The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country or dependent territory. Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential

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}) is a salt lake on the border between Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan which dries into salt ponds and can eventually leave a salt flat with an elevation as low as in Turkmenistan. At present, the water level of the main lake in Turkmenistan is about , with a higher lake in Uzbekistan at . , - , , Blue Hills on Providenciales , North Atlantic Ocean , - , , Unnamed location on

Niulakita Niulakita is the southernmost island of Tuvalu, and also the name of the only village on this island. Niulakita has a population of 34 (2017 Census). The residents of Niulakita have moved to the island from Niutao. Niulakita is represented in th ...

, South Pacific Ocean , - , , Mount Stanley (

Margherita Peak Mount Stanley or Mount Ngaliema (, also , ) is a mountain located in the Rwenzori Mountains, Rwenzori range. With an elevation of 5,109 m (16,763 ft), it is the highest mountain of both the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, and t ...

) ,

Albert Nile The White Nile ( ar, النيل الأبيض ') is a river in Africa, one of the two main tributaries of the Nile, the other being the Blue Nile. The name comes from the clay sediment carried in the water that changes the water to a pale color. ...

, - , ,

Hoverla Mount Hoverla (Ukrainian and rue, Говерла, Hoverla), at , is the highest mountain in Ukraine and part of the Carpathian Mountains (Ukrainian Carpathians). The mountain is located in the Eastern Beskids, in the Chornohora region. The slope ...

, Kuyalnik Estuary , - , ,

Jabal Al Jais Jebel Jais ( ar, جَبَل جَيْس, Jabal Jays) is a mountain of the Ru'us al-Jibal, North-Western Hajar Mountains, Western Hajar range in the Musandam Governorate of Oman and also in Ras al Khaimah, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. The s ...

, Persian Gulf

Gulf of Oman The Gulf of Oman or Sea of Oman ( ar, خليج عمان ''khalīj ʿumān''; fa, دریای عمان ''daryâ-ye omân''), also known as Gulf of Makran or Sea of Makran ( ar, خلیج مکران ''khalīj makrān''; fa, دریای مکرا� ...

, - , , Ben Nevis , Holme Fen , - , , Denali , Badwater Basin , - , , Unnamed hill on Sand Island (

Johnston Atoll Johnston Atoll is an Unincorporated territories of the United States, unincorporated territory of the United States, currently administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Johnston Atoll is a National Wildlife Refuge and ...

) , Pacific Ocean , - , , Cerro Catedral , South Atlantic Ocean , - , ,

Khazret Sultan Khazret Sultan (in Uzbek Hazrati Sulton choʻqqisi) is a mountain and the highest point of Uzbekistan, with an elevation of . It is located on the border of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, in Surxondaryo Region, in the Uzbek part of the Gissar Range ...

, Sariqarnish Kuli , - , ,

Mount Tabwemasana Mount Tabwemasana is the highest peak in Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The arc ...

on Espiritu Santo , South Pacific Ocean , - , ,

Vatican Hill Vatican Hill (; la, Mons Vaticanus; it, Colle Vaticano) is a hill located across the Tiber river from the traditional seven hills of Rome, that also gave the name of Vatican City. It is the location of St. Peter's Basilica. Etymology The anc ...

Saint Peter's Square Saint Peter's Square ( la, Forum Sancti Petri, it, Piazza San Pietro ,) is a large plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the papal enclave inside Rome, directly west of the neighborhood (rione) of Borgo. Bot ...

, - , ,

Pico Bolívar Pico Bolívar is the highest mountain in Venezuela, at 4,978 metres (16,332 ft).Pérez et al (Sep. 2005)"Alturas del Pico Bolívar y otras cimas andinas venezolanas a partir de observaciones Gps."INCI v.30, n.4, Caracas sep. 2005. Retrieved ...

Lagunillas Municipality, Zulia Lagunillas Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities that make up Zulia State, Venezuela. There are about 170,000 inhabitants. The shire town is Ciudad Ojeda. See also *Municipalities of Venezuela Municipalities of Venezuela are subdivision ...

