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Elevation Extremes by Country

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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