Highest And Lowest Points Of Countries Of The World (2024)

The Earth’s physical geography features numerous landforms, including mountains, plains, valleys, peninsulas, continents, and continents. The water features include oceans, lakes, seas, rivers, bays, gulf, and streams. These landforms and water features contain some of the lowest and highest points on the planet. An area’s highest point is defined as the point with the highest elevation above sea level. It can be a peak, summit, or raised surface. On the other hand, the lowest point is the lowest elevation below the sea level.

Highest And Lowest Points Of Countries Of The World (1)

At 8,850 meters, Mount Everest, located on the China-Nepal border, is the world’s highest point. However, La Rinconada (Peru) is the world’s highest human habitation, at 5,100 meters, while Burj Khalif (Dubai) is the world’s tallest building, rising 828 meters. On the contrary, the Challenger Deep in Mariana Trench (Pacific Ocean) is the Earth’s natural lowest point, at 10,924 meters below sea level. However, Kola Borehole in Russia is the Earth’s deepest artificial point, at -12,263 meters. The lowest point on the earth’s surface is the Dead Sea Depression, at an elevation of -408 meters. It is also the lowest point for several countries and regions, including Israel, Jordan, and West Bank. Below are the lowest and highest points in countries, islands, and oceans of the world.

Find below all of the highest and lowest points in meters.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Arctic Ocean:lowest point:Fram Basin -4,665 mhighest 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 mhighest point:Aragats Lerr 4,095 m

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Belarus:lowest point:Nyoman River 90 mhighest point:Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m

Belgium:lowest point:North Sea 0 mhighest point:Signal de Botrange 694 m

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Central African Republic:lowest point:Oubangui River 335 mhighest point:Mont Ngaoui 1,420 m

Chad:lowest point:Djourab Depression 160 mhighest point:Emi Koussi 3,415 m

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cook Islands:lowest point:Pacific Ocean 0 mhighest point:Te Manga 652 m

Coral Sea Islands:lowest point:Pacific Ocean 0 mhighest point:unnamed location on Cato Island 6 m

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lesotho:lowest point:junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers 1,400 mhighest point:Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m

Liberia:lowest point:Atlantic Ocean 0 mhighest point:Mount Wuteve 1,380 m

Libya:lowest point:Sabkhat Ghuzayyil -47 mhighest point:Bikku Bitti 2,267 m

Liechtenstein:lowest point:Ruggeller Riet 430 mhighest point:Grauspitz 2,599 m

Lithuania:lowest point:Baltic Sea 0 mhighest point:Juozapines/Kalnas 292 m

Luxembourg:lowest point:Moselle River 133 mhighest point:Burgplatz 559 m

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

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

Madagascar:lowest point:Indian Ocean 0 mhighest point:Maromokotro 2,876 m

Malawi:lowest point:junction of the Shire River and international boundary with Mozambique 37 mhighest point:Sapitwa 3,002 m

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mauritania:lowest point:Sebkha de Ndrhamcha -3 mhighest point:Kediet Ijill 910 m

Mauritius:lowest point:Indian Ocean 0 mhighest point:Mont Piton 828 m

Mayotte:lowest point:Indian Ocean 0 mhighest point:Benara 660 m

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Morocco:lowest point:Sebkha Tah -55 mhighest point:Jebel Toubkal 4,165 m

Mozambique:lowest point:Indian Ocean 0 mhighest point:Monte Binga 2,436 m

Namibia:lowest point:Atlantic Ocean 0 mhighest point:Konigstein 2,606 m

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

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

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

Netherlands:lowest point:Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel -6.74mhighest point:Vaalserberg 322 m

Netherlands Antilles:lowest point:Caribbean Sea 0 mhighest point:Mount Scenery 862 m

