Map of countries coloured according to their highest point

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

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

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Land surface elevation extremes by country

Country or region Highest point Maximum elevation Lowest point Minimum elevation Elevation span
  Afghanistan Noshakh 7492 m
24,580 ft
Amu Darya 258 m
846 ft
7234 m
23,734 ft
  Albania Korab 2764 m
9,068 ft
Adriatic Sea sea level 2764 m
9,068 ft
  Algeria Mount Tahat 3003 m
9,852 ft
Chott Melrhir −40 m
−131 ft
3043 m
9,984 ft
  American Samoa Lata Mountain on Ta‘ū 966 m
3,169 ft
South Pacific Ocean sea level 966 m
3,169 ft
  Andorra Coma Pedrosa 2942 m
9,652 ft
Gran Valira 840 m
2,756 ft
2102 m
6,896 ft
  Angola Mount Moco 2620 m
8,596 ft
South Atlantic Ocean sea level 2620 m
8,596 ft
  Anguilla Crocus Hill 65 m
213 ft
Caribbean Sea sea level 65 m
213 ft
  Antarctica Mount Vinson 4892 m
16,050 ft
Deep Lake, Vestfold Hills[1][citation needed] −50 m
−164 ft
4942 m
16,214 ft
  Antigua and Barbuda Boggy Peak on Antigua 402 m
1,319 ft
Caribbean Sea sea level 402 m
1,319 ft
  Argentina Aconcagua[2][3] 6960 m
22,835 ft
Laguna del Carbón[4] −105 m
−344 ft
7065 m
23,179 ft
  Armenia Mount Aragats 4090 m
13,419 ft
Debed 400 m
1,312 ft
3690 m
12,106 ft
  Aruba Mount Jamanota 188 m
617 ft
Caribbean Sea sea level 188 m
617 ft
  Ashmore and Cartier Islands Unnamed location 3 m
10 ft
Indian Ocean sea level 3 m
10 ft
  Australia Mount Kosciuszko[5] 2228 m
7,310 ft
Lake Eyre −15 m
−49 ft
2243 m
7,359 ft
  Austria Grossglockner 3798 m
12,461 ft
Lake Neusiedl 115 m
377 ft
3683 m
12,083 ft
  Azerbaijan Mount Bazardüzü 4485 m
14,715 ft
Caspian Sea −28 m
−92 ft
4513 m
14,806 ft
  Bahamas Mount Alvernia on Cat Island 63 m
207 ft
North Atlantic Ocean sea level 63 m
207 ft
  Bahrain Mountain of Smoke 122 m
400 ft
Persian Gulf sea level 122 m
400 ft
  Bangladesh Saka Haphong 1052 m
3,451 ft
Bay of Bengal sea level 1052 m
3,451 ft
  Barbados Mount Hillaby 336 m
1,102 ft
North Atlantic Ocean sea level 336 m
1,102 ft
  Belarus Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m
1,135 ft
Neman 90 m
295 ft
256 m
840 ft
  Belgium Signal de Botrange 694 m
2,277 ft
De Moeren −4 m
−13 ft
698 m
2,290 ft
  Belize Doyle's Delight 1124 m
3,688 ft
Caribbean Sea sea level 1124 m
3,688 ft
  Benin Mont Sokbaro 658 m
2,159 ft
Bight of Benin sea level 658 m
2,159 ft
  Bermuda Town Hill 76 m
249 ft
North Atlantic Ocean sea level 76 m
249 ft
  Bhutan Gangkhar Puensum 7570 m
24,836 ft
Drangme Chhu 97 m
318 ft
7473 m
24,518 ft
  Bolivia Sajama 6542 m
21,463 ft
Paraguay River 90 m
295 ft
6452 m
21,168 ft
  Bosnia and Herzegovina Maglić 2386 m
7,828 ft
Adriatic Sea sea level 2386 m
7,828 ft
  Botswana Otse Hill 1491 m
4,892 ft
Confluence of Limpopo River and Shashe River 513 m
1,683 ft
978 m
3,209 ft
  Bouvet Island Olavtoppen 935 m
3,068 ft
South Atlantic Ocean sea level 935 m
3,068 ft
  Brazil Pico da Neblina 2995 m
