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Elevation extremes
This entry includes both the highest point and the lowest point.
Source: CIA-World Factbook
 
Country Elevation extremes
Afghanistan

highest point: Nowshak 7,485 m

lowest point: Amu Darya 258 m
 

Albania

highest point: Maja e Korabit (Golem Korab) 2,753 m

lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
 

Algeria

highest point: Tahat 3,003 m

lowest point: Chott Melrhir -40 m
 

American Samoa

highest point: Lata 966 m

lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
 

American Virgin Islands

highest point: Crown Mountain 474 m

lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
 

Andorra

highest point: Coma Pedrosa 2,946 m

lowest point: Riu Runer 840 m
 

Angola

highest point: Morro de Moco 2,620 m

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

Anguilla

highest point: Crocus Hill 65 m

lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
 

Antarctica

highest point: Vinson Massif 4,897 m

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
 

Antigua and Barbuda

highest point: Boggy Peak 402 m

lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
 

Arctic Ocean

highest point: sea level 0 m

lowest point: Fram Basin -4,665 m
 

Argentina

highest point: Cerro Aconcagua 6,960 m (located in the northwestern corner of the province of Mendoza)

lowest point: Laguna del Carbon -105 m (located between Puerto San Julian and Comandante Luis Piedra Buena in the province of Santa Cruz)
 

Armenia

highest point: Aragats Lerrnagagat' 4,090 m

lowest point: Debed River 400 m
 

Aruba

highest point: Mount Jamanota 188 m

lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
 

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

highest point: unnamed location 3 m

lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
 

Atlantic Ocean

highest point: sea level 0 m

lowest point: Milwaukee Deep in the Puerto Rico Trench -8,605 m
 

Australia

highest point: Mount Kosciuszko 2,229 m

lowest point: Lake Eyre -15 m
 

Austria

highest point: Grossglockner 3,798 m

lowest point: Neusiedler See 115 m
 

Azerbaijan

highest point: Bazarduzu Dagi 4,485 m

lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
 

Bahamas, The

highest point: Mount Alvernia, on Cat Island 63 m

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

Bahrain

highest point: Jabal ad Dukhan 122 m

lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
 

Baker Island

highest point: unnamed location 8 m

lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
 

Bangladesh

highest point: Keokradong 1,230 m

lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
 

Barbados

highest point: Mount Hillaby 336 m

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

Bassas da India

highest point: unnamed location 2.4 m

lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
 

Belarus

highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m

lowest point: Nyoman River 90 m
 

Belgium

highest point: Signal de Botrange 694 m

lowest point: North Sea 0 m
 

Belize

highest point: Victoria Peak 1,160 m

lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
 

Benin

highest point: Mont Sokbaro 658 m

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

Bermuda

highest point: Town Hill 76 m

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

Bhutan

highest point: Kula Kangri 7,553 m

lowest point: Drangme Chhu 97 m
 

Bolivia

highest point: Nevado Sajama 6,542 m

lowest point: Rio Paraguay 90 m
 

Bosnia and Herzegovina

highest point: Maglic 2,386 m

lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
 

Botswana

highest point: Tsodilo Hills 1,489 m

lowest point: junction of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers 513 m
 

Bouvet Island

highest point: Olav Peak 935 m

lowest point: South Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

Brazil

highest point: Pico da Neblina 3,014 m

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

British Indian Ocean Territory

highest point: unnamed location on Diego Garcia 15 m

lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
 

British Virgin Islands

highest point: Mount Sage 521 m

lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
 

Brunei

highest point: Bukit Pagon 1,850 m

lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
 

Bulgaria

highest point: Musala 2,925 m

lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
 

Burkina Faso

highest point: Tena Kourou 749 m

lowest point: Mouhoun (Black Volta) River 200 m
 

Burma

highest point: Hkakabo Razi 5,881 m

lowest point: Andaman Sea 0 m
 

Burundi

highest point: Mount Heha 2,670 m

lowest point: Lake Tanganyika 772 m
 

Cambodia

highest point: Phnum Aoral 1,810 m

lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m
 

Cameroon

highest point: Fako (on Mount Cameroon) 4,095 m

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

Canada

highest point: Mount Logan 5,959 m

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

Cape Verde

highest point: Mt. Fogo 2,829 m (a volcano on Fogo Island)

