| Field Listing :: Elevation extremes |
| This entry includes both the highest point and the lowest point. | |
Country |
Elevation extremes(m) |
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| Afghanistan |
lowest point: Amu Darya 258 m
highest point: Noshak 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 Mountain 964 m |
| Andorra |
lowest point: Riu Runer 840 m
highest point: Pic de 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 -2,540 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; highest point in South America) |
| Armenia |
lowest point: Debed River 400 m
highest point: Aragats Lerrnagagat' 4,090 m |
| Aruba |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Ceru 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 |
| 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 |
| Belarus |
lowest point: Nyoman River 90 m
highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m |
| Belgium |
lowest point: North Sea 0 m
highest point: Botrange 694 m |
| Belize |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Doyle's Delight 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: Drangeme Chhu 97 m
highest point: Gangkar Puensum 7,570 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 2,994 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 / Bay of Bengal 0 m
highest point: Gamlang Razi 5,870 m |
| Burundi |
lowest point: Lake Tanganyika 772 m
highest point: Heha 2,670 m |
| Cabo Verde |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mt. Fogo 2,829 m (a volcano on Fogo Island) |
| 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 4,095 m (on Mt. Cameroon) |
| Canada |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Logan 5,959 m |
| Cayman Islands |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: The Bluff on Cayman Brac 43 m |
| Central African Republic |
lowest point: Oubangui River 335 m
highest point: Mont Ngaoui 1,420 m |
| Chad |
lowest point: Djourab 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 (highest point in Asia) |
| 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: Karthala 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: Monts Nimba 1,752 m |
| Croatia |
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Dinara 1,831 m |
| Cuba |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Pico Turquino 2,005 m |
| Curacao |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mt. Christoffel, 372m |
| Cyprus |
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Olympus 1,951 m |
| Czech Republic |
lowest point: Labe (Elbe) River 115 m
highest point: Snezka 1,602 m |
| Denmark |
lowest point: Lammefjord -7 m
highest point: Mollehoj/Ejer Bavnehoj 171 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 Diablotins 1,447 m |
| Dominican Republic |
lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m
highest point: Pico Duarte 3,175 m |
| Ecuador |
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Chimborazo 6,267 m note: due to the fact that the earth is not a perfect sphere and has an equatorial bulge, the highest point on the planet furthest from its center is Mount Chimborazo not Mount Everest, which is merely the highest peak above sea-level |
| 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 Danakil 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: Danakil Depression -125 m
highest point: Ras Dejen 4,533 m |
| European Union |
lowest point: Lammefjord, Denmark -7 m; Zuidplaspolder, Netherlands -7 m
highest point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m; note - situated on the border between France and Italy |
| 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: Halti (alternatively Haltia, Haltitunturi, Haltiatunturi) 1,328 m |
| France |
lowest point: Rhone River delta -2 m
highest point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m note: in order to assess the possible effects of climate change on the ice and snow cap of Mont Blanc, its surface and peak have been extensively measured in recent years; these new peak measurements have exceeded the traditional height of 4,807 m and have varied between 4,808 m and 4,811 m; the actual rock summit is 4,792 m and is 40 m away from the ice-covered summit |
| 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 de la Dives on Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul) 867 m; unnamed location on Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul) 272 m; Pic Marion-Dufresne in Iles Crozet 1,090 m; Mont Ross in Iles Kerguelen 1,850 m; unnamed location on Bassas de India (Iles Eparses) 2.4 m; unnamed location on Europa Island (Iles Eparses) 24 m; unnamed location on Glorioso Islands (Iles Eparses) 12 m; unnamed location on Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses) 10 m; unnamed location on Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses) 7 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 elevation 53 m |
| Gaza Strip |
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Abu 'Awdah (Joz Abu 'Awdah) 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 885 m |
| Gibraltar |
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Rock of Gibraltar 426 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 Fjeld 3,700 m |
| Grenada |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Saint Catherine 840 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 note: highest point in Central America |
| Guernsey |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed elevation 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 elevation in the eastern part 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 volcano 2,745 m |
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
lowest point: unnamed location 19 m
highest point: unnamed elevation 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 2,110 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 4,884 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: Cheekha Dar (Kurdish for "Black Tent"); 3,611 m |
| Ireland |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Carrauntoohil 1,041 m |
| Isle of Man |
lowest point: Irish Sea 0 m
highest point: Snaefell 621 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 on Beerenberg 2,277 m note: Beerenberg volcano has numerous peaks; the highest point on the volcano rim is named Haakon VII Toppen, after Norway's first king following the reestablishment of Norwegian independence in 1905 |
| Japan |
lowest point: Hachiro-gata -4 m
