List of countries by highest point

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Countries by highest point
Countries by highest point

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

Rank Country Highest point Height
1 Nepal Mount Everest 8,848 m
1 People's Republic of China Mount Everest 8,848 m
3 Pakistan[1] K2 8,611 m
4 India[1] Kangchenjunga 8,586 m
5 Bhutan *Gangkhar Puensum 7,570 m*
6 Tajikistan Ismoil Somoni Peak 7,495 m
7 Afghanistan Noshaq 7,492 m
8 Kyrgyzstan 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 6,893 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 Kibo on Mount Kilimanjaro 5,895 m
18 Burma Hkakabo Razi 5,881 m
19 Colombia Pico Cristóbal Colón both c. 5,700 m*
20 Russia Mount Elbrus 5,642 m*
21 Mexico Pico de Orizaba 5,636 m*
22 Iran Damavand 5,610 m*
23 Georgia Mt'a Shkhara 5,201 m
24 Kenya Batian on 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 Carstensz (Puncak Jaya) 4,884 m*
30 France Mont Blanc 4,810 m
30
or
31		 Italy[2] Monte Bianco (Mont Blanc)
or
Monte Bianco de Courmayeur		 4,810 m
or
4,748 m
32 Uzbekistan unnamed summit[3] in Gissar Range (before independence called
Peak of the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party)		 4,643 m
33 Switzerland Dufourspitze (Pointe Dufour) 4,634 m
34 Ethiopia Ras Dejen 4,550 m*
35 Rwanda Mount Karisimbi 4,519 m
36 Papua New Guinea Mount Wilhelm 4,509 m
37 Azerbaijan Bazarduzu Dagi 4,485 m
38 Mongolia Khüiten Peak (Huyten Orgil) 4,374 m
39 Guatemala Volcán Tajumulco 4,220 m
40 Morocco Jbel Toubkal 4,165 m
41 Malaysia Gunung Kinabalu 4,095 m
42 Armenia Mount Aragats 4,090 m
43 Cameroon Fako on Mount Cameroon 4,040 m*
44 Republic of China (Taiwan) Yu Shan 3,952 m
45 Costa Rica Cerro Chirripó 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[4] 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 South Africa Mafadi 3,450 m
56 Chad Emi Koussi 3,445 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 Amba 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
71 Germany Zugspitze 2,962 m
72 Philippines Mount Apo 2,954 m
73 Andorra Coma Pedrosa 2,946 m
74 South Georgia (UK)[5] Mount Paget 2,934 m.
75 Bulgaria Musala 2,925 m
76 Greece Mount Olympus 2,919 m
77 Madagascar Maromokotro 2,876 m
78 Honduras Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m
79 Slovenia Triglav 2,864 m
80 Cape Verde Mount Fogo 2,829 m
81 Laos Phou Bia 2,817 m
82 Syria Jabal el-Sheikh 2,814 m
83 Macedonia Golem Korab 2,764 m
83 Albania Maja e Korabit 2,764 m
85 Guyana Mount Roraima c. 2,750 m*
86 Australia[6] Mawson Peak 2,745 m
87 North Korea Paektu-san 2,744 m
88 El Salvador Cerro El Pital 2,730 m
89 Burundi south east of Mount Heha 2,684 m*
90 Haiti Pic la Selle 2,680 m
91 Kosovo[7] Djeravica 2,656 m*
92 Slovakia Gerlachovský štít 2,655 m
93 Egypt Mount Catherine 2,629 m
94 Angola Morro de Moco 2,620 m
95 Namibia Konigstein 2,606 m
96 Liechtenstein Grauspitz 2,599 m
97 Zimbabwe Mount Nyangani 2,592 m
98 Thailand Doi Inthanon 2,565 m
99 Romania Moldoveanu 2,544 m
100 Montenegro Zla Kolata [8] 2,534 m
101 Sri Lanka Pidurutalagala 2,524 m
102 Poland Rysy 2,499 m
103 Norway Galdhøpiggen 2,469 m
104 Somalia Shimbiris 2,450 m*
105 Nicaragua Mogoton 2,438 m
106 Mozambique Monte Binga 2,436 m
107 Nigeria Chappal Waddi 2,419 m
108 Bosnia and Herzegovina Maglić 2,386 m
109 Comoros Le Kartala 2,360 m
110 Portugal[9] Ponta do Pico on Pico Island in the Azores 2,351 m
111 Solomon Islands *Mount Popomanaseu 2,335 m*
