|
Afghanistan:
|
Amu Darya 258 m
Nowshak 7,485 m
|
|
Albania:
|
Adriatic Sea 0 m
Maja e Korabit (Golem Korab) 2,753 m
|
|
Algeria:
|
Chott Melrhir -40 m
Tahat 3,003 m
|
|
American
Samoa:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
Lata 966 m
|
|
Andorra:
|
Riu Runer 840 m
Coma Pedrosa 2,946 m
|
|
Angola:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Morro de Moco 2,620 m
|
|
Anguilla:
|
Caribbean Sea 0 m
Crocus Hill 65 m
|
|
Antarctica:
|
Bentley Subglacial Trench -2,540 m
Vinson Massif 5,140 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 sea water
|
|
Antigua
and Barbuda:
|
Caribbean Sea 0 m
Boggy Peak 402 m
|
|
Arctic
Ocean:
|
Fram Basin -4,665 m
sea level 0 m
|
|
Argentina:
|
Salinas Chicas -40 m (located on Peninsula Valdes)
Cerro Aconcagua 6,960 m
|
|
Armenia:
|
Debed River 400 m
Aragats Lerr 4,095 m
|
|
Aruba:
|
Caribbean Sea 0 m
Mount Jamanota 188 m
|
|
Ashmore
and Cartier Islands:
|
Indian Ocean 0 m
unnamed location 3 m
|
|
Atlantic
Ocean:
|
Milwaukee Deep in the Puerto Rico Trench -8,605 m
sea level 0 m
|
|
Australia:
|
Lake Eyre -15 m
Mount Kosciuszko 2,229 m
|
|
Austria:
|
Neusiedler See 115 m
Grossglockner 3,798 m
|
|
Azerbaijan:
|
Caspian Sea -28 m
Bazarduzu Dagi 4,485 m
|
|
Bahamas,
The:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Mount Alvernia, on Cat Island 63 m
|
|
Bahrain:
|
Persian Gulf 0 m
Jabal ad Dukhan 122 m
|
|
Baker
Island:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
unnamed location 8 m
|
|
Bangladesh:
|
Indian Ocean 0 m
Keokradong 1,230 m
|
|
Barbados:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Mount Hillaby 336 m
|
|
Bassas
da India:
|
Indian Ocean 0 m
unnamed location 2.4 m
|
|
Belarus:
|
Nyoman River 90 m
Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m
|
|
Belgium:
|
North Sea 0 m
Signal de Botrange 694 m
|
|
Belize:
|
Caribbean Sea 0 m
Victoria Peak 1,160 m
|
|
Benin:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Mont Sokbaro 658 m
|
|
Bermuda:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Town Hill 76 m
|
|
Bhutan:
|
Drangme Chhu 97 m
Kula Kangri 7,553 m
|
|
Bolivia:
|
Rio Paraguay 90 m
Nevado Sajama 6,542 m
|
|
Bosnia
and Herzegovina:
|
Adriatic Sea 0 m
Maglic 2,386 m
|
|
Botswana:
|
junction of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers 513 m
Tsodilo Hills 1,489 m
|
|
Bouvet
Island:
|
South Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Olav Peak 935 m
|
|
Brazil:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Pico da Neblina 3,014 m
|
|
British
Indian Ocean Territory:
|
Indian Ocean 0 m
unnamed location on Diego Garcia 15 m
|
|
British
Virgin Islands:
|
Caribbean Sea 0 m
Mount Sage 521 m
|
|
Brunei:
|
South China Sea 0 m
Bukit Pagon 1,850 m
|
|
Bulgaria:
|
Black Sea 0 m
Musala 2,925 m
|
|
Burkina
Faso:
|
Mouhoun (Black Volta) River 200 m
Tena Kourou 749 m
|
|
Burma:
|
Andaman Sea 0 m
Hkakabo Razi 5,881 m
|
|
Burundi:
|
Lake Tanganyika 772 m
Mount Heha 2,670 m
|
|
Cambodia:
|
Gulf of Thailand 0 m
Phnum Aoral 1,810 m
|
|
Cameroon:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Fako 4,095 m
|
|
Canada:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Mount Logan 5,959 m
|
|
Cape
Verde:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Mt. Fogo 2,829 m (a volcano on Fogo Island)
|
|
Cayman
Islands:
|
Caribbean Sea 0 m
The Bluff 43 m
|
|
Central
African Republic:
|
Oubangui River 335 m
Mont Ngaoui 1,420 m
|
|
Chad:
|
Djourab Depression 160 m
Emi Koussi 3,415 m
|
|
Chile:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
Nevado Ojos del Salado 6,880 m
|
|
China:
|
Turpan Pendi -154 m
Mount Everest 8,850 m (1999 est.)