highest point: Fujiyama 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 elevation 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 Umm ad Dami 1,854 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 elevation 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 |
| Kosovo |
lowest point: Drini i Bardhe/Beli Drim 297 m (located on the border with Albania)
highest point: Gjeravica/Deravica 2,656 m |
| Kuwait |
lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: unnamed elevation 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: Phu Bia 2,817 m |
| Latvia |
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Gaizina Kalns 312 m |
| Lebanon |
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Qornet es Saouda 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: Vorder-Grauspitz 2,599 m |
| Lithuania |
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Aukstojas 294 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 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 Viligili in the Addu Atholhu 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) |
| Marshall Islands |
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Likiep 10 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 |
| 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 (Nistru) 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 560 m
highest point: Nayramadlin Orgil (Huyten Orgil) 4,374 m |
| Montenegro |
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Bobotov Kuk 2,522 m |
| Montserrat |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: lava dome in English's Crater (in the Soufriere Hills volcanic complex) estimated at over 930 m (2006) |
| 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 elevation along plateau rim 61 m |
| Navassa Island |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: unnamed elevation on southwest side 77 m |
| Nepal |
lowest point: Kanchan Kalan 70 m
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m (highest point in Asia) |
| Netherlands |
lowest point: Zuidplaspolder -7 m
highest point: Mount Scenery 862 m (on the island of Saba in the Caribbean, now considered an integral part of the Netherlands following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles) note: the highest point on continental Netherlands is Vaalserberg at 322 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: Idoukal-n-Taghes 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 elevation 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 elevation 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 Baru 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 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: Big 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: Tuwayyir al Hamir 103 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 (highest point in Europe) |
| Rwanda |
lowest point: Rusizi River 950 m
highest point: Volcan Karisimbi 4,519 m |
| Saint Barthelemy |
lowest point: Caribbean Ocean 0 m
highest point: Morne du Vitet 286 m |
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 2,060 m; Green Mountain on Ascension Island 859 m; Mount Actaeon on Saint Helena Island 818 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 Martin |
lowest point: Caribbean Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pic du Paradis 424 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: La Soufriere 1,234 m |
| Samoa |
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Silisili 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 elevation southwest of Kedougou 581 m |
| Serbia |
lowest point: Danube and Timok Rivers 35 m
highest point: Midzor 2,169 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 |
| Sint Maarten |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Flagstaff 386 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 Popomanaseu 2,310 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 South Sandwich Islands |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Paget (South Georgia) 2,934 m |
| South Sudan |
Lowest point: NA
highest point: Kinyeti 3,187 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: Jabal Marrah 3,071 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 -2.4 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 (highest point in Africa) |
| Thailand |
lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m
highest point: Doi Inthanon 2,576 m |
| Timor-Leste |
lowest point: Timor Sea, Savu Sea, and Banda Sea 0 m
highest point: Foho Tatamailau 2,963 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 elevation on Kao Island 1,033 m |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: El Cerro del Aripo 940 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: Flamingo Hill 48 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 (Denali) 6,194 m (highest point in North America) note: the peak of Mauna Kea (4,207 m above sea level) on the island of Hawaii rises about 10,200 m above the Pacific Ocean floor; by this measurement, it is the world's tallest mountain - higher than Mount Everest (8,850 m), which is recognized as the tallest mountain above sea level |
| United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges |
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Baker Island, unnamed location - 8 m; Howland Island, unnamed location - 3 m; Jarvis Island, unnamed location - 7 m; Johnston Atoll, Sand Island - 10 m; Kingman Reef, unnamed location - less than 2 m; Midway Islands, unnamed location - 13 m; Palmyra Atoll, unnamed location - 3 m |
| Uruguay |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro Catedral 514 m |
| Uzbekistan |
lowest point: Sariqamish 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 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 (on Futuna) 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 elevation 805 m |
| World |
lowest point: Bentley Subglacial Trench (Antarctica) -2,555 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 top ten highest mountains (measured from sea level): Mount Everest (China-Nepal) 8,850 m; K2 (Pakistan) 8,611 m; Kanchenjunga (India-Nepal) 8,598 m; Lhotse (Nepal) 8,516 m; Makalu (China-Nepal) 8,463 m; Cho Oyu (China-Nepal) 8,201 m; Dhaulagiri (Nepal) 8,167 m; Manaslu (Nepal) 8,163 m; Nanga Parbat (Pakistan) 8,125 m; Anapurna (Nepal) 8,091 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 elevation in Mafinga Hills 2,301 m |
| Zimbabwe |
lowest point: junction of the Runde and Save Rivers 162 m
highest point: Inyangani 2,592 m |