9,826 ft[6]
Atlantic Ocean sea level 2995 m
9,826 ft
  British Indian Ocean Territory Unnamed location on Diego Garcia 15 m
49 ft
Indian Ocean sea level 15 m
49 ft
  Brunei Bukit Pagon 1850 m
6,070 ft
South China Sea sea level 1850 m
6,070 ft
  Bulgaria Musala 2925 m
9,596 ft
Black Sea sea level 2925 m
9,596 ft
  Burkina Faso Mount Tenakourou 749 m
2,457 ft
Black Volta 200 m
656 ft
549 m
1,801 ft
  Burundi Mount Heha 2684 m
8,806 ft
Lake Tanganyika 772 m
2,533 ft
1912 m
6,273 ft
  Cambodia Phnom Aural 1810 m
5,938 ft
Gulf of Thailand sea level 1810 m
5,938 ft
  Cameroon Mount Cameroon 4040 m
13,255 ft
Bight of Bonny sea level 4040 m
13,255 ft
  Canada Mount Logan[7] 5959 m
19,551 ft
North Atlantic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
North Pacific Ocean
sea level 5959 m
19,551 ft
  Cape Verde Pico do Fogo 2829 m
9,281 ft
North Atlantic Ocean sea level 2829 m
9,281 ft
  Cayman Islands The Bluff on Cayman Brac 46 m
151 ft
Caribbean Sea sea level 46 m
151 ft
  Central African Republic Mont Ngaoui 1420 m
4,659 ft
Ubangi River 335 m
1,099 ft
1085 m
3,560 ft
  Chad Emi Koussi 3445 m
11,302 ft
Djourab Depression 160 m
525 ft
3285 m
10,778 ft
  Chile Ojos del Salado[8][9] 6893 m
22,615 ft
South Pacific Ocean sea level 6893 m
22,615 ft
  China[10] Mount Everest[11][12] 8848 m
29,029 ft
Ayding Lake[13] −154 m
−505 ft
9,002 m
29,534 ft
  Christmas Island Murray Hill 361 m
1,184 ft
Indian Ocean sea level 361 m
1,184 ft
  Clipperton Island Rocher Clipperton 29 m
95 ft
North Pacific Ocean sea level 29 m
95 ft
  Cocos (Keeling) Islands Unnamed location 5 m
16 ft
Indian Ocean sea level 5 m
16 ft
  Colombia Pico Cristóbal Colón[14]
Pico Simón Bolívar
5700 m
18,701 ft
North Pacific Ocean
Caribbean Sea
sea level 5700 m
18,701 ft
  Comoros Mount Karthala on Grande Comore 2360 m
7,743 ft
Indian Ocean sea level 2360 m
7,743 ft
  Democratic Republic of the Congo Mount Stanley (Margherita Peak) 5109 m
16,762 ft
South Atlantic Ocean sea level 5109 m
16,762 ft
  Republic of the Congo Mont Nabemba 1020 m
3,346 ft
South Atlantic Ocean sea level 1020 m
3,346 ft
  Cook Islands Te Manga on Rarotonga 652 m
2,139 ft
South Pacific Ocean sea level 652 m
2,139 ft
  Coral Sea Islands Unnamed location on Cato Island 29 m
95 ft
South Pacific Ocean sea level 29 m
95 ft
  Costa Rica Cerro Chirripó 3820 m
12,533 ft
North Pacific Ocean
Caribbean Sea
sea level 3820 m
12,533 ft
  Ivory Coast Mont Nimba 1752 m
5,748 ft
Gulf of Guinea sea level 1752 m
5,748 ft
  Croatia Dinara 1831 m
6,007 ft
Adriatic Sea sea level 1831 m
6,007 ft
  Cuba Pico Turquino 1974 m
6,476 ft
Caribbean Sea sea level 1974 m
6,476 ft
  Curaçao Christoffelberg 375 m
1,230 ft
Caribbean Sea sea level 375 m
1,230 ft
  Cyprus Mount Olympus 1951 m
6,401 ft
Mediterranean Sea sea level 1951 m
6,401 ft
  Czech Republic Sněžka 1603 m
5,259 ft
Elbe 115 m
377 ft
1487 m
4,879 ft
  Denmark Møllehøj 171 m
561 ft
Lammefjord −7 m
−23 ft
178 m
584 ft
  Djibouti Mousa Ali 2028 m
