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CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
DEFINITION
Highest point above sea level
Geography Statistics > Elevation extremes > Highest point (most recent) by country
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| Countries (A to Z) |
Description |
| Afghanistan |
Nowshak 7,485 m |
| Albania |
Maja e Korabit (Golem Korab) 2,764 m |
| Algeria |
Tahat 3,003 m |
| American Samoa |
Lata Mountain 964 m |
| Andorra |
Coma Pedrosa 2,946 m |
| Angola |
Morro de Moco 2,620 m |
| Anguilla |
Crocus Hill 65 m |
| Antarctica |
Vinson Massif 4,897 m |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
Boggy Peak 402 m |
| Arctic Ocean |
sea level 0 m |
| Argentina |
Cerro Aconcagua 6,960 m (located in the northwestern corner of the province of Mendoza) |
| Armenia |
Aragats Lerrnagagat' 4,090 m |
| Aruba |
Mount Jamanota 188 m |
| Ashmore and Cartier Islands |
unnamed location 3 m |
| Atlantic Ocean |
sea level 0 m |
| Australia |
Mount Kosciuszko 2,229 m |
| Austria |
Grossglockner 3,798 m |
| Azerbaijan |
Bazarduzu Dagi 4,485 m |
| Bahamas, The |
Mount Alvernia, on Cat Island 63 m |
| Bahrain |
Jabal ad Dukhan 122 m |
| Bangladesh |
Keokradong 1,230 m |
| Barbados |
Mount Hillaby 336 m |
| Belarus |
Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m |
| Belgium |
Signal de Botrange 694 m |
| Belize |
Victoria Peak 1,160 m |
| Benin |
Mont Sokbaro 658 m |
| Bermuda |
Town Hill 76 m |
| Bhutan |
Kula Kangri 7,553 m |
| Bolivia |
Nevado Sajama 6,542 m |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Maglic 2,386 m |
| Botswana |
Tsodilo Hills 1,489 m |
| Bouvet Island |
Olav Peak 935 m |
| Brazil |
Pico da Neblina 3,014 m |
| British Indian Ocean Territory |
unnamed location on Diego Garcia 15 m |
| British Virgin Islands |
Mount Sage 521 m |
| Brunei |
Bukit Pagon 1,850 m |
| Bulgaria |
Musala 2,925 m |
| Burkina Faso |
Tena Kourou 749 m |
| Burma |
Hkakabo Razi 5,881 m |
| Burundi |
Heha 2,670 m |
| Cambodia |
Phnum Aoral 1,810 m |
| Cameroon |
Fako 4,095 m (on Mt. Cameroon) |
| Canada |
Mount Logan 5,959 m |
| Cape Verde |
Mt. Fogo 2,829 m (a volcano on Fogo Island) |
| Cayman Islands |
The Bluff (Cayman Brac) 43 m |
| Central African Republic |
Mont Ngaoui 1,420 m |
| Chad |
Emi Koussi 3,415 m |
| Chile |
Nevado Ojos del Salado 6,880 m |
| China |
Mount Everest 8,850 m |
| Christmas Island |
Murray Hill 361 m |
| Clipperton Island |
Rocher Clipperton 29 m |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
unnamed location 5 m |
| Colombia |
Pico Cristobal Colon 5,775 m |
| Comoros |
Le Kartala 2,360 m |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
Pic Marguerite on Mont Ngaliema (Mount Stanley) 5,110 m |
| Congo, Republic of the |
Mount Berongou 903 m |
| Cook Islands |
Te Manga 652 m |
| Coral Sea Islands |
unnamed location on Cato Island 6 m |
| Costa Rica |
Cerro Chirripo 3,810 m |
| Croatia |
Dinara 1,830 m |
| Cuba |
Pico Turquino 2,005 m |
| Cyprus |
Mount Olympus 1,951 m |
| Czech Republic |
Snezka 1,602 m |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
Mont Nimba 1,752 m |
| Denmark |
Yding Skovhoej 173 m |
| Djibouti |
Moussa Ali 2,028 m |
| Dominica |
Morne Diablatins 1,447 m |
| Dominican Republic |
Pico Duarte 3,175 m |
| East Timor |
Foho Tatamailau 2,963 m |
| Ecuador |
Chimborazo 6,267 m |
| Egypt |
Mount Catherine 2,629 m |
| El Salvador |
Cerro El Pital 2,730 m |
| Equatorial Guinea |
Pico Basile 3,008 m |
| Eritrea |
Soira 3,018 m |
| Estonia |
Suur Munamagi 318 m |
| Ethiopia |
Ras Dejen 4,620 m |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
Mount Usborne 705 m |
| Faroe Islands |
Slaettaratindur 882 m |
| Fiji |
Tomanivi 1,324 m |
| Finland |
Haltiatunturi 1,328 m |
| France |
Mont Blanc 4,807 m |
| French Polynesia |
Mont Orohena 2,241 m |
| French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
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 |
