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| COUNTRY | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Noshak 7,485 m |
| Albania | Maja e Korabit (Golem Korab) 2,764 m |
| Algeria | Tahat 3,003 m |
| American Samoa | Lata Mountain 964 m |
| Andorra | Pic de 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; highest point in South America) |
| Armenia | Aragats Lerrnagagat' 4,090 m |
| Aruba | Ceru 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 |
| Bahrain | Jabal ad Dukhan 122 m |
| Baker Island | unnamed location 8 m |
| Bangladesh | Keokradong 1,230 m |
| Barbados | Mount Hillaby 336 m |
| Bassas da India | unnamed location 2.4 m |
| Belarus | Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m |
| Belgium | Botrange 694 m |
| Belize | Doyle's Delight 1,160 m |
| Benin | Mont Sokbaro 658 m |
| Bermuda | Town Hill 76 m |
| Bhutan | Gangkar Puensum 7,570 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 2,994 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 on 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 (highest point in Asia) |
| 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 | Karthala 2,360 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 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | Monts Nimba 1,752 m |
| Croatia | Dinara 1,831 m |
| Cuba | Pico Turquino 2,005 m |
| Cyprus | Mount Olympus 1,951 m |
| Czech Republic | Snezka 1,602 m |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Pic Marguerite on Mont Ngaliema (Mount Stanley) 5,110 m |
| Denmark | Mollehoj/Ejer Bavnehoj 171 m |
| Djibouti | Moussa Ali 2,028 m |
| Dominica | Morne Diablotins 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 4,533 m |
| Europa Island | unnamed location 24 m |
| European Union | Mont Blanc 4,807 m; note - situated on the border between France and Italy |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Mount Usborne 705 m |
| Faroe Islands | Slaettaratindur 882 m |
| Federated States of Micronesia | Dolohmwar (Totolom) 791 m |
| Fiji | Tomanivi 1,324 m |
| Finland | Halti (alternatively Haltia, Haltitunturi, Haltiatunturi) 1,328 m |
| France | Mont Blanc 4,807 m |
| French Guiana | Bellevue de l'Inini 851 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 |
| Gaza Strip | Abu 'Awdah (Joz Abu 'Awdah) 105 m |
| Georgia | Mt'a Shkhara 5,201 m |
| Germany | Zugspitze 2,963 m |
| Ghana | Mount Afadjato 885 m |
| Gibraltar | Rock of Gibraltar 426 m |
| Glorioso Islands | unnamed location 12 m |
| Greece | Mount Olympus 2,917 m |
| Greenland | Gunnbjorn Fjeld 3,700 m |
| Grenada | Mount Saint Catherine 840 m |
| Guadeloupe | Soufriere 1,484 m |
| Guam | Mount Lamlam 406 m |
| Guatemala | Volcan Tajumulco 4,211 m |
| Guernsey | unnamed elevation on Sark 114 m |
| Guinea | Mont Nimba 1,752 m |
| Guinea-Bissau | unnamed elevation in the eastern part 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 volcano 2,745 m |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | unnamed elevation 75 m |
| Honduras | Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m |
| Hong Kong | Tai Mo Shan 958 m |
| Howland Island | unnamed location 3 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 4,884 m |
| Iran | Kuh-e Damavand 5,671 m |
| Iraq | Cheekha Dar (Kurdish for "Black Tent"); 3,611 m |
| Ireland | Carrauntoohil 1,041 m |
| Isle of Man | Snaefell 621 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 on Beerenberg 2,277 m |
| Japan | Fujiyama 3,776 m |
| Jarvis Island | unnamed location 7 m |
| Jersey | unnamed elevation 143 m |
| Johnston Atoll | Summit Peak 5 m |
| Jordan | Jabal Umm ad Dami 1,854 m |
| Juan de Nova Island | unnamed location 10 m |
| Kazakhstan | Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 6,995 m |
| Kenya | Mount Kenya 5,199 m |
| Kingman Reef | unnamed location 1 m |
| Kiribati | unnamed elevation on Banaba 81 m |
| Kosovo | Gjeravica/Deravica 2,656 m |
| Kuwait | unnamed elevation 306 m |
| Kyrgyzstan | Jengish Chokusu (Pik Pobedy) 7,439 m |
| Laos | Phu Bia 2,817 m |
| Latvia | Gaizina Kalns 312 m |
| Lebanon | Qornet es Saouda 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 | Aukstojas 294 m |
| Luxembourg | Buurgplaatz 559 m |
| Macau | Coloane Alto 172 m |
| Madagascar | Maromokotro 2,876 m |
| Malawi | Sapitwa (Mount Mlanje) 3,002 m |
| Malaysia | Gunung Kinabalu 4,100 m |
| Maldives | unnamed location on Viligili in the Addu Atholhu 2.4 m |
| Mali | Hombori Tondo 1,155 m |