6,654 ft
Lake Assal[15] −155 m
−509 ft
2183 m
7,162 ft
  Dominica Morne Diablotins 1447 m
4,747 ft
Caribbean Sea sea level 1447 m
4,747 ft
  Dominican Republic Pico Duarte[16] 3098 m
10,164 ft
Lago Enriquillo[17][18] on Hispaniola −45 m
−148 ft
3143 m
10,312 ft
  Ecuador Chimborazo[19] 6267 m
20,561 ft
Pacific Ocean sea level 6267 m
20,561 ft
  Egypt Mount Catherine 2629 m
8,625 ft
Qattara Depression −133 m
−436 ft
2762 m
9,062 ft
  El Salvador Cerro El Pital 2730 m
8,957 ft
North Pacific Ocean sea level 2730 m
8,957 ft
  Equatorial Guinea Pico Basile on Bioko 3008 m
9,869 ft
North Atlantic Ocean sea level 3008 m
9,869 ft
  Eritrea Emba Soira 3018 m
9,902 ft
Lake Kulul −75 m
−246 ft
3093 m
10,148 ft
  Estonia Suur Munamägi 318 m
1,043 ft
Baltic Sea sea level 318 m
1,043 ft
  Eswatini Emlembe 1862 m
6,109 ft
Maputo River 21 m
69 ft
1841 m
6,040 ft
  Ethiopia Ras Dejen 4550 m
14,928 ft
Danakil Depression −125 m
−410 ft
4675 m
15,338 ft
  Falkland Islands Mount Usborne on East Falkland 705 m
2,313 ft
South Atlantic Ocean sea level 705 m
2,313 ft
  Faroe Islands Slættaratindur on Eysturoy 880 m
2,887 ft
North Atlantic Ocean sea level 880 m
2,887 ft
  Fiji Tomanivi on Viti Levu 1324 m
4,344 ft
South Pacific Ocean sea level 1324 m
4,344 ft
  Finland Halti 1324 m
4,344 ft
Baltic Sea sea level 1324 m
4,344 ft
  France Mont Blanc[20] 4810 m
15,781 ft
Étang de Lavalduc −10 m
−33 ft
4820 m
15,814 ft
  French Guiana Bellevue de l'Inini 851 m
2,792 ft
North Atlantic Ocean sea level 851 m
2,792 ft
  French Polynesia Mont Orohena[21] 2241 m
7,352 ft
South Pacific Ocean sea level 2241 m
7,352 ft
  French Southern and Antarctic Lands Mont Ross on Kerguelen Islands 1850 m
6,070 ft
Indian Ocean sea level 1850 m
6,070 ft
  Gabon Mont Bengoué 1070 m
3,510 ft
Atlantic Ocean sea level 1070 m
3,510 ft
  Gambia Unnamed point 64 m
210 ft[22]
North Atlantic Ocean sea level 64 m
210 ft
  Georgia Shkhara 5201 m
17,064 ft
Black Sea sea level 5201 m
17,064 ft
  Germany Zugspitze 2962 m
9,718 ft
Neuendorf-Sachsenbande −4 m
−12 ft
2966 m
9,729 ft
  Ghana Mount Afadjato 880 m
2,887 ft
Gulf of Guinea sea level 880 m
2,887 ft
  Gibraltar Rock of Gibraltar 426 m
1,398 ft
Strait of Gibraltar sea level 426 m
1,398 ft
  Greece Mount Olympus 2917 m
9,570 ft
Mediterranean Sea sea level[23] 2917 m
9,570 ft
  Greenland Gunnbjørn Fjeld[24] 3700 m
12,139 ft
Arctic Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean
sea level 3700 m
12,139 ft
  Grenada Mount Saint Catherine 840 m
2,756 ft
Caribbean Sea sea level 840 m
2,756 ft
  Guadeloupe La Grande Soufrière on Basse-Terre Island 1484 m
4,869 ft
Caribbean Sea sea level 1484 m
4,869 ft
  Guam Mount Lamlam[25] 406 m
1,332 ft
North Pacific Ocean sea level 406 m
1,332 ft
  Guatemala Volcán Tajumulco[26] 4220 m
13,845 ft
North Pacific Ocean
Caribbean Sea
sea level 4220 m
13,845 ft
  Guernsey Le Moulin 114 m
374 ft
English Channel sea level 114 m
374 ft
  Guinea Mont Nimba 1752 m
5,748 ft
North Atlantic Ocean sea level 1752 m
