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This entry includes the mean elevation and elevation extremes, lowest point and highest point.
| Country | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan |
mean elevation:
1,884 m
lowest point:
Amu Darya 258 m
highest point:
Noshak 7,492 m
|
| Albania |
mean elevation:
708 m
lowest point:
Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point:
Maja e Korabit (Golem Korab) 2,764 m
|
| Algeria |
mean elevation:
800 m
lowest point:
Chott Melrhir -40 m
highest point:
Tahat 2,908 m
|
| American Samoa |
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Lata Mountain 964 m
|
| Andorra |
mean elevation:
1,996 m
lowest point:
Riu Runer 840 m
highest point:
Pic de Coma Pedrosa 2,946 m
|
| Angola |
mean elevation:
1,112 m
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Moca 2,620 m
|
| Anguilla |
lowest point:
Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:
Crocus Hill 73 m
|
| Antarctica |
mean elevation:
2,300 m
lowest point:
Denman Glacier more than -3,500 m (-11,500 ft) below sea level
highest point:
Vinson Massif 4,892 m
note: the lowest known land point in Antarctica is hidden in the Denman Galcier; 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:
Mount Obama 402 m
|
| Arctic Ocean |
mean depth:
-1,205 m
lowest point:
Molloy Deep -5,607 m
highest point:
sea level
|
| Argentina |
mean elevation:
595 m
lowest point:
Laguna del Carbon (located between Puerto San Julian and Comandante Luis Piedra Buena in the province of Santa Cruz) -105 m
highest point:
Cerro Aconcagua (located in the northwestern corner of the province of Mendoza; highest point in South America) 6,962 m
|
| Armenia |
mean elevation:
1,792 m
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:
Cartier Island 5 m
|
| Atlantic Ocean |
mean depth:
-3,646 m
lowest point:
Milwaukee Deep in the Puerto Rico Trench -8,605 m
highest point:
sea level
|
| Australia |
mean elevation:
330 m
lowest point:
Lake Eyre -15 m
highest point:
Mount Kosciuszko 2,228 m
|
| Austria |
mean elevation:
910 m
lowest point:
Neusiedler See 115 m
highest point:
Grossglockner 3,798 m
|
| Azerbaijan |
mean elevation:
384 m
lowest point:
Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point:
Bazarduzu Dagi 4,466 m
|
| Bahamas, The |
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Mount Alvernia on Cat Island 64 m
|
| Bahrain |
lowest point:
Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point:
Jabal ad Dukhan 135 m
|
| Bangladesh |
mean elevation:
85 m
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 |
mean elevation:
160 m
lowest point:
Nyoman River 90 m
highest point:
Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m
|
| Belgium |
mean elevation:
181 m
lowest point:
North Sea 0 m
highest point:
Botrange 694 m
|
| Belize |
mean elevation:
173 m
lowest point:
Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:
Doyle's Delight 1,124 m
|
| Benin |
mean elevation:
273 m
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Mont Sokbaro 658 m
|
| Bermuda |
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Town Hill 79 m
|
| Bhutan |
mean elevation:
2,220 m
lowest point:
Drangeme Chhu 97 m
highest point:
Gangkar Puensum 7,570 m
|
| Bolivia |
mean elevation:
1,192 m
lowest point:
Rio Paraguay 90 m
highest point:
Nevado Sajama 6,542 m
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
mean elevation:
500 m
lowest point:
Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point:
Maglic 2,386 m
|
| Botswana |
mean elevation:
1,013 m
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:
Olavtoppen (Olav Peak) 780 m
|
| Brazil |
mean elevation:
320 m
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:
ocean-side dunes on Diego Garcia 9 m
|
| British Virgin Islands |
lowest point:
Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:
Mount Sage 521 m
|
| Brunei |
mean elevation:
478 m
lowest point:
South China Sea 0 m
highest point:
Bukit Pagon 1,850 m
|
| Bulgaria |
mean elevation:
472 m
lowest point:
Black Sea 0 m
highest point:
Musala 2,925 m
|
| Burkina Faso |
mean elevation:
297 m
lowest point:
Mouhoun (Black Volta) River 200 m
highest point:
Tena Kourou 749 m
|
| Burma |
mean elevation:
702 m
lowest point:
Andaman Sea/Bay of Bengal 0 m
highest point:
Gamlang Razi 5,870 m
