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Countries by highest point

This is a list of countries by highest point above sea level.

Rank Country Highest point Height
1= People's Republic of China Mount Everest 8,848 m
1= Nepal Mount Everest 8,848 m
3 Pakistan K2 8,611 m
4 India[1] Kangchenjunga 8,586 m
5 Bhutan *Gangkhar Puensum 7,570 m*
6 Tajikistan Ismail Samani Peak 7,495 m
7 Afghanistan Noshaq 7,492 m
8 Kyrgyzstan Peak Jengish Chokusu 7,439 m
9 Kazakhstan Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 7,010 m*
10 Argentina Aconcagua 6,960 m
11 Chile Ojos del Salado 6,880 m
12 Peru Huascarán 6,768 m
13 Bolivia Nevado Sajama 6,542 m
14 Ecuador Mount Chimborazo 6,267 m
15 United States Mount McKinley 6,194 m
16 Canada Mount Logan 5,959 m
17 Tanzania Mount Kilimanjaro 5,895 m
18 Myanmar Hkakabo Razi 5,881 m
19 Colombia Pico Cristóbal Colón or Pico Simón Bolívar both 5,775 m
20 Mexico Pico de Orizaba 5,636 m*
21 Russia Mount Elbrus 5,642 m*
22 Iran Damavand 5,604 m*
23 Georgia Mt'a Shkhara 5,201 m
24 Kenya Mount Kenya 5,199 m
25 Turkey Mount Ararat 5,137 m*
26= Uganda Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m
26= Democratic Republic of the Congo Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m
28 Venezuela Pico Bolívar (La Columna) 4,981 m*
29 Indonesia Mount Carstenz (Puncak Jaya) 4,884 m*
30 France Mont Blanc 4,807 m
30=
or
31		 Italy Mont Blanc
or
Monte Bianco de Courmayeur		 4,807 m
or
4,748 m
32 Switzerland Dufourspitze (Pointe Dufour) 4,634 m
33 Ethiopia Ras Dejen 4,533 m*
34 Rwanda Mount Karisimbi 4,519 m
35 Papua New Guinea Mount Wilhelm 4,509 m
36 Azerbaijan Bazarduzu Dagi 4,485 m
37 Mongolia Nayramadlin Orgil (Huyten Orgil) 4,374 m
38 Uzbekistan Adelunga Toghi 4,301 m
39 Guatemala Volcán Tajumulco 4,220 m
40 Morocco Jbel Toubkal 4,165 m
41 Malaysia Gunung Kinabalu 4,101 m
42 Cameroon Fako on Mount Cameroon 4,095 m
43 Armenia Mount Aragats 4,090 m
44 Taiwan Yu Shan 3,952 m
45 Costa Rica Cerro Chirripo 3,810 m
46 Austria Großglockner 3,798 m
47 Japan Mount Fuji 3,776 m
48 New Zealand Aoraki/Mount Cook 3,754 m
49 Spain Teide on Tenerife in the Canary Islands 3,718 m
50 Greenland (Denmark) Gunnbjørn 3,700 m
51 Yemen Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,666 m*
52 Iraq* Cheekha Dar 3,611 m
53 Lesotho Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m
54 Panama Volcan de Chiriqui 3,475 m
55 Chad Emi Koussi 3,445 m*
56 South Africa Njesuthi 3,408 m
57 Sudan Kinyeti 3,187 m
58 Vietnam Fan Si Pan 3,144 m
59 Turkmenistan Gora Ayribaba 3,139 m
60 Dominican Republic Pico Duarte 3,098 m*
61 Lebanon Qurnat as Sawda' 3,088 m
62 Réunion (France) Piton des Neiges 3,069 m
63 Eritrea Soira 3,018 m
64 Equatorial Guinea Pico Basile 3,008 m
65 Algeria Mount Tahat 3,003 m
66 Malawi Sapitwa (Mount Mlanje) 3,002 m
67 Saudi Arabia *unclear c. 3,000 m*
68 Brazil Pico da Neblina 2,994 m*
69 Oman Jabal Shams 2,980 m
70= East Timor Foho Tatamailau 2,963 m
70= Germany Zugspitze 2,963 m
72 Philippines Mount Apo 2,954 m
73 Andorra Coma Pedrosa 2,946 m
74 Bulgaria Musala 2,925 m
75 Greece Mount Olympus 2,917 m
76 Madagascar Maromokotro 2,876 m
77 Honduras Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m
78 Slovenia Triglav 2,864 m
79 Cape Verde Mount Fogo 2,829 m
80 Laos Phou Bia 2,817 m
81 Syria Mount Hermon 2,814 m
82= Macedonia Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,764 m
82= Albania Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,764 m
84 Guyana Mount Roraima c. 2,750 m*
