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List of countries by highest point


The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country.

Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface.

Of all countries, Lesotho has the world's highest low point at 1,400 m. Other countries with high low points include Rwanda (950 m) and Andorra (840 m). The Maldives have the world's lowest high point at 2.4 m. Other countries with very low high points include Tuvalu (5 m) and the Marshall Islands (10 m). These island countries also have the smallest range between their lowest (sea level) and highest points, and are very sensitive to rise in sea level.

The highest and lowest points in China constitute the greatest elevation range within any single country at 9,002 m. The elevation ranges are also great in Nepal (8,789 m), Pakistan (8,611 m), and India (8,588 m).

Monaco's elevation range is among the greatest relative to surface area. Within its 2.02 km² territory, there is a difference of 140 m between its highest and lowest points, equivalent to an average gradient of 69 m for every km². In Australia's 7,686,850 km² area there is only a 2,244 m difference between the highest and lowest points, which is equivalent to an average gradient of 292 μm (0.292 mm) gradient per km².

The summit of Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth.

The summit of K2 is the highest point of Pakistan.

The summit of Kangchenjunga is the highest point of India.


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