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List of highest items ==Settlements==

Item Place Altitude (metres)
National capital La Paz, Bolivia

Quito, Ecuador* || 3600
2850

Permanent settlement La Rinconada, Peru 5100
City > 50,000 people Cerro de Pasco, Peru** 4330
City > 100,000 people El Alto, Bolivia 4150
City > 1,000,000 people Quito, Ecuador 2850
City > 10,000,000 people Mexico City, Mexico 2250
  • La Paz is the de facto administrative capital of Bolivia. Officially, the capital is Sucre, located at an altitude of 2810 m, making Quito the highest official capital.
    • The population of La Rinconada was estimated (as of 2012) as 50,000. The actual population is likely to be higher than 50,000.

Geography

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Item Description Altitude (metres)
Mountain Mount Everest, Nepal/China 8,848
Active volcano Cotopaxi, Ecuador 5,897
Mountain on an island Puncak Jaya (New Guinea), Indonesia 4,884
Lake Ojos del Salado Pool, Chile/Argentina 6,400
Lake (navigable) Lake Titicaca, Peru/Bolivia 3,800

Nature

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This only includes naturally occuring examples.

Animals

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Item Description Altitude (metres)
Bird (in flight) Rüppell's vulture up to 11,300
Bird (nesting) Alpine chough in the Himalayas up to 4,877
Land Animal Yak in the Himalayas up to 5,400
Rodent Himalayan Pika up to 4,200
Non-human primates Geladas in the Ethiopian Highlands up to 4,500

Plants

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Item Description Altitude (metres)
Plant Moss on Mount Everest 6,480
Flowering Plant Christolea himalayensis on Mount Kamet, India 6,300
Tree Juniperus tibetica on the Tibetan Plateau, China up to 4,900

Human Achievement

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Item Description Altitude (metres)
Altitude attained (by a human) Apollo 13 Crew, on 15th of April, 1970, 254km from the lunar surface, on the far side. 400,171,000
Altitude attained (by an airplane) Brian Binnie, in SpaceShipOne, on 4th of October, 2004 102,900 ...


References

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