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Map of countries coloured according to their highest point
Main article: Table of elevation extremes by country

This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories by their highest points above sea level.

Sovereign, fully recognized countries

Rank
Country
Highest point
Elevation
Notes
1    Nepal Mount Everest 8,848 m (29,029 ft)[1]
1  China Mount Everest 8,848 m (29,029 ft)
3  Pakistan[2] K2 8,611 m (28,251 ft)
4  India[2] Kangchenjunga 8,586 m (28,169 ft)
5  Bhutan Gangkhar Puensum[3] 7,570 m (24,836 ft)
6  Tajikistan Ismoil Somoni Peak 7,495 m (24,590 ft)
7  Afghanistan Noshaq 7,492 m (24,580 ft)
8  Kyrgyzstan Jengish Chokusu 7,439 m (24,406 ft)
9  Kazakhstan Khan Tengri 7,010 m (22,999 ft)[1]
10  Argentina Aconcagua 6,960 m (22,835 ft)
11  Chile Ojos del Salado 6,893 m (22,615 ft)
12  Peru Huascarán 6,768 m (22,205 ft)[1] Huascarán's summit is considered the highest point in the tropics.
13  Bolivia Nevado Sajama 6,542 m (21,463 ft)
14  Ecuador Mount Chimborazo[4] 6,267 m (20,561 ft)[1] Mount Chimborazo's summit in Ecuador is generally thought to be the point on the surface farthest from the center of the Earth.
15  United States Mount McKinley 6,194 m (20,322 ft)
16  Canada Mount Logan 5,959 m (19,551 ft)
17  Tanzania Mount Kilimanjaro 5,892 m (19,331 ft)
18  Myanmar Hkakabo Razi 5,881 m (19,295 ft)
19  Colombia Pico Cristóbal Colón or Pico Simón Bolívar both c. 5,700 m (18,701 ft)[1]
20  Russia Mount Elbrus 5,642 m (18,510 ft)
21  Mexico Pico de Orizaba 5,636 m (18,491 ft)[1]
22  Iran Damavand 5,610 m (18,406 ft)[1]
23  Kenya Batian on Mount Kenya 5,199 m (17,057 ft)
24  Georgia Mt'a Shkhara 5,193 m (17,037 ft)
25  Turkey Mount Ararat 5,137 m (16,854 ft)[1]
26  Democratic Republic of the Congo Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m (16,765 ft)
26  Uganda Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m (16,765 ft)
28  Venezuela Pico Bolívar (La Columna) 4,981 m (16,342 ft)[1]
30  Indonesia Mount Carstensz (Puncak Jaya) 4,884 m (16,024 ft)[1]
31  France[5] (Metropolitan France) Mont Blanc 4,810 m (15,781 ft)
31  Italy[5] Monte Bianco 4,810 m (15,781 ft)
33  Uzbekistan Khazret Sultan[6] 4,643 m (15,233 ft)
34   Switzerland Dufourspitze on Monte Rosa 4,634 m (15,203 ft)
35  Ethiopia Ras Dejen 4,550 m (14,928 ft)[1]
36  Rwanda Mount Karisimbi 4,519 m (14,826 ft)
37  Papua New Guinea Mount Wilhelm 4,509 m (14,793 ft)
38  Azerbaijan Bazarduzu Dagi 4,485 m (14,715 ft)
39  Mongolia Khüiten Peak (Huyten Orgil) 4,374 m (14,350 ft)
40  Guatemala Volcán Tajumulco 4,220 m (13,845 ft)
41  Morocco Jbel Toubkal 4,165 m (13,665 ft)
42  Malaysia Mount Kinabalu 4,095 m (13,435 ft)
