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; highest point in South America)
Armenia lowest point: Debed River 400 m
highest point: Aragats Lerrnagagat' 4,090 m
Aruba lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Ceru Jamanota 188 m
Ashmore and Cartier Islands lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 3 m
Atlantic Ocean lowest point: Milwaukee Deep in the Puerto Rico Trench -8,605 m
highest point: sea level 0 m
Australia lowest point: Lake Eyre -15 m
highest point: Mount Kosciuszko 2,229 m
Austria lowest point: Neusiedler See 115 m
highest point: Grossglockner 3,798 m
Azerbaijan lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Bazarduzu Dagi 4,485 m
Bahamas, The lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Alvernia on Cat Island 63 m
Bahrain lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Jabal ad Dukhan 122 m
Bangladesh lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Keokradong 1,230 m
Barbados lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Hillaby 336 m
Belarus lowest point: Nyoman River 90 m
highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m
Belgium lowest point: North Sea 0 m
highest point: Botrange 694 m
Belize lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Doyle's Delight 1,160 m
Benin lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Sokbaro 658 m
Bermuda lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Town Hill 76 m
Bhutan lowest point: Drangeme Chhu 97 m
highest point: Gangkar Puensum 7,570 m
Bolivia lowest point: Rio Paraguay 90 m
highest point: Nevado Sajama 6,542 m
Bosnia and Herzegovina lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Maglic 2,386 m
Botswana lowest point: junction of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers 513 m
highest point: Tsodilo Hills 1,489 m
Bouvet Island lowest point: South Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Olav Peak 935 m
Brazil lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico da Neblina 2,994 m
British Indian Ocean Territory lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Diego Garcia 15 m
British Virgin Islands lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Sage 521 m
Brunei lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Bukit Pagon 1,850 m
Bulgaria lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Musala 2,925 m
Burkina Faso lowest point: Mouhoun (Black Volta) River 200 m
highest point: Tena Kourou 749 m
Burma lowest point: Andaman Sea 0 m
highest point: Hkakabo Razi 5,881 m
Burundi lowest point: Lake Tanganyika 772 m
highest point: Heha 2,670 m
Cabo Verde lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mt. Fogo 2,829 m (a volcano on Fogo Island)
Cambodia lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m
highest point: Phnum Aoral 1,810 m
Cameroon lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Fako 4,095 m (on Mt. Cameroon)
Canada lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Logan 5,959 m
Cayman Islands lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: The Bluff on Cayman Brac 43 m
Central African Republic lowest point: Oubangui River 335 m
highest point: Mont Ngaoui 1,420 m
Chad lowest point: Djourab 160 m
highest point: Emi Koussi 3,415 m
Chile lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Nevado Ojos del Salado 6,880 m
China lowest point: Turpan Pendi -154 m
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m (highest point in Asia)
Christmas Island lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Murray Hill 361 m
Clipperton Island lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Rocher Clipperton 29 m
Cocos (Keeling) Islands lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 5 m
Colombia lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico Cristobal Colon 5,775 m
note: nearby Pico Simon Bolivar also has the same elevation
Comoros lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Karthala 2,360 m
Congo, Democratic Republic of the lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pic Marguerite on Mont Ngaliema (Mount Stanley) 5,110 m
Congo, Republic of the lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Berongou 903 m
Cook Islands lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Te Manga 652 m
Coral Sea Islands lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Cato Island 6 m
Costa Rica lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro Chirripo 3,810 m
Cote d'Ivoire lowest point: Gulf of Guinea 0 m
highest point: Monts Nimba 1,752 m
Croatia lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Dinara 1,831 m
Cuba lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Pico Turquino 2,005 m
Curacao lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mt. Christoffel, 372m
Cyprus lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Olympus 1,951 m
Czech Republic lowest point: Labe (Elbe) River 115 m
highest point: Snezka 1,602 m
Denmark lowest point: Lammefjord -7 m
highest point: Mollehoj/Ejer Bavnehoj 171 m
Djibouti lowest point: Lac Assal -155 m
highest point: Moussa Ali 2,028 m
Dominica lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Morne Diablotins 1,447 m
Dominican Republic lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m