|
| Burundi |
mean elevation:
1,504 m
lowest point:
Lake Tanganyika 772 m
highest point:
Heha 2,670 m
|
| Cabo Verde |
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Mt. Fogo (a volcano on Fogo Island) 2,829 m
|
| Cambodia |
mean elevation:
126 m
lowest point:
Gulf of Thailand 0 m
highest point:
Phnum Aoral 1,810 m
|
| Cameroon |
mean elevation:
667 m
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Fako on Mont Cameroun 4,045 m
|
| Canada |
mean elevation:
487 m
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Mount Logan 5,959 m
|
| Cayman Islands |
lowest point:
Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:
1 km SW of The Bluff on Cayman Brac 50 m
|
| Central African Republic |
mean elevation:
635 m
lowest point:
Oubangui River 335 m
highest point:
Mont Ngaoui 1,410 m
|
| Chad |
mean elevation:
543 m
lowest point:
Djourab 160 m
highest point:
Emi Koussi 3,445 m
|
| Chile |
mean elevation:
1,871 m
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Nevado Ojos del Salado 6,880 m
|
| China |
mean elevation:
1,840 m
lowest point:
Turpan Pendi -154 m
highest point:
Mount Everest (highest peak in Asia and highest point on earth above sea level) 8,848 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:
South Point on South Island 9 m
|
| Colombia |
mean elevation:
593 m
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Pico Cristobal Colon 5,730 m
|
| Comoros |
lowest point:
Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Karthala 2,360 m
|
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
mean elevation:
726 m
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Pic Marguerite on Mont Ngaliema (Mount Stanley) 5,110 m
|
| Congo, Republic of the |
mean elevation:
430 m
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 9 m
|
| Costa Rica |
mean elevation:
746 m
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Cerro Chirripo 3,819 m
|
| Cote d'Ivoire |
mean elevation:
250 m
lowest point:
Gulf of Guinea 0 m
highest point:
Monts Nimba 1,752 m
|
| Croatia |
mean elevation:
331 m
lowest point:
Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point:
Dinara 1,831 m
|
| Cuba |
mean elevation:
108 m
lowest point:
Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:
Pico Turquino 1,974 m
|
| Curacao |
lowest point:
Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:
Mt. Christoffel 372 m
|
| Cyprus |
mean elevation:
91 m
lowest point:
Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point:
Mount Olympus 1,951 m
|
| Czechia |
mean elevation:
433 m
lowest point:
Labe (Elbe) River 115 m
highest point:
Snezka 1,602 m
|
| Denmark |
mean elevation:
34 m
lowest point:
Lammefjord -7 m
highest point:
Mollehoj/Ejer Bavnehoj 171 m
|
| Djibouti |
mean elevation:
430 m
lowest point:
Lac Assal -155 m
highest point:
Moussa Ali 2,021 m
|
| Dominica |
lowest point:
Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:
Morne Diablotins 1,447 m
|
| Dominican Republic |
mean elevation:
424 m
lowest point:
Lago Enriquillo -46 m
highest point:
Pico Duarte 3,098 m
|
| Ecuador |
mean elevation:
1,117 m
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Chimborazo 6,267
note: because the earth is not a perfect sphere and has an equatorial bulge, the highest point on the planet farthest from its center is Mount Chimborazo not Mount Everest, which is merely the highest peak above sea level
|
| Egypt |
mean elevation:
321 m
lowest point:
Qattara Depression -133 m
highest point:
Mount Catherine 2,629 m
|
| El Salvador |
mean elevation:
442 m
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Cerro El Pital 2,730 m
|
| Equatorial Guinea |
mean elevation:
577 m
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Pico Basile 3,008 m
|
| Eritrea |
mean elevation:
853 m
lowest point:
near Kulul within the Danakil Depression -75 m
highest point:
Soira 3,018 m
|
| Estonia |
mean elevation:
61 m
lowest point:
Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point:
Suur Munamagi 318 m
|
| Eswatini |
mean elevation:
305 m
lowest point:
Great Usutu River 21 m
highest point:
Emlembe 1,862 m
|
| Ethiopia |
mean elevation:
1,330 m
lowest point:
Danakil Depression -125 m
highest point:
Ras Dejen 4,550 m
|
| European Union |
lowest point:
Zuidplaspolder, Netherlands -7 m
highest point:
Mont Blanc, France 4,810 m
|
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Mount Usborne 705 m
|
| Faroe Islands |
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Slaettaratindur 882 m
|
| Fiji |
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Tomanivi 1,324 m
|
| Finland |
mean elevation:
164 m
lowest point:
Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point:
Halti (alternatively Haltia, Haltitunturi, Haltiatunturi) 1,328 m
|
| France |
mean elevation:
375 m
lowest point:
Rhone River delta -2 m
highest point:
Mont Blanc 4,810
note: 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
highest points throughout the French Southern and Antarctic Lands: unnamed location on Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul) 272 m; Pic Marion-Dufresne in Iles Crozet 1090 m; Mont Ross in Iles Kerguelen 1850 m; unnamed location on Bassas de India (Iles Eparses) 2.4 m;24 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 |
mean elevation:
377 m
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Mont Iboundji 1,575 m
|
| Gambia, The |
mean elevation:
34 m
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 |
mean elevation:
1,432 m
lowest point:
Black Sea 0 m
highest point:
Mt'a Shkhara 5,193 m
|
| Germany |
mean elevation:
263 m
lowest point:
Neuendorf bei Wilster -3.5 m
highest point:
Zugspitze 2,963 m
|
| Ghana |
mean elevation:
190 m
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 |
mean elevation:
498 m
lowest point:
Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point:
Mount Olympus 2,917
note: Mount Olympus actually has 52 peaks but its highest point, Mytikas (meaning "nose"), rises to 2,917 meters; in Greek mythology, Olympus' Mytikas peak was the home of the Greek gods
|
| Greenland |
mean elevation:
1,792 m
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Gunnbjorn Fjeld 3,694 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 |
mean elevation:
759 m
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Volcan Tajumulco (highest point in Central America) 4,220 m
|
| Guernsey |
lowest point:
English Channel 0 m
highest point:
Le Moulin on Sark 114 m
|
| Guinea |
mean elevation:
472 m
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Mont Nimba 1,752 m
|
| Guinea-Bissau |
mean elevation:
70 m
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
unnamed elevation in the eastern part of the country 300 m
|
| Guyana |
mean elevation:
207 m
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Laberintos del Norte on Mount Roraima 2,775 m
|
| Haiti |
mean elevation:
470 m
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:
Saint Peter's Square 19 m
highest point:
Vatican Gardens (Vatican Hill) 78 m
|
| Honduras |
mean elevation:
684 m
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
|
| Hungary |
mean elevation:
143 m
lowest point:
Tisza River 78 m
highest point:
Kekes 1,014 m
|
| Iceland |
mean elevation:
557 m
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Hvannadalshnukur (at Vatnajokull Glacier) 2,110 m
|
| India |
mean elevation:
160 m
lowest point:
Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Kanchenjunga 8,586 m
|
| Indian Ocean |
mean depth:
-3,741 m
lowest point:
Java Trench -7,258 m
highest point:
sea level
|
| Indonesia |
mean elevation:
367 m
lowest point:
Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Puncak Jaya 4,884 m
|
| Iran |
mean elevation:
1,305 m
lowest point:
Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point:
Kuh-e Damavand 5,625 m
|
| Iraq |
mean elevation:
312 m
lowest point:
Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point:
Cheekha Dar (Kurdish for "Black Tent") 3,611 m
|
| Ireland |
mean elevation:
118 m
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 |
mean elevation:
508 m
note - does not include elevation data from the Golan Heights
lowest point:
Dead Sea -431 m
highest point:
Mitspe Shlagim 2,224 m; note - this is the highest named point, the actual highest point is an unnamed dome slightly to the west of Mitspe Shlagim at 2,236 m; both points are on the northeastern border of Israel, along the southern end of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range
|
| Italy |
mean elevation:
538 m
lowest point:
Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point:
Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco) de Courmayeur (a secondary peak of Mont Blanc) 4,748 m
|
| Jamaica |
mean elevation:
18 m
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
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 |
mean elevation:
438 m
lowest point:
Hachiro-gata -4 m
highest point:
Mount Fuji 3,776 m
|
| Jersey |
lowest point:
English Channel 0 m
highest point:
Les Platons 136 m
|
| Jordan |
mean elevation:
812 m
lowest point:
Dead Sea -431 m
highest point:
Jabal Umm ad Dami 1,854 m
|
| Kazakhstan |
mean elevation:
387 m
lowest point:
Vpadina Kaundy -132 m
highest point:
Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 6,995 m
|
| Kenya |
mean elevation:
762 m
lowest point:
Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Mount Kenya 5,199 m
|
| Kiribati |
mean elevation:
2 m
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
unnamed elevation on Banaba 81 m m
|
| Korea, North |
mean elevation:
600 m
lowest point:
Sea of Japan 0 m
highest point:
Paektu-san 2,744 m
|
| Korea, South |
mean elevation:
282 m
lowest point:
Sea of Japan 0 m
highest point:
Halla-san 1,950 m
|
| Kosovo |
mean elevation:
450 m
lowest point:
Drini i Bardhe/Beli Drim (located on the border with Albania) 297 m
highest point:
Gjeravica/Deravica 2,656 m
|
| Kuwait |
mean elevation:
108 m
lowest point:
Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point:
3.6 km W. of Al-Salmi Border Post 300 m
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
mean elevation:
2,988 m
lowest point:
Kara-Daryya (Karadar'ya) 132 m
highest point:
Jengish Chokusu (Pik Pobedy) 7,439 m
|
| Laos |
mean elevation:
710 m
lowest point:
Mekong River 70 m
highest point:
Phu Bia 2,817 m
|
| Latvia |
mean elevation:
87 m
lowest point:
Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point:
Gaizina Kalns 312 m
|
| Lebanon |
mean elevation:
1,250 m
lowest point:
Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point:
Qornet es Saouda 3,088 m
|
| Lesotho |
mean elevation:
2,161 m
lowest point:
junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers 1,400 m
highest point:
Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m
|
| Liberia |
mean elevation:
243 m
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Mount Wuteve 1,447 m
|
| Libya |
mean elevation:
423 m
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 |
mean elevation:
110 m
lowest point:
Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point:
Aukstojas 294 m
|
| Luxembourg |
mean elevation:
325 m
lowest point:
Moselle River 133 m
highest point:
Buurgplaatz 559 m
|
| Macau |
lowest point:
South China Sea 0 m
highest point:
Alto Coloane 172 m
|
| Madagascar |
mean elevation:
615 m
lowest point:
Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Maromokotro 2,876 m
|
| Malawi |
mean elevation:
779 m
lowest point:
junction of the Shire River and international boundary with Mozambique 37 m
highest point:
Sapitwa (Mount Mlanje) 3,002 m
|
| Malaysia |
mean elevation:
419 m
lowest point:
Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Gunung Kinabalu 4,095 m
|
| Maldives |
mean elevation:
2 m
lowest point:
Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:
8th tee, golf course, Villingi Island 5 m
|
| Mali |
mean elevation:
343 m
lowest point:
Senegal River 23 m
highest point:
Hombori Tondo 1,155 m
|
| Malta |
lowest point:
Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point:
Ta'Dmejrek on Dingli Cliffs 253 m
|
| Marshall Islands |
mean elevation:
2 m
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
East-central Airik Island, Maloelap Atoll 14 m
|
| Mauritania |
mean elevation:
276 m
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 |
mean elevation:
1,111 m
lowest point:
Laguna Salada -10 m
highest point:
Volcan Pico de Orizaba 5,636 m
|
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Nanlaud on Pohnpei 782 m
|
| Midway Islands |
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
water tower hill on Sand Island 15 m
|
| Moldova |
mean elevation:
139 m
lowest point:
Dniester (Nistru) 2 m
highest point:
Dealul Balanesti 430 m
|
| Monaco |
lowest point:
Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point:
Chemin des Revoires on Mont Agel 162 m
|
| Mongolia |
mean elevation:
1,528 m
lowest point:
Hoh Nuur 560 m
highest point:
Nayramadlin Orgil (Khuiten Peak) 4,374 m
|
| Montenegro |
mean elevation:
1,086 m
lowest point:
Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point:
Bobotov Kuk 2,522 m
|
| Montserrat |
lowest point:
Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:
Soufriere Hills volcano pre-eruption height was 915 m; current lava dome is subject to periodic build up and collapse; estimated dome height was 1,050 m in 2015
|
| Morocco |
mean elevation:
909 m
lowest point:
Sebkha Tah -59 m
highest point:
Jebel Toubkal 4,165 m
|
| Mozambique |
mean elevation:
345 m
lowest point:
Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Monte Binga 2,436 m
|
| Namibia |
mean elevation:
1,141 m
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Konigstein on Brandberg 2,573 m
|
| Nauru |
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Command Ridge 70 m
|
| Navassa Island |
lowest point:
Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:
200 m NNW of lighthouse 85 m
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| Nepal |
mean elevation:
2,565 m
lowest point:
Kanchan Kalan 70 m
highest point:
Mount Everest (highest peak in Asia and highest point on earth above sea level) 8,848 m
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| Netherlands |
mean elevation:
30 m
lowest point:
Zuidplaspolder -7 m
highest point:
Mount Scenery (on the island of Saba in the Caribbean, now considered an integral part of the Netherlands following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles) 862 m
note: the highest point on continental Netherlands is Vaalserberg at 322 m
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| New Caledonia |
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Mont Panie 1,628 m
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| New Zealand |
mean elevation:
388 m
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Aoraki/Mount Cook 3,724 m; note - the mountain's height was 3,764 m until 14 December 1991 when it lost about 10 m in an avalanche of rock and ice; erosion of the ice cap since then has brought the height down another 30 m
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| Nicaragua |
mean elevation:
298 m
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Mogoton 2,085 m
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| Niger |
mean elevation:
474 m
lowest point:
Niger River 200 m
highest point:
Idoukal-n-Taghes 2,022 m
|
| Nigeria |
mean elevation:
380 m
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Chappal Waddi 2,419 m
|
| Niue |
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
unnamed elevation 1.4 km east of Hikutavake 80 m
|
| Norfolk Island |
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Mount Bates 319 m
|
| North Macedonia |
mean elevation:
741 m
lowest point:
Vardar River 50 m
highest point:
Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,764 m
|
| Northern Mariana Islands |
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
unnamed elevation on Agrihan 965 m
|
| Norway |
mean elevation:
460 m
lowest point:
Norwegian Sea 0 m
highest point:
Galdhopiggen 2,469 m
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| Oman |
mean elevation:
310 m
lowest point:
Arabian Sea 0 m
highest point:
Jabal Shams 3,004 m
|
| Pacific Ocean |
mean depth:
-2,970 m
lowest point:
Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench -10,924 m
highest point:
sea level
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| Pakistan |
mean elevation:
900 m
lowest point:
Arabian Sea 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 |
mean elevation:
2 m
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
unnamed location on Sand Island 10 m
|
| Panama |
mean elevation:
360 m
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Volcan Baru 3,475 m
|
| Papua New Guinea |
mean elevation:
667 m
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 |
mean elevation:
178 m
lowest point:
junction of Rio Paraguay and Rio Parana 46 m
highest point:
Cerro Pero 842 m
|
| Peru |
mean elevation:
1,555 m
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Nevado Huascaran 6,746 m
|
| Philippines |
mean elevation:
442 m
lowest point:
Philippine Sea 0 m
highest point:
Mount Apo 2,954 m
|
| Pitcairn Islands |