112 Zambia unnamed location in Mafinga Hills 2,329 m
113 Libya Bikku Bitti 2,267 m
114 Jamaica Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m
115 French Polynesia (France) Mont Orohena 2,241 m
116 Israel Har Meron or Mount Hermon[10] 1,208 m or 2,236 m
117 Serbia[7] Midžor 2,169 m
118 Sweden Kebnekaise 2,111 m
119 Iceland Hvannadalshnúkur 2,110 m
120 Ukraine Hora Hoverla 2,061 m
121 Saint Helena (UK) Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 2,060 m
122 Djibouti Mousa Ali 2,028 m
123 São Tomé and Príncipe Pico de São Tomé 2,024 m
124 Niger Mont Bagzane 2,022 m
125 Cuba Pico Turquino 1,974 m
126 Cyprus Mount Olympus (Cyprus) 1,951 m
127 South Korea Halla-san 1,950 m
128 Sierra Leone Mount Bintumani (Loma Mansa) 1,948 m
129 Vanuatu Mount Tabwemasana 1,877 m
130 Swaziland Emlembe 1,862 m
131 Samoa Mauga Silisili (Savaii) 1,857 m
132 Jordan Jabal Umm ad Dami 1,854 m
133 Brunei Bukit Pagon 1,850 m
134 Croatia Dinara 1,831 m
135 Cambodia Phnum Aoral 1,810 m
136 Côte d'Ivoire Mont Nimba 1,752 m
136 Guinea Mont Nimba 1,752 m
138 Svalbard (Norway) Newtontoppen 1,717 m
139 New Caledonia (France) Mont Panie 1,628 m
140 Czech Republic Sněžka 1,602 m
141 Tunisia Jebel ech Chambi 1,544 m
142 United Arab Emirates Jabal Yibir 1,527 m
143 Botswana Otse Hill 1,491 m
144 Guadeloupe (France) La Grande Soufrière 1,484 m
145 Dominica Morne Diablotins 1,447 m
146 Liberia Mount Wuteve 1,440 m*
147 Central African Republic Mont Ngaoui 1,420 m
148 Martinique (France) Montagne Pelee 1,397 m
149 United Kingdom[5] Ben Nevis 1,344 m
150 Puerto Rico (US) Cerro de Punta 1,338 m
151 Finland Halti 1,328 m
152 Fiji Tomanivi 1,324 m
153 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Soufrière 1,234 m
154 Suriname Juliana Top 1,230 m
155 Saint Kitts and Nevis Mount Liamuiga 1,156 m
156 Mali Hombori Tondo 1,155 m
157 Belize Doyle's Delight 1,124 m
158 Gabon Mont Bengoué 1,070 m*
159 Bangladesh *Mowdok 1,052 m*
160 Ireland Carrauntoohil 1,038 m
161 Tonga unnamed location on Kao Island 1,033 m
162 West Bank Tall Asur 1,022 m
163 Republic of the Congo Mont Nabeba 1,020 m
164 Hungary Kékes 1,014 m
165 Togo Mont Agou 986 m
166 American Samoa Lata 966 m
167 Northern Mariana Islands (US) unnamed location on Agrihan 965 m
168 Hong Kong (PRC) Tai Mo Shan 958 m
169 Saint Lucia Mount Gimie 950 m
170 Trinidad and Tobago El Cerro del Aripo 940 m
171 Mauritania Kediet Ijill 915 m
172 Montserrat (UK) Chances Peak in the Soufriere Hills volcanic complex 914 m
173 Seychelles Morne Seychellois 905 m
174 Faroe Islands (Denmark) Slættaratindur 882 m
175 Ghana Mount Afadjato 880 m
176 Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) Mount Scenery on Saba 862 m
177 French Guiana (France) Bellevue de l'Inini 851 m
178 Paraguay Cerro Pero (Cerro Tres Kandu) 842 m
179 Grenada Mount Saint Catherine 840 m
180 Mauritius Mont Piton 828 m
181 Micronesia, Federated States of Dolohmwar (Totolom) 791 m
182 Wallis and Futuna Mont Singavi 765 m
183 San Marino Monte Titano 755 m
184 Burkina Faso Tena Kourou 749 m
185 Falkland Islands (UK) Mount Usborne 705 m
186 Belgium Signal de Botrange 694 m
187 Mayotte (France) Benara 660 m
188 Benin Mont Sokbaro 658 m
189 Cook Islands (NZ) Te Manga 652 m
190 Isle of Man (UK) Snaefell 621 m
191 Senegal unnamed feature near Nepen Diakha 581 m
192 Luxembourg Kneiff 560 m
193 British Virgin Islands (UK) Mount Sage 521 m
194 Uruguay Cerro Catedral (Uruguay) 514 m
