hills volcanic complex) 914 m
Morocco lowest point: Sebkha Tah -55 m
highest point: Jebel Toubkal 4,165 m
Mozambique lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Monte Binga 2,436 m
Namibia lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Konigstein 2,606 m
Nauru lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location along plateau rim 61 m
Navassa Island lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on southwest side 77 m
Nepal lowest point: Kanchan Kalan 70 m
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m
Netherlands lowest point: Zuidplaspolder -7 m
highest point: Vaalserberg 322 m
Netherlands Antilles lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Scenery 862 m
New Caledonia lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Panie 1,628 m
New Zealand lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Aoraki-Mount Cook 3,754 m
Nicaragua lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mogoton 2,438 m
Niger lowest point: Niger River 200 m
highest point: Mont Bagzane 2,022 m
Nigeria lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Chappal Waddi 2,419 m
Niue lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location near Mutalau settlement 68 m
Norfolk Island lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Bates 319 m
Northern Mariana Islands lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Agrihan 965 m
Norway lowest point: Norwegian Sea 0 m
highest point: Galdhopiggen 2,469 m
Oman lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m
highest point: Jabal Shams 2,980 m
Pacific Ocean lowest point: Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench -10,924 m
highest point: sea level 0 m
Pakistan lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: K2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen) 8,611 m
Palau lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Ngerchelchuus 242 m
Palmyra Atoll lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 2 m
Panama lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Volcan de Chiriqui 3,475 m
Papua New Guinea lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Wilhelm 4,509 m
Paracel Islands lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Rocky Island 14 m
Paraguay lowest point: junction of Rio Paraguay and Rio Parana 46 m
highest point: Cerro Pero (Cerro Tres Kandu) 842 m
Peru lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Nevado Huascaran 6,768 m
Philippines lowest point: Philippine Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Apo 2,954 m
Pitcairn Islands lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pawala Valley Ridge 347 m
Poland lowest point: near Raczki Elblaskie -2 m
highest point: Rysy 2,499 m
Portugal lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Ponta do Pico (Pico or Pico Alto) on Ilha do Pico in the Azores 2,351 m
Puerto Rico lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Cerro de Punta 1,338 m
Qatar lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Qurayn Abu al Bawl 103 m
Reunion lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Piton des Neiges 3,069 m
Romania lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Moldoveanu 2,544 m
Russia lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Gora El'brus 5,633 m
Rwanda lowest point: Rusizi River 950 m
highest point: Volcan Karisimbi 4,519 m
Saint Helena lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 2,060 m
Saint Kitts and Nevis lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Liamuiga 1,156 m
Saint Lucia lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Gimie 950 m
Saint Pierre and Miquelon lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Morne de la Grande Montagne 240 m
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Soufriere 1,234 m
Samoa lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mauga Silisili (Savaii) 1,857 m
San Marino lowest point: Torrente Ausa 55 m
highest point: Monte Titano 755 m
Sao Tome and Principe lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico de Sao Tome 2,024 m
Saudi Arabia lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Jabal Sawda' 3,133 m
Senegal lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed feature near Nepen Diakha 581 m
Serbia and Montenegro lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Daravica 2,656 m
Seychelles lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Morne Seychellois 905 m
Sierra Leone lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Loma Mansa (Bintimani) 1,948 m
Singapore lowest point: Singapore Strait 0 m
highest point: Bukit Timah 166 m
Slovakia lowest point: Bodrok River 94 m
highest point: Gerlachovsky Stit 2,655 m
Slovenia lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Triglav 2,864 m
Solomon Islands lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Makarakomburu 2,447 m
Somalia lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Shimbiris 2,416 m
South Africa lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Njesuthi 3,408 m
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Paget (South Georgia) 2,934 m
Southern Ocean lowest point: -7,235 m at the southern end of the South Sandwich Trench
highest point: sea level 0 m
Spain lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico de Teide (Tenerife) on Canary Islands 3,718 m
Spratly Islands lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Southwest Cay 4 m
Sri Lanka lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pidurutalagala 2,524 m
Sudan lowest point: Red Sea 0 m
highest point: Kinyeti 3,187 m
Suriname lowest point: unnamed location in the coastal plain -2 m
highest point: Juliana Top 1,230 m
Svalbard lowest point: Arctic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Newtontoppen 1,717 m
Swaziland lowest point: Great Usutu River 21 m
highest point: Emlembe 1,862 m
Sweden lowest point: reclaimed bay of Lake Hammarsjon, near Kristianstad -2.41 m
highest point: Kebnekaise 2,111 m
Switzerland lowest point: Lake Maggiore 195 m
highest point: Dufourspitze 4,634 m
Syria lowest point: unnamed location near Lake Tiberias -200 m
highest point: Mount Hermon 2,814 m
Taiwan lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Yu Shan 3,952 m
Tajikistan lowest point: Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300 m
highest point: Qullai Ismoili Somoni 7,495 m
Tanzania lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Kilimanjaro 5,895 m
Thailand lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m
highest point: Doi Inthanon 2,576 m
Togo lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Agou 986 m
Tokelau lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 5 m
Tonga lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Kao Island 1,033 m
Trinidad and Tobago lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: El Cerro del Aripo 940 m
Tromelin Island lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 7 m
Tunisia lowest point: Shatt al Gharsah -17 m
highest point: Jebel ech Chambi 1,544 m
Turkey lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Ararat 5,166 m
Turkmenistan lowest point: Vpadina Akchanaya -81 m; note - Sarygamysh Koli is a lake in northern Turkmenistan with a water level that fluctuates above and below the elevation of Vpadina Akchanaya (the lake has dropped as low as -110 m)
highest point: Gora Ayribaba 3,139 m
Turks and Caicos Islands lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Blue Hills 49 m
Tuvalu lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 5 m
Uganda lowest point: Lake Albert 621 m
highest point: Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m
Ukraine lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Hora Hoverla 2,061 m
United Arab Emirates lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Jabal Yibir 1,527 m
United Kingdom lowest point: The Fens -4 m
highest point: Ben Nevis 1,343 m
United States lowest point: Death Valley -86 m
highest point: Mount McKinley 6,194 m
Uruguay lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro Catedral 514 m
Uzbekistan lowest point: Sariqarnish Kuli -12 m
highest point: Adelunga Toghi 4,301 m
Vanuatu lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Tabwemasana 1,877 m
Venezuela lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Pico Bolivar (La Columna) 5,007 m
Vietnam lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Fan Si Pan 3,144 m
Virgin Islands lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Crown Mountain 474 m
Wake Island lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 6 m
Wallis and Futuna lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Singavi 765 m
West Bank lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Tall Asur 1,022 m
Western Sahara lowest point: Sebjet Tah -55 m
highest point: unnamed location 463 m
World lowest point: Bentley Subglacial Trench -2,540 m
note: in the oceanic realm, Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench is the lowest point, lying -10,924 m below the surface of the Pacific Ocean
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m
Yemen lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m
highest point: Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,760 m
Zambia lowest point: Zambezi river 329 m
highest point: unnamed location in Mafinga Hills 2,301 m
Zimbabwe lowest point: junction of the Runde and Save rivers 162 m
highest point: Inyangani 2,592 m

This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005


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