Mont Iboundji 1,575 m |
| Gambia, The |
unnamed location 53 m |
| Gaza Strip |
Abu 'Awdah (Joz Abu 'Auda) 105 m |
| Georgia |
Mt'a Shkhara 5,201 m |
| Germany |
Zugspitze 2,963 m |
| Ghana |
Mount Afadjato 880 m |
| Gibraltar |
Rock of Gibraltar 426 m |
| Greece |
Mount Olympus 2,917 m |
| Greenland |
Gunnbjorn 3,700 m |
| Grenada |
Mount Saint Catherine 840 m |
| Guam |
Mount Lamlam 406 m |
| Guatemala |
Volcan Tajumulco 4,211 m |
| Guernsey |
unnamed location on Sark 114 m |
| Guinea |
Mont Nimba 1,752 m |
| Guinea-Bissau |
unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country 300 m |
| Guyana |
Mount Roraima 2,835 m |
| Haiti |
Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands |
Mawson Peak, on Big Ben 2,745 m |
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
unnamed location 75 m |
| Honduras |
Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m |
| Hong Kong |
Tai Mo Shan 958 m |
| Hungary |
Kekes 1,014 m |
| Iceland |
Hvannadalshnukur 2,110 m (at Vatnajokull glacier) |
| India |
Kanchenjunga 8,598 m |
| Indian Ocean |
sea level 0 m |
| Indonesia |
Puncak Jaya 5,030 m |
| Iran |
Kuh-e Damavand 5,671 m |
| Iraq |
unnamed peak; 3,611 m; note - this peak is not Gundah Zhur 3,607 m or Kuh-e Hajji-Ebrahim 3,595 m |
| Ireland |
Carrauntoohil 1,041 m |
| Israel |
Har Meron 1,208 m |
| Italy |
Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco) de Courmayeur 4,748 m (a secondary peak of Mont Blanc) |
| Jamaica |
Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m |
| Jan Mayen |
Haakon VII Toppen/Beerenberg 2,277 m |
| Japan |
Mount Fuji 3,776 m |
| Jersey |
unnamed location 143 m |
| Jordan |
Jabal Ram 1,734 m |
| Kazakhstan |
Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 6,995 m |
| Kenya |
Mount Kenya 5,199 m |
| Kiribati |
unnamed location on Banaba 81 m |
| Korea, North |
Paektu-san 2,744 m |
| Korea, South |
Halla-san 1,950 m |
| Kuwait |
unnamed location 306 m |
| Kyrgyzstan |
Jengish Chokusu (Pik Pobedy) 7,439 m |
| Laos |
Phou Bia 2,817 m |
| Latvia |
Galzina Kalns 312 m |
| Lebanon |
Qurnat as Sawda' 3,088 m |
| Lesotho |
Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m |
| Liberia |
Mount Wuteve 1,380 m |
| Libya |
Bikku Bitti 2,267 m |
| Liechtenstein |
Vorder-Grauspitz 2,599 m |
| Lithuania |
Juozapines Kalnas 293.6 m |
| Luxembourg |
Buurgplaatz 559 m |
| Macau |
Coloane Alto 172.4 m |
| Macedonia, Republic of |
Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,764 m |
| Madagascar |
Maromokotro 2,876 m |
| Malawi |
Sapitwa (Mount Mlanje) 3,002 m |
| Malaysia |
Gunung Kinabalu 4,100 m |
| Maldives |
unnamed location on Wilingili island in the Addu Atoll 2.4 m |
| Mali |
Hombori Tondo 1,155 m |
| Malta |
Ta'Dmejrek 253 m (near Dingli) |
| Man, Isle of |
Snaefell 621 m |
| Marshall Islands |
unnamed location on Likiep 10 m |
| Mauritania |
Kediet Ijill 915 m |
| Mauritius |
Mont Piton 828 m |
| Mayotte |
Benara 660 m |
| Mexico |
Volcan Pico de Orizaba 5,700 m |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
Dolohmwar (Totolom) 791 m |
| Moldova |
Dealul Balanesti 430 m |
| Monaco |
Mont Agel 140 m |
| Mongolia |
Nayramadlin Orgil (Huyten Orgil) 4,374 m |
| Montserrat |
lava dome in English's Crater (in the Soufriere Hills volcanic complex) estimated at over 930 m (2006) |
| Morocco |
Jebel Toubkal 4,165 m |
| Mozambique |
Monte Binga 2,436 m |
| Namibia |
Konigstein 2,606 m |
| Nauru |
unnamed location along plateau rim 61 m |
| Navassa Island |
unnamed location on southwest side 77 m |
| Nepal |
Mount Everest 8,850 m |
| Netherlands |
Vaalserberg 322 m |
| Netherlands Antilles |
Mount Scenery 862 m |
| New Caledonia |
Mont Panie 1,628 m |
| New Zealand |
Aoraki-Mount Cook 3,754 m |
| Nicaragua |
Mogoton 2,438 m |
| Niger |
Mont Bagzane 2,022 m |
| Nigeria |
Chappal Waddi 2,419 m |
| Niue |
unnamed location near Mutalau settlement 68 m |
| Norfolk Island |