| Malta | Ta'Dmejrek 253 m (near Dingli) |
| Marshall Islands | unnamed location on Likiep 10 m |
| Martinique | Montagne Pelee 1,397 m |
| Mauritania | Kediet Ijill 915 m |
| Mauritius | Mont Piton 828 m |
| Mayotte | Mlima Benara 660 m |
| Mexico | Volcan Pico de Orizaba 5,700 m |
| Midway Islands | unnamed location 13 m |
| Moldova | Dealul Balanesti 430 m |
| Monaco | Mont Agel 140 m |
| Mongolia | Nayramadlin Orgil (Huyten Orgil) 4,374 m |
| Montenegro | Bobotov Kuk 2,522 m |
| Montserrat | lava dome in English's Crater (in the Soufriere Hills volcanic complex) estimated at over 930 m |
| Morocco | Jebel Toubkal 4,165 m |
| Mozambique | Monte Binga 2,436 m |
| Namibia | Konigstein 2,606 m |
| Nauru | unnamed elevation along plateau rim 61 m |
| Navassa Island | unnamed elevation on southwest side 77 m |
| Nepal | Mount Everest 8,850 m (highest point in Asia) |
| Netherlands | Mount Scenery 862 m (on the island of Saba in the Caribbean, now considered an integral part of the Netherlands following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles) |
| 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 | Idoukal-n-Taghes 2,022 m |
| Nigeria | Chappal Waddi 2,419 m |
| Niue | unnamed elevation near Mutalau settlement 68 m |
| Norfolk Island | Mount Bates 319 m |
| North Korea | Paektu-san 2,744 m |
| Northern Mariana Islands | unnamed elevation 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 |
| Palmyra Atoll | unnamed location 2 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 842 m |
| Peru | Nevado Huascaran 6,768 m |
| Philippines | Mount Apo 2,954 m |
| Pitcairn Islands | Big 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 1,338 m |
| Qatar | Tuwayyir al Hamir 103 m |
| Republic of Macedonia | Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,764 m |
| Reunion | Piton des Neiges 3,069 m |
| Romania | Moldoveanu 2,544 m |
| Russia | Gora El'brus 5,633 m (highest point in Europe) |
| Rwanda | Volcan Karisimbi 4,519 m |
| Saint Barthelemy | Morne du Vitet 286 m |
| Saint Helena | Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 2,060 m; Green Mountain on Ascension Island 859 m; Mount Actaeon on Saint Helena Island 818 m |
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 2,060 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 Martin | Pic du Paradis 424 m |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Morne de la Grande Montagne 240 m |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | La Soufriere 1,234 m |
| Samoa | Mount Silisili 1,857 m |
| San Marino | Monte Titano 755 m |
| Sao Tome and Principe | Pico de Sao Tome 2,024 m |
| Saudi Arabia | Jabal Sawda' 3,133 m |
| Senegal | unnamed elevation southwest of Kedougou 581 m |
| Serbia | Midzor 2,169 m |
| Serbia and Montenegro | Midzor 2,169 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 Popomanaseu 2,310 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 |
| South Korea | Halla-san 1,950 m |
| South Sudan | Kinyeti 3,187 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 | Jabal Marrah 3,071 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 |
| Taiwan | Yu Shan 3,952 m |
| Tajikistan | Qullai Ismoili Somoni 7,495 m |
| Tanzania | Kilimanjaro 5,895 m (highest point in Africa) |
| Thailand | Doi Inthanon 2,576 m |
| The Bahamas | Mount Alvernia on Cat Island 63 m |
| The Gambia | unnamed elevation 53 m |
| Togo | Mont Agou 986 m |
| Tokelau | unnamed location 5 m |
| Tonga | unnamed elevation on Kao Island 1,033 m |
| Trinidad and Tobago | El Cerro del Aripo 940 m |
| Tromelin Island | unnamed location 7 m |
| Tunisia | Jebel ech Chambi 1,544 m |
| Turkey | Mount Ararat 5,166 m |
| Turkmenistan | Gora Ayribaba 3,139 m |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | Flamingo Hill 48 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 (Denali) 6,194 m (highest point in North America) |
| Uruguay | Cerro Catedral 514 m |
| Uzbekistan | Adelunga Toghi 4,301 m |
| Vanuatu | Tabwemasana 1,877 m |
| Venezuela | Pico Bolivar 5,007 m |
| Vietnam | Fan Si Pan 3,144 m |
| Virgin Islands | Crown Mountain 474 m |
| Wake Island | unnamed location 6 m |
| Wallis and Futuna | Mont Singavi (on Futuna) 765 m |
| West Bank | Tall Asur 1,022 m |
| Western Sahara | unnamed elevation 805 m |
| Yemen | Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,760 m |
| Zambia | unnamed elevation in Mafinga Hills 2,301 m |
| Zimbabwe | Inyangani 2,592 m |