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Palwala Valley Point on Big Ridge 347 m
|
| Poland |
mean elevation:
173 m
lowest point:
near Raczki Elblaskie -2 m
highest point:
Rysy 2,499 m
|
| Portugal |
mean elevation:
372 m
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 |
mean elevation:
261 m
lowest point:
Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:
Cerro de Punta 1,338 m
|
| Qatar |
mean elevation:
28 m
lowest point:
Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point:
Tuwayyir al Hamir 103 m
|
| Romania |
mean elevation:
414 m
lowest point:
Black Sea 0 m
highest point:
Moldoveanu 2,544 m
|
| Russia |
mean elevation:
600 m
lowest point:
Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point:
Gora El'brus (highest point in Europe) 5,642 m
|
| Rwanda |
mean elevation:
1,598 m
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 859 m; Green Mountain on Ascension Island 818 m; Mount Actaeon on Saint Helena Island 2,060 m
|
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
lowest point:
Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:
Mount Liamuiga 1,156 m
|
| Saint Lucia |
lowest point:
Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:
Mount Gimie 948 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 739 m
|
| Sao Tome and Principe |
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Pico de Sao Tome 2,024 m
|
| Saudi Arabia |
mean elevation:
665 m
lowest point:
Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point:
Jabal Sawda' 3,133 m
|
| Senegal |
mean elevation:
69 m
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
unnamed elevation 2.8 km southeast of Nepen Diaka 648 m
|
| Serbia |
mean elevation:
442 m
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 |
mean elevation:
279 m
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 383 m
|
| Slovakia |
mean elevation:
458 m
lowest point:
Bodrok River 94 m
highest point:
Gerlachovsky Stit 2,655 m
|
| Slovenia |
mean elevation:
492 m
lowest point:
Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point:
Triglav 2,864 m
|
| Solomon Islands |
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Mount Popomanaseu 2,335 m
|
| Somalia |
mean elevation:
410 m
lowest point:
Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Shimbiris 2,416 m
|
| South Africa |
mean elevation:
1,034 m
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:
White Nile 381 m
highest point:
Kinyeti 3,187 m
|
| Southern Ocean |
mean depth:
-3,270 m
lowest point:
southern end of the South Sandwich Trench -7,235 m
highest point:
sea level
|
| Spain |
mean elevation:
660 m
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 6 m
|
| Sri Lanka |
mean elevation:
228 m
lowest point:
Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Pidurutalagala 2,524 m
|
| Sudan |
mean elevation:
568 m
lowest point:
Red Sea 0 m
highest point:
Jabal Marrah 3,042 m
|
| Suriname |
mean elevation:
246 m
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
|
| Sweden |
mean elevation:
320 m
lowest point:
reclaimed bay of Lake Hammarsjon, near Kristianstad -2.4 m
highest point:
Kebnekaise 2,111 m
|
| Switzerland |
mean elevation:
1,350 m
lowest point:
Lake Maggiore 195 m
highest point:
Dufourspitze 4,634 m
|
| Syria |
mean elevation:
514 m
lowest point:
unnamed location near Lake Tiberias -208 m
highest point:
Mount Hermon (Jabal a-Shayk) 2,814 m
|
| Taiwan |
mean elevation:
1,150 m
lowest point:
South China Sea 0 m
highest point:
Yu Shan 3,952 m
|
| Tajikistan |
mean elevation:
3,186 m
lowest point:
Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300 m
highest point:
Qullai Ismoili Somoni 7,495 m
|
| Tanzania |
mean elevation:
1,018 m
lowest point:
Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Kilimanjaro (highest point in Africa) 5,895 m
|
| Thailand |
mean elevation:
287 m
lowest point:
Gulf of Thailand 0 m
highest point:
Doi Inthanon 2,565 m
|
| Timor-Leste |
lowest point:
Timor Sea, Savu Sea, and Banda Sea 0 m
highest point:
Foho Tatamailau 2,963 m
|
| Togo |
mean elevation:
236 m
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:
Kao Volcano on Kao Island 1,046 m
|
| Trinidad and Tobago |
mean elevation:
83 m
lowest point:
Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:
El Cerro del Aripo 940 m
|
| Tunisia |
