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Elevation extremes (Country profile category: Geography)

Afghanistan:
lowest point: Amu Darya 258 m
highest point: Nowshak 7,485 m

Albania:
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Maja e Korabit (Golem Korab) 2,753 m

Algeria:
lowest point: Chott Melrhir -40 m
highest point: Tahat 3,003 m

American Samoa:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Lata 966 m

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

Angola:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Morro de Moco 2,620 m

Anguilla:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Crocus Hill 65 m

Antarctica:
lowest point: Southern Ocean 0 m
highest point: Vinson Massif 5,140 m

Antigua and Barbuda:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Boggy Peak 402 m

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

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

Armenia:
lowest point: Debed River 400 m
highest point: Aragats Lerr 4,095 m

Aruba:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Jamanota 188 m

Ashmore and Cartier Islands:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 3 m

Atlantic Ocean:
lowest point: Milwaukee Deep in the Puerto Rico Trench -8,605 m
highest point: sea level 0 m

Australia:
lowest point: Lake Eyre -15 m
highest point: Mount Kosciuszko 2,229 m

Austria:
lowest point: Neusiedler See 115 m
highest point: Grossglockner 3,798 m

Azerbaijan:
lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Bazarduzu Dagi 4,485 m

Bahamas, The:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Alvernia, on Cat Island 63 m

Bahrain:
lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Jabal ad Dukhan 122 m

Baker Island:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 8 m

Bangladesh:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Keokradong 1,230 m

Barbados:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Hillaby 336 m

Bassas da India:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 2.4 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

Belize:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Victoria Peak 1,160 m

Benin:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Sokbaro 658 m

Bermuda:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Town Hill 76 m

Bhutan:
lowest point: Drangme Chhu 97 m
highest point: Kula Kangri 7,553 m

Bolivia:
lowest point: Rio Paraguay 90 m
highest point: Nevado Sajama 6,542 m

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Maglic 2,386 m

Botswana:
lowest point: junction of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers 513 m
highest point: Tsodilo Hills 1,489 m

Bouvet Island:
lowest point: Southern Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 780 m

Brazil:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico da Neblina 3,014 m

British Indian Ocean Territory:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Diego Garcia 15 m

British Virgin Islands:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Sage 521 m

Brunei:
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Bukit Pagon 1,850 m

Bulgaria:
lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Musala 2,925 m

Burkina Faso:
lowest point: Mouhoun (Black Volta) River 200 m
highest point: Tena Kourou 749 m

Burma:
lowest point: Andaman Sea 0 m
highest point: Hkakabo Razi 5,881 m

Burundi:
lowest point: Lake Tanganyika 772 m
highest point: Mount Heha 2,670 m

Cambodia:
lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m
highest point: Phnum Aoral 1,810 m

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

Canada:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Logan 5,959 m

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

Cayman Islands:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: The Bluff 43 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

Chile:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro Aconcagua 6,962 m

China:
lowest point: Turpan Pendi -154 m
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m (1999 est.)

Christmas Island:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Murray Hill 361 m

Clipperton Island:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Rocher Clipperton 29 m

Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 5 m

Colombia:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Nevado del Huila 5,750 m

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

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pic Marguerite on Mont Ngaliema (Mount Stanley) 5,110 m

Congo, Republic of the:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Berongou 903 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

Costa Rica:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro Chirripo 3,810 m

Cote d'Ivoire:
lowest point: Gulf of Guinea 0 m
highest point: Mont Nimba 1,752 m

Croatia:
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Dinara 1,830 m

Cuba:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Pico Turquino 2,005 m

Cyprus:
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Olympus 1,951 m

Czech Republic:
lowest point: Elbe River 115 m
highest point: Snezka 1,602 m

Denmark:
lowest point: Lammefjord -7 m
highest point: Ejer Bavnehoj 173 m

Djibouti:
lowest point: Lac Assal -155 m
highest point: Moussa Ali 2,028 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

Ecuador:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Chimborazo 6,267 m

Egypt:
lowest point: Qattara Depression -133 m
highest point: Mount Catherine 2,629 m

El Salvador:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro El Pital 2,730 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

Estonia:
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Suur Munamagi 318 m

Ethiopia:
lowest point: Denakil -125 m
highest point: Ras Dashen Terara 4,620 m

Europa Island:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 24 m

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Usborne 705 m

Faroe Islands:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Slaettaratindur 882 m

Fiji:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Tomanivi 1,324 m

Finland:
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Haltiatunturi 1,328 m

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

French Guiana:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Bellevue de l'Inini 851 m