5,748 ft
  Guinea-Bissau Unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country 300 m
984 ft
North Atlantic Ocean sea level 300 m
984 ft
  Guyana Mount Roraima 2772 m
9,094 ft[27]
North Atlantic Ocean sea level 2772 m
9,094 ft
  Haiti Pic la Selle 2680 m
8,793 ft
Caribbean Sea sea level 2680 m
8,793 ft
  Heard Island and McDonald Islands Big Ben (Mawson Peak)[5] 2745 m
9,006 ft
Indian Ocean sea level 2745 m
9,006 ft
  Honduras Cerro Las Minas 2870 m
9,416 ft
Caribbean Sea
North Pacific Ocean
sea level 2870 m
9,416 ft
  Hong Kong Tai Mo Shan 958 m
3,143 ft
South China Sea sea level 958 m
3,143 ft
  Hungary Kékes 1014 m
3,327 ft
Tisza 76 m
249 ft
938 m
3,077 ft
  Iceland Hvannadalshnúkur 2110 m
6,921 ft
North Atlantic Ocean sea level 2110 m
6,921 ft
  India Kangchenjunga[28][29] 8586 m
28,169 ft
Kuttanad[30] −2 m
−7 ft
8588 m
28,177 ft
  Indonesia Puncak Jaya[31] 4884 m
16,024 ft
Indian Ocean
South Pacific Ocean
sea level 4884 m
16,024 ft
  Iran Damavand 5610 m
18,406 ft
Caspian Sea −28 m
−92 ft
5638 m
18,497 ft
  Iraq Cheekha Dar 3611 m
11,847 ft
Persian Gulf sea level 3611 m
11,847 ft
  Ireland Carrauntoohil 1038 m
3,406 ft
North Slob −3 m
−10 ft
1038 m
3,406 ft
  Isle of Man Snaefell 621 m
2,037 ft
Irish Sea sea level 621 m
2,037 ft
  Israel Mount Hermon (de facto; in the occupied Golan Heights)[32]

Mount Meron (de jure; inside the Green Line)

2236 m
7,336 ft
Dead Sea[33] −428 m
−1,404 ft
2664 m
8,740 ft
  Italy Monte Bianco[20] 4810 m
15,781 ft
Jolanda di Savoia −3 m
−10 ft
4813 m
15,791 ft
  Jamaica Blue Mountain Peak 2256 m
7,402 ft
Caribbean Sea sea level 2256 m
7,402 ft
  Japan Mount Fuji on Honshu 3776 m
12,388 ft
Hachiro-gata on Honshu −4 m
−13 ft
3780 m
12,402 ft
  Jersey Les Platons 143 m
469 ft
English Channel sea level 143 m
469 ft
  Jordan Jabal Umm ad Dami 1854 m
6,083 ft
Dead Sea[33] −428 m
−1,404 ft
2276 m
7,467 ft
  Kazakhstan Khan Tengri 7010 m
22,999 ft
Karagiye Depression −132 m
−433 ft
7142 m
23,432 ft
  Kenya Mount Kenya 5199 m
17,057 ft
Indian Ocean sea level 5199 m
17,057 ft
  Kiribati Unnamed location on Banaba 81 m
266 ft
Pacific Ocean sea level 81 m
266 ft
  North Korea Paektu-san 2744 m
9,003 ft
Sea of Japan
Yellow Sea
sea level 2744 m
9,003 ft
  South Korea Halla-san on Jejudo 1950 m
6,398 ft
Sea of Japan
Yellow Sea
sea level 1950 m
6,398 ft
  Kosovo Velika Rudoka[34][35][36] 2660 m
8,728 ft
White Drin 297 m
974 ft
2359 m
7,740 ft
  Kuwait Mutla Ridge 306 m
1,004 ft
Persian Gulf sea level 306 m
1,004 ft
  Kyrgyzstan Jengish Chokusu 7439 m
24,406 ft
Kara Darya 435 m
1,427 ft
7004 m
22,979 ft
  Laos Phou Bia 2817 m
9,242 ft
Mekong 70 m
230 ft
2747 m
9,012 ft
  Latvia Gaiziņkalns 312 m
1,024 ft
Baltic Sea sea level 312 m
1,024 ft
  Lebanon Qurnat as Sawda' 3088 m
10,131 ft
Mediterranean Sea sea level 3088 m
10,131 ft
  Lesotho Thabana Ntlenyana[37] 3482 m
11,424 ft
Confluence of Orange River and Makhaleng River 1400 m
4,593 ft
2082 m
6,831 ft
  Liberia Mount Wuteve 1440 m
