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Albania | lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Maja e Korabit (Golem Korab) 2,764 m |
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Maja e Korabit (Golem Korab) 2,753 m |
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American Samoa | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Lata Mountain 964 m |
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Lata 966 m |
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Argentina | lowest point: Laguna del Carbon -105 m (located between Puerto San Julian and Comandante Luis Piedra Buena in the province of Santa Cruz)
highest point: Cerro Aconcagua 6,960 m (located in the northwestern corner of the province of Mendoza) |
lowest point: Salinas Chicas -40 m (located on Peninsula Valdes)
highest point: Cerro Aconcagua 6,960 m |
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Burundi | lowest point: Lake Tanganyika 772 m
highest point: Heha 2,670 m |
lowest point: Lake Tanganyika 772 m
highest point: Mount Heha 2,670 m |
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Cameroon | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Fako 4,095 m (on Mt. Cameroon) |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Fako (on Cameroon Mountain) 4,095 m |
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Cayman Islands | lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: The Bluff (Cayman Brac) 43 m |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: The Bluff 43 m |
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China | lowest point: Turpan Pendi -154 m
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m |
lowest point: Turpan Pendi -154 m
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m (1999 est.) |
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Cyprus | lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Olympus 1,951 m |
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Olympus 1,951 m |
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European Union | lowest point: Lammefjord, Denmark -7 m; Zuidplaspolder, Netherlands -7 m
highest point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m; note - situated on the border between France and Italy |
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Finland | lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Haltiatunturi 1,328 m |
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Halti 1,328 m |
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Heard Island and McDonald Islands | lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mawson Peak, on Big Ben 2,745 m |
lowest point: Southern Ocean 0 m
highest point: Big Ben 2,745 m |
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Iceland | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Hvannadalshnukur 2,110 m (at Vatnajokull glacier) |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Hvannadalshnukur 2,119 m |
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Iles Eparses | lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Bassas da India 2.4 m; Europa Island 24 m; Glorioso Islands 12 m; Juan de Nova Island 10 m; Tromelin Island 7 m (all unnamed locations) |
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Iraq | lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: unnamed peak; 3,611 m; note - this peak is not Gundah Zhur 3,607 m or Kuh-e Hajji-Ebrahim 3,595 m |
lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Haji Ibrahim 3,600 m |
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Japan | lowest point: Hachiro-gata -4 m
highest point: Mount Fuji 3,776 m |
lowest point: Hachiro-gata -4 m
highest point: Fujiyama 3,776 m |
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Liechtenstein | lowest point: Ruggeller Riet 430 m
highest point: Vorder-Grauspitz 2,599 m |
lowest point: Ruggeller Riet 430 m
highest point: Grauspitz 2,599 m |
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Lithuania | lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Juozapines Kalnas 293.6 m |
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Juozapines/Kalnas 292 m |
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Macedonia | lowest point: Vardar River 50 m
highest point: Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,764 m |
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Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | - | lowest point: Vardar River 50 m
highest point: Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,753 m |
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Mauritania | lowest point: Sebkhet Te-n-Dghamcha -5 m
highest point: Kediet Ijill 915 m |
lowest point: Sebkha de Ndrhamcha -3 m
highest point: Kediet Ijill 910 m |
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Montenegro | lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Bobotov Kuk 2,522 m |
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Montserrat | lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: lava dome in English's Crater (in the Soufriere Hills volcanic complex) estimated at over 930 m (2006) |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Chances Peak (in the Soufriere Hills volcanic complex) 914 m |
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Morocco | lowest point: Sebkha Tah -55 m
highest point: Jebel Toubkal 4,165 m |
lowest point: Sebkha Tah -55 m
highest point: Jbel Toubkal 4,165 m |
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Nepal | lowest point: Kanchan Kalan 70 m
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m |
lowest point: Kanchan Kalan 70 m
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m (1999 est.) |
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New Zealand | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Aoraki-Mount Cook 3,754 m |
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Cook 3,764 m |
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Poland | lowest point: near Raczki Elblaskie -2 m
highest point: Rysy 2,499 m |
lowest point: Raczki Elblaskie -2 m
highest point: Rysy 2,499 m |
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Puerto Rico | lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Cerro de Punta 1,339 m |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Cerro de Punta 1,338 m |
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Saint Helena | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 2,062 m; Green Mountain on Ascension Island 859 m; Mount Actaeon on Saint Helena Island 818 m |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 2,060 m |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: La Soufriere 1,234 m |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Soufriere 1,234 m |
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Samoa | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mauga Silisili (Savaii) 1,857 m |
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mauga Silisili 1,857 m |
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Serbia | lowest point: NA
highest point: Daravica 2,656 m |
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Serbia and Montenegro | - | lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Daravica 2,656 m |
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Sweden | lowest point: reclaimed bay of Lake Hammarsjon, near Kristianstad -2.41 m
highest point: Kebnekaise 2,111 m |
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Kebnekaise 2,111 m |
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Taiwan | lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Yu Shan 3,952 m |
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Yu Shan 3,997 m |
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Turkmenistan | lowest point: Vpadina Akchanaya -81 m; note - Sarygamysh Koli is a lake in northern Turkmenistan with a water level that fluctuates above and below the elevation of Vpadina Akchanaya (the lake has dropped as low as -110 m)
note: Sarygamysh Koli is a lake in northern Turkmenistan with a water level that fluctuates above and below the elevation of Vpadina Akchanaya (the lake has dropped as low as -110 m) highest point: Gora Ayribaba 3,139 m |
lowest point: Vpadina Akchanaya -81 m; note - Sarygamysh Koli is a lake in northern Turkmenistan with a water level that fluctuates above and below the elevation of Vpadina Akchanaya (the lake has dropped as low as -110 m)
highest point: Gora Ayribaba 3,139 m |
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United Kingdom | lowest point: The Fens -4 m
highest point: Ben Nevis 1,343 m |
lowest point: Fenland -4 m
highest point: Ben Nevis 1,343 m |
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United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Baker Island, unnamed location - 8 m; Howland Island, unnamed location - 3 m; Jarvis Island, unnamed location - 7 m; Johnston Atoll, Sand Island - 10 m; Kingman Reef, unnamed location - less than 1 m; Midway Islands, unnamed location - 13 m; Palmyra Atoll, unnamed location - 2 m |
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Virgin Islands | lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Crown Mountain 475 m |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Crown Mountain 474 m |
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World | lowest point: Bentley Subglacial Trench -2,540 m
note: in the oceanic realm, Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench is the lowest point, lying -10,924 m below the surface of the Pacific Ocean highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m |
lowest point: Bentley Subglacial Trench -2,540 m
note: in the oceanic realm, Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench is the lowest point, lying -10,924 m below the surface of the Pacific Ocean highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m (1999 est.) |