List of highest features on Earth explained

This is a list of the highest feature on Earth for each category.

CategoryHighest featureAltitude (MASL)PhotoNotesReferences
8,850The altitude officially recognized for both China and Nepal is the former figure of 8,848 [1]
GlacierKhumbu, Nepal8,000It begins on the west side of Lhotse at an elevation of 7600m (24,900feet) to 8000m (26,000feet).[2]
VolcanoOjos del Salado, Argentina/Chile6,893[3]
Archeological siteSummit of Llullaillaco volcano, Argentina/Chile (inca burial)6,739[4]
Motorable attainable placeSlope of Ojos del Salado volcano, Chile6,688[5]
HelipadSonam, Siachen Glacier, India 6,400[6]
Lake/LagoonLagoon at eastern side of Ojos del Salado, Chile6,390-27.1136°N -68.5264°W [7]
Road (dead end)Aucanquilcha, Chile6,176Mining road to summit of volcano, once usable by 20-ton mining trucks. The road is no longer usable.[8]
Continuously inhabited place (ever)Aucanquilcha, Chile5,950Miners slept lower, at Quilcha (5,334m)[9]
Habitable cabinHigh Andes Rescue Unit, Ojos del Salado, Chile6,100[10]
Astronomical observatoryUniversity of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO), Chile5,640-22.9867°N -67.7422°W[11]
Road (mountain pass)5,610[12]
Ski lift (ever)Chacaltaya, Bolivia5,422The ski ended when the glacier disappeared, in 2009
CityLa Rinconada, Perú5,100Over 7,000 inhabitants, associated with a gold mine[13]
RailwayXining-Golmud-Lhasa at Tanggula, China5,068[14]
Road (asphalted)Ticlio, Peru4,818[15]
Ski lift (current)Lijiang/Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, China 4,700[16]
Commercial airportDaocheng Yading Airport, Sichuan, China4,411The proposed Nagqu Dagring Airport in Tibet, 4436m (14,554feet), if built, will be higher.[17]
Golf courseYak golf course, Sikkim, India3,970[18]
National capital, de factoLa Paz, Bolivia3,650Average elevation at the city centre. Bolivia is a country with multiple capitals - Sucre (constitutional capital) and La Paz (seat of government). [19]
National capital, officialQuito, Ecuador2,850[20]
Point accessible by an oceangoing vessel (ever)Whitehorse, Yukon Territory640[21]
Point accessible by an oceangoing vessel (current)Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, between Hilpoltstein and Bachhausen, Germany406[22]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elevation of Mount Everest newly defined. https://web.archive.org/web/20070103165811/http://www.alpineresearch.ch/alpine/en/presse1.html. 3 January 2007. Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research. 12 November 1999. 1 April 2007.
  2. Web site: ASTER measurement of supraglacial lakes in the Mount Everest region of the Himalaya: The main Khumbu Glacier is about 17 km long with elevations ranging from 4900m at the terminus to 7600m at the source....The 7600m to 8000m elevations are also depicted on numerous detailed topographic maps . 24 November 2008 .
  3. Web site: Andes ultra-prominent peaks. Peaklist.
  4. Book: Reinhard. Johan. Ceruti. Constanza. Inca Rituals and Sacred Mountains: A Study of the World's Highest Archaeological Sites. 2010. Institute of Archaeology Press. 9781931745765.
  5. News: Barreno. Jorge. Ascenso al volcán activo más alto del mundo. 6 September 2015. El País. February 1, 2011.
  6. News: Siachen: The world's highest cold war. CNN . 20 May 2002 . 2 May 2010.
  7. Book: Sahay. R.N.. Ecosystems and Water Resource Management. 2014. AGROTECH PRESS. 9789384568061. 285. 6 September 2015.
  8. McIntyre . Loren . The High Andes. . 171 . 4 . 422–460 . National Geographic Society. April 1987 . (includes description and photos of Aucanquilcha summit road and mine)
  9. Book: D. Miller. Ronald. Miller's Anesthesia. 2014. Elsevier Health Sciences. 9780323280112. 676. 6 September 2015.
  10. Web site: Se instala en Chile el refugio más alto del mundo (6.100 msnm) en los Ojos del Salado . 14 September 2019.
  11. Web site: The 1m telescope at the Atacama Observatory has Started Scientific Operation, detecting the Hydrogen Emission Line from the Galactic Center in the Infrared Light. Yoshii. Yuzuru. etal . 11 August 2009. Press Release. School of Science, the University of Tokyo. 21 December 2009.
  12. Book: Skok. Eugene. Asphalt Paving Technology 2014. 2015. DEStech Publications. 9781605952062. 695. 6 September 2015.
  13. West. John B.. Highest Permanent Human Habitation. High Altitude Medicine & Biology. July 6, 2004. 3. 4. 401–407. 10.1089/15270290260512882. 12631426.
  14. Web site: World's highest railway station enters key construction period. July 28, 2005. Canada Tibet Committee. December 6, 2012.
  15. Book: Wilder-Smith. Annelies. Schwartz. Eli. Shaw. Marc. Travel Medicine: Tales Behind the Science. 2007. Routledge. 9781136352164. 6 September 2015.
  16. Web site: China: highest ski resorts. Ski Resort. 6 September 2015.
  17. News: China opens world's highest civilian airport . Ben Blanchard . Reuters . 16 September 2013 . 16 September 2013.
  18. Web site: Highest golf course. Guinness World Records. 5 August 2016.
  19. Book: Borsdorf. Axel. Christoph. Stadel. The Andes: A Geographical Portrait. 2015. Springer. 9783319035307. 177. 6 September 2015.
  20. Plaza Grande . August 1, 2008 . Sitio Oficial Turístico de Quito . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081006151101/http://www.quito.com.ec/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=228&category_id=&manufacturer_id=&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=113 . October 6, 2008 .
  21. White Pass & Yukon Route. 6 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20140408223928/http://yukondigitallibrary.ca/Publications/AlaskaYT/1916,%20Alaska%20and%20the%20YT.pdf. 8 April 2014. dead.
  22. Book: Marc. Cogen. An Introduction to European Intergovernmental Organizations. 2015. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. 9781472445704. 237. 6 September 2015.

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