Elevation In 29 editions of 36.

mean elevation:

840 m

elevation extremes:

-2,555 m lowest point: Bentley Subglacial Trench (Antarctica) (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

top ten highest mountains (measured from sea level):

• Mount Everest (China-Nepal) 8,850 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 highest point on each continent: Asia - Mount Everest (China-Nepal) 8,850 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 - Bentley Subglacial Trench -2,555 m;
• Asia - Dead Sea (Israel-Jordan) -408 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

mean elevation:

800 m

elevation extremes:

-40 m lowest point: Chott Melrhir

2908 highest point: Tahat

mean elevation:

1,112 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

2620 highest point: Moca

mean elevation:

273 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

658 highest point: Mont Sokbaro

mean elevation:

1,013 m

elevation extremes:

513 m lowest point: junction of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers

1489 highest point: Tsodilo Hills

mean elevation:

297 m

elevation extremes:

200 m lowest point: Mouhoun (Black Volta) River

749 highest point: Tena Kourou

mean elevation:

1,504 m

elevation extremes:

772 m lowest point: Lake Tanganyika

2670 highest point: Heha

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

2829 highest point: Mt. Fogo (a volcano on Fogo Island)

mean elevation:

667 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

4045 highest point: Fako on Mont Cameroun

mean elevation:

635 m

elevation extremes:

335 m lowest point: Oubangui River

1410 highest point: Mont Ngaoui

mean elevation:

543 m

elevation extremes:

160 m lowest point: Djourab

3445 highest point: Emi Koussi

0 m lowest point: Indian Ocean

2360 highest point: Karthala

mean elevation:

726 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

5110 highest point: Pic Marguerite on Mont Ngaliema (Mount Stanley)

mean elevation:

430 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

903 highest point: Mount Berongou

mean elevation:

250 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Gulf of Guinea

1752 highest point: Monts Nimba

mean elevation:

430 m

elevation extremes:

-155 m lowest point: Lac Assal

2021 highest point: Moussa Ali

mean elevation:

321 m

elevation extremes:

-133 m lowest point: Qattara Depression

2629 highest point: Mount Catherine

mean elevation:

577 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

3008 highest point: Pico Basile

mean elevation:

853 m

elevation extremes:

-75 m lowest point: near Kulul within the Danakil Depression

3018 highest point: Soira

mean elevation:

305 m

elevation extremes:

21 m lowest point: Great Usutu River

1,862 m highest point: Emlembe

mean elevation:

1,330 m

elevation extremes:

-125 m lowest point: Danakil Depression

4550 highest point: Ras Dejen

mean elevation:

377 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

1575 highest point: Mont Iboundji

mean elevation:

34 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

53 highest point: unnamed elevation

mean elevation:

190 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

885 highest point: Mount Afadjato

mean elevation:

472 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

1752 highest point: Mont Nimba

mean elevation:

70 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

300 highest point: unnamed elevation in the eastern part of the country

mean elevation:

762 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Indian Ocean

5199 highest point: Mount Kenya

mean elevation:

2,161 m

elevation extremes:

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

3482 highest point: Thabana Ntlenyana

mean elevation:

243 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

1447 highest point: Mount Wuteve

mean elevation:

423 m

elevation extremes:

-47 m lowest point: Sabkhat Ghuzayyil

2267 highest point: Bikku Bitti

mean elevation:

615 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Indian Ocean

2876 highest point: Maromokotro

mean elevation:

779 m

elevation extremes:

37 m lowest point: junction of the Shire River and international boundary with Mozambique

3002 highest point: Sapitwa (Mount Mlanje)

mean elevation:

343 m

elevation extremes:

23 m lowest point: Senegal River

1155 highest point: Hombori Tondo

mean elevation:

276 m

elevation extremes:

-5 m lowest point: Sebkhet Te-n-Dghamcha

915 highest point: Kediet Ijill

0 m lowest point: Indian Ocean

828 highest point: Mont Piton

mean elevation:

909 m

elevation extremes:

-59 m lowest point: Sebkha Tah

4165 highest point: Jebel Toubkal

mean elevation:

345 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Indian Ocean

2436 highest point: Monte Binga

mean elevation:

1,141 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

2573 highest point: Konigstein on Brandberg

mean elevation:

474 m

elevation extremes:

200 m lowest point: Niger River

2022 highest point: Idoukal-n-Taghes

mean elevation:

380 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

2419 highest point: Chappal Waddi

mean elevation:

1,598 m

elevation extremes:

950 m lowest point: Rusizi River

4519 highest point: Volcan Karisimbi

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

2060 highest point: Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 859 Green Mountain on Ascension Island 818 Mount Actaeon on Saint Helena Island

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

2024 highest point: Pico de Sao Tome

mean elevation:

69 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

648 highest point: unnamed elevation 2.8 km southeast of Nepen Diaka

0 m lowest point: Indian Ocean

905 highest point: Morne Seychellois

mean elevation:

279 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

1948 highest point: Loma Mansa (Bintimani)

mean elevation:

410 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Indian Ocean

2416 highest point: Shimbiris

mean elevation:

1,034 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

3408 highest point: Njesuthi

381 m lowest point: White Nile

3187 highest point: Kinyeti

mean elevation:

568 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Red Sea

3042 highest point: Jabal Marrah

mean elevation:

1,018 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Indian Ocean

5895 highest point: Kilimanjaro (highest point in Africa)

mean elevation:

236 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

986 highest point: Mont Agou

mean elevation:

246 m

elevation extremes:

-17 m lowest point: Shatt al Gharsah

1544 highest point: Jebel ech Chambi

614 m lowest point: Albert Nile

5110 highest point: Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley

mean elevation:

256 m

elevation extremes:

-55 m lowest point: Sebjet Tah

805 highest point: unnamed elevation

mean elevation:

1,138 m

elevation extremes:

329 m lowest point: Zambezi river

2301 highest point: unnamed elevation in Mafinga Hills

mean elevation:

961 m

elevation extremes:

162 m lowest point: junction of the Runde and Save Rivers

2592 highest point: Inyangani

mean elevation:

2,300 m

elevation extremes:

-2,540 m lowest point: Bentley Subglacial Trench

• 4892 highest point: Vinson Massif 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

0 m lowest point: South Atlantic Ocean

780 highest point: Olavtoppen (Olav Peak)

0 m lowest point: Indian Ocean

867 highest point: Mont de la Dives on Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul) 272 unnamed location on Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul) 1090 Pic Marion-Dufresne in Iles Crozet 1850 Mont Ross in Iles Kerguelen 2.4 unnamed location on Bassas de India (Iles Eparses) 24 unnamed location on Europa Island (Iles Eparses) 12 unnamed location on Glorioso Islands (Iles Eparses) 10 unnamed location on Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses) 7 unnamed location on Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses)

0 m lowest point: Indian Ocean

2745 highest point: Mawson Peak on Big Ben volcano

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

2934 highest point: Mount Paget (South Georgia)

mean elevation:

1,792 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

3694 highest point: Gunnbjorn Fjeld

mean elevation:

557 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

2110 highest point: Hvannadalshnukur (at Vatnajokull Glacier)

0 m lowest point: Norwegian Sea

• 2277 highest point: Haakon VII Toppen on Beerenberg 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

0 m lowest point: Arctic Ocean

1717 highest point: Newtontoppen

mean elevation:

1,884 m

elevation extremes:

258 m lowest point: Amu Darya

7492 highest point: Noshak

mean elevation:

1,792 m

elevation extremes:

400 m lowest point: Debed River

4090 highest point: Aragats Lerrnagagat'

mean elevation:

384 m

elevation extremes:

-28 m lowest point: Caspian Sea

4466 highest point: Bazarduzu Dagi

mean elevation:

85 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Indian Ocean

1230 highest point: Keokradong

mean elevation:

2,220 m

elevation extremes:

97 m lowest point: Drangeme Chhu

7570 highest point: Gangkar Puensum

0 m lowest point: Indian Ocean

9 highest point: ocean-side dunes on Diego Garcia

mean elevation:

1,840 m

elevation extremes:

-154 m lowest point: Turpan Pendi

8848 highest point: Mount Everest (highest peak in Asia and highest point on earth above sea level)

mean elevation:

1,432 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Black Sea

5193 highest point: Mt'a Shkhara

mean elevation:

160 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Indian Ocean

8586 highest point: Kanchenjunga

mean elevation:

438 m

elevation extremes:

-4 m lowest point: Hachiro-gata

3776 highest point: Mount Fuji

mean elevation:

387 m

elevation extremes:

-132 m lowest point: Vpadina Kaundy

6995 highest point: Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri)

mean elevation:

600 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Sea of Japan

2744 highest point: Paektu-san

mean elevation:

282 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Sea of Japan

1950 highest point: Halla-san

mean elevation:

2,988 m

elevation extremes:

132 m lowest point: Kara-Daryya (Karadar'ya)

7439 highest point: Jengish Chokusu (Pik Pobedy)

mean elevation:

1.8 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Indian Ocean

5 highest point: 8th tee, golf course, Villingi Island

mean elevation:

1,528 m

elevation extremes:

560 m lowest point: Hoh Nuur

4374 highest point: Nayramadlin Orgil (Khuiten Peak)

mean elevation:

2,565 m

elevation extremes:

70 m lowest point: Kanchan Kalan

8848 highest point: Mount Everest (highest peak in Asia and highest point on earth above sea level)

mean elevation:

900 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Arabian Sea

8611 highest point: K2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen)

mean elevation:

600 m

elevation extremes:

-28 m lowest point: Caspian Sea

5642 highest point: Gora El'brus (highest point in Europe)

mean elevation:

228 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Indian Ocean

2524 highest point: Pidurutalagala

mean elevation:

3,186 m

elevation extremes:

300 m lowest point: Syr Darya (Sirdaryo)

7495 highest point: Qullai Ismoili Somoni

mean elevation:

230 m

elevation extremes:

-81 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)

3139 highest point: Gora Ayribaba

-12 m lowest point: Sariqamish Kuli

4301 highest point: Adelunga Toghi

0 m lowest point: Caribbean Sea

73 highest point: Crocus Hill

0 m lowest point: Caribbean Sea

402 highest point: Mount Obama

0 m lowest point: Caribbean Sea

188 highest point: Ceru Jamanota

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

64 highest point: Mount Alvernia on Cat Island

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

336 highest point: Mount Hillaby

mean elevation:

173 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Caribbean Sea

1124 highest point: Doyle's Delight

0 m lowest point: Caribbean Sea

521 highest point: Mount Sage

0 m lowest point: Caribbean Sea

50 highest point: 1 km SW of The Bluff on Cayman Brac

mean elevation:

746 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Pacific Ocean

3819 highest point: Cerro Chirripo

mean elevation:

108 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Caribbean Sea

1974 highest point: Pico Turquino

mean elevation:

NA

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Caribbean Sea

372 m highest point: Mt. Christoffel

0 m lowest point: Caribbean Sea

1447 highest point: Morne Diablotins

mean elevation:

424 m

elevation extremes:

-46 m lowest point: Lago Enriquillo

3098 highest point: Pico Duarte

mean elevation:

442 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Pacific Ocean

2730 highest point: Cerro El Pital

0 m lowest point: Caribbean Sea

840 highest point: Mount Saint Catherine

mean elevation:

759 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Pacific Ocean

4220 highest point: Volcan Tajumulco (highest point in Central America)

mean elevation:

470 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Caribbean Sea

2680 highest point: Chaine de la Selle

mean elevation:

684 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Caribbean Sea

2870 highest point: Cerro Las Minas

mean elevation:

18 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Caribbean Sea

2256 highest point: Blue Mountain Peak

0 m lowest point: Caribbean Sea

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 1050 m in 2015

0 m lowest point: Caribbean Sea

85 highest point: 200 m NNW of lighthouse

mean elevation:

298 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Pacific Ocean

2085 highest point: Mogoton

mean elevation:

360 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Pacific Ocean

3475 highest point: Volcan Baru

mean elevation:

