Elevation In 29 editions of 36.

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 8,850 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

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) 8,850 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 - 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

mean elevation:

800 m

lowest point:

Chott Melrhir -40 m

highest point:

Tahat 2,908 m

mean elevation:

1,112 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Moca 2,620 m

mean elevation:

273 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Mont Sokbaro 658 m

mean elevation:

1,013 m

lowest point:

junction of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers 513 m

highest point:

Tsodilo Hills 1,489 m

mean elevation:

297 m

lowest point:

Mouhoun (Black Volta) River 200 m

highest point:

Tena Kourou 749 m

mean elevation:

1,504 m

lowest point:

Lake Tanganyika 772 m

highest point:

Heha 2,670 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Mt. Fogo (a volcano on Fogo Island) 2,829 m

mean elevation:

667 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Fako on Mont Cameroun 4,045 m

mean elevation:

635 m

lowest point:

Oubangui River 335 m

highest point:

Mont Ngaoui 1,410 m

mean elevation:

543 m

lowest point:

Djourab 160 m

highest point:

Emi Koussi 3,445 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Karthala 2,360 m

mean elevation:

726 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Pic Marguerite on Mont Ngaliema (Mount Stanley) 5,110 m

mean elevation:

430 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Mount Berongou 903 m

mean elevation:

250 m

lowest point:

Gulf of Guinea 0 m

highest point:

Monts Nimba 1,752 m

mean elevation:

430 m

lowest point:

Lac Assal -155 m

highest point:

Moussa Ali 2,021 m

mean elevation:

321 m

lowest point:

Qattara Depression -133 m

highest point:

Mount Catherine 2,629 m

mean elevation:

577 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Pico Basile 3,008 m

mean elevation:

853 m

lowest point:

near Kulul within the Danakil Depression -75 m

highest point:

Soira 3,018 m

mean elevation:

305 m

lowest point:

Great Usutu River 21 m

highest point:

Emlembe 1,862 m

mean elevation:

1,330 m

lowest point:

Danakil Depression -125 m

highest point:

Ras Dejen 4,550 m

mean elevation:

377 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Mont Iboundji 1,575 m

mean elevation:

34 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

unnamed elevation 53 m

mean elevation:

190 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Mount Afadjato 885 m

mean elevation:

472 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Mont Nimba 1,752 m

mean elevation:

70 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

unnamed elevation in the eastern part of the country 300 m

mean elevation:

762 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Mount Kenya 5,199 m

mean elevation:

2,161 m

lowest point:

junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers 1,400 m

highest point:

Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m

mean elevation:

243 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Mount Wuteve 1,447 m

mean elevation:

423 m

lowest point:

Sabkhat Ghuzayyil -47 m

highest point:

Bikku Bitti 2,267 m

mean elevation:

615 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Maromokotro 2,876 m

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

mean elevation:

343 m

lowest point:

Senegal River 23 m

highest point:

Hombori Tondo 1,155 m

mean elevation:

276 m

lowest point:

Sebkhet Te-n-Dghamcha -5 m

highest point:

Kediet Ijill 915 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Mont Piton 828 m

mean elevation:

909 m

lowest point:

Sebkha Tah -59 m

highest point:

Jebel Toubkal 4,165 m

mean elevation:

345 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Monte Binga 2,436 m

mean elevation:

1,141 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Konigstein on Brandberg 2,573 m

mean elevation:

474 m

lowest point:

Niger River 200 m

highest point:

Idoukal-n-Taghes 2,022 m

mean elevation:

380 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Chappal Waddi 2,419 m

mean elevation:

1,598 m

lowest point:

Rusizi River 950 m

highest point:

Volcan Karisimbi 4,519 m

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

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Pico de Sao Tome 2,024 m

mean elevation:

69 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

unnamed elevation 2.8 km southeast of Nepen Diaka 648 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Morne Seychellois 905 m

mean elevation:

279 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Loma Mansa (Bintimani) 1,948 m

mean elevation:

410 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Shimbiris 2,416 m

mean elevation:

1,034 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Njesuthi 3,408 m

lowest point:

White Nile 381 m

highest point:

Kinyeti 3,187 m

mean elevation:

568 m

lowest point:

Red Sea 0 m

highest point:

Jabal Marrah 3,042 m

mean elevation:

1,018 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Kilimanjaro (highest point in Africa) 5,895 m

mean elevation:

236 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Mont Agou 986 m

mean elevation:

246 m

lowest point:

Shatt al Gharsah -17 m

highest point:

Jebel ech Chambi 1,544 m

lowest point:

Albert Nile 614 m

highest point:

Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m

mean elevation:

256 m

lowest point:

Sebjet Tah -55 m

highest point:

unnamed elevation 805 m

mean elevation:

1,138 m

lowest point:

Zambezi river 329 m

highest point:

unnamed elevation in Mafinga Hills 2,301 m

mean elevation:

961 m

lowest point:

junction of the Runde and Save Rivers 162 m

highest point:

Inyangani 2,592 m

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

lowest point:

South Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Olavtoppen (Olav Peak) 780 m

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

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Mawson Peak on Big Ben volcano 2,745 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Mount Paget (South Georgia) 2,934 m

mean elevation:

1,792 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Gunnbjorn Fjeld 3,694 m

mean elevation:

557 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Hvannadalshnukur (at Vatnajokull Glacier) 2,110 m

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

lowest point:

Arctic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Newtontoppen 1,717 m

mean elevation:

1,884 m

lowest point:

Amu Darya 258 m

highest point:

Noshak 7,492 m

mean elevation:

1,792 m

lowest point:

Debed River 400 m

highest point:

Aragats Lerrnagagat' 4,090 m

mean elevation:

384 m

lowest point:

Caspian Sea -28 m

highest point:

Bazarduzu Dagi 4,466 m

mean elevation:

85 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Keokradong 1,230 m

mean elevation:

2,220 m

lowest point:

Drangeme Chhu 97 m

highest point:

Gangkar Puensum 7,570 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

highest point:

ocean-side dunes on Diego Garcia 9 m

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) 8,848 m

mean elevation:

1,432 m

lowest point:

Black Sea 0 m

highest point:

Mt'a Shkhara 5,193 m

mean elevation:

160 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Kanchenjunga 8,586 m

mean elevation:

438 m

lowest point:

Hachiro-gata -4 m

highest point:

Mount Fuji 3,776 m

mean elevation:

387 m

lowest point:

Vpadina Kaundy -132 m

highest point:

Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 6,995 m

mean elevation:

600 m

lowest point:

Sea of Japan 0 m

highest point:

Paektu-san 2,744 m

mean elevation:

282 m

lowest point:

Sea of Japan 0 m

highest point:

Halla-san 1,950 m

mean elevation:

2,988 m

lowest point:

Kara-Daryya (Karadar'ya) 132 m

highest point:

Jengish Chokusu (Pik Pobedy) 7,439 m

mean elevation:

2 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

highest point:

8th tee, golf course, Villingi Island 5 m

mean elevation:

1,528 m

lowest point:

Hoh Nuur 560 m

highest point:

Nayramadlin Orgil (Khuiten Peak) 4,374 m

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) 8,848 m

mean elevation:

900 m

lowest point:

Arabian Sea 0 m

highest point:

K2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen) 8,611 m

mean elevation:

600 m

lowest point:

Caspian Sea -28 m

highest point:

Gora El'brus (highest point in Europe) 5,642 m

mean elevation:

228 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Pidurutalagala 2,524 m

mean elevation:

3,186 m

lowest point:

Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300 m

highest point:

Qullai Ismoili Somoni 7,495 m

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

lowest point:

Sariqamish Kuli -12 m

highest point:

Adelunga Toghi 4,301 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Crocus Hill 73 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Mount Obama 402 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Ceru Jamanota 188 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Mount Alvernia on Cat Island 64 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Mount Hillaby 336 m

mean elevation:

173 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Doyle's Delight 1,124 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Mount Sage 521 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

1 km SW of The Bluff on Cayman Brac 50 m

mean elevation:

746 m

lowest point:

Pacific Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Cerro Chirripo 3,819 m

mean elevation:

108 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Pico Turquino 1,974 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Mt. Christoffel 372 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Morne Diablotins 1,447 m

mean elevation:

424 m

lowest point:

Lago Enriquillo -46 m

highest point:

Pico Duarte 3,098 m

mean elevation:

442 m

lowest point:

Pacific Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Cerro El Pital 2,730 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Mount Saint Catherine 840 m

mean elevation:

759 m

lowest point:

Pacific Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Volcan Tajumulco (highest point in Central America) 4,220 m

mean elevation:

470 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m

mean elevation:

684 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m

mean elevation:

18 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m

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

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

200 m NNW of lighthouse 85 m

mean elevation:

298 m

lowest point:

Pacific Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Mogoton 2,085 m

mean elevation:

360 m

lowest point:

Pacific Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Volcan Baru 3,475 m

mean elevation:

261 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Cerro de Punta 1,338 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Morne du Vitet 286 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Mount Liamuiga 1,156 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Mount Gimie 948 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Pic du Paradis 424 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

La Soufriere 1,234 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Mount Flagstaff 383 m

mean elevation:

83 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

El Cerro del Aripo 940 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Blue Hill on Providenciales and Flamingo Hill on East Caicos 48 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Crown Mountain 474 m

mean elevation:

708 m

lowest point:

Adriatic Sea 0 m

highest point:

Maja e Korabit (Golem Korab) 2,764 m

mean elevation:

1,996 m

lowest point:

Riu Runer 840 m

highest point:

Pic de Coma Pedrosa 2,946 m

mean elevation:

910 m

lowest point:

Neusiedler See 115 m

highest point:

Grossglockner 3,798 m

mean elevation:

160 m

lowest point:

Nyoman River 90 m

highest point:

Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m

mean elevation:

181 m

lowest point:

North Sea 0 m

highest point:

Botrange 694 m

mean elevation:

500 m

lowest point:

Adriatic Sea 0 m

highest point:

Maglic 2,386 m

mean elevation:

472 m

lowest point:

Black Sea 0 m

highest point:

Musala 2,925 m

mean elevation:

331 m

lowest point:

Adriatic Sea 0 m

highest point:

Dinara 1,831 m

mean elevation:

433 m

lowest point:

Labe (Elbe) River 115 m

highest point:

Snezka 1,602 m

mean elevation:

34 m

lowest point:

Lammefjord -7 m

highest point:

Mollehoj/Ejer Bavnehoj 171 m

mean elevation:

61 m

lowest point:

Baltic Sea 0 m

highest point:

Suur Munamagi 318 m

lowest point:

Zuidplaspolder, Netherlands -7 m

highest point:

Mont Blanc, France 4,810 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Slaettaratindur 882 m

mean elevation:

164 m

lowest point:

Baltic Sea 0 m

highest point:

Halti (alternatively Haltia, Haltitunturi, Haltiatunturi) 1,328 m

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

mean elevation:

263 m

lowest point:

Neuendorf bei Wilster -3.5 m

highest point:

Zugspitze 2,963 m

lowest point:

Mediterranean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Rock of Gibraltar 426 m

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

lowest point:

English Channel 0 m

highest point:

Le Moulin on Sark 114 m

lowest point:

Saint Peter's Square 19 m

highest point:

Vatican Gardens (Vatican Hill) 78 m

mean elevation:

143 m

lowest point:

Tisza River 78 m

highest point:

Kekes 1,014 m