|
|
Christmas
Island:
|
Indian Ocean 0 m
Murray Hill 361 m
|
|
Clipperton
Island:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
Rocher Clipperton 29 m
|
|
Cocos
(Keeling) Islands:
|
Indian Ocean 0 m
unnamed location 5 m
|
|
Colombia:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
Pico Cristobal Colon 5,775 m
note: nearby Pico Simon Bolivar also has the same elevation
|
|
Comoros:
|
Indian Ocean 0 m
Le Kartala 2,360 m
|
|
Congo,
Democratic Republic of the:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Pic Marguerite on Mont Ngaliema (Mount Stanley) 5,110 m
|
|
Congo,
Republic of the:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Mount Berongou 903 m
|
|
Cook
Islands:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
Te Manga 652 m
|
|
Coral
Sea Islands:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
unnamed location on Cato Island 6 m
|
|
Costa
Rica:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
Cerro Chirripo 3,810 m
|
|
Cote
d'Ivoire:
|
Gulf of Guinea 0 m
Mont Nimba 1,752 m
|
|
Croatia:
|
Adriatic Sea 0 m
Dinara 1,830 m
|
|
Cuba:
|
Caribbean Sea 0 m
Pico Turquino 2,005 m
|
|
Cyprus:
|
Mediterranean Sea 0 m
Olympus 1,951 m
|
|
Czech
Republic:
|
Elbe River 115 m
Snezka 1,602 m
|
|
Denmark:
|
Lammefjord -7 m
Yding Skovhoej 173 m
|
|
Djibouti:
|
Lac Assal -155 m
Moussa Ali 2,028 m
|
|
Dominica:
|
Caribbean Sea 0 m
Morne Diablatins 1,447 m
|
|
Dominican
Republic:
|
Lago Enriquillo -46 m
Pico Duarte 3,175 m
|
|
Ecuador:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
Chimborazo 6,267 m
|
|
Egypt:
|
Qattara Depression -133 m
Mount Catherine 2,629 m
|
|
El
Salvador:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
Cerro El Pital 2,730 m
|
|
Equatorial
Guinea:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Pico Basile 3,008 m
|
|
Eritrea:
|
near Kulul within the Denakil depression -75 m
Soira 3,018 m
|
|
Estonia:
|
Baltic Sea 0 m
Suur Munamagi 318 m
|
|
Ethiopia:
|
Denakil Depression -125 m
Ras Dejen 4,620 m
|
|
Europa
Island:
|
Indian Ocean 0 m
unnamed location 24 m
|
|
Falkland
Islands (Islas Malvinas):
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Mount Usborne 705 m
|
|
Faroe
Islands:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Slaettaratindur 882 m
|
|
Fiji:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
Tomanivi 1,324 m
|
|
Finland:
|
Baltic Sea 0 m
Haltiatunturi 1,328 m
|
|
France:
|
Rhone River delta -2 m
Mont Blanc 4,807 m
|
|
French
Guiana:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Bellevue de l'Inini 851 m
|
|
French
Polynesia:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
Mont Orohena 2,241 m
|
|
French
Southern and Antarctic Lands:
|
Indian Ocean 0 m
Mont Ross on Iles Kerguelen 1,850 m
|
|
Gabon:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Mont Iboundji 1,575 m
|
|
Gambia,
The:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
unnamed location 53 m
|
|
Gaza
Strip:
|
Mediterranean Sea 0 m
Abu 'Awdah (Joz Abu 'Auda) 105 m
|
|
Georgia:
|
Black Sea 0 m
Mt'a Mqinvartsveri (Gora Kazbek) 5,048 m
|
|
Germany:
|
Freepsum Lake -2 m
Zugspitze 2,963 m
|
|
Ghana:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Mount Afadjato 880 m
|
|
Gibraltar:
|
Mediterranean Sea 0 m
Rock of Gibraltar 426 m
|
|
Glorioso
Islands:
|
Indian Ocean 0 m
unnamed location 12 m
|
|
Greece:
|
Mediterranean Sea 0 m
Mount Olympus 2,917 m
|
|
Greenland:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Gunnbjorn 3,700 m
|
|
Grenada:
|
Caribbean Sea 0 m
Mount Saint Catherine 840 m
|
|
Guadeloupe:
|
Caribbean Sea 0 m
Soufriere 1,467 m
|
|
Guam:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
Mount Lamlam 406 m
|
|
Guatemala:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
Volcan Tajumulco 4,211 m
|
|