195 United States Virgin Islands (US) Crown Mountain 474 m
196 Western Sahara unnamed location 463 m
197 Moldova Dealul Bălăneşti 430 m
198 Gibraltar (UK) Rock of Gibraltar 426 m
199 Saint-Martin (France) Pic Paradis 424 m
200 Guam (US) Mount Lamlam 406 m
201 Antigua and Barbuda Boggy Peak 402 m
202 Christmas Island (Australia) Murray Hill 361 m
203 Pitcairn Islands (UK) Pawala Valley Ridge 347 m
204 Belarus Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m
205 Barbados Mount Hillaby 336 m
206 Netherlands Vaalserberg 322 m
207 Norfolk Island (Australia) Mount Bates 319 m
208 Estonia Suur Munamägi 318 m
209 Latvia Gaizinkalns 312 m
210 Kuwait unnamed location 306 m
211 Guinea-Bissau unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country 300 m
212 Lithuania Aukštojas Hill 294 m
213 Saint-Barthélemy(France) Morne du Vitet 286 m
214 Malta Ta'Dmejrek 253 m
215 Palau Mount Ngerchelchuus 242 m
216 Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) Morne de la Grande Montagne 240 m
217 Aruba (Netherlands) Mount Jamanota 188 m
218 Macau (PRC) Coloane Alto 172 m
219 Denmark Møllehøj 171 m
220 Singapore Bukit Timah 166 m
221 Jersey (CI) Les Platons 143 m
222 Monaco Mont Agel 140 m
223 Bahrain Jabal ad Dukhan 122 m
224 Guernsey (CI) Le Moulin, Sark 114 m
225 Gaza Strip Abu 'Awdah (Joz Abu 'Auda) 105 m
226 Qatar Qurayn Abu al Bawl 103 m
227 Kiribati unnamed location on Banaba 81 m
228 Bermuda (UK) Town Hill, Bermuda 76 m
229 Vatican City unnamed location 75 m
230 Nauru Command Ridge 71 m
231 Niue (NZ) unnamed location near Mutalau settlement 68 m
232 Anguilla Crocus Hill, near The Valley 65 m
233 Bahamas, The Mount Alvernia on Cat Island 63 m
234 The Gambia unnamed location 53 m
235 Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) Blue Hills on the island of Providenciales 49 m
236 Cayman Islands (UK) The Bluff on the island of Cayman Brac 43 m
237 Marshall Islands unnamed location on Likiep 10 m
238 Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) unnamed location 5 m
238 Tokelau (NZ) unnamed location 5 m
238 Tuvalu unnamed location 5 m
241 Maldives unnamed location on Villingili Island in the Addu Atoll 2 m

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[edit] 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 The Kashmir territory on the south and west sides 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
  2. ^ Official French and Italian maps are not in agreement about the local course of the international border
  3. ^ The summit is at 38°56′51″N, 68°10′21″E
  4. ^ The highest point on the Spanish mainland is Mulhacén, 3,479 m
  5. ^ a b The highest point on United Kingdom domestic territory is Ben Nevis, 1,344 m. The highest point on UK overseas territory is Mount Paget, 2,934 m, on South Georgia (claimed by Argentina). Antarctic territorial claims, whose precise validity is unclear, are not listed here.
  6. ^ The highest point on the Australian mainland is Mount Kosciuszko, 2,228 m
  7. ^ a b Kosovo is listed separately following its 2008 declaration of independence, despite not having achieved full UN recognition.
  8. ^ The official Montenegrin claim that Zla Kolata, in the Prokletije range, is higher than Bjelić (Maja e Roshit) and Bobotov Kuk, was confirmed by a GPS survey by Ginge Fullen in August 2007.
  9. ^ The highest point on the Portuguese mainland is Malhão da Estrela, 1991 m
  10. ^ 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.