highest point: Pico Duarte 3,175 m
Ecuador lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Chimborazo 6,267 m
note: due to the fact that the earth is not a perfect sphere and has an equatorial bulge, the highest point on the planet furthest from its center is Mount Chimborazo not Mount Everest, which is merely the highest peak above sea-level
Egypt lowest point: Qattara Depression -133 m
highest point: Mount Catherine 2,629 m
El Salvador lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro El Pital 2,730 m
Equatorial Guinea lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico Basile 3,008 m
Eritrea lowest point: near Kulul within the Danakil Depression -75 m
highest point: Soira 3,018 m
Estonia lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Suur Munamagi 318 m
Ethiopia lowest point: Danakil Depression -125 m
highest point: Ras Dejen 4,533 m
European Union lowest point: Lammefjord, Denmark -7 m; Zuidplaspolder, Netherlands -7 m
highest point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m; note - situated on the border between France and Italy
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Usborne 705 m
Faroe Islands lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Slaettaratindur 882 m
Fiji lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Tomanivi 1,324 m
Finland lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Halti (alternatively Haltia, Haltitunturi, Haltiatunturi) 1,328 m
France lowest point: Rhone River delta -2 m
highest point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m
note: in order to assess the possible effects of climate change on the ice and snow cap of Mont Blanc, its surface and peak have been extensively measured in recent years; these new peak measurements have exceeded the traditional height of 4,807 m and have varied between 4,808 m and 4,811 m; the actual rock summit is 4,792 m and is 40 m away from the ice-covered summit
French Polynesia lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Orohena 2,241 m
French Southern and Antarctic Lands lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont de la Dives on Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul) 867 m; unnamed location on Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul) 272 m; Pic Marion-Dufresne in Iles Crozet 1,090 m; Mont Ross in Iles Kerguelen 1,850 m; unnamed location on Bassas de India (Iles Eparses) 2.4 m; unnamed location on Europa Island (Iles Eparses) 24 m; unnamed location on Glorioso Islands (Iles Eparses) 12 m; unnamed location on Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses) 10 m; unnamed location on Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses) 7 m
Gabon lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Iboundji 1,575 m
Gambia, The lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed elevation 53 m
Gaza Strip lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Abu 'Awdah (Joz Abu 'Awdah) 105 m
Georgia lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Mt'a Shkhara 5,201 m
Germany lowest point: Neuendorf bei Wilster -3.54 m
highest point: Zugspitze 2,963 m
Ghana lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Afadjato 885 m
Gibraltar lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Rock of Gibraltar 426 m
Greece lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Olympus 2,917 m
Greenland lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Gunnbjorn Fjeld 3,700 m
Grenada lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Saint Catherine 840 m
Guam lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Lamlam 406 m
Guatemala lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Volcan Tajumulco 4,211 m
note: highest point in Central America
Guernsey lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed elevation on Sark 114 m
Guinea lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Nimba 1,752 m
Guinea-Bissau lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed elevation in the eastern part of the country 300 m
Guyana lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Roraima 2,835 m
Haiti lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m
Heard Island and McDonald Islands lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mawson Peak on Big Ben volcano 2,745 m
Holy See (Vatican City) lowest point: unnamed location 19 m
highest point: unnamed elevation 75 m
Honduras lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m
Hong Kong lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Tai Mo Shan 958 m
Howland Island lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 3 m
Hungary lowest point: Tisza River 78 m
highest point: Kekes 1,014 m
Iceland lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Hvannadalshnukur 2,110 m (at Vatnajokull glacier)
India lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Kanchenjunga 8,598 m
Indian Ocean lowest point: Java Trench -7,258 m
highest point: sea level 0 m
Indonesia lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Puncak Jaya 4,884 m
Iran lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Kuh-e Damavand 5,671 m
Iraq lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Cheekha Dar (Kurdish for "Black Tent"); 3,611 m; 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 (highest point in Asia)