mean elevation:
246 m
lowest point:
Shatt al Gharsah -17 m
highest point:
Jebel ech Chambi 1,544 m
|
| Turkey |
mean elevation:
1,132 m
lowest point:
Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point:
Mount Ararat 5,137 m
|
| Turkmenistan |
mean elevation:
230 m
lowest point:
Vpadina Akchanaya (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) -81 m
highest point:
Gora Ayribaba 3,139 m
|
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
lowest point:
Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:
Blue Hill on Providenciales and Flamingo Hill on East Caicos 48 m
|
| Tuvalu |
mean elevation:
2 m
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
unnamed location 5 m
|
| Uganda |
lowest point:
Albert Nile 614 m
highest point:
Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m
|
| Ukraine |
mean elevation:
175 m
lowest point:
Black Sea 0 m
highest point:
Hora Hoverla 2,061 m
|
| United Arab Emirates |
mean elevation:
149 m
lowest point:
Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point:
Jabal Yibir 1,527 m
|
| United Kingdom |
mean elevation:
162 m
lowest point:
The Fens -4 m
highest point:
Ben Nevis 1,345 m
|
| United States |
mean elevation:
760 m
lowest point:
Death Valley (lowest point in North America) -86 m
highest point:
Denali 6,190 m (Mount McKinley) (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 2 m; Midway Islands, unnamed location less than 13 m; Palmyra Atoll, unnamed location 3 m
|
| Uruguay |
mean elevation:
109 m
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 |
mean elevation:
450 m
lowest point:
Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:
Pico Bolivar 4,978 m
|
| Vietnam |
mean elevation:
398 m
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 8 m
|
| Wallis and Futuna |
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Mont Singavi (on Futuna) 522 m
|
| West Bank |
lowest point:
Dead Sea -431 m
highest point:
Khallat al Batrakh 1,020 m
|
| Western Sahara |
mean elevation:
256 m
lowest point:
Sebjet Tah -55 m
highest point:
unnamed elevation 805 m
|
| World |
mean elevation:
840 m
lowest point:
Denman Glacier (Antarctica) more than -3,500 m (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; note - Mauna Kea (United States) is the world's tallest mountain as measured from base to summit; the peak of this volcanic colossus lies on the island of Hawaii, but its base begins more than 70 km offshore and at a depth of about 6,000 m; total height estimates range from 9,966 m to 10,203 m
top ten highest island peaks: Puncak Jaya (New Guinea) 4,884 m (Indonesia)*; Mauna Kea (Hawaii) 4,207 m (United States); Gunung Kinabalu (Borneo) 4,095 m (Malaysia)*; Yu Shan (Taiwan) 3,952 (Taiwan)*; Mount Kerinci (Sumatra) 3,805 m (Indonesia); Mount Erebus (Ross Island) 3,794 (Antarctica); Mount Fuji (Honshu) 3,776 m (Japan)*; Mount Rinjani (Lombok) 3,726 m (Indonesia); Aoraki-Mount Cook (South Island) 3,724 m (New Zealand)*; Pico de Teide (Tenerife) 3,718 m (Spain)*; note - * indicates the highest peak for that Factbook entry highest point on each continent: Asia - Mount Everest (China-Nepal) 8,850 m; South America - Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) 6,960 m; North America - Denali (Mount McKinley) (United States) 6,190 m; Africa - Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) 5,895 m; Europe - El'brus (Russia) 5,633 m; Antarctica - Vinson Massif 4,897 m; Australia - Mount Kosciuszko 2,229 m lowest point on each continent: Antarctica - Denman Glacier more than -3,500 m; Asia - Dead Sea (Israel-Jordan) -431 m; Africa - Lac Assal (Djibouti) -155 m; South America - Laguna del Carbon (Argentina) -105 m; North America - Death Valley (United States) -86 m; Europe - Caspian Sea (Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan-Russia) -28 m; Australia - Lake Eyre -15 m |
| Yemen |
mean elevation:
999 m
lowest point:
Arabian Sea 0 m
highest point:
Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,666 m
|
| Zambia |
mean elevation:
1,138 m
lowest point:
Zambezi river 329 m
highest point:
unnamed elevation in Mafinga Hills 2,301 m
|
| Zimbabwe |
mean elevation:
961 m
lowest point:
junction of the Runde and Save Rivers 162 m
highest point:
Inyangani 2,592 m
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