, - , ,

Fan Si Pan Fansipan (Vietnamese: ''Phan Xi Păng'', ) is a mountain in Vietnam. The height of the mountain was in 1909, but now the height of the mountain is . It is the highest mountain in the Indochinese Peninsula (comprising Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia) ...

, South China Sea

Gulf of Thailand The Gulf of Thailand, also known as the Gulf of Siam, is a shallow inlet in the southwestern South China Sea, bounded between the southwestern shores of the Indochinese Peninsula and the northern half of the Malay Peninsula. It is around in l ...

, - , , Mount Sage on Tortola , Caribbean Sea , - , , Crown Mountain on Saint Thomas , Caribbean Sea , - , ,

Mont Puke Mont Puke, also known as Mont Singavi, is the highest point of the French Polynesian island territory of Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (; french: Wallis-et-Futuna or ', Fakauve ...

on Futuna , South Pacific Ocean , - , , Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb , Arabian Sea , - , , Mafinga Central , Zambezi , - , , Mount Nyangani , Confluence of

Runde River The Runde River (formerly Lundi River) is a river in southeastern Zimbabwe. It is a tributary of the Save River and its major tributaries include the Ngezi River, Tokwe River, Mutirikwe River and Chiredzi River. Characteristics and geography ...

and Save River , -class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#ffffdd;" , Rotating earth (Very small)

Earth , Mount Everest ,

Dead Sea The Dead Sea ( he, יַם הַמֶּלַח, ''Yam hamMelaḥ''; ar, اَلْبَحْرُ الْمَيْتُ, ''Āl-Baḥrū l-Maytū''), also known by other names, is a salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank ...

National elevation ranges

Of all countries,

Lesotho Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked country, landlocked as an Enclave and exclave, enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the Thabana Ntlenyana, highest mountains in Sou ...

has the world's highest low point at . Other countries with high low points include

Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...

() and Andorra (). Countries with very low high points include Maldives (5 m), Tuvalu (5 m) and the Marshall Islands (10 m). These island countries also have the smallest range between their lowest (sea level) and highest points, and are very sensitive to changes in sea level. The highest and lowest points in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

constitute the greatest elevation range within any single country at 9,002 m. The elevation ranges are also great in Nepal (8,789 m), Pakistan (8,611 m), and India (8,588 m). Monaco's elevation range is among the greatest relative to surface area. Within its 2.02 km² territory, there is a difference of 140 m between its highest and lowest points, giving a ratio of 69 m for every km². In

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

's area there is only a difference between the highest and lowest points, which gives a ratio of per km².

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File:Everest kalapatthar crop.jpg, The summit of Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth. File:K2 2006b.jpg, The summit of K2 is the highest point of Pakistan. File:Kangch-Goechala.jpg, The summit of Kangchenjunga is the highest point of India. File:GangkharPuensum3.jpg, The summit of

Gangkhar Puensum Gangkhar Puensum ( dz, གངས་དཀར་སྤུན་གསུམ་, translit=Kangkar Punsum, alternatively, Gangkar Punsum or Gankar Punzum) is the highest mountain in Bhutan and the highest unclimbed mountain in the world, with an ele ...

is the highest point of Bhutan. File:USSR-Tajikistan-Peak Communism.jpg, The summit of

Ismoil Somoni Peak Ismoil Somoni Peak ( Tajik: Қуллаи Исмоили Сомонӣ, ''Qulla-i Ismō‘il-i Sōmōnî/Qullaji Ismojili Somonī''; fa, قلّهٔ اسماعیل سامانی; russian: Пик Исмои́ла Сомони́, r=Pik Ismoíla Somon ...

is the highest point of Tajikistan. File:Noszak.jpg, The summit of

Noshakh Noshaq (also called Noshak or Nowshak; is the second highest peak in the Hindu Kush Range after Tirich Mir at . It lies on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The north and west sides of the mountain are in Afghanistan whereas the south ...

is the highest point of Afghanistan. File:Jengish Chokusu from BC.jpg, The summit of Jengish Chokusu is the highest point of Kyrgyzstan. File:Khan Tengri Pyramid.jpg, The summit of Khan Tengri is the highest point of Kazakhstan. File:Monte Aconcagua.jpg, The summit of Aconcagua is the highest point of Argentina, the

Americas The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. Along with th ...