Guernsey:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
unnamed location on Sark 114 m
|
|
Guinea:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Mont Nimba 1,752 m
|
|
Guinea-Bissau:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country 300
m
|
|
Guyana:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Mount Roraima 2,835 m
|
|
Haiti:
|
Caribbean Sea 0 m
Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m
|
|
Heard
Island and McDonald Islands:
|
Southern Ocean 0 m
Big Ben 2,745 m
|
|
Holy
See (Vatican City):
|
unnamed location 19 m
unnamed location 75 m
|
|
Honduras:
|
Caribbean Sea 0 m
Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m
|
|
Hong
Kong:
|
South China Sea 0 m
Tai Mo Shan 958 m
|
|
Howland
Island:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
unnamed location 3 m
|
|
Hungary:
|
Tisza River 78 m
Kekes 1,014 m
|
|
Iceland:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Hvannadalshnukur 2,119 m
|
|
India:
|
Indian Ocean 0 m
Kanchenjunga 8,598 m
|
|
Indian
Ocean:
|
Java Trench -7,258 m
sea level 0 m
|
|
Indonesia:
|
Indian Ocean 0 m
Puncak Jaya 5,030 m
|
|
Iran:
|
Caspian Sea -28 m
Qolleh-ye Damavand 5,671 m
|
|
Iraq:
|
Persian Gulf 0 m
Haji Ibrahim 3,600 m
|
|
Ireland:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Carrauntoohil 1,041 m
|
|
Israel:
|
Dead Sea -408 m
Har Meron 1,208 m
|
|
Italy:
|
Mediterranean Sea 0 m
Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco) 4,807 m
|
|
Jamaica:
|
Caribbean Sea 0 m
Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m
|
|
Jan
Mayen:
|
Norwegian Sea 0 m
Haakon VII Toppen/Beerenberg 2,277 m
|
|
Japan:
|
Hachiro-gata -4 m
Fujiyama 3,776 m
|
|
Jarvis
Island:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
unnamed location 7 m
|
|
Jersey:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
unnamed location 143 m
|
|
Johnston
Atoll:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
Summit Peak 5 m
|
|
Jordan:
|
Dead Sea -408 m
Jabal Ram 1,734 m
|
|
Juan
de Nova Island:
|
Indian Ocean 0 m
unnamed location 10 m
|
|
Kazakhstan:
|
Vpadina Kaundy -132 m
Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 6,995 m
|
|
Kenya:
|
Indian Ocean 0 m
Mount Kenya 5,199 m
|
|
Kingman
Reef:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
unnamed location 1 m
|
|
Kiribati:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
unnamed location on Banaba 81 m
|
|
Korea,
North:
|
Sea of Japan 0 m
Paektu-san 2,744 m
|
|
Korea,
South:
|
Sea of Japan 0 m
Halla-san 1,950 m
|
|
Kuwait:
|
Persian Gulf 0 m
unnamed location 306 m
|
|
Kyrgyzstan:
|
Kara-Darya 132 m
Jengish Chokusu (Pik Pobedy) 7,439 m
|
|
Laos:
|
Mekong River 70 m
Phou Bia 2,817 m
|
|
Latvia:
|
Baltic Sea 0 m
Gaizinkalns 312 m
|
|
Lebanon:
|
Mediterranean Sea 0 m
Qurnat as Sawda' 3,088 m
|
|
Lesotho:
|
junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers 1,400 m
Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m
|
|
Liberia:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Mount Wuteve 1,380 m
|
|
Libya:
|
Sabkhat Ghuzayyil -47 m
Bikku Bitti 2,267 m
|
|
Liechtenstein:
|
Ruggeller Riet 430 m
Grauspitz 2,599 m
|
|
Lithuania:
|
Baltic Sea 0 m
Juozapines/Kalnas 292 m
|
|
Luxembourg:
|
Moselle River 133 m
Buurgplaatz 559 m
|
|
Macau:
|
South China Sea 0 m
Coloane Alto 174 m
|
|
Macedonia,
The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
|
Vardar River 50 m
Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,753 m
|
|
Madagascar:
|
Indian Ocean 0 m
Maromokotro 2,876 m
|
|
Malawi:
|
junction of the Shire River and international boundary with Mozambique 37
m
Sapitwa 3,002 m
|
|
Malaysia:
|
Indian Ocean 0 m
Gunung Kinabalu 4,100 m
|
|
Maldives:
|
Indian Ocean 0 m
unnamed location on Wilingili island in the Addu Atoll 2.4 m
|
|
Mali:
|