261 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Caribbean Sea

1338 highest point: Cerro de Punta

0 m lowest point: Caribbean Ocean

286 highest point: Morne du Vitet

0 m lowest point: Caribbean Sea

1156 highest point: Mount Liamuiga

0 m lowest point: Caribbean Sea

948 highest point: Mount Gimie

0 m lowest point: Caribbean Ocean

424 highest point: Pic du Paradis

0 m lowest point: Caribbean Sea

1234 highest point: La Soufriere

mean elevation:

NA

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Caribbean Sea

383 highest point: Mount Flagstaff

mean elevation:

83 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Caribbean Sea

940 highest point: El Cerro del Aripo

0 m lowest point: Caribbean Sea

48 highest point: Blue Hill on Providenciales and Flamingo Hill on East Caicos

0 m lowest point: Caribbean Sea

474 highest point: Crown Mountain

mean elevation:

708 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Adriatic Sea

2764 highest point: Maja e Korabit (Golem Korab)

mean elevation:

1,996 m

elevation extremes:

840 m lowest point: Riu Runer

2946 highest point: Pic de Coma Pedrosa

mean elevation:

910 m

elevation extremes:

115 m lowest point: Neusiedler See

3798 highest point: Grossglockner

mean elevation:

160 m

elevation extremes:

90 m lowest point: Nyoman River

346 highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara

mean elevation:

181 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: North Sea

694 highest point: Botrange

mean elevation:

500 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Adriatic Sea

2386 highest point: Maglic

mean elevation:

472 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Black Sea

2925 highest point: Musala

mean elevation:

331 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Adriatic Sea

1831 highest point: Dinara

mean elevation:

433 m

elevation extremes:

115 m lowest point: Labe (Elbe) River

1602 highest point: Snezka

mean elevation:

34 m

elevation extremes:

-7 m lowest point: Lammefjord

171 highest point: Mollehoj/Ejer Bavnehoj

mean elevation:

61 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Baltic Sea

318 highest point: Suur Munamagi

-7 m lowest point: Lammefjord, Denmark

-7 Zuidplaspolder, Netherlands 4810 highest point: Mont Blanc

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

882 highest point: Slaettaratindur

mean elevation:

164 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Baltic Sea

1328 highest point: Halti (alternatively Haltia, Haltitunturi, Haltiatunturi)

mean elevation:

375 m

elevation extremes:

-2 m lowest point: Rhone River delta

• 4810 highest point: Mont Blanc 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

mean elevation:

263 m

elevation extremes:

-3.5 m lowest point: Neuendorf bei Wilster

2963 highest point: Zugspitze

0 m lowest point: Mediterranean Sea

426 highest point: Rock of Gibraltar

mean elevation:

498 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Mediterranean Sea

• 2917 highest point: Mount Olympus 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

0 m lowest point: English Channel

114 highest point: Le Moulin on Sark

19 m lowest point: Saint Peter's Square

78 highest point: Vatican Gardens (Vatican Hill)

mean elevation:

143 m

elevation extremes:

78 m lowest point: Tisza River

1014 highest point: Kekes

mean elevation:

118 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean

1041 highest point: Carrauntoohil

0 m lowest point: Irish Sea

621 highest point: Snaefell

mean elevation:

538 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Mediterranean Sea

4748 highest point: Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco) de Courmayeur (a secondary peak of Mont Blanc)

0 m lowest point: English Channel

136 highest point: Les Platons

mean elevation:

450 m

elevation extremes:

297 m lowest point: Drini i Bardhe/Beli Drim (located on the border with Albania)

2656 highest point: Gjeravica/Deravica

mean elevation:

87 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Baltic Sea

312 highest point: Gaizina Kalns

430 m lowest point: Ruggeller Riet

2599 highest point: Vorder-Grauspitz

mean elevation:

110 m

elevation extremes:

0 m lowest point: Baltic Sea

294 highest point: Aukstojas

mean elevation:

325 m

elevation extremes:

133 m lowest point: Moselle River

559 highest point: Buurgplaatz

0 m lowest point: Mediterranean Sea

253 highest point: Ta'Dmejrek on Dingli Cliffs

mean elevation:

139 m

elevation extremes:

2 m lowest point: Dniester (Nistru)

430 highest point: Dealul Balanesti