The CIA World Factbook Edition 2003 Geography

Elevation In 29 editions of 36.

Elevation was published in 29 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1997 to 2025. The 2003 edition carries it in 268 entries, in its Geography section, under the heading “Elevation extremes”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2003 edition
268
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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World

1 entry

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 (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 (on Cameroon Mountain) 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 (Mount Mlanje) 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 Bagzane 2,022 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 -2,555 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

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:
Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Mawson Peak, on 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 (at Vatnajokull glacier)

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 Lerrnagagat' 4,090 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 Shkhara 5,201 m

India

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

Japan

lowest point:
Hachiro-gata -4 m
highest point:
Mount Fuji 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-Daryya (Karadar'ya) 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)

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:
Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300 m
highest point:
Qullai Ismoili Somoni 7,495 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)
highest point:
Gora Ayribaba 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 1,484 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 (in the Soufriere Hills volcanic complex) 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 (Golem Korab) 2,753 m

Andorra

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

Austria

lowest point:
Neusiedler See 115 m
highest point:
Grossglockner 3,798 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:
Yding Skovhoej 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:
Halti 1,328 m

France

lowest point:
Rhone River delta -2 m
highest point:
Mont Blanc 4,807 m

Germany

lowest point:
Neuendorf bei Wilster -3.54 m
highest point:
Zugspitze 2,963 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:
Carrauntoohil 1,041 m

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

lowest point:
Irish Sea 0 m
highest point:
Snaefell 621 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)

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:
Buurgplaatz 559 m

Malta

lowest point:
Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point:
Ta'Dmejrek 253 m (near Dingli)

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

Netherlands

lowest point:
Zuidplaspolder -7 m
highest point:
Vaalserberg 322 m

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

lowest point:
Vardar River 50 m
highest point:
Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,753 m

Norway

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

Romania

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

San Marino

lowest point:
Torrente Ausa 55 m
highest point:
Monte Titano 755 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:
Gerlachovsky Stit 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 (Tenerife) on Canary Islands 3,718 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

Ukraine

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

United Kingdom

lowest point:
The Fens -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 1,951 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:
Kuh-e Damavand 5,671 m

Iraq

lowest point:
Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point:
unamed peak 3,611 m; note - this peak is not Gundah Zhur 3,607 m or Kuh-e Hajji-Ebrahim 3,595 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 1,734 m

Kuwait

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

Lebanon

lowest point:
Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point:
Qurnat as Sawda' 3,088 m

Oman

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

Qatar

lowest point:
Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point:
Qurayn Abu 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 5,959 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 Kosciuszko 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:
Mont 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 7 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:
Dolohmwar (Totolom) 791 m

Midway Islands

lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
unnamed location 13 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:
Aoraki-Mount Cook 3,754 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 Ngerchelchuus 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:
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:
Mont Singavi 765 m

South America

14 entries

Argentina

lowest point:
Salinas Chicas -40 m (located on Peninsula Valdes)
highest point:
Cerro Aconcagua 6,960 m

Bolivia

lowest point:
Rio Paraguay 90 m
highest point:
Nevado Sajama 6,542 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:
Nevado Ojos del Salado 6,880 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

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 Pero (Cerro Tres Kandu) 842 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:
Juliana Top 1,230 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

19 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 172.4 m

Malaysia

lowest point:
Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Gunung 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 3,952 m

Thailand

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

East Timor now Timor-Leste

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

Vietnam

lowest point:
South China Sea 0 m
highest point:
Fan Si Pan 3,144 m

Oceans

5 entries

Arctic Ocean

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

Atlantic Ocean

lowest point:
Milwaukee Deep in the 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:
Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench -10,924 m
highest point:
sea level 0 m

Southern Ocean

lowest point:
-7,235 m at the southern end of the South Sandwich Trench
highest point:
sea level 0 m

Cite this page

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2003, “Elevation”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/elevation/2003.

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