French Polynesia:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Orohena 2,241 m

French Southern and Antarctic Lands:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Ross on Iles Kerguelen 1,850 m

Gabon:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Iboundji 1,575 m

Gambia, The:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 53 m

Gaza Strip:
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Abu 'Awdah (Joz Abu 'Auda) 105 m

Georgia:
lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Mt'a Mqinvartsveri (Gora Kazbek) 5,048 m

Germany:
lowest point: Freepsum Lake -2 m
highest point: Zugspitze 2,963 m

Ghana:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Afadjato 880 m

Gibraltar:
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Rock of Gibraltar 426 m

Glorioso Islands:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 12 m

Greece:
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Olympus 2,917 m

Greenland:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Gunnbjorn 3,700 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 1,467 m

Guam:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Lamlam 406 m

Guatemala:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Volcan Tajumulco 4,211 m

Guernsey:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Sark 114 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

Guyana:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Roraima 2,835 m

Haiti:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m

Heard Island and McDonald Islands:
lowest point: Southern Ocean 0 m
highest point: Big Ben 2,745 m

Holy See (Vatican City):
lowest point: unnamed location 19 m
highest point: unnamed location 75 m

Honduras:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m

Hong Kong:
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Tai Mo Shan 958 m

Howland Island:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 3 m

Hungary:
lowest point: Tisza River 78 m
highest point: Kekes 1,014 m

Iceland:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Hvannadalshnukur 2,119 m

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

Indian Ocean:
lowest point: Java Trench -7,258 m
highest point: sea level 0 m

Indonesia:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Puncak Jaya 5,030 m

Iran:
lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Qolleh-ye Damavand 5,671 m

Iraq:
lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Haji Ibrahim 3,600 m

Ireland:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Carrauntoohil 1,041 m

Israel:
lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Har Meron 1,208 m

Italy:
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco) 4,807 m

Jamaica:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m

Jan Mayen:
lowest point: Norwegian Sea 0 m
highest point: Haakon VII Toppen/Beerenberg 2,277 m

Japan:
lowest point: Hachiro-gata -4 m
highest point: Fujiyama 3,776 m

Jarvis Island:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 7 m

Jersey:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 143 m

Johnston Atoll:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Summit Peak 5 m

Jordan:
lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Jabal Ram 1,734 m

Juan de Nova Island:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 10 m

Kazakhstan:
lowest point: Vpadina Kaundy -132 m
highest point: Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 6,995 m

Kenya:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Kenya 5,199 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

Korea, North:
lowest point: Sea of Japan 0 m
highest point: Paektu-san 2,744 m

Korea, South:
lowest point: Sea of Japan 0 m
highest point: Halla-san 1,950 m

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

Kyrgyzstan:
lowest point: Kara-Darya 132 m
highest point: Jengish Chokusu (Pik Pobedy) 7,439 m

Laos:
lowest point: Mekong River 70 m
highest point: Phou Bia 2,817 m

Latvia:
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Gaizinkalns 312 m

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

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: Burgplatz 559 m

Macau:
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Coloane Alto 174 m

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
lowest point: Vardar River 50 m
highest point: Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,753 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

Malaysia:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Gunung Kinabalu 4,100 m

Maldives:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Wilingili island in the Addu Atoll 2.4 m

Mali:
lowest point: Senegal River 23 m
highest point: Hombori Tondo 1,155 m

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

Man, Isle of:
lowest point: Irish Sea 0 m
highest point: Snaefell 621 m

Marshall Islands:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Likiep 10 m

Martinique:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Montagne Pelee 1,397 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

Mexico:
lowest point: Laguna Salada -10 m
highest point: Volcan Pico de Orizaba 5,700 m

Micronesia, Federated States of:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Totolom 791 m

Midway Islands:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 13 m

Moldova:
lowest point: Nistru River 2 m
highest point: Dealul Balanesti 430 m

Monaco:
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mont Agel 140 m

Mongolia:
lowest point: Hoh Nuur 518 m
highest point: Tavan Bogd Uul 4,374 m

Montserrat:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Chances Peak (in the Soufriere Hills) 914 m

Morocco:
lowest point: Sebkha Tah -55 m
highest point: Jebel 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

Nauru:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location along plateau rim 61 m

Navassa Island:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on southwest side 77 m

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

Netherlands:
lowest point: Prins Alexanderpolder -7 m
highest point: Vaalserberg 321 m

Netherlands Antilles:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Scenery 862 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: Mount Cook 3,764 m

Nicaragua:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mogoton 2,438 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