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

Cayman Islands

highest point: The Bluff 43 m

lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
 

Central African Republic

highest point: Mont Ngaoui 1,420 m

lowest point: Oubangui River 335 m
 

Chad

highest point: Emi Koussi 3,415 m

lowest point: Djourab Depression 160 m
 

Chile

highest point: Nevado Ojos del Salado 6,880 m

lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
 

China

highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m

lowest point: Turpan Pendi -154 m
 

Christmas Island

highest point: Murray Hill 361 m

lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
 

Clipperton Island

highest point: Rocher Clipperton 29 m

lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
 

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

highest point: unnamed location 5 m

lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
 

Colombia

highest point: Pico Cristobal Colon 5,775 m; note: nearby Pico Simon Bolivar also has the same elevation

lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
 

Comoros

highest point: Le Kartala 2,360 m

lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
 

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

highest point: Pic Marguerite on Mont Ngaliema (Mount Stanley) 5,110 m

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

Congo, Republic of the

highest point: Mount Berongou 903 m

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

Cook Islands

highest point: Te Manga 652 m

lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
 

Coral Sea Islands

highest point: unnamed location on Cato Island 6 m

lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
 

Costa Rica

highest point: Cerro Chirripo 3,810 m

lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
 

Cote d'Ivoire

highest point: Mont Nimba 1,752 m

lowest point: Gulf of Guinea 0 m
 

Croatia

highest point: Dinara 1,830 m

lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
 

Cuba

highest point: Pico Turquino 2,005 m

lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
 

Cyprus

highest point: Mount Olympus 1,951 m

lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
 

Czech Republic

highest point: Snezka 1,602 m

lowest point: Elbe River 115 m
 

Denmark

highest point: Yding Skovhoej 173 m

lowest point: Lammefjord -7 m
 

Djibouti

highest point: Moussa Ali 2,028 m

lowest point: Lac Assal -155 m
 

Dominica

highest point: Morne Diablatins 1,447 m

lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
 

Dominican Republic

highest point: Pico Duarte 3,175 m

lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m
 

Ecuador

highest point: Chimborazo 6,267 m

lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
 

Egypt

highest point: Mount Catherine 2,629 m

lowest point: Qattara Depression -133 m
 

El Salvador

highest point: Cerro El Pital 2,730 m

lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
 

Equatorial Guinea

highest point: Pico Basile 3,008 m

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

Eritrea

highest point: Soira 3,018 m

lowest point: near Kulul within the Denakil depression -75 m
 

Estonia

highest point: Suur Munamagi 318 m

lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
 

Ethiopia

highest point: Ras Dejen 4,620 m

lowest point: Denakil Depression -125 m
 

Europa Island

highest point: unnamed location 24 m

lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
 

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

highest point: Mount Usborne 705 m

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

Faroe Islands

highest point: Slaettaratindur 882 m

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

Fiji

highest point: Tomanivi 1,324 m

lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
 

Finland

highest point: Halti 1,328 m

lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
 

France

highest point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m

lowest point: Rhone River delta -2 m
 

French Guiana

highest point: Bellevue de l'Inini 851 m

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

French Polynesia

highest point: Mont Orohena 2,241 m

lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
 

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

highest point: Mont Ross on Iles Kerguelen 1,850 m

lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
 

Gabon

highest point: Mont Iboundji 1,575 m

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

Gambia, The

highest point: unnamed location 53 m

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

Gaza Strip

highest point: Abu 'Awdah (Joz Abu 'Auda) 105 m

lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
 

Georgia

highest point: Mt'a Shkhara 5,201 m

lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
 

Germany

highest point: Zugspitze 2,963 m

lowest point: Neuendorf bei Wilster -3.54 m
 

Ghana

highest point: Mount Afadjato 880 m

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

Gibraltar

highest point: Rock of Gibraltar 426 m

lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
 

Glorioso Islands

highest point: unnamed location 12 m

lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
 

Greece

highest point: Mount Olympus 2,917 m

lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
 

Greenland

highest point: Gunnbjorn 3,700 m

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

Grenada

highest point: Mount Saint Catherine 840 m

lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
 

Guadeloupe

highest point: Soufriere 1,484 m

lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
 

Guam

highest point: Mount Lamlam 406 m

lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
 

Guatemala

highest point: Volcan Tajumulco 4,211 m

lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
 

Guernsey

highest point: unnamed location on Sark 114 m

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

Guinea

highest point: Mont Nimba 1,752 m

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

Guinea-Bissau

highest point: unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country 300 m