85 North Korea Paektu-san 2,744 m
86 El Salvador Cerro El Pital 2,730 m
87 Burundi south east of Mount Heha 2,684 m*
88 Haiti Pic la Selle 2,680 m
89 Serbia Djeravica 2,656 m
90 Slovakia Gerlachovský štít 2,655 m
91 Egypt Mount Catherine 2,629 m
92 Angola Morro de Moco 2,620 m
93 Namibia Konigstein 2,606 m
94 Liechtenstein Grauspitz 2,599 m
95 Zimbabwe Inyangani 2,592 m
96 Thailand Doi Inthanon 2,576 m
97 Romania Moldoveanu 2,544 m
98 Sri Lanka Pidurutalagala 2,524 m
99 Montenegro *Bobotov Kuk 2,522 m
100 Poland Rysy 2,499 m
101 Norway Galdhøpiggen 2,469 m
102 Somalia Shimbiris 2,450 m*
103 Nicaragua Mogoton 2,438 m
104 Mozambique Monte Binga 2,436 m
105 Nigeria Chappal Waddi 2,419 m
106 Bosnia and Herzegovina Maglić 2,386 m
107 Comoros Le Kartala 2,360 m
108 Portugal Ponta do Pico on Pico Island in the Azores 2,351 m
109 Solomon Islands *Mount Popomanaseu 2,335 m*
110 Zambia unnamed location in Mafinga Hills 2,301 m
111 Libya Bikku Bitti 2,267 m
112 Jamaica Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m
113 French Polynesia (France) Mont Orohena 2,241 m
114 Israel Har Meron or Mount Hermon[2] 1,208 m or 2,236 m
115 Australia Mount Kosciuszko 2,229 m
116 Sweden Kebnekaise 2,111 m
117 Iceland Hvannadalshnúkur 2,110 m
118 Ukraine Hora Hoverla 2,061 m
119 Saint Helena (UK) Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 2,060 m
120 Djibouti Moussa Ali 2,028 m
121 São Tomé and Príncipe Pico de São Tomé 2,024 m
122 Niger Mont Bagzane 2,022 m
123 Cuba Pico Turquino 2,005 m
124 Cyprus Mount Olympus (Cyprus) 1,951 m
125 South Korea Halla-san 1,950 m
126 Sierra Leone Mount Bintumani (Loma Mansa) 1,948 m
127 Vanuatu Mount Tabwemasana 1,877 m
128 Swaziland Emlembe 1,862 m
129 Samoa Mauga Silisili (Savaii) 1,857 m
130 Brunei Bukit Pagon 1,850 m
131 Croatia Dinara 1,830 m
132 Cambodia Phnum Aoral 1,810 m
133= Côte d'Ivoire Mont Nimba 1,752 m
134= Guinea Mont Nimba 1,752 m
135 Jordan Jabal Ram 1,734 m
136 Svalbard (Norway) Newtontoppen 1,717 m
137 New Caledonia (France) Mont Panie 1,628 m
138 Czech Republic Sněžka 1,602 m
139 Tunisia Jebel ech Chambi 1,544 m
140 United Arab Emirates Jabal Yibir 1,527 m
141 Botswana Otse Hill 1,491 m
142 Guadeloupe (France) La Grande Soufrière 1,484 m
143 Dominica Morne Diablotins 1,447 m
144 Liberia Mount Wuteve 1,440 m*
145 Central African Republic Mont Ngaoui 1,420 m
146 Martinique (France) Montagne Pelee 1,397 m
147 United Kingdom Ben Nevis 1,343 m
148 Puerto Rico (US) Cerro de Punta 1,338 m
149 Finland Halti 1,328 m
150 Fiji Tomanivi 1,324 m
151 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Soufrière 1,234 m
152 Suriname Juliana Top 1,230 m
153 Saint Kitts and Nevis Mount Liamuiga 1,156 m
154 Mali Hombori Tondo 1,155 m
155 Belize Doyle's Delight 1,124 m
156 Gabon Mont Bengoué 1,070 m*
157 Bangladesh *Mowdok 1,052 m*
158 Ireland Carrauntoohil 1,041 m
159 Tonga unnamed location on Kao Island 1,033 m
160 West Bank Tall Asur 1,022 m
161 Republic of the Congo Mont Nabeba 1,020 m
162 Hungary Kékes 1,014 m
163 Togo Mont Agou 986 m
164 American Samoa Lata 966 m
165 Northern Mariana Islands (US) unnamed location on Agrihan 965 m
166 Hong Kong (PRC) Tai Mo Shan 958 m
167 Saint Lucia Mount Gimie 950 m
168 Trinidad and Tobago El Cerro del Aripo 940 m
169 Mauritania Kediet Ijill 915 m
170 Montserrat (UK) Chances Peak in the Soufriere Hills volcanic complex 914 m
171 Seychelles Morne Seychellois 905 m
172 Faroe Islands (Denmark) Slættaratindur 882 m
173 Ghana Mount Afadjato 880 m
