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Country | Elevation extremes (m)
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) 2,764 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: 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 4,095 m (on Mt. Cameroon)
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 (Cayman Brac) 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: Mount 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
European Union | lowest point: Lammefjord, Denmark -7 m; Zuidplaspolder, Netherlands -7 m highest point: Mont Blanc, France 4,807 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: Haltiatunturi 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 2,110 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: unnamed 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
Isle of Man | lowest point: Irish Sea 0 m highest point: Snaefell 621 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 | lowest point: Vardar River 50 m highest point: Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,764 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)
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: Jebel 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
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 2,062 m; Green Mountain on Ascension Island 859 m; Mount Actaeon on Saint Helena Island 818 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) 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
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Baker Island, unnamed location - 8 m; Howland Island, unnamed location - 3 m; Jarvis Island, unnamed location - 7 m; Johnston Atoll, Sand Island - 10 m; Kingman Reef, unnamed location - less than 1 m; Midway Islands, unnamed location - 13 m; Palmyra Atoll, unnamed location - 2 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
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
This page was last updated on 29 March, 2006