43  Armenia Mount Aragats 4,090 m (13,419 ft)
45  Cameroon Fako on Mount Cameroon 4,040 m (13,255 ft)[1]
48  Costa Rica Cerro Chirripó 3,820 m (12,533 ft)
49  Austria Großglockner 3,798 m (12,461 ft)
50  Japan Mount Fuji 3,776 m (12,388 ft)
51  New Zealand Aoraki/Mount Cook 3,754 m (12,316 ft)
52  Spain[7] Teide on Tenerife in the Canary Islands 3,718 m (12,198 ft)
54  Yemen Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,666 m (12,028 ft)[1]
55  Iraq Cheekha Dar 3,611 m (11,847 ft)
56  Lesotho Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m (11,424 ft)
57  Panama Volcán Barú 3,475 m (11,401 ft)
58  South Africa Mafadi 3,450 m (11,319 ft)
59  Chad Emi Koussi 3,445 m (11,302 ft)[1]
60  South Sudan Kinyeti 3,187 m (10,456 ft)
61  Vietnam Fan Si Pan 3,143 m (10,312 ft)
62  Turkmenistan Aýrybaba 3,139 m (10,299 ft)
63  Dominican Republic Pico Duarte 3,098 m (10,164 ft)[1]
64  Lebanon Qurnat as Sawda' 3,088 m (10,131 ft)
66  Sudan Deriba Caldera 3,042 m (9,980 ft)
67  Eritrea Emba Soira 3,018 m (9,902 ft)
68  Equatorial Guinea Pico Basile 3,008 m (9,869 ft)
69  Algeria Mount Tahat 3,003 m (9,852 ft)
70  Malawi Sapitwa (Mulanje Massif) 3,002 m (9,849 ft)
71  Saudi Arabia unclear (possibly Jabal Sawda)[8] c. 3,000 m (9,843 ft)
72  Brazil Pico da Neblina 2,994 m (9,823 ft)[1]
73  Oman Jabal Shams 2,980 m (9,777 ft)
74  East Timor Pico do Ramelau (Mount Ramelau) 2,963 m (9,721 ft)
75  Germany Zugspitze 2,962 m (9,718 ft)
76  Philippines Mount Apo 2,954 m (9,692 ft)
77  Andorra Coma Pedrosa 2,942 m (9,652 ft)
79  Bulgaria Musala 2,925 m (9,596 ft)
80  Greece Mount Olympus 2,919 m (9,577 ft)
81  Madagascar Maromokotro 2,876 m (9,436 ft)
82  Honduras Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m (9,416 ft)
83  Slovenia Triglav 2,864 m (9,396 ft)
84  Cape Verde Mount Fogo 2,829 m (9,281 ft)
85  Laos Phou Bia 2,817 m (9,242 ft)
86  Syria Mount Hermon (Jabal el-Sheikh) 2,814 m (9,232 ft)
87  Albania Maja e Korabit 2,764 m (9,068 ft)
87 North Macedonia Macedonia Golem Korab 2,764 m (9,068 ft)
89  Guyana Mount Roraima c. 2,750 m (9,022 ft)[1]
90  Australia[9] Mawson Peak on Heard Island 2,745 m (9,006 ft)
91  North Korea Paektu-san 2,744 m (9,003 ft)
92  El Salvador Cerro El Pital 2,730 m (8,957 ft)
93  Burundi south east of Mount Heha 2,684 m (8,806 ft)[1]
94  Haiti Pic la Selle 2,680 m (8,793 ft)
96  Slovakia Gerlachovský štít 2,655 m (8,711 ft)
97  Egypt Mount Catherine 2,629 m (8,625 ft)
98  Angola Morro de Môco 2,620 m (8,596 ft)
99  Namibia Konigstein 2,606 m (8,550 ft)
100  Liechtenstein Grauspitz 2,599 m (8,527 ft)
101  Zimbabwe Mount Nyangani 2,592 m (8,504 ft)
102  Thailand Doi Inthanon 2,565 m (8,415 ft)
