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Map of countries coloured according to their highest point

This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories by their highest points above sea level.

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Sovereign, fully-recognized countries

Rank
Country
Highest point
Height
Notes
1  Nepal Mount Everest 8,848 m (29,029 ft)[1]
1  People's Republic of China Mount Everest 8,848 m (29,029 ft)
3  Pakistan[2] K2 8,611 m (28,251 ft)
4  India[2] Kangchenjunga 8,586 m (28,169 ft)
5  Bhutan Gangkhar Puensum[3] 7,570 m (24,836 ft)
6  Tajikistan Ismoil Somoni Peak 7,495 m (24,590 ft)
7  Afghanistan Noshaq 7,492 m (24,580 ft)
8  Kyrgyzstan Jengish Chokusu 7,439 m (24,406 ft)
9  Kazakhstan Khan Tengri 7,010 m (22,999 ft)[1]
10  Argentina Aconcagua 6,960 m (22,835 ft)
11  Chile Ojos del Salado 6,893 m (22,615 ft)
12  Peru Huascarán 6,768 m (22,205 ft)[1]
13  Bolivia Nevado Sajama 6,542 m (21,463 ft)
14  Ecuador Mount Chimborazo[4] 6,267 m (20,561 ft)[1]
15  United States Mount McKinley 6,194 m (20,322 ft)
16  Canada Mount Logan 5,959 m (19,551 ft)
17  Tanzania Mount Kilimanjaro 5,892 m (19,331 ft)
18  Burma Hkakabo Razi 5,881 m (19,295 ft)
19  Colombia Pico Cristóbal Colón or Pico Simón Bolívar both c. 5,700 m (18,701 ft)[1]
20  Russia Mount Elbrus 5,642 m (18,510 ft)
21  Mexico Pico de Orizaba 5,636 m (18,491 ft)[1]
22  Iran Damavand 5,610 m (18,406 ft)[1]
23  Georgia Mt'a Shkhara 5,201 m (17,064 ft)
24  Kenya Batian on Mount Kenya 5,199 m (17,057 ft)
25  Turkey Mount Ararat 5,137 m (16,854 ft)[1]
26  Democratic Republic of the Congo Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m (16,765 ft)
26  Uganda Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m (16,765 ft)
28  Venezuela Pico Bolívar (La Columna) 4,981 m (16,342 ft)[1]
29  Indonesia Mount Carstensz (Puncak Jaya) 4,884 m (16,024 ft)[1]
30  France[5] (Metropolitan France) Mont Blanc 4,810 m (15,781 ft)
30  Italy[5] Monte Bianco 4,810 m (15,781 ft)
32  Uzbekistan Khazret Sultan[6] 4,643 m (15,233 ft)
33  Switzerland Dufourspitze (Pointe Dufour) 4,634 m (15,203 ft)
34  Ethiopia Ras Dejen 4,550 m (14,928 ft)[1]
35  Rwanda Mount Karisimbi 4,519 m (14,826 ft)
36  Papua New Guinea Mount Wilhelm 4,509 m (14,793 ft)
37  Azerbaijan Bazarduzu Dagi 4,485 m (14,715 ft)
38  Mongolia Khüiten Peak (Huyten Orgil) 4,374 m (14,350 ft)
39  Guatemala Volcán Tajumulco 4,220 m (13,845 ft)
40  Morocco Jbel Toubkal 4,165 m (13,665 ft)
41  Malaysia Gunung Kinabalu 4,095 m (13,435 ft)
42  Armenia Mount Aragats 4,090 m (13,419 ft)