Mount Bates 319 m |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
unnamed location on Agrihan 965 m |
| Norway |
Galdhopiggen 2,469 m |
| Oman |
Jabal Shams 2,980 m |
| Pacific Ocean |
sea level 0 m |
| Pakistan |
K2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen) 8,611 m |
| Palau |
Mount Ngerchelchuus 242 m |
| Panama |
Volcan Baru 3,475 m |
| Papua New Guinea |
Mount Wilhelm 4,509 m |
| Paracel Islands |
unnamed location on Rocky Island 14 m |
| Paraguay |
Cerro Pero (Cerro Tres Kandu) 842 m |
| Peru |
Nevado Huascaran 6,768 m |
| Philippines |
Mount Apo 2,954 m |
| Pitcairn Islands |
Pawala Valley Ridge 347 m |
| Poland |
Rysy 2,499 m |
| Portugal |
Ponta do Pico (Pico or Pico Alto) on Ilha do Pico in the Azores 2,351 m |
| Puerto Rico |
Cerro de Punta 1,339 m |
| Qatar |
Qurayn Abu al Bawl 103 m |
| Romania |
Moldoveanu 2,544 m |
| Russia |
Gora El'brus 5,633 m |
| Rwanda |
Volcan Karisimbi 4,519 m |
| Saint Helena |
Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 2,062 m; Green Mountain on Ascension Island 859 m; Mount Actaeon on Saint Helena Island 818 m |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Mount Liamuiga 1,156 m |
| Saint Lucia |
Mount Gimie 950 m |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
Morne de la Grande Montagne 240 m |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
La Soufriere 1,234 m |
| Samoa |
Mauga Silisili (Savaii) 1,857 m |
| San Marino |
Monte Titano 755 m |
| Saudi Arabia |
Jabal Sawda' 3,133 m |
| Senegal |
unnamed feature near Nepen Diakha 581 m |
| Seychelles |
Morne Seychellois 905 m |
| Sierra Leone |
Loma Mansa (Bintimani) 1,948 m |
| Singapore |
Bukit Timah 166 m |
| Slovakia |
Gerlachovsky Stit 2,655 m |
| Slovenia |
Triglav 2,864 m |
| Solomon Islands |
Mount Makarakomburu 2,447 m |
| Somalia |
Shimbiris 2,416 m |
| South Africa |
Njesuthi 3,408 m |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
Mount Paget (South Georgia) 2,934 m |
| Southern Ocean |
sea level 0 m |
| Spain |
Pico de Teide (Tenerife) on Canary Islands 3,718 m |
| Spratly Islands |
unnamed location on Southwest Cay 4 m |
| Sri Lanka |
Pidurutalagala 2,524 m |
| Sudan |
Kinyeti 3,187 m |
| Suriname |
Juliana Top 1,230 m |
| Svalbard |
Newtontoppen 1,717 m |
| Swaziland |
Emlembe 1,862 m |
| Sweden |
Kebnekaise 2,111 m |
| Switzerland |
Dufourspitze 4,634 m |
| Syria |
Mount Hermon 2,814 m |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
Pico de Sao Tome 2,024 m |
| Taiwan |
Yu Shan 3,952 m |
| Tajikistan |
Qullai Ismoili Somoni 7,495 m |
| Tanzania |
Kilimanjaro 5,895 m |
| Thailand |
Doi Inthanon 2,576 m |
| Togo |
Mont Agou 986 m |
| Tokelau |
unnamed location 5 m |
| Tonga |
unnamed location on Kao Island 1,033 m |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
El Cerro del Aripo 940 m |
| Tunisia |
Jebel ech Chambi 1,544 m |
| Turkey |
Mount Ararat 5,166 m |
| Turkmenistan |
Gora Ayribaba 3,139 m |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
Blue Hills 49 m |
| Tuvalu |
unnamed location 5 m |
| Uganda |
Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m |
| Ukraine |
Hora Hoverla 2,061 m |
| United Arab Emirates |
Jabal Yibir 1,527 m |
| United Kingdom |
Ben Nevis 1,343 m |
| United States |
Mount McKinley 6,194 m |
| Uruguay |
Cerro Catedral 514 m |
| Uzbekistan |
Adelunga Toghi 4,301 m |
| Vanuatu |
Tabwemasana 1,877 m |
| Venezuela |
Pico Bolivar (La Columna) 5,007 m |
| Vietnam |
Fan Si Pan 3,144 m |
| Virgin Islands |
Crown Mountain 475 m |
| Wake Island |
unnamed location 6 m |
| Wallis and Futuna |
Mont Singavi 765 m |
| West Bank |
Tall Asur 1,022 m |
| Western Sahara |
unnamed location 463 m |
| Yemen |
Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,760 m |
| Zambia |
unnamed location in Mafinga Hills 2,301 m |
| Zimbabwe |
Inyangani 2,592 m |
DEFINITION: Highest point above sea level
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
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