Yes, but at that height you would be building them for a tall person. The average is 19 inches. This allows a woman to reach items on the second shelf easily.
You can put them at any height you want.
18 inches (1 foot 6 inches)
17-18".
The standard kitchen cabinet box height is 34. 5 inches. Base cabinets are 24 inches deep. Upper cabinets are 12 inches deep and have a height of 30 or 42 inches.
It's like the same as asking the length of a piece of string. They can come in all different shapes and sizes and mostly depend on what they're made for, or what they're made from.
standard distance between bottom and upper cabinets is 18".
18 inches
The standard depth of base cabinets in a kitchen is 1'6" to 1' 10" . To know more about kitchen cabinets follow the link below: http://www.gharexpert.com/articles/Kitchen-1534/Kitchen-Cabinets_0.aspx In the U.S., standard kitchen base cabinet depth is 2'-0".
In the USA, most kitchen counters are 36" high. This measurement was standardized many years ago when the average heighth of a female was less than it currently is. They can be set to suit your own tastes (so that you need not bend so much when doing dishes). ie., my counters are 40" high.
Because that is what "upper limit" means!
18" is standard (same as the distance between the counter and upper cabinets), and most modern cabinets that microwaves are suspended from are built for this.
about 20 inches
about 20 inches