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Field Listing :: Elevation extremes

This entry includes both the highest point and the lowest point.

Country	Elevation extremes(m)


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)


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 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 4,095 m (on Mt. Cameroon)


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 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


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: 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: unnamed peak; 3,611 m; note - this peak is neither Gundah Zhur 3,607 m nor Kuh-e Hajji-Ebrahim 3,595 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


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


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 (Pik Imeni Ismail Samani) 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


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 6,194 m 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, 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

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