Compare Elevation extremes (2008) - Elevation extremes (2002)

Compare Elevation extremes (2008) with Elevation extremes (2002)

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	Elevation extremes (2008)	Elevation extremes (2002)
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
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
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
Bassas da India	-	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 2.4 m
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
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
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
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.)
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
East Timor	-	lowest point: Timor Sea, Savu Sea, and Banda Sea 0 m highest point: Foho Tatamailau 2,963 m
Europa Island	-	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 24 m
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	-
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
French Guiana	-	lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Bellevue de l'Inini 851 m
French Southern and Antarctic Lands	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Mont de la Dives on Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul) 867 m; unnamed location on Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul) 272 m; Pic Marion-Dufresne in Iles Crozet 1,090 m; Mont Ross in Iles Kerguelen 1,850 m; unnamed location on Bassas de India (Iles Eparses) 2.4 m; unnamed location on Europa Island (Iles Eparses) 24 m; unnamed location on Glorioso Islands (Iles Eparses) 12 m; unnamed location on Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses) 10 m; unnamed location on Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses) 7 m	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Mont Ross on Iles Kerguelen 1,850 m
Glorioso Islands	-	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 12 m
Guadeloupe	-	lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Soufriere 1,484 m
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
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
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
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
Juan de Nova Island	-	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 10 m
Kosovo	lowest point: Drini i Bardhe/Beli Drim 297 m (located on the border with Albania) highest point: Gjeravica/Deravica 2,565 m	-
Latvia	lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m highest point: Galzina Kalns 312 m	lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m highest point: Gaizinkalns 312 m
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
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
Macedonia	lowest point: Vardar River 50 m highest point: Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,764 m	-
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	-	lowest point: Vardar River 50 m highest point: Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,753 m
Martinique	-	lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Montagne Pelee 1,397 m
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
Montenegro	lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m highest point: Bobotov Kuk 2,522 m	-
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
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
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.)
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
Panama	lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Volcan Baru 3,475 m	lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Volcan de Chiriqui 3,475 m
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
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
Reunion	-	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Piton des Neiges 3,069 m
Saint Barthelemy	lowest point: Caribbean Ocean 0 m highest point: Morne du Vitet 286 m	-
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
Saint Martin	lowest point: Caribbean Ocean 0 m highest point: Pic du Paradis 424 m	-
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
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
Serbia	lowest point: NA highest point: Midzor 2,169 m	-
Serbia and Montenegro	-	lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m highest point: Daravica 2,656 m
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
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
Timor-Leste	lowest point: Timor Sea, Savu Sea, and Banda Sea 0 m highest point: Foho Tatamailau 2,963 m	-
Tromelin Island	-	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 7 m
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
United States	lowest point: Death Valley -86 m highest point: Mount McKinley 6,198 m	lowest point: Death Valley -86 m highest point: Mount McKinley 6,194 m
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	-
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
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.)