Senegal River 23 m
Hombori Tondo 1,155 m
|
|
Malta:
|
Mediterranean Sea 0 m
Ta'Dmejrek 253 m (near Dingli)
|
|
Man,
Isle of:
|
Irish Sea 0 m
Snaefell 621 m
|
|
Marshall
Islands:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
unnamed location on Likiep 10 m
|
|
Martinique:
|
Caribbean Sea 0 m
Montagne Pelee 1,397 m
|
|
Mauritania:
|
Sebkha de Ndrhamcha -3 m
Kediet Ijill 910 m
|
|
Mauritius:
|
Indian Ocean 0 m
Mont Piton 828 m
|
|
Mayotte:
|
Indian Ocean 0 m
Benara 660 m
|
|
Mexico:
|
Laguna Salada -10 m
Volcan Pico de Orizaba 5,700 m
|
|
Micronesia,
Federated States of:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
Totolom 791 m
|
|
Midway
Islands:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
unnamed location 13 m
|
|
Moldova:
|
Nistru (Dnister) River 2 m
Dealul Balanesti 430 m
|
|
Monaco:
|
Mediterranean Sea 0 m
Mont Agel 140 m
|
|
Mongolia:
|
Hoh Nuur 518 m
Nayramadlin Orgil (Huyten Orgil) 4,374 m
|
|
Montserrat:
|
Caribbean Sea 0 m
Chances Peak (in the Soufriere Hills) 914 m
|
|
Morocco:
|
Sebkha Tah -55 m
Jbel Toubkal 4,165 m
|
|
Mozambique:
|
Indian Ocean 0 m
Monte Binga 2,436 m
|
|
Namibia:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Konigstein 2,606 m
|
|
Nauru:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
unnamed location along plateau rim 61 m
|
|
Navassa
Island:
|
Caribbean Sea 0 m
unnamed location on southwest side 77 m
|
|
Nepal:
|
Kanchan Kalan 70 m
Mount Everest 8,850 m (1999 est.)
|
|
Netherlands:
|
Prins Alexanderpolder -7 m
Vaalserberg 321 m
|
|
Netherlands
Antilles:
|
Caribbean Sea 0 m
Mount Scenery 862 m
|
|
New
Caledonia:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
Mont Panie 1,628 m
|
|
New
Zealand:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
Mount Cook 3,764 m
|
|
Nicaragua:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
Mogoton 2,438 m
|
|
Niger:
|
Niger River 200 m
Mont Greboun 1,944 m
|
|
Nigeria:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Chappal Waddi 2,419 m
|
|
Niue:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
unnamed location near Mutalau settlement 68 m
|
|
Norfolk
Island:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
Mount Bates 319 m
|
|
Northern
Mariana Islands:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
unnamed location on Agrihan 965 m
|
|
Norway:
|
Norwegian Sea 0 m
Galdhopiggen 2,469 m
|
|
Oman:
|
Arabian Sea 0 m
Jabal Shams 2,980 m
|
|
Pacific
Ocean:
|
Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench -10,924 m
sea level 0 m
|
|
Pakistan:
|
Indian Ocean 0 m
K2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen) 8,611 m
|
|
Palau:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
Mount Ngerchelchauus 242 m
|
|
Palmyra
Atoll:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
unnamed location 2 m
|
|
Panama:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
Volcan de Chiriqui 3,475 m
|
|
Papua
New Guinea:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
Mount Wilhelm 4,509 m
|
|
Paracel
Islands:
|
South China Sea 0 m
unnamed location on Rocky Island 14 m
|
|
Paraguay:
|
junction of Rio Paraguay and Rio Parana 46 m
Cerro Pero (Cerro Tres Kandu) 842 m
|
|
Peru:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
Nevado Huascaran 6,768 m
|
|
Philippines:
|
Philippine Sea 0 m
Mount Apo 2,954 m
|
|
Pitcairn
Islands:
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m
Pawala Valley Ridge 347 m
|
|
Poland:
|
Raczki Elblaskie -2 m
Rysy 2,499 m
|
|
Portugal:
|
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Ponta do Pico (Pico or Pico Alto) on Ilha do Pico in the
Azores 2,351 m
|
|
Puerto
Rico:
|
Caribbean Sea 0 m
Cerro de Punta 1,338 m
|
|
Qatar:
|
Persian Gulf 0 m
Qurayn Abu al Bawl 103 m
|
|
Reunion:
|
Indian Ocean 0 m
Piton des Neiges 3,069 m
|
|
|