The CIA World Factbook Edition 2001 Geography

Elevation In 29 editions of 36.

Elevation was published in 29 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1997 to 2025. The 2001 edition carries it in 267 entries, in its Geography section, under the heading “Elevation extremes”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2001 edition: 267
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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2001

Every edition with Elevation

Entries with Elevation in each edition

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World

1 entry

World

lowest point:: Bentley Subglacial Trench -2,540 m highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m (1999 est.)

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: Mont Sokbaro 658 m

Botswana

lowest point:: junction of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers 513 m highest point: Tsodilo Hills 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 2,670 m

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

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

Cameroon

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

Comoros

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

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

lowest point:: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Pic Marguerite on Mont Ngaliema (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:: Lac Assal -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: Pico Basile 3,008 m

Eritrea

lowest point:: near Kulul within the Denakil depression -75 m highest point: Soira 3,018 m

Swaziland now Eswatini

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

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: 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: 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: Mont Piton 828 m

Mayotte

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

Morocco

lowest point:: Sebkha Tah -55 m highest point: Jbel 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 on Tristan da Cunha 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 feature near Nepen Diakha 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 2,416 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: Mont 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: Jebel ech Chambi 1,544 m

Uganda

lowest point:: Lake Albert 621 m highest point: Margherita Peak on 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: 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

Antarctic Region

5 entries

Antarctica

lowest point:: Bentley Subglacial Trench -2,540 m highest point: 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

Bouvet Island

lowest point:: South Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Olav Peak 935 m

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

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

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

lowest point:: Southern 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 (South Georgia) 2,934 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: Keokradong 1,230 m

Bhutan

lowest point:: Drangme Chhu 97 m highest point: Kula Kangri 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 8,850 m (1999 est.)

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: Khan Tangiri Shyngy (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 island in the Addu Atoll 2.4 m

Mongolia

lowest point:: Hoh Nuur 518 m highest point: Nayramadlin Orgil (Huyten Orgil) 4,374 m

Nepal

lowest point:: Kanchan Kalan 70 m highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m (1999 est.)

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: Gora 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: Pik Imeni Ismail Samani 7,495 m

Turkmenistan

lowest point:: Vpadina Akchanaya -81.00 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