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

Norway:
lowest point: Norwegian Sea 0 m
highest point: Galdhopiggeh 2,469 m

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

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

Pakistan:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: K2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen) 8,611 m

Palau:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Ngerchelchauus 242 m

Palmyra Atoll:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 2 m

Panama:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Volcan de Chiriqui 3,475 m

Papua New Guinea:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Wilhelm 4,509 m

Paracel Islands:
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Rocky Island 14 m

Paraguay:
lowest point: junction of Rio Paraguay and Rio Parana 46 m
highest point: Cerro San Rafael 850 m

Peru:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Nevado Huascaran 6,768 m

Philippines:
lowest point: Philippine Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Apo 2,954 m

Pitcairn Islands:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pawala Valley Ridge 347 m

Poland:
lowest point: 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

Puerto Rico:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Cerro de Punta 1,338 m

Qatar:
lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Qurayn Abu al Bawl 103 m

Reunion:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Piton des Neiges 3,069 m

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

Russia:
lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Gora El'brus 5,633 m

Rwanda:
lowest point: Rusizi River 950 m
highest point: Volcan Karisimbi 4,519 m

Saint Helena:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 2,060 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 Pierre and Miquelon:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Morne de la Grande Montagne 240 m

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Soufriere 1,234 m

Samoa:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mauga Silisili 1,857 m

San Marino:
lowest point: Torrente Ausa 55 m
highest point: Monte Titano 749 m

Sao Tome and Principe:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico de Sao Tome 2,024 m

Saudi Arabia:
lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Jabal Sawda' 3,133 m

Senegal:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed feature near Nepen Diakha 581 m

Serbia and Montenegro:
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Daravica 2,656 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

Singapore:
lowest point: Singapore Strait 0 m
highest point: Bukit Timah 166 m

Slovakia:
lowest point: Bodrok River 94 m
highest point: Gerlachovka 2,655 m

Slovenia:
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Triglav 2,864 m

Solomon Islands:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Makarakomburu 2,447 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

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Paget (South Georgia) 2,915 m

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

Spain:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico de Teide (Tenerife) on Canary Islands 3,718 m

Spratly Islands:
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Southwest Cay 4 m

Sri Lanka:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pidurutalagala 2,524 m

Sudan:
lowest point: Red Sea 0 m
highest point: Kinyeti 3,187 m

Suriname:
lowest point: unnamed location in the coastal plain -2 m
highest point: Wilhelmina Gebergte 1,286 m

Svalbard:
lowest point: Arctic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Newtontoppen 1,717 m

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

Sweden:
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Kebnekaise 2,111 m

Switzerland:
lowest point: Lake Maggiore 195 m
highest point: Dufourspitze 4,634 m

Syria:
lowest point: unnamed location near Lake Tiberias -200 m
highest point: Mount Hermon 2,814 m

Tajikistan:
lowest point: Syrdariya 300 m
highest point: Pik Imeni Ismail Samani 7,495 m

Tanzania:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Kilimanjaro 5,895 m

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

Togo:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Agou 986 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

Trinidad and Tobago:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: El Cerro del Aripo 940 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: Jabal ash Shanabi 1,544 m

Turkey:
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Ararat 5,166 m

Turkmenistan:
lowest point: Vpadina Akchanaya -81 m (note - Sarygamysh Koli is a lake in north eastern Turkmenistan whose water levels fluctuate widely; at its shallowest, its level is -110 m; it is presently at -60 m, 20 m above Vpadina Akchanaya)
highest point: Ayrybaba 3,139 m

Turks and Caicos Islands:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Blue Hills 49 m

Tuvalu:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 5 m

Uganda:
lowest point: Lake Albert 621 m
highest point: Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m

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

United Arab Emirates:
lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Jabal Yibir 1,527 m

United Kingdom:
lowest point: Fenland -4 m
highest point: Ben Nevis 1,343 m

United States:
lowest point: Death Valley -86 m
highest point: Mount McKinley 6,194 m

Uruguay:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro Catedral 514 m

Uzbekistan:
lowest point: Sariqarnish Kuli -12 m
highest point: Adelunga Toghi 4,301 m

Vanuatu:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Tabwemasana 1,877 m

Venezuela:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Pico Bolivar (La Columna) 5,007 m

Vietnam:
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Ngoc Linh 3,143 m

Virgin Islands:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Crown Mountain 474 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

West Bank:
lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Tall Asur 1,022 m

Western Sahara:
lowest point: Sebjet Tah -55 m
highest point: unnamed location 463 m

World:
lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m (1999 est.)

Yemen:
lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m
highest point: Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,760 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

Taiwan:
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Yu Shan 3,997 m

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