List of elevation extremes by region explained

The following three sortable tables list land surface elevation extremes by region.

Elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, an equipotential gravitational surface model of the Earth's sea level.__TOC__

Table of elevation extremes by geographic region

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Highest point	Maximum elevation	Lowest point	Minimum elevation	Elevation span
⦁ Eurasia	Mount Everest,^[1] China and Nepal	Dead Sea,^[2] Israel, Jordan, and Palestine
⦁ Asia	Mount Everest, China and Nepal	Dead Sea, Israel, Jordan, and Palestine
⦁ Japanese Archipelago	Mount Fuji, Honshū, Japan	Hachiro-gata, Honshū, Japan
⦁ Malay Archipelago	Gunung Kinabalu, Borneo, Malaysia	South China Sea and Indian Ocean
⦁ Philippine Archipelago	Mount Apo, Mindanao, Philippines	Philippine Sea and South China Sea
⦁ Sri Lanka	Pidurutalagala, Sri Lanka	Indian Ocean
⦁ Europe	Mount Elbrus, Russia	Caspian Sea, Russia, et al.
⦁ British Isles	Ben Nevis, Great Britain, Scotland, UK	The Fens, Great Britain, England, UK
⦁ Africa	Kilimanjaro, Tanzania	Lake Assal,^[3] Djibouti
⦁ Madagascar	Maromokotro, Madagascar	Indian Ocean
⦁ Americas	Aconcagua, Argentina	Laguna del Carbón, Argentina
⦁ North America	Denali, Alaska, United States	Badwater Basin, California, United States
⦁ Northern America	Denali, Alaska, United States	Badwater Basin, California, United States
⦁ Greenland	Gunnbjørn Fjeld, Greenland	Arctic Ocean and North Atlantic Ocean
⦁ Central America	Volcán Tajumulco, Guatemala	North Pacific Ocean and Caribbean
⦁ Caribbean	Pico Duarte, Hispaniola, Dominican Republic	Lago Enriquillo, Hispaniola, Dominican Republic
⦁ South America	Aconcagua, Argentina	Laguna del Carbón, Argentina
⦁ Oceania	Puncak Jaya, Indonesia	Lake Eyre, Australia
⦁ Australasia	Aoraki / Mount Cook, New Zealand	Lake Eyre, Australia
⦁ Australia	Mount Kosciuszko, Australia	Lake Eyre, Australia
⦁ Melanesia	Puncak Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia	Pacific Ocean
⦁ Micronesia	Mount Agrihan, Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands	Pacific Ocean
⦁ Polynesia	Mauna Kea, Hawaii, United States	Taieri Plains, South Island, New Zealand
⦁ Antarctica	Mount Vinson,^[4] Antarctica	Southern Ocean
Earth	Mount Everest	Dead Sea

Table of elevation extremes by geographic zone

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Highest point	Maximum elevation	Lowest point	Minimum elevation	Elevation span
Arctic	Gunnbjørn Fjeld, Greenland	Arctic Ocean
North Temperate Zone	Mount Everest, China and Nepal	Dead Sea, Israel, Jordan, and Palestine
North Tropical Zone	Cayambe, Ecuador	Lake Assal, Djibouti
South Tropical Zone	Huáscarán, Peru	Bayóvar Depression, Peru
South Temperate Zone	Aconcagua, Argentina	Laguna del Carbón, Argentina
Antarctic	Mount Vinson, Antarctica	Southern Ocean

Table of elevation extremes by geographic hemisphere

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Highest point	Maximum elevation	Lowest point	Minimum elevation	Elevation span
Northern Hemisphere	Mount Everest, China and Nepal	Dead Sea, Israel, Jordan, and Palestine
Southern Hemisphere	Aconcagua, Argentina	Laguna del Carbón, Argentina
Eastern Hemisphere	Mount Everest, China and Nepal	Dead Sea, Israel, Jordan, and Palestine
Western Hemisphere	Aconcagua, Argentina	Laguna del Carbón, Argentina

See also

• List of elevation extremes by country
• Geodesy
  • Geoid
  • Nadir
  • Summit
  • Topographic elevation
  • Topographic isolation
  • Topographic prominence

External links

• United Kingdom
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office
    • Country profiles
• United States of America
  • The Library of Congress
    • Country Studies
  • U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
    • The World Factbook
  • U.S. Department of State
    • Background Notes

Notes and References

1. The summit of Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth.
2. The Dead Sea is the lowest point on Earth.
3. [Lake Asal (Djibouti)|Lake Asal]
4. The summit of Mount Vinson is the sixth-most topographically isolated and the eighth-most topographically prominent point on Earth.