Elevation

This entry includes the mean elevation and elevation extremes, lowest point and highest point.

• Afghanistan

  mean elevation: 1,884 m
  
  lowest point: Amu Darya 258 m
  
  highest point: Noshak 7,492 m

• Albania

  mean elevation: 708 m
  
  lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Maja e Korabit (Golem Korab) 2,764 m

• Algeria

  mean elevation: 800 m
  
  lowest point: Chott Melrhir -40 m
  
  highest point: Tahat 2,908 m

• American Samoa

  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Lata Mountain 964 m

• Andorra

  mean elevation: 1,996 m
  
  lowest point: Riu Runer 840 m
  
  highest point: Pic de Coma Pedrosa 2,946 m

• Angola

  mean elevation: 1,112 m
  
  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Moca 2,620 m

• Anguilla

  lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Crocus Hill 73 m

• Antarctica

  mean elevation: 2,300 m
  
  lowest point: Denman Glacier more than -3,500 m (-11,500 ft) below sea level
  
  highest point: Vinson Massif 4,892 m
  
  note: the lowest known land point in Antarctica is hidden in the Denman Galcier; 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: Mount Obama 402 m

• Arctic Ocean

  mean depth: -1,205 m
  
  lowest point: Molloy Deep -5,607 m
  
  highest point: sea level

• Argentina

  mean elevation: 595 m
  
  lowest point: Laguna del Carbon (located between Puerto San Julian and Comandante Luis Piedra Buena in the province of Santa Cruz) -105 m
  
  highest point: Cerro Aconcagua (located in the northwestern corner of the province of Mendoza; highest point in South America) 6,962 m

• Armenia

  mean elevation: 1,792 m
  
  lowest point: Debed River 400 m
  
  highest point: Aragats Lerrnagagat' 4,090 m

• Aruba

  lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Ceru Jamanota 188 m

• Ashmore and Cartier Islands

  lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Cartier Island 5 m

• Atlantic Ocean

  mean depth: -3,646 m
  
  lowest point: Milwaukee Deep in the Puerto Rico Trench -8,605 m
  
  highest point: sea level

• Australia

  mean elevation: 330 m
  
  lowest point: Lake Eyre -15 m
  
  highest point: Mount Kosciuszko 2,228 m

• Austria

  mean elevation: 910 m
  
  lowest point: Neusiedler See 115 m
  
  highest point: Grossglockner 3,798 m

• Azerbaijan

  mean elevation: 384 m
  
  lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
  
  highest point: Bazarduzu Dagi 4,466 m

• Bahamas, The

  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: 1.3 km NE of Old Bight on Cat Island 64 m

• Bahrain

  lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
  
  highest point: Jabal ad Dukhan 135 m

• Bangladesh

  mean elevation: 85 m
  
  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

• Belarus

  mean elevation: 160 m
  
  lowest point: Nyoman River 90 m
  
  highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m

• Belgium

  mean elevation: 181 m
  
  lowest point: North Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Botrange 694 m

• Belize

  mean elevation: 173 m
  
  lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Doyle's Delight 1,124 m

• Benin

  mean elevation: 273 m
  
  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Mont Sokbaro 658 m

• Bermuda

  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Town Hill 79 m

• Bhutan

  mean elevation: 2,220 m
  
  lowest point: Drangeme Chhu 97 m
  
  highest point: Gangkar Puensum 7,570 m

• Bolivia

  mean elevation: 1,192 m
  
  lowest point: Rio Paraguay 90 m
  
  highest point: Nevado Sajama 6,542 m

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

  mean elevation: 500 m
  
  lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Maglic 2,386 m

• Botswana

  mean elevation: 1,013 m
  
  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: Olavtoppen (Olav Peak) 780 m

• Brazil

  mean elevation: 320 m
  
  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Pico da Neblina 2,994 m

• British Indian Ocean Territory

  lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: ocean-side dunes on Diego Garcia 9 m

• British Virgin Islands

  lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Mount Sage 521 m

• Brunei

  mean elevation: 478 m
  
  lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Bukit Pagon 1,850 m

• Bulgaria

  mean elevation: 472 m
  
  lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Musala 2,925 m

• Burkina Faso

  mean elevation: 297 m
  
  lowest point: Mouhoun (Black Volta) River 200 m
  
  highest point: Tena Kourou 749 m

• Burma

  mean elevation: 702 m
  
  lowest point: Andaman Sea/Bay of Bengal 0 m
  
  highest point: Gamlang Razi 5,870 m

• Burundi

  mean elevation: 1,504 m
  
  lowest point: Lake Tanganyika 772 m
  
  highest point: Heha 2,670 m

• Cabo Verde

  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Mt. Fogo (a volcano on Fogo Island) 2,829 m

• Cambodia

  mean elevation: 126 m
  
  lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m
  
  highest point: Phnum Aoral 1,810 m

• Cameroon

  mean elevation: 667 m
  
  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Fako on Mont Cameroun 4,045 m

• Canada

  mean elevation: 487 m
  
  lowest point: Atlantic/Pacific/Arctic Oceans 0 m
  
  highest point: Mount Logan 5,959 m

• Cayman Islands

  lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: 1 km SW of The Bluff on Cayman Brac 50 m

• Central African Republic

  mean elevation: 635 m
  
  lowest point: Oubangui River 335 m
  
  highest point: Mont Ngaoui 1,410 m

• Chad

  mean elevation: 543 m
  
  lowest point: Djourab 160 m
  
  highest point: Emi Koussi 3,445 m

• Chile

  mean elevation: 1,871 m
  
  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Nevado Ojos del Salado 6,893 m (highest volcano in the world)

• China

  mean elevation: 1,840 m
  
  lowest point: Turpan Pendi -154 m
  
  highest point: Mount Everest (highest peak in Asia and highest point on earth above sea level) 8,849 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: South Point on South Island 9 m

• Colombia

  mean elevation: 593 m
  
  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Pico Cristobal Colon 5,730 m

• Comoros

  lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Karthala 2,360 m

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

  mean elevation: 726 m
  
  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Pic Marguerite on Mont Ngaliema (Mount Stanley) 5,110 m

• Congo, Republic of the

  mean elevation: 430 m
  
  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 9 m

• Costa Rica

  mean elevation: 746 m
  
  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Cerro Chirripo 3,819 m

• Cote d'Ivoire

  mean elevation: 250 m
  
  lowest point: Gulf of Guinea 0 m
  
  highest point: Monts Nimba 1,752 m

• Croatia

  mean elevation: 331 m
  
  lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Dinara 1,831 m

• Cuba

  mean elevation: 108 m
  
  lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Pico Turquino 1,974 m

• Curacao

  lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Mt. Christoffel 372 m

• Cyprus

  mean elevation: 91 m
  
  lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Mount Olympus 1,951 m

• Czechia

  mean elevation: 433 m
  
  lowest point: Labe (Elbe) River 115 m
  
  highest point: Snezka 1,602 m

• Denmark

  mean elevation: 34 m
  
  lowest point: Lammefjord -7 m
  
  highest point: Mollehoj/Ejer Bavnehoj 171 m

• Djibouti

  mean elevation: 430 m
  
  lowest point: Lac Assal -155 m
  
  highest point: Moussa Ali 2,021 m

• Dominica

  lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Morne Diablotins 1,447 m

• Dominican Republic

  mean elevation: 424 m
  
  lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m
  
  highest point: Pico Duarte 3,098 m

• Ecuador

  mean elevation: 1,117 m
  
  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Chimborazo 6,267
  
  note: because the earth is not a perfect sphere and has an equatorial bulge, the highest point on the planet farthest from its center is Mount Chimborazo not Mount Everest, which is merely the highest peak above sea level

• Egypt

  mean elevation: 321 m
  
  lowest point: Qattara Depression -133 m
  
  highest point: Mount Catherine 2,629 m

• El Salvador

  mean elevation: 442 m
  
  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Cerro El Pital 2,730 m

• Equatorial Guinea

  mean elevation: 577 m
  
  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Pico Basile 3,008 m

• Eritrea

  mean elevation: 853 m
  
  lowest point: near Kulul within the Danakil Depression -75 m
  
  highest point: Soira 3,018 m

• Estonia

  mean elevation: 61 m
  
  lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Suur Munamagi 318 m

• Eswatini

  mean elevation: 305 m
  
  lowest point: Great Usutu River 21 m
  
  highest point: Emlembe 1,862 m

• Ethiopia

  mean elevation: 1,330 m
  
  lowest point: Danakil Depression -125 m
  
  highest point: Ras Dejen 4,550 m

• European Union

  lowest point: Zuidplaspolder, Netherlands -7 m
  
  highest point: Mont Blanc, France 4,810 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

  mean elevation: 164 m
  
  lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Halti (alternatively Haltia, Haltitunturi, Haltiatunturi) 1,328 m

• France

  mean elevation: 375 m
  
  lowest point: Rhone River delta -2 m
  
  highest point: Mont Blanc 4,810
  
  note: to assess the possible effects of climate change on the ice and snow cap of Mont Blanc, its surface and peak have been extensively measured in recent years; these new peak measurements have exceeded the traditional height of 4,807 m and have varied between 4,808 m and 4,811 m; the actual rock summit is 4,792 m and is 40 m away from the ice-covered summit

• 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 de la Dives on Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul) 867 m
  
  highest points throughout the French Southern and Antarctic Lands: unnamed location on Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul) 272 m; Pic Marion-Dufresne in Iles Crozet 1090 m; Mont Ross in Iles Kerguelen 1850 m; unnamed location on Bassas de India (Iles Eparses) 2.4 m;24 unnamed location on Europa Island (Iles Eparses) 24 m; unnamed location on Glorioso Islands (Iles Eparses) 12 m; unnamed location on Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses) 10 m; unnamed location on Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses) 7 m

• Gabon

  mean elevation: 377 m
  
  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Mont Iboundji 1,575 m

• Gambia, The

  mean elevation: 34 m
  
  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: unnamed elevation 53 m

• Gaza Strip

  lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Abu 'Awdah (Joz Abu 'Awdah) 105 m

• Georgia

  mean elevation: 1,432 m
  
  lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Mt'a Shkhara 5,193 m

• Germany

  mean elevation: 263 m
  
  lowest point: Neuendorf bei Wilster -3.5 m
  
  highest point: Zugspitze 2,963 m

• Ghana

  mean elevation: 190 m
  
  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Mount Afadjato 885 m

• Gibraltar

  lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Rock of Gibraltar 426 m

• Greece

  mean elevation: 498 m
  
  lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Mount Olympus 2,917
  
  note: Mount Olympus actually has 52 peaks but its highest point, Mytikas (meaning "nose"), rises to 2,917 meters; in Greek mythology, Olympus' Mytikas peak was the home of the Greek gods

• Greenland

  mean elevation: 1,792 m
  
  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Gunnbjorn Fjeld 3,694 m

• Grenada

  lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Mount Saint Catherine 840 m

• Guam

  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Mount Lamlam 406 m

• Guatemala

  mean elevation: 759 m
  
  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Volcan Tajumulco (highest point in Central America) 4,220 m

• Guernsey

  lowest point: English Channel 0 m
  
  highest point: Le Moulin on Sark 114 m

• Guinea

  mean elevation: 472 m
  
  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Mont Nimba 1,752 m

• Guinea-Bissau

  mean elevation: 70 m
  
  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: unnamed elevation in the eastern part of the country 300 m

• Guyana

  mean elevation: 207 m
  
  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Laberintos del Norte on Mount Roraima 2,775 m

• Haiti

  mean elevation: 470 m
  
  lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Pic la Selle 2,674 m

• Heard Island and McDonald Islands

  lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Mawson Peak on Big Ben volcano 2,745 m

• Holy See (Vatican City)

  lowest point: Saint Peter's Square 19 m
  
  highest point: Vatican Gardens (Vatican Hill) 78 m

• Honduras

  mean elevation: 684 m
  
  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

• Hungary

  mean elevation: 143 m
  
  lowest point: Tisza River 78 m
  
  highest point: Kekes 1,014 m

• Iceland

  mean elevation: 557 m
  
  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Hvannadalshnukur (at Vatnajokull Glacier) 2,110 m

• India

  mean elevation: 160 m
  
  lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Kanchenjunga 8,586 m

• Indian Ocean

  mean depth: -3,741 m
  
  lowest point: Java Trench -7,258 m
  
  highest point: sea level

• Indonesia

  mean elevation: 367 m
  
  lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Puncak Jaya 4,884 m

• Iran

  mean elevation: 1,305 m
  
  lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
  
  highest point: Kuh-e Damavand 5,625 m

• Iraq

  mean elevation: 312 m
  
  lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
  
  highest point: Cheekha Dar (Kurdish for "Black Tent") 3,611 m

• Ireland

  mean elevation: 118 m
  
  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

  mean elevation: 508 m note - does not include elevation data from the Golan Heights
  
  lowest point: Dead Sea -431 m
  
  highest point: Mitspe Shlagim 2,224 m; note - this is the highest named point, the actual highest point is an unnamed dome slightly to the west of Mitspe Shlagim at 2,236 m; both points are on the northeastern border of Israel, along the southern end of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range

• Italy

  mean elevation: 538 m
  
  lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco) de Courmayeur (a secondary peak of Mont Blanc) 4,748 m

• Jamaica

  mean elevation: 18 m
  
  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 on Beerenberg 2,277
  
  note: Beerenberg volcano has numerous peaks; the highest point on the volcano rim is named Haakon VII Toppen, after Norway's first king following the reestablishment of Norwegian independence in 1905

• Japan

  mean elevation: 438 m
  
  lowest point: Hachiro-gata -4 m
  
  highest point: Mount Fuji 3,776 m

• Jersey

  lowest point: English Channel 0 m
  
  highest point: Les Platons 136 m

• Jordan

  mean elevation: 812 m
  
  lowest point: Dead Sea -431 m
  
  highest point: Jabal Umm ad Dami 1,854 m

• Kazakhstan

  mean elevation: 387 m
  
  lowest point: Vpadina Kaundy -132 m
  
  highest point: Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 6,995 m

• Kenya

  mean elevation: 762 m
  
  lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Mount Kenya 5,199 m

• Kiribati

  mean elevation: 2 m
  
  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: unnamed elevation on Banaba 81 m m

• Korea, North

  mean elevation: 600 m
  
  lowest point: Sea of Japan 0 m
  
  highest point: Paektu-san 2,744 m

• Korea, South

  mean elevation: 282 m
  
  lowest point: Sea of Japan 0 m
  
  highest point: Halla-san 1,950 m

• Kosovo

  mean elevation: 450 m
  
  lowest point: Drini i Bardhe/Beli Drim (located on the border with Albania) 297 m
  
  highest point: Gjeravica/Deravica 2,656 m

• Kuwait

  mean elevation: 108 m
  
  lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
  
  highest point: 3.6 km W. of Al-Salmi Border Post 300 m

• Kyrgyzstan

  mean elevation: 2,988 m
  
  lowest point: Kara-Daryya (Karadar'ya) 132 m
  
  highest point: Jengish Chokusu (Pik Pobedy) 7,439 m

• Laos

  mean elevation: 710 m
  
  lowest point: Mekong River 70 m
  
  highest point: Phu Bia 2,817 m

• Latvia

  mean elevation: 87 m
  
  lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Gaizina Kalns 312 m

• Lebanon

  mean elevation: 1,250 m
  
  lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Qornet es Saouda 3,088 m

• Lesotho

  mean elevation: 2,161 m
  
  lowest point: junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers 1,400 m
  
  highest point: Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m

• Liberia

  mean elevation: 243 m
  
  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Mount Wuteve 1,447 m

• Libya

  mean elevation: 423 m
  
  lowest point: Sabkhat Ghuzayyil -47 m
  
  highest point: Bikku Bitti 2,267 m

• Liechtenstein

  lowest point: Ruggeller Riet 430 m
  
  highest point: Vorder-Grauspitz 2,599 m

• Lithuania

  mean elevation: 110 m
  
  lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Aukstojas 294 m

• Luxembourg

  mean elevation: 325 m
  
  lowest point: Moselle River 133 m
  
  highest point: Buurgplaatz 559 m

• Macau

  lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Alto Coloane 172 m

• Madagascar

  mean elevation: 615 m
  
  lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Maromokotro 2,876 m

• Malawi

  mean elevation: 779 m
  
  lowest point: junction of the Shire River and international boundary with Mozambique 37 m
  
  highest point: Sapitwa (Mount Mlanje) 3,002 m

• Malaysia

  mean elevation: 419 m
  
  lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Gunung Kinabalu 4,095 m

• Maldives

  mean elevation: 2 m
  
  lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: 8th tee, golf course, Villingi Island 5 m

• Mali

  mean elevation: 343 m
  
  lowest point: Senegal River 23 m
  
  highest point: Hombori Tondo 1,155 m

• Malta

  lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Ta'Dmejrek on Dingli Cliffs 253 m

• Marshall Islands

  mean elevation: 2 m
  
  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: East-central Airik Island, Maloelap Atoll 14 m

• Mauritania

  mean elevation: 276 m
  
  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

• Mexico

  mean elevation: 1,111 m
  
  lowest point: Laguna Salada -10 m
  
  highest point: Volcan Pico de Orizaba 5,636 m

• Micronesia, Federated States of

  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Nanlaud on Pohnpei 782 m

• Moldova

  mean elevation: 139 m
  
  lowest point: Dniester (Nistru) 2 m
  
  highest point: Dealul Balanesti 430 m

• Monaco

  lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Chemin des Revoires on Mont Agel 162 m

• Mongolia

  mean elevation: 1,528 m
  
  lowest point: Hoh Nuur 560 m
  
  highest point: Nayramadlin Orgil (Khuiten Peak) 4,374 m

• Montenegro

  mean elevation: 1,086 m
  
  lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Bobotov Kuk 2,522 m

• Montserrat

  lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Soufriere Hills volcano pre-eruption height was 915 m; current lava dome is subject to periodic build up and collapse; estimated dome height was 1,050 m in 2015

• Morocco

  mean elevation: 909 m
  
  lowest point: Sebkha Tah -59 m
  
  highest point: Jebel Toubkal 4,165 m

• Mozambique

  mean elevation: 345 m
  
  lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Monte Binga 2,436 m

• Namibia

  mean elevation: 1,141 m
  
  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Konigstein on Brandberg 2,573 m

• Nauru

  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Command Ridge 70 m

• Navassa Island

  lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: 200 m NNW of lighthouse 85 m

• Nepal

  mean elevation: 2,565 m
  
  lowest point: Kanchan Kalan 70 m
  
  highest point: Mount Everest (highest peak in Asia and highest point on earth above sea level) 8,849 m

• Netherlands

  mean elevation: 30 m
  
  lowest point: Zuidplaspolder -7 m
  
  highest point: Mount Scenery (on the island of Saba in the Caribbean, now considered an integral part of the Netherlands following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles) 862 m
  
  note: the highest point on continental Netherlands is Vaalserberg at 322 m

• New Caledonia

  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Mont Panie 1,628 m

• New Zealand

  mean elevation: 388 m
  
  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Aoraki/Mount Cook 3,724 m; note - the mountain's height was 3,764 m until 14 December 1991 when it lost about 10 m in an avalanche of rock and ice; erosion of the ice cap since then has brought the height down another 30 m

• Nicaragua

  mean elevation: 298 m
  
  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Mogoton 2,085 m

• Niger

  mean elevation: 474 m
  
  lowest point: Niger River 200 m
  
  highest point: Idoukal-n-Taghes 2,022 m

• Nigeria

  mean elevation: 380 m
  
  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Chappal Waddi 2,419 m

• Niue

  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: unnamed elevation 1.4 km east of Hikutavake 80 m

• Norfolk Island

  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Mount Bates 319 m

• North Macedonia

  mean elevation: 741 m
  
  lowest point: Vardar River 50 m
  
  highest point: Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,764 m

• Northern Mariana Islands

  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: unnamed elevation on Agrihan 965 m

• Norway

  mean elevation: 460 m
  
  lowest point: Norwegian Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Galdhopiggen 2,469 m

• Oman

  mean elevation: 310 m
  
  lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Jabal Shams 3,004 m

• Pacific Ocean

  mean depth: -2,970 m
  
  lowest point: Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench -10,924 m
  
  highest point: sea level

• Pakistan

  mean elevation: 900 m
  
  lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: K2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen) 8,611 m

• Palau

  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Mount Ngerchelchuus 242 m

• Panama

  mean elevation: 360 m
  
  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Volcan Baru 3,475 m

• Papua New Guinea

  mean elevation: 667 m
  
  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

  mean elevation: 178 m
  
  lowest point: junction of Rio Paraguay and Rio Parana 46 m
  
  highest point: Cerro Pero 842 m

• Peru

  mean elevation: 1,555 m
  
  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Nevado Huascaran 6,746 m

• Philippines

  mean elevation: 442 m
  
  lowest point: Philippine Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Mount Apo 2,954 m

• Pitcairn Islands

  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Palwala Valley Point on Big Ridge 347 m

• Poland

  mean elevation: 173 m
  
  lowest point: near Raczki Elblaskie -2 m
  
  highest point: Rysy 2,499 m

• Portugal

  mean elevation: 372 m
  
  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

  mean elevation: 261 m
  
  lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Cerro de Punta 1,338 m

• Qatar

  mean elevation: 28 m
  
  lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
  
  highest point: Tuwayyir al Hamir 103 m

• Romania

  mean elevation: 414 m
  
  lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Moldoveanu 2,544 m

• Russia

  mean elevation: 600 m
  
  lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
  
  highest point: Gora El'brus (highest point in Europe) 5,642 m

• Rwanda

  mean elevation: 1,598 m
  
  lowest point: Rusizi River 950 m
  
  highest point: Volcan Karisimbi 4,519 m

• Saint Barthelemy

  lowest point: Caribbean Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Morne du Vitet 286 m

• Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 859 m; Green Mountain on Ascension Island 818 m; Mount Actaeon on Saint Helena Island 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 948 m

• Saint Martin

  lowest point: Caribbean Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Pic du Paradis 424 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: La Soufriere 1,234 m

• Samoa

  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Mount Silisili 1,857 m

• San Marino

  lowest point: Torrente Ausa 55 m
  
  highest point: Monte Titano 739 m

• Sao Tome and Principe

  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Pico de Sao Tome 2,024 m

• Saudi Arabia

  mean elevation: 665 m
  
  lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
  
  highest point: As Sarawat range, 3,000 m

• Senegal

  mean elevation: 69 m
  
  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: unnamed elevation 2.8 km southeast of Nepen Diaka 648 m

• Serbia

  mean elevation: 442 m
  
  lowest point: Danube and Timok Rivers 35 m
  
  highest point: Midzor 2,169 m

• Seychelles

  lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Morne Seychellois 905 m

• Sierra Leone

  mean elevation: 279 m
  
  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

• Sint Maarten

  lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Mount Flagstaff 383 m

• Slovakia

  mean elevation: 458 m
  
  lowest point: Bodrok River 94 m
  
  highest point: Gerlachovsky Stit 2,655 m

• Slovenia

  mean elevation: 492 m
  
  lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Triglav 2,864 m

• Solomon Islands

  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Mount Popomanaseu 2,335 m

• Somalia

  mean elevation: 410 m
  
  lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Mount Shimbiris 2,460 m

• South Africa

  mean elevation: 1,034 m
  
  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Ntheledi (Mafadi) 3,450 m

• South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Mount Paget (South Georgia) 2,934 m

• South Sudan

  lowest point: White Nile 381 m
  
  highest point: Kinyeti 3,187 m

• Southern Ocean

  mean depth: -3,270 m
  
  lowest point: southern end of the South Sandwich Trench -7,235 m
  
  highest point: sea level

• Spain

  mean elevation: 660 m
  
  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 6 m

• Sri Lanka

  mean elevation: 228 m
  
  lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Pidurutalagala 2,524 m

• Sudan

  mean elevation: 568 m
  
  lowest point: Red Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Jabal Marrah 3,042 m

• Suriname

  mean elevation: 246 m
  
  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

• Sweden

  mean elevation: 320 m
  
  lowest point: reclaimed bay of Lake Hammarsjon, near Kristianstad -2.4 m
  
  highest point: Kebnekaise South 2,100 m

• Switzerland

  mean elevation: 1,350 m
  
  lowest point: Lake Maggiore 195 m
  
  highest point: Dufourspitze 4,634 m

• Syria

  mean elevation: 514 m
  
  lowest point: unnamed location near Lake Tiberias -208 m
  
  highest point: Mount Hermon (Jabal a-Shayk) 2,814 m

• Taiwan

  mean elevation: 1,150 m
  
  lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Yu Shan 3,952 m

• Tajikistan

  mean elevation: 3,186 m
  
  lowest point: Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300 m
  
  highest point: Qullai Ismoili Somoni 7,495 m

• Tanzania

  mean elevation: 1,018 m
  
  lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Kilimanjaro (highest point in Africa) 5,895 m

• Thailand

  mean elevation: 287 m
  
  lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m
  
  highest point: Doi Inthanon 2,565 m

• Timor-Leste

  lowest point: Timor Sea, Savu Sea, and Banda Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Foho Tatamailau 2,963 m

• Togo

  mean elevation: 236 m
  
  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: Kao Volcano on Kao Island 1,046 m

• Trinidad and Tobago

  mean elevation: 83 m
  
  lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: El Cerro del Aripo 940 m

• Tunisia

  mean elevation: 246 m
  
  lowest point: Shatt al Gharsah -17 m
  
  highest point: Jebel ech Chambi 1,544 m

• Turkey

  mean elevation: 1,132 m
  
  lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Mount Ararat 5,137 m

• Turkmenistan

  mean elevation: 230 m
  
  lowest point: Vpadina Akchanaya (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) -81 m
  
  highest point: Gora Ayribaba 3,139 m

• Turks and Caicos Islands

  lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Blue Hill on Providenciales and Flamingo Hill on East Caicos 48 m

• Tuvalu

  mean elevation: 2 m
  
  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: unnamed location 5 m

• Uganda

  lowest point: Albert Nile 614 m
  
  highest point: Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m

• Ukraine

  mean elevation: 175 m
  
  lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Hora Hoverla 2,061 m

• United Arab Emirates

  mean elevation: 149 m
  
  lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
  
  highest point: Jabal Yibir 1,527 m

• United Kingdom

  mean elevation: 162 m
  
  lowest point: The Fens -4 m
  
  highest point: Ben Nevis 1,345 m

• United States

  mean elevation: 760 m
  
  lowest point: Death Valley (lowest point in North America) -86 m
  
  highest point: Denali 6,190 m (Mount McKinley) (highest point in North America)
  
  note: Denali is one of the most striking features on the entire planet; at 20,310 feet, it is the crowning peak of the Alaska Range and the highest mountain on North America; it towers three and one-half vertical miles above its base, making it a mile taller from base to summit than Mt. Everest; Denali's base sits at about 2,000 feet above sea level and rises over three and one-half miles to its 20,310 foot summit; Everest begins on a 14,000-foot high plain, then summits at 29,028 feet.
  note: the peak of Mauna Kea (4,207 m above sea level) on the island of Hawaii rises about 10,200 m above the Pacific Ocean floor; by this measurement, it is the world's tallest mountain - higher than Mount Everest (8,850 m), which is recognized as the tallest mountain above sea level

• 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 2 m; Midway Islands, unnamed location less than 13 m; Palmyra Atoll, unnamed location 3 m

• Uruguay

  mean elevation: 109 m
  
  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Cerro Catedral 514 m

• Uzbekistan

  lowest point: Sariqamish Kuli -12 m
  
  highest point: Adelunga Toghi 4,301 m

• Vanuatu

  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Tabwemasana 1,877 m

• Venezuela

  mean elevation: 450 m
  
  lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Pico Bolivar 4,978 m

• Vietnam

  mean elevation: 398 m
  
  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 8 m

• Wallis and Futuna

  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  
  highest point: Mont Singavi (on Futuna) 522 m

• West Bank

  lowest point: Dead Sea -431 m
  
  highest point: Khallat al Batrakh 1,020 m

• World

  mean elevation: 840 m
  
  lowest point: Denman Glacier (Antarctica) more than -3,500 m (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 8,849 m
  
  top ten highest mountains (measured from sea level): Mount Everest (China-Nepal) 8,849 m; K2 (Pakistan) 8,611 m; Kanchenjunga (India-Nepal) 8,598 m; Lhotse (Nepal) 8,516 m; Makalu (China-Nepal) 8,463 m; Cho Oyu (China-Nepal) 8,201 m; Dhaulagiri (Nepal) 8,167 m; Manaslu (Nepal) 8,163 m; Nanga Parbat (Pakistan) 8,125 m; Anapurna (Nepal) 8,091 m; note - Mauna Kea (United States) is the world's tallest mountain as measured from base to summit; the peak of this volcanic colossus lies on the island of Hawaii, but its base begins more than 70 km offshore and at a depth of about 6,000 m; total height estimates range from 9,966 m to 10,203 m
  
  top ten highest island peaks: Puncak Jaya (New Guinea) 4,884 m (Indonesia)*; Mauna Kea (Hawaii) 4,207 m (United States); Gunung Kinabalu (Borneo) 4,095 m (Malaysia)*; Yu Shan (Taiwan) 3,952 (Taiwan)*; Mount Kerinci (Sumatra) 3,805 m (Indonesia); Mount Erebus (Ross Island) 3,794 (Antarctica); Mount Fuji (Honshu) 3,776 m (Japan)*; Mount Rinjani (Lombok) 3,726 m (Indonesia); Aoraki-Mount Cook (South Island) 3,724 m (New Zealand)*; Pico de Teide (Tenerife) 3,718 m (Spain)*; note - * indicates the highest peak for that Factbook entry
  
  highest point on each continent: Asia - Mount Everest (China-Nepal) 8,849 m; South America - Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) 6,960 m; North America - Denali (Mount McKinley) (United States) 6,190 m; Africa - Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) 5,895 m; Europe - El'brus (Russia) 5,633 m; Antarctica - Vinson Massif 4,897 m; Australia - Mount Kosciuszko 2,229 m
  
  highest capital on each continent: South America - La Paz (Bolivia) 3,640 m; Africa - Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) 2,355 m; Asia - Thimphu (Bhutan) 2,334 m; North America - Mexico City (Mexico) 2,240 m; Europe - Andorra la Vella (Andorra) 1,023 m; Australia - Canberra (Australia) 605 m
  
  lowest point on each continent: Antarctica - Denman Glacier more than -3,500 m; Asia - Dead Sea (Israel-Jordan) -431 m; Africa - Lac Assal (Djibouti) -155 m; South America - Laguna del Carbon (Argentina) -105 m; North America - Death Valley (United States) -86 m; Europe - Caspian Sea (Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan-Russia) -28 m; Australia - Lake Eyre -15 m
  
  lowest capital on each continent: Asia - Baku (Azerbaijan) -28 m; Europe - Amsterdam (Netherlands) -2 m; Africa - Banjul (Gambia); Bissau (Guinea-Bissau), Conakry (Guinea), Djibouti (Djibouti), Libreville (Gabon), Male (Maldives), Monrovia (Liberia), Tunis (Tunisia), Victoria (Seychelles) 0 m; North America - Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis), Kingstown (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Panama City (Panama), Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), Roseau (Dominica), Saint John's (Antigua and Barbuda), Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) 0 m; South America - Georgetown (Guyana) 0 m; Australia - Canberra (Australia) 605 m

• Yemen

  mean elevation: 999 m
  
  lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m
  
  highest point: Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,666 m

• Zambia

  mean elevation: 1,138 m
  
  lowest point: Zambezi river 329 m
  
  highest point: Mafinga Central 2,330 m

• Zimbabwe

  mean elevation: 961 m
  
  lowest point: junction of the Runde and Save Rivers 162 m
  
  highest point: Inyangani 2,592 m