44  Cameroon Fako on Mount Cameroon 4,040 m (13,255 ft)[1]
48  Costa Rica Cerro Chirripó 3,820 m (12,533 ft)
49  Austria Großglockner 3,798 m (12,461 ft)
50  Japan Mount Fuji 3,776 m (12,388 ft)
51  New Zealand Aoraki/Mount Cook 3,754 m (12,316 ft)
52  Spain[7] Teide on Tenerife in the Canary Islands 3,718 m (12,198 ft)
54  Yemen Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,666 m (12,028 ft)[1]
55  Iraq Cheekha Dar 3,611 m (11,847 ft)
56  Lesotho Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m (11,424 ft)
57  Panama Volcan de Chiriqui 3,475 m (11,401 ft)
58  South Africa Mafadi 3,450 m (11,319 ft)
59  Chad Emi Koussi 3,445 m (11,302 ft)[1]
60  Sudan Kinyeti 3,187 m (10,456 ft)
61  Vietnam Fan Si Pan 3,143 m (10,312 ft)
62  Turkmenistan Gora Ayrybaba 3,139 m (10,299 ft)
63  Dominican Republic Pico Duarte 3,098 m (10,164 ft)[1]
64  Lebanon Qurnat as Sawda' 3,088 m (10,131 ft)
66  Eritrea Emba Soira 3,018 m (9,902 ft)
67  Equatorial Guinea Pico Basile 3,008 m (9,869 ft)
68  Algeria Mount Tahat 3,003 m (9,852 ft)
69  Malawi Sapitwa (Mulanje Massif) 3,002 m (9,849 ft)
70  Saudi Arabia unclear [8] c. 3,000 m (9,843 ft)
71  Brazil Pico da Neblina 2,994 m (9,823 ft)[1]
72  Oman Jabal Shams 2,980 m (9,777 ft)
73  East Timor Pico do Ramelau (Mount Ramelau) 2,963 m (9,721 ft)
74  Germany Zugspitze 2,962 m (9,718 ft)
75  Philippines Mount Apo 2,954 m (9,692 ft)
76  Andorra Coma Pedrosa 2,942 m (9,652 ft)
78  Bulgaria Musala 2,925 m (9,596 ft)
79  Greece Mount Olympus 2,919 m (9,577 ft)
80  Madagascar Maromokotro 2,876 m (9,436 ft)
81  Honduras Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m (9,416 ft)
82  Slovenia Triglav 2,864 m (9,396 ft)
83  Cape Verde Mount Fogo 2,829 m (9,281 ft)
84  Laos Phou Bia 2,817 m (9,242 ft)
85  Syria Jabal el-Sheikh 2,814 m (9,232 ft)
86  Albania Maja e Korabit 2,764 m (9,068 ft)
86 Republic of Macedonia Macedonia Golem Korab 2,764 m (9,068 ft)
88  Guyana Mount Roraima c. 2,750 m (9,022 ft)[1]
89  Australia[9] Mawson Peak in Heard Island 2,745 m (9,006 ft)
90  North Korea Paektu-san 2,744 m (9,003 ft)
91  El Salvador Cerro El Pital 2,730 m (8,957 ft)
92  Burundi south east of Mount Heha 2,684 m (8,806 ft)[1]
93  Haiti Pic la Selle 2,680 m (8,793 ft)
95  Slovakia Gerlachovský štít 2,655 m (8,711 ft)
96  Egypt Mount Catherine 2,629 m (8,625 ft)
97  Angola Morro de Môco 2,620 m (8,596 ft)
98  Namibia Konigstein 2,606 m (8,550 ft)
99  Liechtenstein Grauspitz 2,599 m (8,527 ft)
100  Zimbabwe Mount Nyangani 2,592 m (8,504 ft)
101  Thailand Doi Inthanon 2,565 m (8,415 ft)
102  Romania Moldoveanu 2,544 m (8,346 ft)