4,724 ft
North Atlantic Ocean sea level 1440 m
4,724 ft
  Libya Bikku Bitti 2267 m
7,438 ft
Sabkhat Ghuzayyil −47 m
−154 ft
2314 m
7,592 ft
  Liechtenstein Grauspitz 2599 m
8,527 ft
Rhine 430 m
1,411 ft
2169 m
7,116 ft
  Lithuania Aukštojas Hill 294 m
964 ft
Nemunas Delta −5 m
−16 ft
295 m
968 ft
  Luxembourg Kneiff 560 m
1,837 ft
Moselle River 133 m
436 ft
427 m
1,401 ft
  Macau Coloane Alto on Gau Ou Saan 172 m
564 ft
South China Sea sea level 172 m
564 ft
  North Macedonia Golem Korab 2764 m
9,068 ft
Vardar 50 m
164 ft
2714 m
8,904 ft
  Madagascar Maromokotro 2876 m
9,436 ft
Indian Ocean sea level 2876 m
9,436 ft
  Malawi Mount Mulanje 3002 m
9,849 ft
Shire River 37 m
121 ft
2965 m
9,728 ft
  Malaysia Gunung Kinabalu on Borneo 4095 m
13,436 ft
South China Sea
Indian Ocean
sea level 4095 m
13,436 ft
  Maldives[38] Mount Villingili on Villingili 5 m
17 ft
Indian Ocean sea level 5 m
17 ft
  Mali Hombori Tondo 1155 m
3,789 ft
Senegal River 23 m
75 ft
1132 m
3,714 ft
  Malta Ta'Dmejrek on Malta Island 253 m
830 ft
Mediterranean Sea sea level 253 m
830 ft
  Marshall Islands Unnamed location on Likiep 10 m
33 ft
North Pacific Ocean sea level 10 m
33 ft
  Martinique Mount Pelée 1397 m
4,583 ft
Caribbean Sea sea level 1397 m
4,583 ft
  Mauritania Kediet ej Jill 915 m
3,002 ft
Sebkha de Ndrhamcha −5 m
−16 ft
920 m
3,018 ft
  Mauritius Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire 828 m
2,717 ft
Indian Ocean sea level 828 m
2,717 ft
  Mayotte Benara on Mahoré 660 m
2,165 ft
Mozambique Channel sea level 660 m
2,165 ft
  Mexico Volcán Citlaltépetl (Pico de Orizaba)[39] 5636 m
18,491 ft
Laguna Salada −10 m
−33 ft
5646 m
18,524 ft
  Federated States of Micronesia Nanlaud on Pohnpei 782 m
2,566 ft
North Pacific Ocean sea level 782 m
2,566 ft
  Moldova Bălănești Hill 430 m
1,411 ft
Dniester 2 m
7 ft
428 m
1,404 ft
  Monaco along Chemin des Révoires on Mont Agel 161 m
528 ft
Mediterranean Sea sea level 161 m
528 ft
  Mongolia Khüiten Peak 4374 m
14,350 ft
Hoh Nuur 518 m
1,699 ft
3856 m
12,651 ft
  Montenegro Zla Kolata 2534 m
8,314 ft
Adriatic Sea sea level 2534 m
8,314 ft
  Montserrat Chances Peak 915 m
3,002 ft
Caribbean Sea sea level 915 m
3,002 ft
  Morocco[40] Jbel Toubkal 4165 m
13,665 ft
Sebkha Tah −55 m
−180 ft
4220 m
13,845 ft
  Mozambique Monte Binga 2436 m
7,992 ft
Mozambique Channel sea level 2436 m
7,992 ft
  Myanmar Hkakabo Razi 5881 m
19,295 ft
Indian Ocean sea level 5881 m
19,295 ft
  Namibia Königstein 2573 m
8,442 ft
South Atlantic Ocean sea level 2573 m
8,442 ft
  Nauru Command Ridge 71 m
233 ft
South Pacific Ocean sea level 71 m
233 ft
  Nepal Mount Everest[11][41] 8848 m
29,029 ft
Mukhiyapatti Musharniya 59 m
194 ft
8789 m
28,835 ft
  Netherlands Mount Scenery[42] on Saba 887 m
2,910 ft
Vergeten Plek, in the Zuidplaspolder near Waddinxveen −7 m
−22 ft
894 m
2,932 ft
  New Caledonia Mont Panié 1628 m
5,341 ft
Coral Sea sea level 1628 m
5,341 ft
  New Zealand Aoraki / Mount Cook[43] in the South Island 3724 m