103  Romania Moldoveanu 2,544 m (8,346 ft)
104  Montenegro Zla Kolata [10] 2,534 m (8,314 ft)
105  Sri Lanka Pidurutalagala 2,524 m (8,281 ft)
106  Poland Rysy 2,499 m (8,199 ft)
107  Norway Galdhøpiggen 2,469 m (8,100 ft)
108  Somalia Shimbiris 2,450 m (8,038 ft)[1]
109  Mozambique Monte Binga 2,436 m (7,992 ft)
110  Nigeria Chappal Waddi 2,419 m (7,936 ft)
111  Bosnia and Herzegovina Maglić 2,386 m (7,828 ft)
112  Comoros Le Kartala 2,360 m (7,743 ft)
113  Portugal[11] Ponta do Pico on Pico Island in the Azores 2,351 m (7,713 ft)
114  Solomon Islands Mount Popomanaseu 2,335 m (7,661 ft)[12]
115  Zambia unnamed location in Mafinga Hills 2,329 m (7,641 ft)
116  Libya Bikku Bitti 2,267 m (7,438 ft)
117  Jamaica Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m (7,402 ft)
119  Israel Har Meron or Mount Hermon (The southern parts of the mountain are controlled by Israel but are internationally recognized as part of Syria)[13] 1,208 m (3,963 ft) or 2,236 m (7,336 ft)
120  Serbia[14] Midžor or Đeravica 2,169 m (7,116 ft) or 2,656 m (8,714 ft)
121  Iceland Hvannadalshnúkur 2,110 m (6,923 ft)
122  Nicaragua Mogoton 2,107 m (6,913 ft)
123  Sweden Kebnekaise 2,104 m (6,903 ft) [15]
125  Ukraine Hora Hoverla 2,061 m (6,762 ft)
126  Djibouti Mousa Ali 2,028 m (6,654 ft)
127  São Tomé and Príncipe Pico de São Tomé 2,024 m (6,640 ft)
128  Niger Mont Idoukal-n-Taghès 2,022 m (6,634 ft)
129  Cuba Pico Turquino 1,974 m (6,476 ft)
130  Cyprus Mount Olympus 1,951 m (6,401 ft)
131  South Korea Halla-san (in Jeju Island) 1,950 m (6,398 ft)
132  Sierra Leone Mount Bintumani (Loma Mansa) 1,948 m (6,391 ft)
133  United Arab Emirates Unnamed knoll west of Jabal Bil Ays 1,910 m (6,266 ft)
134  Vanuatu Mount Tabwemasana 1,879 m (6,165 ft)
135  Swaziland Emlembe 1,862 m (6,109 ft)
136  Samoa Mauga Silisili (Savaii) 1,857 m (6,093 ft)
137  Jordan Jabal Umm ad Dami 1,854 m (6,083 ft)
138  Brunei Bukit Pagon 1,850 m (6,070 ft)
139  Croatia Dinara 1,831 m (6,007 ft)
140  Cambodia Phnom Aural 1,810 m (5,938 ft)
141  Côte d'Ivoire Mont Nimba 1,752 m (5,748 ft)
141  Guinea Mont Nimba 1,752 m (5,748 ft)
145  Czech Republic Sněžka 1,602 m (5,256 ft)
146  Tunisia Jebel ech Chambi 1,544 m (5,066 ft)
147  Botswana Otse Hill 1,491 m (4,892 ft)[16]
149  Dominica Morne Diablotins 1,447 m (4,747 ft)
150  Liberia Mount Wuteve 1,440 m (4,724 ft)[1]
151  Central African Republic Mont Ngaoui 1,420 m (4,659 ft)
153  United Kingdom Ben Nevis 1,344 m (4,409 ft)
155  Fiji Tomanivi 1,324 m (4,344 ft)
155  Finland Halti 1,324 m (4,344 ft)[17]
157  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Soufrière 1,234 m (4,049 ft)
158  Suriname Juliana Top 1,230 m (4,035 ft)