Netherlands lowest point: Zuidplaspolder -7 m
highest point: Mount Scenery 862 m (on the island of Saba in the Caribbean, now considered an integral part of the Netherlands following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles)
note: the highest point on continental Netherlands is Vaalserberg at 322 m
New Caledonia lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Panie 1,628 m
New Zealand lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Aoraki-Mount Cook 3,754 m
Nicaragua lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mogoton 2,438 m
Niger lowest point: Niger River 200 m
highest point: Idoukal-n-Taghes 2,022 m
Nigeria lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Chappal Waddi 2,419 m
Niue lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed elevation near Mutalau settlement 68 m
Norfolk Island lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Bates 319 m
Northern Mariana Islands lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed elevation on Agrihan 965 m
Norway lowest point: Norwegian Sea 0 m
highest point: Galdhopiggen 2,469 m
Oman lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m
highest point: Jabal Shams 2,980 m
Pacific Ocean lowest point: Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench -10,924 m
highest point: sea level 0 m
Pakistan lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: K2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen) 8,611 m
Palau lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Ngerchelchuus 242 m
Palmyra Atoll lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 2 m
Panama lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Volcan Baru 3,475 m
Papua New Guinea lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Wilhelm 4,509 m
Paracel Islands lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Rocky Island 14 m
Paraguay lowest point: junction of Rio Paraguay and Rio Parana 46 m
highest point: Cerro Pero 842 m
Peru lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Nevado Huascaran 6,768 m
Philippines lowest point: Philippine Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Apo 2,954 m
Pitcairn Islands lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Big Ridge 347 m
Poland lowest point: near Raczki Elblaskie -2 m
highest point: Rysy 2,499 m
Portugal lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Ponta do Pico (Pico or Pico Alto) on Ilha do Pico in the Azores 2,351 m
Puerto Rico lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Cerro de Punta 1,338 m
Qatar lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Tuwayyir al Hamir 103 m
Romania lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Moldoveanu 2,544 m
Russia lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Gora El'brus 5,633 m (highest point in Europe)
Rwanda lowest point: Rusizi River 950 m
highest point: Volcan Karisimbi 4,519 m
Saint Barthelemy lowest point: Caribbean Ocean 0 m
highest point: Morne du Vitet 286 m
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 2,060 m; Green Mountain on Ascension Island 859 m; Mount Actaeon on Saint Helena Island 818 m
Saint Kitts and Nevis lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Liamuiga 1,156 m
Saint Lucia lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Gimie 950 m
Saint Martin lowest point: Caribbean Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pic du Paradis 424 m
Saint Pierre and Miquelon lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Morne de la Grande Montagne 240 m
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: La Soufriere 1,234 m
Samoa lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Silisili 1,857 m
San Marino lowest point: Torrente Ausa 55 m
highest point: Monte Titano 755 m
Sao Tome and Principe lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico de Sao Tome 2,024 m
Saudi Arabia lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Jabal Sawda' 3,133 m
Senegal lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed elevation southwest of Kedougou 581 m
Serbia lowest point: Danube and Timok Rivers 35 m
highest point: Midzor 2,169 m
Seychelles lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Morne Seychellois 905 m
Sierra Leone lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Loma Mansa (Bintimani) 1,948 m
Singapore lowest point: Singapore Strait 0 m
highest point: Bukit Timah 166 m
Sint Maarten lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Flagstaff 386 m
Slovakia lowest point: Bodrok River 94 m
highest point: Gerlachovsky Stit 2,655 m
Slovenia lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Triglav 2,864 m
Solomon Islands lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Popomanaseu 2,310 m
Somalia lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Shimbiris 2,416 m
South Africa lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Njesuthi 3,408 m
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Paget (South Georgia) 2,934 m
South Sudan Lowest point: NA
highest point: Kinyeti 3,187 m
Southern Ocean lowest point: -7,235 m at the southern end of the South Sandwich Trench
highest point: sea level 0 m