12,218 ft
Unnamed location near Momona, Taieri Plains, Otago −2 m
−7 ft
3726 m
12,224 ft
  Nicaragua Mogotón 2107 m
6,913 ft
North Pacific Ocean
Caribbean Sea
sea level 2107 m
6,913 ft
  Niger Mont Idoukal-n-Taghès 2022 m
6,634 ft
Niger River 200 m
656 ft
1822 m
5,978 ft
  Nigeria Chappal Waddi 2419 m
7,936 ft
Unnamed location on Lagos Island −0.2 m
−0.7 ft
2419 m
7,937 ft
  Niue Unnamed location near Mutalau on Niue 68 m
223 ft
South Pacific Ocean sea level 68 m
223 ft
  Norfolk Island Mount Bates 319 m
1,047 ft
South Pacific Ocean sea level 319 m
1,047 ft
  Northern Mariana Islands Mount Agrihan on Agrihan 965 m
3,166 ft
North Pacific Ocean sea level 965 m
3,166 ft
  Norway Galdhøpiggen 2469 m
8,100 ft
Norwegian Sea sea level 2469 m
8,100 ft
  Oman Jabal Shams 3009 m
9,872 ft
Arabian Sea sea level 3009 m
9,872 ft
  Pakistan K2[44] 8611 m
28,251 ft
Arabian Sea sea level 8611 m
28,251 ft
  Palau Mount Ngerchelchuus on Babeldaob 242 m
794 ft
North Pacific Ocean sea level 242 m
794 ft
  Palestine Mount Nabi Yunis 1030 m
3,379 ft
Dead Sea[33] −428 m
−1,404 ft
1444 m
4,738 ft
  Panama Volcán Barú 3475 m
11,401 ft
North Pacific Ocean
Caribbean Sea
sea level 3475 m
11,401 ft
  Papua New Guinea Mount Wilhelm 4509 m
14,793 ft
South Pacific Ocean sea level 4509 m
14,793 ft
  Paraguay Cerro Peró 842 m
2,762 ft
Paraguay River 46 m
151 ft
796 m
2,612 ft
  Peru Huascarán[45] 6768 m
22,205 ft
Bayóvar Depression −34 m
−112 ft
6802 m
22,316 ft
  Philippines Mount Apo on Mindanao 2954 m
9,692 ft
Philippine Sea
South China Sea
sea level 2954 m
9,692 ft
  Pitcairn Islands Pawala Valley Ridge 347 m
1,138 ft
South Pacific Ocean sea level 347 m
1,138 ft
  Poland Northwestern peak of Rysy 2499 m
8,199 ft
Żuławy Wiślane −2 m
−6 ft
2501 m
8,205 ft
  Portugal Montanha do Pico on Pico Island[46] 2351 m
7,713 ft
North Atlantic Ocean sea level 2351 m
7,713 ft
  Puerto Rico Cerro de Punta 1338 m
4,390 ft
Caribbean Sea sea level 1338 m
4,390 ft
  Qatar Qurayn Abu al Bawl 103 m
338 ft
Persian Gulf sea level 103 m
338 ft
  Réunion Piton des Neiges 3069 m
10,069 ft
Indian Ocean sea level 3069 m
10,069 ft
  Romania Moldoveanu 2544 m
8,346 ft
Black Sea sea level 2544 m
8,346 ft
  Russia Mount Elbrus[47] 5642 m
18,510 ft
Caspian Sea[48] −28 m
−92 ft
5670 m
18,602 ft
  Rwanda Mount Karisimbi 4507 m
14,787 ft
Ruzizi River 950 m
3,117 ft
3557 m
11,670 ft
  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[40] Tikhzoukhane 605 m
1,985 ft
Sebjet Tah −55 m
−180 ft
660 m
2,165 ft
  Saint Barthélemy Morne du Vitet 286 m
938 ft
Caribbean Sea sea level 286 m
938 ft
  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 2060 m
6,759 ft
South Atlantic Ocean sea level 2060 m
6,759 ft
  Saint Kitts and Nevis Mount Liamuiga on Saint Kitts 1156 m
3,793 ft
Caribbean Sea sea level 1156 m
3,793 ft
  Saint Lucia Mount Gimie 950 m
3,117 ft
Caribbean Sea sea level 950 m
3,117 ft
  Saint Martin Pic Paradis on Saint Martin 424 m
1,391 ft
Caribbean Sea sea level 424 m