159  Saint Kitts and Nevis Mount Liamuiga 1,156 m (3,793 ft)
160  Mali Hombori Tondo 1,155 m (3,789 ft)
161  Belize Doyle's Delight 1,124 m (3,688 ft)
162  Gabon Mont Bengoué 1,070 m (3,510 ft)[18]
163  Bangladesh Mowdok Mual 1,052 m (3,451 ft)[19]
164  Ireland Carrauntoohil 1,038 m (3,406 ft)
165  Tonga unnamed location on Kao Island 1,033 m (3,389 ft)
166  Republic of the Congo Mont Nabeba 1,020 m (3,346 ft)
168  Hungary Kékes 1,014 m (3,327 ft)
169  Togo Mont Agou 986 m (3,235 ft)
173  Saint Lucia Mount Gimie 950 m (3,117 ft)
174  Trinidad and Tobago El Cerro del Aripo 940 m (3,084 ft)
175  Mauritania Kediet ej Jill 915 m (3,002 ft)
177  Seychelles Morne Seychellois 905 m (2,969 ft)
179  Ghana Mount Afadjato 880 m (2,887 ft)
180  Netherlands[20] Mount Scenery (on the Caribbean island of Saba) 877 m (2,877 ft)
182  Paraguay Cerro Peró (Cerro Tres Kandú) 842 m (2,762 ft)
183  Grenada Mount Saint Catherine 840 m (2,756 ft)
184  Mauritius Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire 828 m (2,717 ft)
185  Federated States of Micronesia Dolohmwar (Totolom) 791 m (2,595 ft)
186  San Marino Monte Titano 755 m (2,477 ft)[21]
187  Burkina Faso Tena Kourou 749 m (2,457 ft)
189  Belgium Signal de Botrange 694 m (2,277 ft)
191  Benin Mont Sokbaro 658 m (2,159 ft)
194  Senegal unnamed feature near Nepen Diakha 581 m (1,906 ft)
195  Luxembourg Kneiff 560 m (1,837 ft)
198  Uruguay Cerro Catedral 514 m (1,686 ft)
201  Moldova Dealul Bălăneşti 430 m (1,411 ft)
205  Antigua and Barbuda Mount Obama 402 m (1,319 ft)
209  Belarus Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m (1,135 ft)
211  Barbados Mount Hillaby 336 m (1,102 ft)
213  Estonia Suur Munamägi 318 m (1,043 ft)
214  Latvia Gaizinkalns 312 m (1,024 ft)
215  Kuwait unnamed location 306 m (1,004 ft)
216  Guinea-Bissau unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country 300 m (984 ft)
217  Lithuania Aukštojas Hill 294 m (965 ft)
219  Malta Ta'Dmejrek 253 m (830 ft)
220  Palau Mount Ngerchelchuus 242 m (794 ft)
224  Denmark Møllehøj 171 m (561 ft)[22]
225  Singapore Bukit Timah 164 m (538 ft)
226  Monaco Chemin des Révoires, a pathway located on the slopes of Mont Agel 161 m (528 ft)
228  Bahrain Jabal ad Dukhan 134 m (440 ft)
230  Qatar Qurayn Abu al Bawl 103 m (338 ft)
231  Kiribati unnamed location on Banaba 81 m (266 ft)
233  Vatican City Vatican Hill 75 m (246 ft)
234  Nauru Command Ridge 71 m (233 ft)
237  Bahamas Mount Alvernia on Cat Island 63 m (207 ft)
238  The Gambia unnamed location 53 m (174 ft)
242  Marshall Islands unnamed location on Likiep 10 m (33 ft)
243  Tuvalu unnamed location on Niulakita 5 m (16 ft)
246  Maldives unnamed location on Villingili Island 2 m (7 ft)

