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 +Land surface elevation extremes by geographic regionGeographic regionHighest pointMaximum elevationLowest pointMinimum elevationElevation span⦁ EurasiaMount Everest,The summit of Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth. China and NepalDead Sea,The Dead Sea is the lowest point on Earth. Israel, Jordan, and Palestine ⦁ AsiaMount Everest, China and NepalDead Sea, Israel, Jordan, and Palestine ⦁ Japanese ArchipelagoMount Fuji, Honshū, JapanHachiro-gata, Honshū, Japan ⦁ Malay ArchipelagoGunung Kinabalu, Borneo, MalaysiaSouth China Sea and Indian Ocean ⦁ Philippine ArchipelagoMount Apo, Mindanao, PhilippinesPhilippine Sea and South China Sea ⦁ Sri LankaPidurutalagala, Sri LankaIndian Ocean ⦁ EuropeMount Elbrus, RussiaCaspian Sea, Russia, et al. ⦁ British IslesBen Nevis, Great Britain, Scotland, UKThe Fens, Great Britain, England, UK⦁ AfricaKilimanjaro, TanzaniaLake Assal,Lake Assal is the second-lowest depression on Earth. Djibouti ⦁ MadagascarMaromokotro, MadagascarIndian Ocean⦁ AmericasAconcagua, ArgentinaLaguna del Carbón, Argentina ⦁ North AmericaDenali, Alaska, United StatesBadwater Basin, California, United States ⦁ Northern AmericaDenali, Alaska, United StatesBadwater Basin, California, United States ⦁ GreenlandGunnbjørn Fjeld, GreenlandArctic Ocean and North Atlantic Ocean ⦁ MesoamericaVolcán Citlaltépetl (Pico de Orizaba)Laguna Salada ⦁ Central AmericaVolcán Tajumulco, GuatemalaNorth Pacific Ocean and Caribbean ⦁ CaribbeanPico Duarte, Hispaniola, Dominican RepublicLago Enriquillo, Hispaniola, Dominican Republic ⦁ South AmericaAconcagua, ArgentinaLaguna del Carbón, Argentina⦁ OceaniaPuncak Jaya, IndonesiaLake Eyre, Australia ⦁ AustralasiaAoraki / Mount Cook, New ZealandLake Eyre, Australia ⦁ AustraliaMount Kosciuszko, AustraliaLake Eyre, Australia ⦁ MelanesiaPuncak Jaya, New Guinea, IndonesiaPacific Ocean ⦁ MicronesiaMount Agrihan, Agrihan, Northern Mariana IslandsPacific Ocean ⦁ PolynesiaMauna Kea, Hawaii, United StatesTaieri Plains, South Island, New Zealand⦁ AntarcticaMount Vinson,The summit of Mount Vinson is the sixth-most topographically isolated and the eighth-most topographically prominent point on Earth. AntarcticaSouthern Ocean EarthMount EverestDead Sea
Table of elevation extremes by geographic zone +Land surface elevation extremes by geographic zoneGeographic zoneHighest pointMaximum elevationLowest pointMinimum elevationElevation spanArcticGunnbjørn Fjeld, GreenlandArctic OceanNorth Temperate ZoneMount Everest, China and NepalDead Sea, Israel, Jordan, and PalestineNorth Tropical ZoneCayambe, EcuadorLake Assal,Lake Asal is the second-lowest depression on Earth. DjiboutiSouth Tropical ZoneHuáscarán, PeruBayóvar Depression, PeruSouth Temperate ZoneAconcagua, ArgentinaLaguna del Carbón, ArgentinaAntarcticMount Vinson, AntarcticaSouthern Ocean
Table of elevation extremes by geographic hemisphere +Land surface elevation extremes by geographic hemisphereGeographic hemisphereHighest pointMaximum elevationLowest pointMinimum elevationElevation spanNorthern HemisphereMount Everest, China and NepalDead Sea, Israel, Jordan, and PalestineSouthern HemisphereAconcagua, ArgentinaLaguna del Carbón, ArgentinaEastern HemisphereMount Everest, China and NepalDead Sea, Israel, Jordan, and PalestineWestern HemisphereAconcagua, ArgentinaLaguna del Carbón, Argentina
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See also List of elevation extremes by country Geodesy Geoid Nadir Summit Topographic elevation Topographic isolation Topographic prominence :Category:Highest points :Category:Lowest points
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References
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