1,391 ft
  Saint Pierre and Miquelon Morne de la Grande Montagne on Miquelon 240 m
787 ft
North Atlantic Ocean sea level 240 m
787 ft
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines La Soufrière 1234 m
4,049 ft
Caribbean Sea sea level 1234 m
4,049 ft
  Samoa Mauga Silisili on Savai'i 1857 m
6,093 ft
South Pacific Ocean sea level 1857 m
6,093 ft
  San Marino Monte Titano 755 m
2,477 ft
Ausa River 55 m
180 ft
700 m
2,297 ft
  São Tomé and Príncipe Pico de São Tomé on São Tomé Island 2024 m
6,640 ft
Gulf of Guinea sea level 2024 m
6,640 ft
  Saudi Arabia Jabal Sawda 3000 m
9,843 ft
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
sea level 3000 m
9,843 ft
  Senegal Unnamed feature 2.7 km southeast of Nepen Diakha 648 m
2,126 ft
North Atlantic Ocean sea level 648 m
2,126 ft
  Serbia Midžor
(Velika Rudoka if Kosovo is considered as part of Serbia)
2169 m
7,116 ft
Confluence of the Timok River and the Danube River 28 m
92 ft
2141 m
7,024 ft
  Seychelles Morne Seychellois on Mahé 905 m
2,969 ft
Indian Ocean sea level 905 m
2,969 ft
  Sierra Leone Mount Bintumani 1948 m
6,391 ft
North Atlantic Ocean sea level 1948 m
6,391 ft
  Singapore Bukit Timah Hill 164 m
537 ft
Singapore Strait sea level 164 m
537 ft
  Sint Maarten 200 m SW of Flagstaff Peak (The summit is wholly in Saint Martin.)

[49][50][51]

383 m
1,257 ft
Caribbean Sea sea level 383 m
1,257 ft
  Slovakia Gerlachovský štít 2655 m
8,711 ft
Bodrog 94 m
308 ft
2561 m
8,402 ft
  Slovenia Triglav 2864 m
9,396 ft
Adriatic Sea sea level 2864 m
9,396 ft
  Solomon Islands Mount Popomanaseu on Guadalcanal 2335 m
7,661 ft
South Pacific Ocean sea level 2335 m
7,661 ft
  Somalia Shimbiris 2450 m
8,038 ft
Indian Ocean sea level 2450 m
8,038 ft
  South Africa Mafadi 3450 m
11,319 ft
South Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
sea level 3450 m
11,319 ft
  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Mount Paget[52] 2934 m
9,626 ft
South Atlantic Ocean sea level 2934 m
9,626 ft
  South Sudan Kinyeti 3187 m
10,456 ft
White Nile 350 m
1,148 ft
2837 m
9,308 ft
  Spain Teide[53] on Tenerife[54] 3715 m
12,188 ft
North Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
sea level 3715 m
12,188 ft
Spratly Islands[55] Unnamed location on Southwest Cay 4 m
13 ft
South China Sea sea level 4 m
13 ft
  Sri Lanka Pidurutalagala on Sri Lanka 2524 m
8,281 ft
Indian Ocean sea level 2524 m
8,281 ft
  Sudan Deriba Caldera 3042 m
9,980 ft
Red Sea sea level 3042 m
9,980 ft
  Suriname Juliana Top 1230 m
4,035 ft
North Atlantic Ocean sea level 1230 m
4,035 ft
  Svalbard and Jan Mayen Haakon VII Toppen 2277 m
7,470 ft
Norwegian Sea sea level 2277 m
7,470 ft
  Sweden Kebnekaise 2097 m
6,880 ft
Kristianstad −2 m
−8 ft
2099 m
6,888 ft
  Switzerland Dufourspitze
(Monte Rosa)
4634 m
15,203 ft
Lake Maggiore 193 m
633 ft
4441 m
14,570 ft
  Syria Jabal el-Sheikh 2814 m
9,232 ft
Northeast shores of the Sea of Galilee in the Golan Heights (from Syrian point of view; See Israeli-occupied territories) −214 m
