Elevation In 29 editions of 36.

highest point:

Mount Everest 8,849 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)

mean elevation:

840 m

top ten highest mountains (measured from sea level):

• Mount Everest (China-Nepal) 8,849 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) 8,849 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

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

highest point:

Tahat 2,908 m

lowest point:

Chott Melrhir -40 m

mean elevation:

800 m

highest point:

Moca 2,620 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

1,112 m

highest point:

Mont Sokbaro 658 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

273 m

highest point:

Tsodilo Hills 1,489 m

lowest point:

junction of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers 513 m

mean elevation:

1,013 m

highest point:

Tena Kourou 749 m

lowest point:

Mouhoun (Black Volta) River 200 m

mean elevation:

297 m

highest point:

Heha 2,670 m

lowest point:

Lake Tanganyika 772 m

mean elevation:

1,504 m

highest point:

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

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Fako on Mont Cameroun 4,045 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

667 m

highest point:

Mont Ngaoui 1,410 m

lowest point:

Oubangui River 335 m

mean elevation:

635 m

highest point:

Emi Koussi 3,445 m

lowest point:

Djourab 160 m

mean elevation:

543 m

highest point:

Karthala 2,360 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

highest point:

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

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

726 m

highest point:

Mount Berongou 903 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

430 m

highest point:

Monts Nimba 1,752 m

lowest point:

Gulf of Guinea 0 m

mean elevation:

250 m

highest point:

Moussa Ali 2,021 m

lowest point:

Lac Assal -155 m

mean elevation:

430 m

highest point:

Mount Catherine 2,629 m

lowest point:

Qattara Depression -133 m

mean elevation:

321 m

highest point:

Pico Basile 3,008 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

577 m

highest point:

Soira 3,018 m

lowest point:

near Kulul within the Danakil Depression -75 m

mean elevation:

853 m

highest point:

Emlembe 1,862 m

lowest point:

Great Usutu River 21 m

mean elevation:

305 m

highest point:

Ras Dejen 4,550 m

lowest point:

Danakil Depression -125 m

mean elevation:

1,330 m

highest point:

Mont Iboundji 1,575 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

377 m

highest point:

unnamed elevation 53 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

34 m

highest point:

Mount Afadjato 885 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

190 m

highest point:

Mont Nimba 1,752 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

472 m

highest point:

unnamed elevation in the eastern part of the country 300 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

70 m

highest point:

Mount Kenya 5,199 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

762 m

highest point:

Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m

lowest point:

junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers 1,400 m

mean elevation:

2,161 m

highest point:

Mount Wuteve 1,447 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

243 m

highest point:

Bikku Bitti 2,267 m

lowest point:

Sabkhat Ghuzayyil -47 m

mean elevation:

423 m

highest point:

Maromokotro 2,876 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

615 m

highest point:

Sapitwa (Mount Mlanje) 3,002 m

lowest point:

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

mean elevation:

779 m

highest point:

Hombori Tondo 1,155 m

lowest point:

Senegal River 23 m

mean elevation:

343 m

highest point:

Kediet Ijill 915 m

lowest point:

Sebkhet Te-n-Dghamcha -5 m

mean elevation:

276 m

highest point:

Mont Piton 828 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Jebel Toubkal 4,165 m

lowest point:

Sebkha Tah -59 m

mean elevation:

909 m

highest point:

Monte Binga 2,436 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

345 m

highest point:

Konigstein on Brandberg 2,573 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

1,141 m

highest point:

Idoukal-n-Taghes 2,022 m

lowest point:

Niger River 200 m

mean elevation:

474 m

highest point:

Chappal Waddi 2,419 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

380 m

highest point:

Volcan Karisimbi 4,519 m

lowest point:

Rusizi River 950 m

mean elevation:

1,598 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

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

unnamed elevation 2.8 km southeast of Nepen Diaka 648 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

69 m

highest point:

Morne Seychellois 905 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Loma Mansa (Bintimani) 1,948 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

279 m

highest point:

Mount Shimbiris 2,460 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

410 m

highest point:

Ntheledi (Mafadi) 3,450 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

1,034 m

highest point:

Kinyeti 3,187 m

lowest point:

White Nile 381 m

highest point:

Jabal Marrah 3,042 m

lowest point:

Red Sea 0 m

mean elevation:

568 m

highest point:

Kilimanjaro (highest point in Africa) 5,895 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

1,018 m

highest point:

Mont Agou 986 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

236 m

highest point:

Jebel ech Chambi 1,544 m

lowest point:

Shatt al Gharsah -17 m

mean elevation:

246 m

highest point:

Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m

lowest point:

Albert Nile 614 m

highest point:

Mafinga Central 2,330 m

lowest point:

Zambezi river 329 m

mean elevation:

1,138 m

highest point:

Inyangani 2,592 m

lowest point:

junction of the Runde and Save Rivers 162 m

mean elevation:

961 m

highest point:

Vinson Massif 4,892 m

lowest point:

Denman Glacier more than -3,500 m (-11,500 ft) below sea level

mean elevation:

2,300 m

note: the lowest known land point in Antarctica is hidden in the Denman Glacier; at its surface is the deepest ice yet discovered and the world's lowest elevation not under seawater

highest point:

Olavtoppen (Olav Peak) 780 m

lowest point:

South Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Mont de la Dives on Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul) 867 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 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

highest point:

Mawson Peak on Big Ben volcano 2,745 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Mount Paget (South Georgia) 2,934 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Gunnbjorn Fjeld 3,694 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

1,792 m

highest point:

Hvannadalshnukur (at Vatnajokull Glacier) 2,110 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

557 m

highest point:

Haakon VII Toppen on Beerenberg 2,277

lowest point:

Norwegian Sea 0 m

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

highest point:

Newtontoppen 1,717 m

lowest point:

Arctic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Noshak 7,492 m

lowest point:

Amu Darya 258 m

mean elevation:

1,884 m

highest point:

Aragats Lerrnagagat' 4,090 m

lowest point:

Debed River 400 m

mean elevation:

1,792 m

highest point:

Bazarduzu Dagi 4,466 m

lowest point:

Caspian Sea -28 m

mean elevation:

384 m

highest point:

Keokradong 1,230 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

85 m

highest point:

Gangkar Puensum 7,570 m

lowest point:

Drangeme Chhu 97 m

mean elevation:

2,220 m

highest point:

ocean-side dunes on Diego Garcia 9 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Mount Everest (highest peak in Asia and highest point on earth above sea level) 8,849 m

lowest point:

Turpan Pendi -154 m

mean elevation:

1,840 m

highest point:

Mt'a Shkhara 5,193 m

lowest point:

Black Sea 0 m

mean elevation:

1,432 m

highest point:

Kanchenjunga 8,586 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

160 m

highest point:

Mount Fuji 3,776 m

lowest point:

Hachiro-gata -4 m

mean elevation:

438 m

highest point:

Pik Khan-Tengri 6,995 m

lowest point:

Qauyndy Oyysy -132 m

mean elevation:

387 m

highest point:

Paektu-san 2,744 m

lowest point:

Sea of Japan 0 m

mean elevation:

600 m

highest point:

Halla-san 1,950 m

lowest point:

Sea of Japan 0 m

mean elevation:

282 m

highest point:

Jengish Chokusu (Pik Pobedy) 7,439 m

lowest point:

Kara-Daryya (Karadar'ya) 132 m

mean elevation:

2,988 m

highest point:

8th tee, golf course, Villingi Island 5 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

2 m

highest point:

Nayramadlin Orgil (Khuiten Peak) 4,374 m

lowest point:

Hoh Nuur 560 m

mean elevation:

1,528 m

highest point:

Mount Everest (highest peak in Asia and highest point on earth above sea level) 8,849 m

lowest point:

Kanchan Kalan 70 m

mean elevation:

2,565 m

highest point:

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

lowest point:

Arabian Sea 0 m

mean elevation:

900 m

highest point:

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

lowest point:

Caspian Sea -28 m

mean elevation:

600 m

highest point:

Pidurutalagala 2,524 m

lowest point:

Indian Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

228 m

highest point:

Qullai Ismoili Somoni 7,495 m

lowest point:

Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300 m

mean elevation:

3,186 m

highest point:

Gora Ayribaba 3,139 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

mean elevation:

230 m

highest point:

Adelunga Toghi 4,301 m

lowest point:

Sariqamish Kuli -12 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:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

1.3 km NE of Old Bight on Cat Island 64 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Mount Hillaby 336 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Doyle's Delight 1,124 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

mean elevation:

173 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

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Cerro Chirripo 3,819 m

lowest point:

Pacific Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

746 m

highest point:

Pico Turquino 1,974 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

mean elevation:

108 m

highest point:

Mt. Christoffel 372 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Morne Diablotins 1,447 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Pico Duarte 3,098 m

lowest point:

Lago Enriquillo -46 m

mean elevation:

424 m

highest point:

Cerro El Pital 2,730 m

lowest point:

Pacific Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

442 m

highest point:

Mount Saint Catherine 840 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

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

lowest point:

Pacific Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

759 m

highest point:

Pic la Selle 2,674 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

mean elevation:

470 m

highest point:

Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

mean elevation:

684 m

highest point:

Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

mean elevation:

18 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

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Mogoton 2,085 m

lowest point:

Pacific Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

298 m

highest point:

Volcan Baru 3,475 m

lowest point:

Pacific Ocean 0 m

mean elevation:

360 m

highest point:

Cerro de Punta 1,338 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

mean elevation:

261 m

highest point:

Morne du Vitet 286 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Ocean 0 m

highest point:

Mount Liamuiga 1,156 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Mount Gimie 948 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Pic du Paradis 424 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Ocean 0 m

highest point:

La Soufriere 1,234 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Mount Flagstaff 383 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

El Cerro del Aripo 940 m

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

mean elevation:

83 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

lowest point:

Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Maja e Korabit (Golem Korab) 2,764 m

lowest point:

Adriatic Sea 0 m

mean elevation:

708 m

highest point:

Pic de Coma Pedrosa 2,946 m

lowest point:

Riu Runer 840 m

mean elevation:

1,996 m

highest point:

Grossglockner 3,798 m

lowest point:

Neusiedler See 115 m

mean elevation:

910 m

highest point:

Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m

lowest point:

Nyoman River 90 m

mean elevation:

160 m

highest point:

Botrange 694 m

lowest point:

North Sea 0 m

mean elevation:

181 m

highest point:

Maglic 2,386 m

lowest point:

Adriatic Sea 0 m

mean elevation:

500 m

highest point:

Musala 2,925 m

lowest point:

Black Sea 0 m

mean elevation:

472 m

highest point:

Dinara 1,831 m

lowest point:

Adriatic Sea 0 m

mean elevation:

331 m

highest point:

Snezka 1,602 m

lowest point:

Labe (Elbe) River 115 m

mean elevation:

433 m

highest point:

Mollehoj/Ejer Bavnehoj 171 m

lowest point:

Lammefjord -7 m

mean elevation:

34 m

highest point:

Suur Munamagi 318 m

lowest point:

Baltic Sea 0 m

mean elevation:

61 m

highest point:

Mont Blanc, France 4,810 m

lowest point:

Zuidplaspolder, Netherlands -7 m

highest point:

Slaettaratindur 882 m

lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:

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

lowest point:

Baltic Sea 0 m

mean elevation:

164 m

highest point:

Mont Blanc 4,810

lowest point:

Rhone River delta -2 m

mean elevation:

375 m

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

highest point:

Zugspitze 2,963 m

lowest point:

Neuendorf bei Wilster -3.5 m

mean elevation:

263 m

highest point:

Rock of Gibraltar 426 m

lowest point:

Mediterranean Sea 0 m

highest point:

Mount Olympus 2,917

lowest point:

Mediterranean Sea 0 m

mean elevation:

498 m

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

highest point:

Le Moulin on Sark 114 m

lowest point:

English Channel 0 m

highest point:

Vatican Gardens (Vatican Hill) 78 m

lowest point:

Saint Peter's Square 19 m

highest point:

Kekes 1,014 m

lowest point:

Tisza River 78 m

mean elevation:

143 m