Spain lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico de Teide (Tenerife) on Canary Islands 3,718 m
Spratly Islands lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Southwest Cay 4 m
Sri Lanka lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pidurutalagala 2,524 m
Sudan lowest point: Red Sea 0 m
highest point: Jabal Marrah 3,071 m
Suriname lowest point: unnamed location in the coastal plain -2 m
highest point: Juliana Top 1,230 m
Svalbard lowest point: Arctic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Newtontoppen 1,717 m
Swaziland lowest point: Great Usutu River 21 m
highest point: Emlembe 1,862 m
Sweden lowest point: reclaimed bay of Lake Hammarsjon, near Kristianstad -2.4 m
highest point: Kebnekaise 2,111 m
Switzerland lowest point: Lake Maggiore 195 m
highest point: Dufourspitze 4,634 m
Syria lowest point: unnamed location near Lake Tiberias -200 m
highest point: Mount Hermon 2,814 m
Taiwan lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Yu Shan 3,952 m
Tajikistan lowest point: Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300 m
highest point: Qullai Ismoili Somoni 7,495 m
Tanzania lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Kilimanjaro 5,895 m (highest point in Africa)
Thailand lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m
highest point: Doi Inthanon 2,576 m
Timor-Leste lowest point: Timor Sea, Savu Sea, and Banda Sea 0 m
highest point: Foho Tatamailau 2,963 m
Togo lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Agou 986 m
Tokelau lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 5 m
Tonga lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed elevation on Kao Island 1,033 m
Trinidad and Tobago lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: El Cerro del Aripo 940 m
Tunisia lowest point: Shatt al Gharsah -17 m
highest point: Jebel ech Chambi 1,544 m
Turkey lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Ararat 5,166 m
Turkmenistan lowest point: Vpadina Akchanaya -81 m
note: Sarygamysh Koli is a lake in northern Turkmenistan with a water level that fluctuates above and below the elevation of Vpadina Akchanaya (the lake has dropped as low as -110 m)
highest point: Gora Ayribaba 3,139 m
Turks and Caicos Islands lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Flamingo Hill 48 m
Tuvalu lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 5 m
Uganda lowest point: Lake Albert 621 m
highest point: Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m
Ukraine lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Hora Hoverla 2,061 m
United Arab Emirates lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Jabal Yibir 1,527 m
United Kingdom lowest point: The Fens -4 m
highest point: Ben Nevis 1,343 m
United States lowest point: Death Valley -86 m
highest point: Mount McKinley (Denali) 6,194 m (highest point in North America)
note: the peak of Mauna Kea (4,207 m above sea level) on the island of Hawaii rises about 10,200 m above the Pacific Ocean floor; by this measurement, it is the world's tallest mountain - higher than Mount Everest (8,850 m), which is recognized as the tallest mountain above sea level
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Baker Island, unnamed location - 8 m; Howland Island, unnamed location - 3 m; Jarvis Island, unnamed location - 7 m; Johnston Atoll, Sand Island - 10 m; Kingman Reef, unnamed location - less than 2 m; Midway Islands, unnamed location - 13 m; Palmyra Atoll, unnamed location - 3 m
Uruguay lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro Catedral 514 m
Uzbekistan lowest point: Sariqamish Kuli -12 m
highest point: Adelunga Toghi 4,301 m
Vanuatu lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Tabwemasana 1,877 m
Venezuela lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Pico Bolivar 5,007 m
Vietnam lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Fan Si Pan 3,144 m
Virgin Islands lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Crown Mountain 474 m
Wake Island lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 6 m
Wallis and Futuna lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Singavi (on Futuna) 765 m
West Bank lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Tall Asur 1,022 m
Western Sahara lowest point: Sebjet Tah -55 m
highest point: unnamed elevation 805 m
World lowest point: Bentley Subglacial Trench (Antarctica) -2,555 m
note: in the oceanic realm, Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench is the lowest point, lying -10,924 m below the surface of the Pacific Ocean
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m
top ten highest mountains (measured from sea level): Mount Everest (China-Nepal) 8,850 m; K2 (Pakistan) 8,611 m; Kanchenjunga (India-Nepal) 8,598 m; Lhotse (Nepal) 8,516 m; Makalu (China-Nepal) 8,463 m; Cho Oyu (China-Nepal) 8,201 m; Dhaulagiri (Nepal) 8,167 m; Manaslu (Nepal) 8,163 m; Nanga Parbat (Pakistan) 8,125 m; Anapurna (Nepal) 8,091 m
Yemen lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m
highest point: Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,760 m
Zambia lowest point: Zambezi river 329 m
highest point: unnamed elevation in Mafinga Hills 2,301 m
Zimbabwe lowest point: junction of the Runde and Save Rivers 162 m
highest point: Inyangani 2,592 m