Countries with disputed sovereignty

Rank
Country
Claimant
Highest point
Height
Notes
44  Abkhazia  Georgia Dombai-Ulgen 4,046 m (13,274 ft)
46  Taiwan  People's Republic of China Yushan 3,952 m (12,966 ft)
47  South Ossetia  Georgia Mount Khalatsa 3,938 m (12,920 ft)
95  Kosovo[14]  Serbia Đeravica 2,656 m (8,714 ft)
167  Palestinian territories  Israel Tall Asur 1,016 m (3,333 ft)
200  Western Sahara  Morocco unnamed location 463 m (1,519 ft)

Dependent countries and overseas territories

This section includes all countries and territories that are listed by ISO 3166-1 but not listed in the above sections.

Rank
Country or Territory
Mother country
Highest point
Height
Notes
29  Antarctica None, territorial claims Mount Vinson 4,892 m (16,050 ft)
53  Greenland Kingdom of Denmark Gunnbjørn 3,700 m (12,139 ft)
65  Réunion Overseas France Piton des Neiges 3,069 m (10,069 ft)
78  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands United Kingdom[23] Mount Paget 2,934 m (9,626 ft)
118  French Polynesia Overseas France Mont Orohena 2,241 m (7,352 ft)
124  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha United Kingdom Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 2,062 m (6,765 ft)
143  Svalbard Norway Newtontoppen 1,717 m (5,633 ft)
144  New Caledonia Overseas France Mont Panie 1,628 m (5,341 ft)
148  Guadeloupe Overseas France La Grande Soufrière 1,484 m (4,869 ft)
152  Martinique Overseas France Montagne Pelee 1,397 m (4,583 ft)
154  Puerto Rico United States Cerro de Punta 1,338 m (4,390 ft)
170  American Samoa United States Lata Mountain 966 m (3,169 ft)
171  Northern Mariana Islands United States unnamed location on Agrihan 965 m (3,166 ft)
172  Hong Kong People's Republic of China Tai Mo Shan 958 m (3,143 ft)
175  Montserrat United Kingdom Chances Peak in the Soufriere Hills volcanic complex 915 m (3,002 ft)
178  Faroe Islands Kingdom of Denmark Slættaratindur 882 m (2,894 ft)
181  French Guiana Overseas France Bellevue de l'Inini 851 m (2,792 ft)
188  Falkland Islands United Kingdom Mount Usborne 705 m (2,313 ft) Claimed by Argentina
190  Mayotte Overseas France Benara 660 m (2,165 ft)
192  Cook Islands New Zealand Te Manga 652 m (2,139 ft)
193  Isle of Man British Crown Dependency Snaefell 621 m (2,037 ft)
196  Wallis and Futuna Overseas France Mont Puke 524 m (1,719 ft)
197  British Virgin Islands United Kingdom Mount Sage 521 m (1,709 ft)
199  United States Virgin Islands United States Crown Mountain 474 m (1,555 ft)
202  Gibraltar United Kingdom Rock of Gibraltar 426 m (1,398 ft)
203  Saint-Martin Overseas France Pic Paradis 424 m (1,391 ft)
204  Guam United States Mount Lamlam 406 m (1,332 ft)
206  Curaçao Kingdom of the Netherlands Christoffelberg 375 m (1,230 ft)
207  Christmas Island Australia Murray Hill 361 m (1,184 ft)
208  Pitcairn Islands United Kingdom Pawala Valley Ridge 347 m (1,138 ft)
210  Sint Maarten Kingdom of the Netherlands Sentry Hill 341 m (1,119 ft)
212  Norfolk Island Australia Mount Bates 319 m (1,047 ft)
218  Saint-Barthélemy Overseas France Morne du Vitet 286 m (938 ft)
221  Saint Pierre and Miquelon Overseas France Morne de la Grande Montagne 240 m (787 ft)
222  Aruba Kingdom of the Netherlands Mount Jamanota 188 m (617 ft)
223  Macau People's Republic of China Coloane Alto 172 m (564 ft)
227  Jersey British Crown Dependency Les Platons 143 m (469 ft)
229  Guernsey British Crown Dependency Le Moulin, Sark 114 m (374 ft)
232  Bermuda United Kingdom Town Hill, Bermuda 76 m (249 ft)
235  Niue New Zealand unnamed location near Mutalau settlement 68 m (223 ft)
236  Anguilla United Kingdom Crocus Hill, near The Valley 65 m (213 ft)
239  Turks and Caicos Islands United Kingdom Blue Hills on the island of Providenciales 49 m (161 ft)
240  Cayman Islands United Kingdom The Bluff on the island of Cayman Brac 43 m (141 ft)
241  British Indian Ocean Territory United Kingdom unnamed location on Diego Garcia 15 m (49 ft)
243  Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia unnamed location 5 m (16 ft)
243  Tokelau New Zealand unnamed location 5 m (16 ft)

