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Puerto San Julian and Comandante Luis Piedra Buena in the province
of Santa Cruz)
highest point: Cerro Aconcagua 6,960 m (located in the northwestern
corner of the province of Mendoza)
Armenia
  lowest point: Debed River 400 m
  highest point: Aragats Lerrnagagat' 4,090 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
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
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: Doyle's Delight 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: South Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  highest point: Olav Peak 935 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: 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 (on Mt. Cameroon)
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 (Cayman Brac) 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: Nevado Ojos del Salado 6,880 m
China
  lowest point: Turpan Pendi -154 m
  highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m
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: Pico Cristobal Colon 5,775 m
  note: nearby Pico Simon Bolivar also has the same elevation
Comoros
  lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
  highest point: Le Karthala 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: Mount 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: Yding Skovhoej 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 Depression -125 m
  highest point: Ras Dejen 4,533 m
European Union
  lowest point: Lammefjord, Denmark -7 m;
  Zuidplaspolder, Netherlands -7 m
  highest point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m; note - situated on the border
  between France and Italy
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 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 de la Dives on Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et
  Ile Saint-Paul) 867 m; unnamed location on Ile Saint-Paul (Ile
  Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul) 272 m; Pic Marion-Dufresne in Iles
  Crozet 1,090 m; Mont Ross in Iles Kerguelen 1,850 m; unnamed
  location on Bassas de India (Iles Eparses) 2.4 m; 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
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 Shkhara 5,201 m
Germany
  lowest point: Neuendorf bei Wilster -3.54 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
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
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: Indian Ocean 0 m
  highest point: Mawson Peak, on 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
Hungary
  lowest point: Tisza River 78 m
  highest point: Kekes 1,014 m
Iceland
  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  highest point: Hvannadalshnukur 2,110 m (at Vatnajokull glacier)
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: Kuh-e Damavand 5,671 m
Iraq
  lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
  highest point: unnamed peak; 3,611 m; note - this peak is neither
  Gundah Zhur 3,607 m nor Kuh-e Hajji-Ebrahim 3,595 m
Ireland
  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  highest point: Carrauntoohil 1,041 m
Isle of Man
  lowest point: Irish Sea 0 m
  highest point: Snaefell 621 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) de Courmayeur 4,748 m (a
  secondary peak of Mont Blanc)
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: Mount Fuji 3,776 m
Jersey
  lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  highest point: unnamed location 143 m
Jordan
  lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
  highest point: Jabal Ram 1,734 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
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
Kosovo
  lowest point: Drini i Bardhe/Beli Drim 297 m (located on the
  border with Albania)
  highest point: Gjeravica/Deravica 2,565 m
Kuwait
  lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
  highest point: unnamed location 306 m
Kyrgyzstan
  lowest point: Kara-Daryya (Karadar'ya) 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: Galzina Kalns 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: Vorder-Grauspitz 2,599 m
Lithuania
  lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
  highest point: Juozapines Kalnas 293.6 m
Luxembourg
  lowest point: Moselle River 133 m
  highest point: Buurgplaatz 559 m
Macau
  lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
  highest point: Coloane Alto 172.4 m
Macedonia
  lowest point: Vardar River 50 m
  highest point: Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,764 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
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)
Marshall Islands
  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  highest point: unnamed location on Likiep 10 m
Mauritania
  lowest point: Sebkhet Te-n-Dghamcha -5 m
  highest point: Kediet Ijill 915 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: Dolohmwar (Totolom) 791 m
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
Mongolia
  lowest point: Hoh Nuur 518 m
  highest point: Nayramadlin Orgil (Huyten Orgil) 4,374 m
Montenegro
  lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
  highest point: Bobotov Kuk 2,522 m
Montserrat
  lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
  highest point: lava dome in English's Crater (in the Soufriere Hills
  volcanic complex) estimated at over 930 m (2006)
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
Netherlands
  lowest point: Zuidplaspolder -7 m
  highest point: Vaalserberg 322
 
 
 
 
 
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