This article lists the highest natural elevation of each sovereign state on the continent of
Africa defined
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physiographically.
Not all points in this list are mountains or hills, some are simply elevations that are not distinguishable as geographical features.
Notes are provided where territorial disputes or inconsistencies affect the listings.
Egypt has part of their territory and their high point outside of Africa; their non-Asian high point are listed with a N/A rank entry underneath their continental peak. On the other hand,
Spain has part of their territory and their high point inside of Africa.
One partially recognized country with the highest point in Africa is listed and ranked in ''Italic''. For more details see
List of states with limited recognition.
See also
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Table of elevation extremes by country
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 grav ...
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List of highest points of Asian countries
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List of highest points of European countries
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List of highest points of Oceanian countries
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List of islands by highest point
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List of highest towns by country
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List of highest mountains
Currently, There are at least 108 mountains on Earth with elevations of or greater above sea level. The vast majority of these mountains are located on the edge of the Indian plate, Indian and Eurasian plate, Eurasian plates in China, India, ...
References
CIA World Factbook 2006(items marked * have been amended, se
for supporting documentation). Both this list and the
CIA
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list may contain further errors. Despite the claim by the CIA that their list was updated in July 2006, none of the errors listed on the talk page have been corrected.
* World Tops and Bottoms, by Grant Hutchison, 1996, TACit Press, , and subsequent research by the same author, in collaboration with field research by Ginge Fullen.
* Data supplied by the
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
* Information about specific items on
talk page
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