, the Western Hemisphere, and the Southern Hemisphere. File:OjosDelSalado2004.jpg, The summit of Ojos del Salado is the highest point of Chile. File:Nevado Huascaran.jpg, The summit of Huascarán is the highest point of Peru and the Tropics. File:Nevado Sajama.jpg, The summit of

Nevado Sajama Nevado Sajama (; ) is an extinct stratovolcano and the highest peak in Bolivia. The mountain is located in Sajama Province, in Oruro Department. It is situated in Sajama National Park and is a composite volcano consisting of a stratovolcano on t ...

is the highest point of

Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...

. File:Vicuña - Chimborazo, Ecuador.jpg, The summit of Chimborazo is the highest point of Ecuador and the farthest point from the center of the Earth. File:Denali Mt McKinley.jpg, The summit of Denali is the highest point of the United States and

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

. File:Mount Logan.jpg, The summit of

Mount Logan Mount Logan () is the highest mountain in Canada and the second-highest peak in North America after Denali. The mountain was named after Sir William Edmond Logan, a Canadian geologist and founder of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC). Mount ...

is the highest point of Canada. File:Mt. Kilimanjaro 12.2006.JPG, The summit of Kilimanjaro is the highest point of Tanzania and Africa. File:Эльбрус с перевала Гумбаши.JPG, Mount

Elbrus Mount Elbrus ( rus, links=no, Эльбрус, r=Elbrus, p=ɪlʲˈbrus; kbd, Ӏуащхьэмахуэ, 'uaşhəmaxuə; krc, Минги тау, Mingi Taw) is the highest and most prominent peak in Russia and Europe. It is situated in the we ...

, the highest mountain of Russia and Europe. File:Mount Vinson from NW at Vinson Plateau by Christian Stangl (flickr).jpg, The summit of

Mount Vinson Vinson Massif () is a large mountain massif in Antarctica that is long and wide and lies within the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains. It overlooks the Ronne Ice Shelf near the base of the Antarctic Peninsula. The massif is located a ...

is the highest point of Antarctica and the

Antarctic The Antarctic ( or , American English also or ; commonly ) is a polar region around Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica, the Kerguelen Plateau and other ...

. File:Puncakjaya.jpg, The summit of Puncak Jaya is the highest point of Indonesia, the

Island of New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torres ...

, and all ocean islands. File:GunnbjornFromAboveABC.jpg, The summit of Gunnbjorn Fjeld is the highest point of Greenland and the Arctic. File:07-05-11LagoEnriquilloDR.jpg, Lago Enriquillo is the lowest point of the Dominican Republic and all ocean islands. File:BadwaterBasin2.JPG, The Badwater Basin in Death Valley is the lowest point of the United States and

. File:Qattara Depression (March 2007).jpg, The Qattara Depression is the lowest point in Egypt. File:Aydingkol1.jpg,

Aydingkol Aydingkol (Uyghur language, Uyghur: , , ), Aydingkul (Mongol) or Ayding () is a lake in the Turpan Depression, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, PR China. At 154 m below sea level, it is the List of extreme points of China, lowest point in Chin ...

is the lowest point of

. File:Lake Assal 1-Djibouti.jpg, Lake Asal is the lowest point of Djibouti and Africa. File:Dead Sea-18.jpg, The

is the lowest point on Earth.

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Highest points A list of highest points typically contains the name, elevation, and location of the highest point in each of a set of geographical regions. Such a list is important in the sport of highpointing. A partial list of highpoint lists is below: World ...

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