The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country.
Country or region | Highest point | Maximum elevation | Lowest point | Minimum elevation | Elevation span |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | Noshaq | 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 | 65 m 213 ft |
Caribbean Sea | sea level | 65 m 213 ft |
Antarctica | Mount Vinson | 4892 m 16,050 ft |
Deep Lake, Vestfold Hills[1][source?] | −50 m −164 ft |
4942 m 16,214 ft |
Antigua and Barbuda | Mount Obama on Antigua | 402 m 1,319 ft |
Caribbean Sea | sea level | 402 m 1,319 ft |
Argentina | Aconcagua[2][3] | 6960 m 22,835 ft |
Laguna del Carbón[4] | −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[5] | 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 | 1052 m 3,451 ft |
Bay of Bengal | sea level | 1052 m 3,451 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 |
Multiple, west of Veurne 51°02′00″N 2°35′52″E / 51.033230°N 2.597802°E | −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 |
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[6] |
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[7] | 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 |
Bodélé Depression | 160 m 525 ft |
3285 m 10,778 ft |
Chile | Ojos del Salado[8][9] | 6893 m 22,615 ft |
South Pacific Ocean | sea level | 6893 m 22,615 ft |
China, People's Republic of[10] | Mount Everest[11] | 8848 m 29,029 ft |
Ayding Lake[12] | −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 on Clipperton Island | 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[13][14] Pico Simón Bolívar[13][14] |
5700 m 18,701 ft |
North Pacific Ocean Caribbean Sea |
sea level | 5700 m 18,701 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 | Margherita Peak | 5109 m 16,762 ft |
South Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 5109 m 16,762 ft |
Republic of the Congo | Mont Nabeba | 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 | 1951 m 6,401 ft |
Mediterranean Sea | sea level | 1951 m 6,401 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[15] | −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[16] | 3098 m 10,164 ft |
Lago Enriquillo[17][18] on Hispaniola | −45 m −148 ft |
3143 m 10,312 ft |
Ecuador | Chimborazo[19] | 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 |
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[20] | 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[21] | 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 | Red Rock | 53 m 174 ft |
North Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 53 m 174 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 | 2919 m 9,577 ft |
Mediterranean Sea | sea level [22] | 2919 m 9,577 ft |
Greenland | Gunnbjørn Fjeld[23][24] on Greenland | 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[25] on Guam | 406 m 1,332 ft |
North Pacific Ocean | sea level | 406 m 1,332 ft |
Guatemala | Volcán Tajumulco[26] | 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 | unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country | 300 m 984 ft |
North Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 300 m 984 ft |
Guyana | Mount Roraima | 2750 m 9,022 ft[27] |
North Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 2750 m 9,022 ft |
Haiti | Pic la Selle | 2680 m 8,793 ft |
Caribbean Sea | sea level | 2680 m 8,793 ft |
Heard Island and McDonald Islands | Mawson Peak[5] | 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[28][29] | 8586 m 28,169 ft |
Kuttanad[30] | −2 m −7 ft |
8588 m 28,177 ft |
Indonesia | Puncak Jaya[31][32] | 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 on Ireland | −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 (Mount Hermon if the Golan Heights are included)[33] | 1208 m 3,963 ft |
Dead Sea[34] | −428 m −1,404 ft |
1636 m 5,367 ft |
Italy | Monte Bianco[20] | 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 | 143 m 469 ft |
English Channel | sea level | 143 m 469 ft |
Jordan | Jabal Umm ad Dami | 1854 m 6,083 ft |
Dead Sea[34] | −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[35] | Đeravica | 2656 m 8,714 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[36] | 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 on Madagascar | 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 13,435 ft |
South China Sea Indian Ocean |
sea level | 4095 m 13,435 ft |
Maldives[37] | 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)[38] | 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[39] | Jbel Toubkal | 4165 m 13,665 ft |
Sebkha Tah | −55 m −180 ft |
4220 m 13,845 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 | 71 m 233 ft |
South Pacific Ocean | sea level | 71 m 233 ft |
Navassa Island | unnamed location | 77 m 253 ft |
Caribbean Sea | sea level | 77 m 253 ft |
Nepal | Mount Everest[11] | 8848 m 29,029 ft |
Kanchan Kalan | 70 m 230 ft |
8778 m 28,799 ft |
Netherlands | Mount Scenery[40] 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[41] 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[42][43] | 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[34] | −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[44] | 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 | 2499 m 8,199 ft |
Żuławy Wiślane | −2 m −6 ft |
2501 m 8,205 ft |
Portugal | Montanha do Pico on Pico Island[45] | 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[46][47] | 5642 m 18,510 ft |
Caspian Sea[48] | −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[39] | unnamed location | 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 | 755 m 2,477 ft |
Ausa River | 55 m 180 ft |
700 m 2,297 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 | 3000 m 9,843 ft |
Persian Gulf Red Sea |
sea level | 3000 m 9,843 ft |
Senegal | unnamed feature 2.7 km southeast of Nepen Diakha | 648 m 2,126 ft |
North Atlantic Ocean | sea level | 648 m 2,126 ft |
Serbia | Midžor (Đeravica when Kosovo is considered as part of Serbia) | 2169 m 7,116 ft |
Iron Gate | 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 from Flagstaff Peak (summit is wholly in Saint Martin.) | 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[52] | 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[53] on Tenerife[54] | 3718 m 12,198 ft |
North Atlantic Ocean Mediterranean Sea |
sea level | 3718 m 12,198 ft |
Spratly Islands[55] | 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 |
Swaziland | Emlembe | 1862 m 6,109 ft |
Maputo River | 21 m 69 ft |
1841 m 6,040 ft |
Sweden | Kebnekaise | 2104 m 6,903 ft |
Kristianstad | −2 m −8 ft |
2106 m 6,911 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[56] | Yu Shan | 3952 m 12,966 ft |
South 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[57][58] | 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[59] | −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 | 5 m 15 ft |
South Pacific Ocean | sea level | 5 m 15 ft |
Uganda | 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 | 1345 m 4,413 ft |
The Fens | −4 m −13 ft |
1349 m 4,426 ft |
United States | Denali[60][61][62][63] | 6190.5 m 20,310 ft |
Badwater Basin[64] | −85.0 m −279 ft |
6275.5 m 20,589 ft |
United States Minor Outlying Islands | unnamed hill on Sand Island | 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 | Khazret Sultan | 4643 m 15,233 ft |
Sariqarnish Kuli[59] | −12 m −39 ft |
4655 m 15,272 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 | Fan Si Pan | 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[11] | 8848 m 29,029 ft |
Dead Sea[34] | −428 m −1,404 ft |
9,276 m 30,433 ft |