New Caledonia:lowest point:Pacific Ocean 0 mhighest point:Mont Panie 1,628 m

New Zealand:lowest point:Pacific Ocean 0 mhighest point:Mount Cook 3,764 m

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

Niger:lowest point:Niger River 200 mhighest point:Mont Greboun 1,944 m

Nigeria:lowest point:Atlantic Ocean 0 mhighest point:Chappal Waddi 2,419 m

Niue:lowest point:Pacific Ocean 0 mhighest point:unnamed location near Mutalau settlement 68 m

Norfolk Island:lowest point:Pacific Ocean 0 mhighest point:Mount Bates 319 m

Northern Mariana Islands:lowest point:Pacific Ocean 0 mhighest point:unnamed location on Agrihan 965 m

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Poland:lowest point:Raczki Elblaskie -2 mhighest point:Rysy 2,499 m

Portugal:lowest point:Atlantic Ocean 0 mhighest 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 mhighest point:Cerro de Punta 1,338 m

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

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

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

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

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

Saint Helena:lowest point:Atlantic Ocean 0 mhighest point:Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 2,060 m

Saint Kitts and Nevis:lowest point:Caribbean Sea 0 mhighest point:Mount Liamuiga 1,156 m

Saint Lucia:lowest point:Caribbean Sea 0 mhighest point:Mount Gimie 950 m

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:lowest point:Atlantic Ocean 0 mhighest point:Morne de la Grande Montagne 240 m

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Seychelles:lowest point:Indian Ocean 0 mhighest point:Morne Seychellois 905 m

Sierra Leone:lowest point:Atlantic Ocean 0 mhighest point:Loma Mansa (Bintimani) 1,948 m

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

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

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

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

Somalia:lowest point:Indian Ocean 0 mhighest point:Shimbiris 2,416 m

South Africa:lowest point:Atlantic Ocean 0 mhighest point:Njesuthi 3,408 m

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tokelau:lowest point:Pacific Ocean 0 mhighest point:unnamed location 5 m

Tonga:lowest point:Pacific Ocean 0 mhighest point:unnamed location on Kao Island 1,033 m

Trinidad and Tobago:lowest point:Caribbean Sea 0 mhighest point:El Cerro del Aripo 940 m

Tromelin Island:lowest point:Indian Ocean 0 mhighest point:unnamed location 7 m

Tunisia:lowest point:Shatt al Gharsah -17 mhighest point:Jabal ash Shanabi 1,544 m

Turkey:lowest point:Mediterranean Sea 0 mhighest 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 mhighest point:Blue Hills 49 m

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wake Island:lowest point:Pacific Ocean 0 mhighest point:unnamed location 6 m

Wallis and Futuna:lowest point:Pacific Ocean 0 mhighest point:Mont Singavi 765 m

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

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

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

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

Zambia:lowest point:Zambezi river 329 mhighest point:unnamed location in Mafinga Hills 2,301 m

Zimbabwe:lowest point:junction of the Runde and Save rivers 162 mhighest point:Inyangani 2,592 m

Highest And Lowest Points Of Countries Of The World (2024)

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Geographic hemisphere	Highest point	Lowest point
Southern Hemisphere	Aconcagua, Argentina	Laguna del Carbón, Argentina
Eastern Hemisphere	Mount Everest, China and Nepal	Dead Sea, Israel, Jordan, and Palestine
Western Hemisphere	Aconcagua, Argentina	Laguna del Carbón, Argentina

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List of highest points of Asian countries.

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Country	China
Highest point	Mount Everest
Elevation	8,848 m (29,029 ft)

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Countries With The Most Largest Low Lying Land Urban Area.

Rank	Country	Urban Land Area Below 5 meters in Elevation (sq km)
6	Indonesia	4,193
7	Italy	3,839
8	India	3,699
9	Brazil	3,426

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Table of elevation extremes by geographic hemisphere

Geographic hemisphere	Highest point	Lowest point
Southern Hemisphere	Aconcagua, Argentina	Laguna del Carbón, Argentina
Eastern Hemisphere	Mount Everest, China and Nepal	Dead Sea, Israel, Jordan, and Palestine
Western Hemisphere	Aconcagua, Argentina	Laguna del Carbón, Argentina

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