174 Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) Mount Scenery on Saba 862 m
175 French Guiana (France) Bellevue de l'Inini 851 m
176 Paraguay Cerro Pero (Cerro Tres Kandu) 842 m
177 Grenada Mount Saint Catherine 840 m
178 Mauritius Mont Piton 828 m
179 Micronesia, Federated States of Dolohmwar (Totolom) 791 m
180 Wallis and Futuna Mont Singavi 765 m
181 San Marino Monte Titano 755 m
182 Burkina Faso Tena Kourou 749 m
183 Falkland Islands (UK) Mount Usborne 705 m
184 Belgium Signal de Botrange 694 m
185 Mayotte (France) Benara 660 m
186 Benin Mont Sokbaro 658 m
187 Cook Islands (NZ) Te Manga 652 m
188 Isle of Man (UK) Snaefell 621 m
189 Senegal unnamed feature near Nepen Diakha 581 m
190 Luxembourg Kneiff 560 m
191 British Virgin Islands (UK) Mount Sage 521 m
192 Uruguay Cerro Catedral (Uruguay) 514 m
193 United States Virgin Islands (US) Crown Mountain 474 m
194 Western Sahara unnamed location 463 m
195 Moldova Dealul Bălăneşti 430 m
196 Gibraltar (UK) Rock of Gibraltar 426 m
197 Guam (US) Mount Lamlam 406 m
198 Antigua and Barbuda Boggy Peak 402 m
199 Christmas Island (Australia) Murray Hill 361 m
200 Pitcairn Islands (UK) Pawala Valley Ridge 347 m
201 Belarus Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m
202 Barbados Mount Hillaby 336 m
203 Netherlands Vaalserberg 322 m
204 Norfolk Island (Australia) Mount Bates 319 m
205 Estonia Suur Munamägi 318 m
206 Latvia Gaizinkalns 312 m
207 Kuwait unnamed location 306 m
208 Guinea-Bissau unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country 300 m
209 Lithuania Aukštojas Hill 294 m
210 Malta Ta'Dmejrek 253 m
211 Palau Mount Ngerchelchuus 242 m
212 Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) Morne de la Grande Montagne 240 m
213 Aruba (Netherlands) Mount Jamanota 188 m
214 Denmark Yding Skovhøj 173 m
215 Macau (PRC) Coloane Alto 172 m
216 Singapore Bukit Timah 166 m
217 Jersey (UK) Les Platons 143 m
218 Monaco Mont Agel 140 m
219 Bahrain Jabal ad Dukhan 122 m
220 Guernsey (UK) Le Moulin, Sark 114 m
221 Gaza Strip Abu 'Awdah (Joz Abu 'Auda) 105 m
222 Qatar Qurayn Abu al Bawl 103 m
223 Kiribati unnamed location on Banaba 81 m
224 Bermuda (UK) Town Hill 76 m
225 Vatican City unnamed location 75 m
226 Niue (NZ) unnamed location near Mutalau settlement 68 m
227 Anguilla Crocus Hill 65 m
228 Bahamas, The Mount Alvernia on Cat Island 63 m
229 Nauru unnamed location along plateau rim 61 m
230 The Gambia unnamed location 53 m
231 Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) Blue Hills 49 m
232 Cayman Islands (UK) The Bluff 43 m
233 Marshall Islands unnamed location on Likiep 10 m
234= Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) unnamed location 5 m
234= Tokelau (NZ) unnamed location 5 m
234= Tuvalu unnamed location 5 m
235 Maldives unnamed location on Wilingili Island in the Addu Atoll 2 m

See also

Template:Lists of countries

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 the errors listed on the talk page have been corrected.
  • Data supplied by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
  • Information about specific items on talk page
  1. ^ The Kashmir territory on the south and west sides of K2 is administered by Pakistan, but claimed by India
  2. ^ Israel has annexed and administers the Golan Heights territory, which includes part of Mount Hermon, but its territorial claim is disputed in international law and the area is generally not considered by the international community to be Israeli territory.
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