See also

References

  • CIA World Factbook 2006 (items marked * have been amended, see [1] for supporting documentation). Both this list and the CIA list may contain further errors. Despite the claim by the CIA that their list was updated in July 2006, none of the errors listed on the talk page have been corrected.
  • World Tops and Bottoms, by Grant Hutchison, 1996, TACit Press, ISBN 0-9522680-4-3, and subsequent research by the same author, in collaboration with field research by Ginge Fullen.
  • Data supplied by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
  • Information about specific items on talk page
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Some authorities give other elevations for these national high points. For more information, see the appropriate summit pages. Cite error: The named reference "elev" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b The territory of Kashmir lies to the south and west of K2 is controlled and administered by Pakistan; the territory on the north and east sides is controlled and administered by China. The whole of K2 is claimed by India.
  3. ^ Some authorities claim that Gangkhar Puensum is lower than Kula Kangri, and that Kula Kangri is on Bhutan's border
  4. ^ Mount Chimborazo's summit in Ecuador is generally thought to be the point on the surface farthest from the center of the Earth.
  5. ^ a b Ownership of the Mont Blanc summit is disputed.
  6. ^ Initial Communication of the Republic of Uzbekistan - Geographic Situation and Climate, page 17 Before independence, it was called the Peak of the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
  7. ^ The highest point on the Spanish mainland is Mulhacén, 3,479 m (11,414 ft)
  8. ^ Most authorities claim that Jabal Sawda, 3133 m, is the highest point in Saudi Arabia, but SRTM data indicates a lower elevation, with possible higher elevations elsewhere in the country.
  9. ^ The highest point on the Australian mainland is Mount Kosciuszko, 2,228 m (7,310 ft)
  10. ^ The official Montenegrin claim that Zla Kolata, in the Prokletije range, is higher than Rosni Vrh (Maja Rosit) and Bobotov Kuk, was confirmed by a GPS survey by Ginge Fullen in August 2007.
  11. ^ The highest point on the Portuguese mainland is Torre, in the mountain range named Serra da Estrela, 1,993 m (6,539 ft)
  12. ^ Some authorities claim Makarakomburu, 2447 m, as the highest point, but neither SRTM data nor local topographic mapping support this elevation.
  13. ^ Israel has annexed and administers the Golan Heights territory, which includes part of Mount Hermon, but its territorial claim is not recognized in international law and the area is considered by the international community to be a part of Syria and not Israel.
  14. ^ a b Đeravica is in Kosovo, whose 2008 declaration of independence has been partially recognised but has not achieved full UN recognition.
  15. ^ Dagens Nyheter 27-08-2008
  16. ^ Monalanong Hill is a mountain often considered the highest point of Botswana, with a questioned altitude of 1,494 metres (4,900 feet). This datum comes from the SRTM database just as the 1,491 m for Otse. The error range of these data is significantly higher (approximately 15 m), but a British explorer did a GPS reading on the top of both hills, and his measurement showed Otse slightly higher.
  17. ^ Suomen korkeus onkin 1,324 m (4,344 ft)etriä - The highest point of Finland is on 1,324 m (4,344 ft). The point with 1,328 m (4,357 ft) is on the Norwegian side of the border.
  18. ^ Claims that Mont Iboundji is the highest point and more than 1500 metres high are not supported by SRTM data.
  19. ^ Claims that Keokradong is higher than Mowdok have been disproved by SRTM data, topographic mapping and recent GPS measurements.
  20. ^ The highest point on the Dutch mainland is Vaalserberg, 323 m (1,060 ft)
  21. ^ "Mount Titano" Some sources give an elevation 739 m for this peak.
  22. ^ Yding Skovhøj, the next highest point is 170.77 metres (560.3 ft) high.
  23. ^ The highest point on United Kingdom domestic territory is Ben Nevis, 1,344 m (4,409 ft). The highest point on UK overseas territory is Mount Paget, 2,934 m (9,626 ft), on South Georgia (claimed by Argentina). Antarctic territorial claims, whose precise validity is unclear, are not listed here.
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