World Fact Book 2004 - Elevation extremes
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Country
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Elevation extremes (m)
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| Afghanistan |
lowest point: Amu Darya 258 m
highest point: Nowshak 7,485 m |
| Albania |
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Maja e Korabit (Golem Korab) 2,753 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 966 m |
| Andorra |
lowest point: Riu Runer 840 m
highest point: 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 -2,555 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) |
| Armenia |
lowest point: Debed River 400 m
highest point: Aragats Lerrnagagat' 4,090 m |
| Aruba |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount 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 |
| Baker Island |
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 8 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 |
| Bassas da India |
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 2.4 m |
| Belarus |
lowest point: Nyoman River 90 m
highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m |
| Belgium |
lowest point: North Sea 0 m
highest point: Signal de Botrange 694 m |
| Belize |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Victoria Peak 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: Drangme Chhu 97 m
highest point: Kula Kangri 7,553 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 3,014 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: Mount Heha 2,670 m |
| 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 (on Mount Cameroon) 4,095 m |
| Canada |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Logan 5,959 m |
| Cape Verde |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mt. Fogo 2,829 m (a volcano on Fogo Island) |
| Cayman Islands |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: The Bluff 43 m |
| Central African Republic |
lowest point: Oubangui River 335 m
highest point: Mont Ngaoui 1,420 m |
| Chad |
lowest point: Djourab Depression 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 |
| 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: Le Kartala 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: Mont Nimba 1,752 m |
| Croatia |
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Dinara 1,830 m |
| Cuba |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Pico Turquino 2,005 m |
| Cyprus |
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Olympus 1,951 m |
| Czech Republic |
lowest point: Elbe River 115 m
highest point: Snezka 1,602 m |
| Denmark |
lowest point: Lammefjord -7 m
highest point: Yding Skovhoej 173 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 Diablatins 1,447 m |
| Dominican Republic |
lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m
highest point: Pico Duarte 3,175 m |
| East Timor |
lowest point: Timor Sea, Savu Sea, and Banda Sea 0 m
highest point: Foho Tatamailau 2,963 m |
| Ecuador |
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Chimborazo 6,267 m |
| 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 Denakil 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: Denakil Depression -125 m
highest point: Ras Dejen 4,620 m |
| Europa Island |
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 24 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 |
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Halti 1,328 m |
| France |
lowest point: Rhone River delta -2 m
highest point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m |
| French Guiana |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Bellevue de l'Inini 851 m |
| 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 Ross on Iles Kerguelen 1,850 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 location 53 m |
| Gaza Strip |
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Abu 'Awdah (Joz Abu 'Auda) 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 880 m |
| Gibraltar |
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Rock of Gibraltar 426 m |
| Glorioso Islands |
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 12 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 3,700 m |
| Grenada |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Saint Catherine 840 m |
| Guadeloupe |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Soufriere 1,484 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 |
| Guernsey |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 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 location in the northeast corner 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 2,745 m |
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
lowest point: unnamed location 19 m
highest point: unnamed location 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 2,119 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 5,030 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: unamed peak 3,611 m; note - this peak is not Gundah Zhur 3,607 m or Kuh-e Hajji-Ebrahim 3,595 m |
| Ireland |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Carrauntoohil 1,041 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/Beerenberg 2,277 m |
| Japan |
lowest point: Hachiro-gata -4 m
highest point: Mount Fuji 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 location 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 Ram 1,734 m |
| Juan de Nova Island |
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 10 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 location 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 |
| Kuwait |
lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 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: Phou Bia 2,817 m |
| Latvia |
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Gaizinkalns 312 m |
| Lebanon |
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Qurnat as Sawda' 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: Grauspitz 2,599 m |
| Lithuania |
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Juozapines/Kalnas 292 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 172.4 m |
| Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of |
lowest point: Vardar River 50 m
highest point: Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,753 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 Wilingili island in the Addu Atoll 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) |
| Man, Isle of |
lowest point: Irish Sea 0 m
highest point: Snaefell 621 m |
| Marshall Islands |
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Likiep 10 m |
| Martinique |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Montagne Pelee 1,397 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 |
| Mayotte |
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Benara 660 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 River 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 518 m
highest point: Nayramadlin Orgil (Huyten Orgil) 4,374 m |
| Montserrat |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Chances Peak (in the Soufriere Hills volcanic complex) 914 m |
| Morocco |
lowest point: Sebkha Tah -55 m
highest point: Jbel 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 location along plateau rim 61 m |
| Navassa Island |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on southwest side 77 m |
| Nepal |
lowest point: Kanchan Kalan 70 m
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m (1999) |
| Netherlands |
lowest point: Zuidplaspolder -7 m
highest point: Vaalserberg 322 m |
| Netherlands Antilles |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Scenery 862 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: Mont Bagzane 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 location 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 location 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 de Chiriqui 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 (Cerro Tres Kandu) 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: Pawala Valley 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: Qurayn Abu al Bawl 103 m |
| Reunion |
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Piton des Neiges 3,069 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 |
| Rwanda |
lowest point: Rusizi River 950 m
highest point: Volcan Karisimbi 4,519 m |
| Saint Helena |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 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 950 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: Soufriere 1,234 m |
| Samoa |
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mauga Silisili (Savaii) 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 feature near Nepen Diakha 581 m |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Daravica 2,656 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 |
| 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 Makarakomburu 2,447 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 the South Sandwich Islands |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Paget (South Georgia) 2,934 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: Kinyeti 3,187 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 -2.41 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 |
| Thailand |
lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m
highest point: Doi Inthanon 2,576 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 location on Kao Island 1,033 m |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: El Cerro del Aripo 940 m |
| Tromelin Island |
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 7 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: Blue Hills 49 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 6,194 m |
| Uruguay |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro Catedral 514 m |
| Uzbekistan |
lowest point: Sariqarnish 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 (La Columna) 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 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 location 463 m |
| World |
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 highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m (1999 est.) |
| 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 location in Mafinga Hills 2,301 m |
| Zimbabwe |
lowest point: junction of the Runde and Save rivers 162 m
highest point: Inyangani 2,592 m |
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Since 2004, July 10
Last update : 2004, July 10
Source : CIA's World Fact Book 2004.