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

Guyana

highest point: Mount Roraima 2,835 m

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

Haiti

highest point: Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m

lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
 

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

highest point: Mawson Peak, on Big Ben 2,745 m

lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
 

Holy See (Vatican City)

highest point: unnamed location 75 m

lowest point: unnamed location 19 m
 

Honduras

highest point: Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m

lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
 

Hong Kong

highest point: Tai Mo Shan 958 m

lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
 

Howland Island

highest point: unnamed location 3 m

lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
 

Hungary

highest point: Kekes 1,014 m

lowest point: Tisza River 78 m
 

Iceland

highest point: Hvannadalshnukur 2,119 m (at Vatnajokull glacier)

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

India

highest point: Kanchenjunga 8,598 m

lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
 

Indian Ocean

highest point: sea level 0 m

lowest point: Java Trench -7,258 m
 

Indonesia

highest point: Puncak Jaya 5,030 m

lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
 

Iran

highest point: Kuh-e Damavand 5,671 m

lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
 

Iraq

highest point: unamed peak 3,611 m; note - this peak is not Gundah Zhur 3,607 m or Kuh-e Hajji-Ebrahim 3,595 m

lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
 

Ireland

highest point: Carrauntoohil 1,041 m

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

Isle of Man

highest point: Snaefell 621 m

lowest point: Irish Sea 0 m
 

Israel

highest point: Har Meron 1,208 m

lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
 

Italy

highest point: Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco) de Courmayeur 4,748 m (a secondary peak of Mont Blanc)

lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
 

Jamaica

highest point: Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m

lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
 

Jan Mayen

highest point: Haakon VII Toppen/Beerenberg 2,277 m

lowest point: Norwegian Sea 0 m
 

Japan

highest point: Mount Fuji 3,776 m

lowest point: Hachiro-gata -4 m
 

Jarvis Island

highest point: unnamed location 7 m

lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
 

Jersey

highest point: unnamed location 143 m

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

Johnston Atoll

highest point: Summit Peak 5 m

lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
 

Jordan

highest point: Jabal Ram 1,734 m

lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
 

Juan de Nova Island

highest point: unnamed location 10 m

lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
 

Kazakhstan

highest point: Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 6,995 m

lowest point: Vpadina Kaundy -132 m
 

Kenya

highest point: Mount Kenya 5,199 m

lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
 

Kingman Reef

highest point: unnamed location 1 m

lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
 

Kiribati

highest point: unnamed location on Banaba 81 m

lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
 

Korea, North

highest point: Paektu-san 2,744 m

lowest point: Sea of Japan 0 m
 

Korea, South

highest point: Halla-san 1,950 m

lowest point: Sea of Japan 0 m
 

Kuwait

highest point: unnamed location 306 m

lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
 

Kyrgyzstan

highest point: Jengish Chokusu (Pik Pobedy) 7,439 m

lowest point: Kara-Daryya (Karadar'ya) 132 m
 

Laos

highest point: Phou Bia 2,817 m

lowest point: Mekong River 70 m
 

Latvia

highest point: Gaizinkalns 312 m

lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
 

Lebanon

highest point: Qurnat as Sawda' 3,088 m

lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
 

Lesotho

highest point: Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m

lowest point: junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers 1,400 m
 

Liberia

highest point: Mount Wuteve 1,380 m

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 

Libya

highest point: Bikku Bitti 2,267 m

lowest point: Sabkhat Ghuzayyil -47 m
 

Liechtenstein

highest point: Grauspitz 2,599 m

lowest point: Ruggeller Riet 430 m
 

Lithuania

highest point: Juozapines/Kalnas 292 m

lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
 

Luxembourg

highest point: Buurgplaatz 559 m

lowest point: Moselle River 133 m
 

Macau

highest point: