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The CIA World Factbook Edition 1998 Geography

Elevation In 29 editions of 36.

Elevation was published in 29 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1997 to 2025. The 1998 edition carries it in 266 entries, in its Geography section, under the heading “Elevation extremes”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1998 edition: 266
the first edition with it: 1997
the latest edition with it: 2025

Published as “Elevation extremes” (1997 to 2015) and “Elevation” (2016 to 2025).

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1998

Every edition with Elevation

Entries with Elevation in each edition

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World

1 entry

World

lowest point:: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point:: Mount Everest 8,848 m

Africa

62 entries

Algeria

lowest point:: Chott Melrhir -40 m
highest point:: Tahat 3,003 m

Angola

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Morro de Moco 2,620 m

Bassas da India

lowest point:: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:: unnamed location 2.4 m

Benin

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Mount Tanekas 641 m

Botswana

lowest point:: junction of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers 513 m
highest point:: Tsodilo Hill 1,489 m

Burkina Faso

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

Burundi

lowest point:: Lake Tanganyika 772 m
highest point:: Mount Heha 2,760 m

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Pico 2,829 m

Cameroon

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Fako 4,095 m

Central African Republic

lowest point:: Oubangui River 335 m
highest point:: Mount Gaou 1,420 m

Chad

lowest point:: Djourab Depression 175 m
highest point:: Emi Koussi 3,415 m

Comoros

lowest point:: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Mount Kartala 2,360 m

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Margherita Peak (Mount Stanley) 5,110 m

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Mount Berongou 903 m

Cote d'Ivoire

lowest point:: Gulf of Guinea 0 m
highest point:: Mont Nimba 1,752 m

Djibouti

lowest point:: Asal -155 m
highest point:: Moussa Ali 2,028 m

Egypt

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

Equatorial Guinea

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Mount Malabo 3,008 m

Eritrea

lowest point:: Kobar Sink -75 m
highest point:: Soira 3,013 m

Swaziland now Eswatini

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

Ethiopia

lowest point:: Denakil -125 m
highest point:: Ras Dashen Terara 4,620 m

Europa Island

lowest point:: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:: unnamed location 24 m

Gabon

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

Gambia, The now The Gambia

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: unnamed location 53 m

Ghana

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Mount Afadjato 880 m

Glorioso Islands

lowest point:: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:: unnamed location 12 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

Juan de Nova Island

lowest point:: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:: unnamed location 10 m

Kenya

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

Lesotho

lowest point:: junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers 1,400 m
highest point:: Mount 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

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:: Mount Mlanje Sapitwa 3,002 m

Mali

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

Mauritania

lowest point:: Sebkha de Ndrhamcha -3 m
highest point:: Kediet Ijill 910 m

Mauritius

lowest point:: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Piton de la Petite Riviere Noire 828 m

Mayotte

lowest point:: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Benara 660 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

Niger

lowest point:: Niger River 200 m
highest point:: Mont Greboun 1,944 m

Nigeria

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

Reunion

lowest point:: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Piton des Neiges 3,069 m

Rwanda

lowest point:: Rusizi River 950 m
highest point:: Volcan Karisimbi 4,519 m

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Queen Mary's Peak 2,060 m

Sao Tome and Principe

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

Senegal

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: unnamed location in the Futa Jaldon foothills 581 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

Somalia

lowest point:: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Shimbiris 2,450 m

South Africa

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Njesuthi 3,408 m

Sudan

lowest point:: Red Sea 0 m
highest point:: Kinyeti 3,187 m

Tanzania

lowest point:: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Kilimanjaro 5,895 m

Togo

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Pic Agou 986 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:: Jabal ash Shanabi 1,544 m

Uganda

lowest point:: Lake Albert 621 m
highest point:: Margherita (Mount Stanley) 5,110 m

Western Sahara

lowest point:: Sebjet Tah -55 m
highest point:: unnamed location 463 m

Zambia

lowest point:: Zambezi river 329 m
highest point:: in Mafinga Hills 2,301 m

Zimbabwe

lowest point:: junction of the Lundi and Savi rivers 162 m
highest point:: Inyangani 2,592 m

Antarctic Region

5 entries

Antarctica

lowest point:: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Vinson Massif 5,140 m

Bouvet Island

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: unnamed location 780 m

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

lowest point:: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Mont Ross on Kerguelen 1,850 m

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

lowest point:: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Big Ben 2,745 m

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Mount Paget 2,915 m

Arctic Region

4 entries

Greenland

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Gunnbjorn 3,700 m

Iceland

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Hvannadalshnukur 2,119 m

Jan Mayen

lowest point:: Norwegian Sea 0 m
highest point:: Haakon VII Toppen/Beerenberg 2,277 m

Svalbard

lowest point:: Arctic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Newtontoppen 1,717 m

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

lowest point:: Amu Darya 258 m
highest point:: Nowshak 7,485 m

Armenia

lowest point:: Debed River 400 m
highest point:: Aragats Lerr 4,095 m

Azerbaijan

lowest point:: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point:: Bazarduzu Dagi 4,485 m

Bangladesh

lowest point:: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Reng Tlang 957 m

Bhutan

lowest point:: Dangme Chu 97 m
highest point:: Khula Kangri I 7,553 m

British Indian Ocean Territory

lowest point:: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:: unnamed location on Diego Garcia 15 m

China

lowest point:: Turpan Pendi -154 m
highest point:: Mount Everest 8,848 m

Georgia

lowest point:: Black Sea 0 m
highest point:: Mt'a Mqinvartsveri (Gora Kazbek) 5,048 m

India

lowest point:: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Kanchenjunga 8,598 m

Japan

lowest point:: Hachiro-gata -4 m
highest point:: Fujiyama 3,776 m

Kazakhstan

lowest point:: Vpadina Kaundy -132 m
highest point:: Zhengis Shingy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 6,995 m

Korea, North now North Korea

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

Korea, South now South Korea

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

Kyrgyzstan

lowest point:: Kara-Darya 132 m
highest point:: Jengish Chokusu (Pik Pobedy) 7,439 m

Maldives

lowest point:: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:: unnamed location on Wilingili 24 m

Mongolia

lowest point:: Hoh Nuur 518 m
highest point:: Tavan Bogd Uul 4,374 m

Nepal

lowest point:: Kanchan Kalan 70 m
highest point:: Mount Everest 8,848 m

Pakistan

lowest point:: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:: K2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen) 8,611 m

Russia

lowest point:: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point:: Mount El'brus 5,633 m

Sri Lanka

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

Tajikistan

lowest point:: Syrdariya 300 m
highest point:: Qullai Kommunizm 7,495 m

Turkmenistan

lowest point:: Sarygamysh Koli -110 m
highest point:: Ayrybaba 3,139 m

Uzbekistan

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

Central America and the Caribbean

32 entries

Anguilla

lowest point:: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:: Crocus Hill 65 m

Antigua and Barbuda

lowest point:: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:: Boggy Peak 402 m

Aruba

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

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Mount Alvernia, on Cat Island 63 m

Barbados

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Mount Hillaby 336 m

Belize

lowest point:: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:: Victoria Peak 1,160 m

British Virgin Islands

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

Cayman Islands

lowest point:: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:: The Bluff 43 m

Costa Rica

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Cerro Chirripo 3,810 m

Cuba

lowest point:: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:: Pico Turquino 2,005 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

El Salvador

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Cerro El Pital 2,730 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 1,467 m

Guatemala

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Volcan Tajumulco 4,211 m

Haiti

lowest point:: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:: Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m

Honduras

lowest point:: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:: Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m

Jamaica

lowest point:: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:: Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m

Martinique

lowest point:: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:: Montagne Pelee 1,397 m

Montserrat

lowest point:: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:: Chances Peak 914 m

Navassa Island

lowest point:: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:: unnamed location on southwest side 77 m

Netherlands Antilles

lowest point:: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:: Mount Scenery 862 m

Nicaragua

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Mogoton 2,438 m

Panama

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Volcan de Chiriqui 3,475 m

Puerto Rico

lowest point:: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:: Cerro de Punta 1,338 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 Vincent and the Grenadines

lowest point:: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:: Soufriere 1,234 m

Trinidad and Tobago

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

Turks and Caicos Islands

lowest point:: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:: Blue Hills 49 m

Virgin Islands

lowest point:: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:: Crown Mountain 474 m

Europe

46 entries

Albania

lowest point:: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point:: Maja e Korabit 2,753 m

Andorra

lowest point:: Riu Valira 840 m
highest point:: Coma Pedrosa 2,946 m

Austria

lowest point:: Neusiedler See 115 m
highest point:: Grossglockner 3,797 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

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

Bulgaria

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

Croatia

lowest point:: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point:: Dinara 1,830 m

Czech Republic now Czechia

lowest point:: Elbe River 115 m
highest point:: Snezka 1,602 m

Denmark

lowest point:: Lammefjord -7 m
highest point:: Ejer Bavnehoj 173 m

Estonia

lowest point:: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point:: Suur Munamagi 318 m

Faroe Islands

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Slaettaratindur 882 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

Germany

lowest point:: Freepsum Lake -2 m
highest point:: Zugspitze 2,962 m

Gibraltar

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

Greece

lowest point:: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point:: Mount Olympus 2,917 m

Guernsey

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: unnamed location on Sark 114 m

Holy See (Vatican City)

lowest point:: unnamed location 19 m
highest point:: unnamed location 75 m

Hungary

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

Ireland

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Carrauntoohill 1,041 m

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

lowest point:: Irish Sea 0 m
highest point:: Snaefell 620 m

Italy

lowest point:: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point:: Mont Blanc 4,807 m

Jersey

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: unnamed location 143 m

Latvia

lowest point:: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point:: Gaizinkalns 312 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:: Burgplatz 559 m

Malta

lowest point:: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point:: Dingli Cliffs 245 m

Moldova

lowest point:: Nistru River 2 m
highest point:: Mount Balaneshty 430 m

Monaco

lowest point:: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point:: Mont Agel 140 m

Netherlands

lowest point:: Prins Alexanderpolder -7 m
highest point:: Vaalserberg 321 m

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

lowest point:: Vardar River 50 m
highest point:: Korab 2,753 m

Norway

lowest point:: Norwegian Sea 0 m
highest point:: Glittertinden 2,472 m

Poland

lowest point:: Raczki Elblaskie -2 m
highest point:: Rysy 2,499 m

Portugal

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Ponta do Pico in Azores 2,351 m

Romania

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

San Marino

lowest point:: Fiume Ausa 55 m
highest point:: Monte Titano 749 m

Serbia and Montenegro

lowest point:: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point:: Daravica 2,656 m

Slovakia

lowest point:: Bodrok River 94 m
highest point:: Gerlachovka 2,655 m

Slovenia

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

Spain

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Pico de Teide on Canary Islands 3,718 m

Sweden

lowest point:: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point:: Kebnekaise 2,111 m

Switzerland

lowest point:: Lake Maggiore 195 m
highest point:: Dufourspitze 4,634 m

Ukraine

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

United Kingdom

lowest point:: Fenland -4 m
highest point:: Ben Nevis 1,343 m

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

lowest point:: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point:: Jabal ad Dukhan 122 m

Cyprus

lowest point:: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point:: Olympus 1,952 m

Gaza Strip

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

Iran

lowest point:: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point:: Qolleh-ye Damavand 5,671 m

Iraq

lowest point:: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point:: Gundah Zhur 3,608 m

Israel

lowest point:: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point:: Har Meron 1,208 m

Jordan

lowest point:: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point:: Jabal Ram 1,754 m

Kuwait

lowest point:: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point:: unnamed location 306 m

Lebanon

lowest point:: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point:: Jabal al Makmal 3,087 m

Oman

lowest point:: Arabian Sea 0 m
highest point:: Jabal ash Sham 2,980 m

Qatar

lowest point:: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point:: Qurayn Aba al Bawl 103 m

Saudi Arabia

lowest point:: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point:: Jabal Sawda' 3,133 m

Syria

lowest point:: unnamed location near Lake Tiberias -200 m
highest point:: Mount Hermon 2,814 m

Turkey now Turkiye

lowest point:: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point:: Mount Ararat 5,166 m

United Arab Emirates

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

West Bank

lowest point:: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point:: Tall Asur 1,022 m

Yemen

lowest point:: Arabian Sea 0 m
highest point:: Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,760 m

North America

6 entries

Bermuda

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Town Hill 76 m

Canada

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Mount Logan 5,950 m

Clipperton Island

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Rocher Clipperton 29 m

Mexico

lowest point:: Laguna Salada -10 m
highest point:: Volcan Pico de Orizaba 5,700 m

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Morne de la Grande Montagne 240 m

United States

lowest point:: Death Valley -86 m
highest point:: Mount McKinley 6,194 m

Oceania

34 entries

American Samoa

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Lata 966 m

Australia

lowest point:: Lake Eyre -15 m
highest point:: Mount Kosciusko 2,229 m

Baker Island

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: unnamed location 8 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

Fiji

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Tomanivi 1,324 m

French Polynesia

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Mount Orohena 2,241 m

Guam

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

Howland Island

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: unnamed location 3 m

Jarvis Island

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: unnamed location 23 m

Johnston Atoll

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Summit Peak 5 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

Marshall Islands

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: unnamed location on Likiep 10 m

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Totolom 791 m

Midway Islands

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: unnamed location 4 m

Nauru

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: unnamed location along plateau rim 61 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:: Mount Cook 3,764 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

Palau

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

Palmyra Atoll

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: unnamed location 2 m

Papua New Guinea

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Mount Wilhelm 4,509 m

Pitcairn Islands

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Pawala Valley Ridge 347 m

Samoa

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

Solomon Islands

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Mount Makarakomburu 2,447 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

Tuvalu

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: unnamed location 5 m

Vanuatu

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Mount Tabwemasana 1,877 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:: Mount Singavi 765 m

South America

14 entries

Argentina

lowest point:: Salinas Chicas -40 m
highest point:: Cerro Aconcagua 6,962 m

Bolivia

lowest point:: Rio Paraguay 90 m
highest point:: Cerro Illimani 6,882 m

Brazil

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Pico da Neblina 3,014 m

Chile

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Cerro Aconcagua 6,962 m

Colombia

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Nevado del Huila 5,750 m

Ecuador

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Chimborazo 6,267 m

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Mount Usborne 705 m

French Guiana

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Bellevue de l'Inini 851 m

Guyana

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Mount Roraima 2,835 m

Paraguay

lowest point:: junction of Rio Paraguay and Rio Parana 46 m
highest point:: Cerro San Rafael 850 m

Peru

lowest point:: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Nevado Huascaran 6,768 m

Suriname

lowest point:: unnamed location in the coastal plain -2 m
highest point:: Wilhelmina Gebergte 1,286 m

Uruguay

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Cerro Catedral 514 m

Venezuela

lowest point:: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:: Pico Bolivar (La Columna) 5,007 m

Southeast Asia

18 entries

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

lowest point:: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:: unnamed location 3 m

Brunei

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

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

lowest point:: Andaman Sea 0 m
highest point:: Hkakabo Razi 5,881 m

Cambodia

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

Christmas Island

lowest point:: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Murray Hill 361 m

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

lowest point:: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:: unnamed location 5 m

Hong Kong

lowest point:: South China Sea 0 m
highest point:: Tai Mo Shan 958 m

Indonesia

lowest point:: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Puncak Jaya 5,030 m

Laos

lowest point:: Mekong River 70 m
highest point:: Phou Bia 2,817 m

Macau

lowest point:: South China Sea 0 m
highest point:: Coloane Alto 174 m

Malaysia

lowest point:: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:: Mount Kinabalu 4,100 m

Paracel Islands

lowest point:: South China Sea 0 m
highest point:: unnamed location on Rocky Island 14 m

Philippines

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

Singapore

lowest point:: Singapore Strait 0 m
highest point:: Bukit Timah 166 m

Spratly Islands

lowest point:: South China Sea 0 m
highest point:: unnamed location on Southwest Cay 4 m

Taiwan

lowest point:: South China Sea 0 m
highest point:: Yu Shan 3,997 m

Thailand

lowest point:: Gulf of Thailand 0 m
highest point:: Doi Inthanon 2,576 m

Vietnam

lowest point:: South China Sea 0 m
highest point:: Ngoc Linh 3,143 m

Oceans

4 entries

Arctic Ocean

lowest point:: Fram Basin -4,665 m
highest point:: sea level 0 m

Atlantic Ocean

lowest point:: Puerto Rico Trench -8,605 m
highest point:: sea level 0 m

Indian Ocean

lowest point:: Java Trench -7,258 m
highest point:: sea level 0 m

Pacific Ocean

lowest point:: Mariana Trench -10,924 m
highest point:: sea level 0 m

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1998, “Elevation”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/elevation/1998.

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