103  Montenegro Zla Kolata [10] 2,534 m (8,314 ft)
104  Sri Lanka Pidurutalagala 2,524 m (8,281 ft)
105  Poland Rysy 2,499 m (8,199 ft)
106  Norway Galdhøpiggen 2,469 m (8,100 ft)
107  Somalia Shimbiris 2,450 m (8,038 ft)[1]
108  Mozambique Monte Binga 2,436 m (7,992 ft)
109  Nigeria Chappal Waddi 2,419 m (7,936 ft)
110  Bosnia and Herzegovina Maglić 2,386 m (7,828 ft)
111  Comoros Le Kartala 2,360 m (7,743 ft)
112  Portugal[11] Ponta do Pico on Pico Island in the Azores 2,351 m (7,713 ft)
113  Solomon Islands Mount Popomanaseu 2,335 m (7,661 ft)[12]
114  Zambia unnamed location in Mafinga Hills 2,329 m (7,641 ft)
115  Libya Bikku Bitti 2,267 m (7,438 ft)
116  Jamaica Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m (7,402 ft)
118  Israel Har Meron or Mount Hermon[13] 1,208 m (3,963 ft) or 2,236 m (7,336 ft)
119  Serbia[14] Midžor or Djeravica 2,169 m (7,116 ft) or 2,656 m (8,714 ft)
120  Iceland Hvannadalshnúkur 2,110 m (6,923 ft)
121  Nicaragua Mogoton 2,107 m (6,913 ft)
122  Sweden Kebnekaise 2,104 m (6,903 ft) [15]
123  Ukraine Hora Hoverla 2,061 m (6,762 ft)
125  Djibouti Mousa Ali 2,028 m (6,654 ft)
126  São Tomé and Príncipe Pico de São Tomé 2,024 m (6,640 ft)
127  Niger Mont Idoukal-n-Taghès 2,022 m (6,634 ft)
128  Cuba Pico Turquino 1,974 m (6,476 ft)
129  Cyprus Mount Olympus 1,951 m (6,401 ft)
130  South Korea Halla-san 1,950 m (6,398 ft)
131  Sierra Leone Mount Bintumani (Loma Mansa) 1,948 m (6,391 ft)
132  United Arab Emirates Unnamed knoll west of Jabal Bil Ays 1,910 m (6,266 ft)
133  Vanuatu Mount Tabwemasana 1,877 m (6,158 ft)
134  Swaziland Emlembe 1,862 m (6,109 ft)
135  Samoa Mauga Silisili (Savaii) 1,857 m (6,093 ft)
136  Jordan Jabal Umm ad Dami 1,854 m (6,083 ft)
137  Brunei Bukit Pagon 1,850 m (6,070 ft)
138  Croatia Dinara 1,831 m (6,007 ft)
139  Cambodia Phnom Aural 1,810 m (5,938 ft)
140  Côte d'Ivoire Mont Nimba 1,752 m (5,748 ft)
140  Guinea Mont Nimba 1,752 m (5,748 ft)
144  Czech Republic Sněžka 1,602 m (5,256 ft)
145  Tunisia Jebel ech Chambi 1,544 m (5,066 ft)
146  Botswana Otse Hill 1,491 m (4,892 ft)[16]
148  Dominica Morne Diablotins 1,447 m (4,747 ft)
149  Liberia Mount Wuteve 1,440 m (4,724 ft)[1]
150  Central African Republic Mont Ngaoui 1,420 m (4,659 ft)
152  United Kingdom Ben Nevis 1,344 m (4,409 ft)
154  Fiji Tomanivi 1,324 m (4,344 ft)
154  Finland Halti 1,324 m (4,344 ft)[17]
156  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Soufrière 1,234 m (4,049 ft)
157  Suriname Juliana Top 1,230 m (4,035 ft)
158  Saint Kitts and Nevis Mount Liamuiga 1,156 m (3,793 ft)
159  Mali Hombori Tondo 1,155 m (3,789 ft)
160  Belize Doyle's Delight 1,124 m (3,688 ft)
161  Gabon Mont Bengoué 1,070 m (3,510 ft)[18]
162  Bangladesh Mowdok Mual 1,052 m (3,451 ft)[19]
163  Ireland Carrauntoohil 1,038 m (3,406 ft)
164  Tonga unnamed location on Kao Island 1,033 m (3,389 ft)
165  Republic of the Congo Mont Nabeba 1,020 m (3,346 ft)
167  Hungary Kékes 1,014 m (3,327 ft)
168  Togo Mont Agou 986 m (3,235 ft)
172  Saint Lucia Mount Gimie 950 m (3,117 ft)
173  Trinidad and Tobago El Cerro del Aripo 940 m (3,084 ft)
174  Mauritania Kediet ej Jill 915 m (3,002 ft)
176  Seychelles Morne Seychellois 905 m (2,969 ft)
178  Ghana Mount Afadjato 880 m (2,887 ft)
181  Paraguay Cerro Peró (Cerro Tres Kandú) 842 m (2,762 ft)
182  Grenada Mount Saint Catherine 840 m (2,756 ft)
183  Mauritius Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire 828 m (2,717 ft)
184  Micronesia Dolohmwar (Totolom) 791 m (2,595 ft)
186  San Marino Monte Titano 755 m (2,477 ft)
187  Burkina Faso Tena Kourou 749 m (2,457 ft)
189  Belgium Signal de Botrange 694 m (2,277 ft)
191  Benin Mont Sokbaro 658 m (2,159 ft)
194  Senegal unnamed feature near Nepen Diakha 581 m (1,906 ft)
195  Luxembourg Kneiff 560 m (1,837 ft)
197  Uruguay Cerro Catedral 514 m (1,686 ft)
200  Moldova Dealul Bălăneşti 430 m (1,411 ft)
204  Antigua and Barbuda Mount Obama 402 m (1,319 ft)
207  Belarus Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m (1,135 ft)
208  Barbados Mount Hillaby 336 m (1,102 ft)
209  Netherlands Vaalserberg 322 m (1,056 ft)
211  Estonia Suur Munamägi 318 m (1,043 ft)
212  Latvia Gaizinkalns 312 m (1,024 ft)
213  Kuwait unnamed location 306 m (1,004 ft)
214  Guinea-Bissau unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country 300 m (984 ft)
215  Lithuania Aukštojas Hill 294 m (965 ft)
217  Malta Ta'Dmejrek 253 m (830 ft)
218  Palau Mount Ngerchelchuus 242 m (794 ft)
222  Denmark Møllehøj 171 m (561 ft)
223  Singapore Bukit Timah 164 m (538 ft)
224  Monaco Chemin des Révoires, a pathway located on the slopes of Mont Agel 161 m (528 ft)
226  Bahrain Jabal ad Dukhan 122 m (400 ft)
228  Qatar Qurayn Abu al Bawl 103 m (338 ft)
229  Kiribati unnamed location on Banaba 81 m (266 ft)
231  Vatican City unnamed location 75 m (246 ft)
232  Nauru Command Ridge 71 m (233 ft)
235  Bahamas Mount Alvernia on Cat Island 63 m (207 ft)
236  The Gambia unnamed location 53 m (174 ft)
240  Marshall Islands unnamed location on Likiep 10 m (33 ft)
241  Tuvalu unnamed location 5 m (16 ft)
244  Maldives unnamed location on Villingili Island in the Addu Atoll 2 m (7 ft)

Countries with disputed sovereignty

Rank
Country
Claimant
Highest point
Height
Notes
44  Abkhazia  Georgia Dombai-Ulgen 4,046 m (13,274 ft)
46  Republic of China (Taiwan)  People's Republic of China Yushan 3,952 m (12,966 ft)
47  South Ossetia  Georgia Mount Khalatsa 3,938 m (12,920 ft)
94  Kosovo[14]  Serbia Djeravica 2,656 m (8,714 ft)
166 Palestinian territories Palestinian territories  Israel Tall Asur 1,016 m (3,333 ft)
199  Western Sahara  Morocco unnamed location 463 m (1,519 ft)

Dependent countries and overseas territories

This section includes all countries and territories that are listed by ISO 3166-1 but not listed in the above sections.

Rank
Country or Territory
Mother country
Highest point
Height
Notes
 Antarctica None, territorial claims Mount Vinson 4,892 m (16,050 ft)
53  Greenland Kingdom of Denmark Gunnbjørn 3,700 m (12,139 ft)
65  Réunion Overseas France Piton des Neiges 3,069 m (10,069 ft)
77  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands United Kingdom[20] Mount Paget 2,934 m (9,626 ft)
116  French Polynesia Overseas France Mont Orohena 2,241 m (7,352 ft)
124  Saint Helena United Kingdom Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 2,060 m (6,759 ft)
142  Svalbard Norway Newtontoppen 1,717 m (5,633 ft)
143  New Caledonia Overseas France Mont Panie 1,628 m (5,341 ft)
147  Guadeloupe Overseas France La Grande Soufrière 1,484 m (4,869 ft)
151  Martinique Overseas France Montagne Pelee 1,397 m (4,583 ft)
153  Puerto Rico United States Cerro de Punta 1,338 m (4,390 ft)
169  American Samoa United States Lata Mountain 966 m (3,169 ft)
170  Northern Mariana Islands United States unnamed location on Agrihan 965 m (3,166 ft)
171  Hong Kong People's Republic of China Tai Mo Shan 958 m (3,143 ft)
175  Montserrat United Kingdom Chances Peak in the Soufriere Hills volcanic complex 915 m (3,002 ft)
177  Faroe Islands Kingdom of Denmark Slættaratindur 882 m (2,894 ft)
179  Netherlands Antilles Kingdom of the Netherlands Mount Scenery on Saba 877 m (2,877 ft)
180  French Guiana Overseas France Bellevue de l'Inini 851 m (2,792 ft)
185  Wallis and Futuna Overseas France Mont Singavi 765 m (2,510 ft)
188  Falkland Islands United Kingdom Mount Usborne 705 m (2,313 ft) Claimed by Argentina
190  Mayotte Overseas France Benara 660 m (2,165 ft)
192  Cook Islands New Zealand Te Manga 652 m (2,139 ft)
193  Isle of Man UK Crown Dependency Snaefell 621 m (2,037 ft)
196  British Virgin Islands United Kingdom Mount Sage 521 m (1,709 ft)
198  United States Virgin Islands United States Crown Mountain 474 m (1,555 ft)
201  Gibraltar United Kingdom Rock of Gibraltar 426 m (1,398 ft)
202  Saint-Martin Overseas France Pic Paradis 424 m (1,391 ft)
203  Guam United States Mount Lamlam 406 m (1,332 ft)
205  Christmas Island Australia Murray Hill 361 m (1,184 ft)
206  Pitcairn Islands United Kingdom Pawala Valley Ridge 347 m (1,138 ft)
210  Norfolk Island Australia Mount Bates 319 m (1,047 ft)
216  Saint-Barthélemy Overseas France Morne du Vitet 286 m (938 ft)
219  Saint Pierre and Miquelon Overseas France Morne de la Grande Montagne 240 m (787 ft)
220  Aruba Kingdom of the Netherlands Mount Jamanota 188 m (617 ft)
221  Macau People's Republic of China Coloane Alto 172 m (564 ft)
225  Jersey UK Crown Dependency Les Platons 143 m (469 ft)
227  Guernsey UK Crown Dependency Le Moulin, Sark 114 m (374 ft)
230  Bermuda UK Crown dependency Town Hill, Bermuda 76 m (249 ft)
233  Niue New Zealand unnamed location near Mutalau settlement 68 m (223 ft)
234  Anguilla United Kingdom Crocus Hill, near The Valley 65 m (213 ft)
237  Turks and Caicos Islands United Kingdom Blue Hills on the island of Providenciales 49 m (161 ft)
238  Cayman Islands United Kingdom The Bluff on the island of Cayman Brac 43 m (141 ft)
239  British Indian Ocean Territory United Kingdom unnamed location on Diego Garcia 15 m (49 ft)
241  Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia unnamed location 5 m (16 ft)
241  Tokelau New Zealand unnamed location 5 m (16 ft)

See also

References

  • CIA World Factbook 2006 (items marked * have been amended, see [1] for supporting documentation). Both this list and the CIA list may contain further errors. Despite the claim by the CIA that their list was updated in July 2006, none of the errors listed on the talk page have been corrected.
  • World Tops and Bottoms, by Grant Hutchison, 1996, TACit Press, ISBN 0 9522680 4 3, and subsequent research by the same author, in collaboration with field research by Ginge Fullen.
  • Data supplied by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
  • Information about specific items on talk page
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Some authorities give other elevations for these national high points. For more information, see the appropriate summit pages.
  2. ^ a b The territory of Kashmir lies to the south and west of K2 is controlled and administered by Pakistan; the territory on the north and east sides is controlled and administered by China. The whole of K2 is claimed by India.
  3. ^ Some authorities claim that Gangkhar Puensum is lower than Kula Kangri, and that Kula Kangri is on Bhutan's border
  4. ^ Mount Chimborazo's summit in Ecuador is generally thought to be the point on the surface farthest from the center of the Earth.
  5. ^ a b Ownership of the Mont Blanc summit is disputed.
  6. ^ Initial Communication of the Republic of Uzbekistan - Geographic Situation and Climate, page 17 Before independence, it was called the Peak of the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party.
  7. ^ The highest point on the Spanish mainland is Mulhacén, 3,479 m (11,414 ft)
  8. ^ Most authorities claim that Jabal Sawda, 3133 m, is the highest point in Saudi Arabia, but SRTM data indicates a lower elevation, with higher elevations elsewhere in the country.
  9. ^ The highest point on the Australian mainland is Mount Kosciuszko, 2,228 m (7,310 ft)
  10. ^ The official Montenegrin claim that Zla Kolata, in the Prokletije range, is higher than Rosni Vrh (Maja Rosit) and Bobotov Kuk, was confirmed by a GPS survey by Ginge Fullen in August 2007.
  11. ^ The highest point on the Portuguese mainland is Torre, in the mountain range named Serra da Estrela, 1,993 m (6,539 ft)
  12. ^ Some authorities claim Makarakomburu, 2447 m, as the highest point, but neither SRTM data nor local topographic mapping support this elevation.
  13. ^ Israel has annexed and administers the Golan Heights territory, which includes part of Mount Hermon, but its territorial claim is disputed in international law and the area is generally not considered by the international community to be Israeli territory.
  14. ^ a b Djeravica is in Kosovo, whose 2008 declaration of independence has been partially recognised but has not achieved full UN recognition.
  15. ^ Dagens Nyheter 27-08-2008
  16. ^ Monalanong Hill is a mountain often considered the highest point of Botswana, with a questioned altitude of 1,494 metres (4,900 feet). This datum comes from the SRTM database just as the 1,491 m for Otse. The error range of these data is significantly higher (approximately 15 m), but a British explorer did a GPS reading on the top of both hills, and his measurement showed Otse slightly higher.
  17. ^ Suomen korkeus onkin 1,324 m (4,344 ft)etriä - The highest point of Finland is on 1,324 m (4,344 ft). The point with 1,328 m (4,357 ft) is on the Norwegian side of the border.
  18. ^ Claims that Mont Iboundji is the highest point and more than 1500 metres high are not supported by SRTM data.
  19. ^ Claims that Keokradong is higher than Mowdok have been disproved by SRTM data, topographic mapping and recent GPS measurements.
  20. ^ The highest point on United Kingdom domestic territory is Ben Nevis, 1,344 m (4,409 ft). The highest point on UK overseas territory is Mount Paget, 2,934 m (9,626 ft), on South Georgia (claimed by Argentina). Antarctic territorial claims, whose precise validity is unclear, are not listed here.
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