−702 ft
2814 m
9,232 ft
  Taiwan[56] Yu Shan 3952 m
12,966 ft
South China Sea sea level 3952 m
12,966 ft
  Tajikistan Ismoil Somoni Peak 7495 m
24,590 ft
Syr Darya 300 m
984 ft
7195 m
23,606 ft
  Tanzania Kilimanjaro[57] 5892 m
19,331 ft
Indian Ocean sea level 5892 m
19,331 ft
  Thailand Doi Inthanon 2565 m
8,415 ft
Gulf of Thailand
Andaman Sea
sea level 2565 m
8,415 ft
  Timor-Leste Mount Ramelau on Timor 2963 m
9,721 ft
Timor Sea sea level 2963 m
9,721 ft
  Togo Mont Agou 986 m
3,235 ft
Bight of Benin sea level 986 m
3,235 ft
  Tokelau Unnamed location 5 m
16 ft
South Pacific Ocean sea level 5 m
16 ft
  Tonga Unnamed location on Kao 1033 m
3,389 ft
South Pacific Ocean sea level 1033 m
3,389 ft
  Trinidad and Tobago El Cerro del Aripo on Trinidad 940 m
3,084 ft
Caribbean Sea sea level 940 m
3,084 ft
  Tunisia Jebel ech Chambi 1544 m
5,066 ft
Shatt al Gharsah −17 m
−56 ft
1561 m
5,121 ft
  Turkey Mount Ararat 5137 m
16,854 ft
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
sea level 5137 m
16,854 ft
  Turkmenistan Aýrybaba 3139 m
10,299 ft
Vpadina Akchanaya[58] −81 m
−266 ft
3220 m
10,564 ft
  Turks and Caicos Islands Blue Hills on Providenciales 49 m
161 ft
North Atlantic Ocean sea level 49 m
161 ft
  Tuvalu Unnamed location on Niulakita 5 m
15 ft
South Pacific Ocean sea level 5 m
15 ft
  Uganda Mount Stanley (Margherita Peak) 5109 m
16,762 ft
Albert Nile 621 m
2,037 ft
4488 m
14,724 ft
  Ukraine Hoverla 2061 m
6,762 ft
Kuyalnik Estuary −5 m
−16 ft
2066 m
6,778 ft
  United Arab Emirates Jabal Al Jais 1910 m
6,266 ft
Persian Gulf
Gulf of Oman
sea level 1910 m
6,266 ft
  United Kingdom Ben Nevis 1345 m
4,413 ft
The Fens −4 m
−13 ft
1349 m
4,426 ft
  United States Denali[59][60][61] 6190.5 m
20,310 ft
Badwater Basin[62] −85.5 m
−281 ft
6276 m
20,591 ft
  United States Minor Outlying Islands Unnamed hill on Sand Island 13 m
43 ft
Pacific Ocean sea level 13 m
43 ft
  Uruguay Cerro Catedral 514 m
1,685 ft
South Atlantic Ocean sea level 514 m
1,685 ft
  Uzbekistan Khazret Sultan 4643 m
15,233 ft
Sariqarnish Kuli[58] −12 m
−39 ft
4655 m
15,272 ft
  Vanuatu Mount Tabwemasana on Espiritu Santo 1877 m
6,158 ft
South Pacific Ocean sea level 1877 m
6,158 ft
  Vatican City Vatican Hill 75 m
246 ft
Saint Peter's Square 33 m
108 ft
42 m
138 ft
  Venezuela Pico Bolívar 4978 m
16,332 ft
Lagunillas Municipality, Zulia −12 m
−39 ft
4990 m
16,371 ft
  Vietnam Fan Si Pan 3143 m
10,312 ft
South China Sea
Gulf of Thailand
sea level 3143 m
10,312 ft
  British Virgin Islands Mount Sage on Tortola 521 m
1,709 ft
Caribbean Sea sea level 521 m
1,709 ft
  United States Virgin Islands Crown Mountain on Saint Thomas 474 m
1,555 ft
Caribbean Sea sea level 474 m
1,555 ft
  Wallis and Futuna Mont Puke on Futuna 524 m
1,719 ft
South Pacific Ocean sea level 524 m
1,719 ft
  Yemen Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb 3666 m
12,028 ft
Arabian Sea sea level 3666 m
12,028 ft
  Zambia Mafinga Central 2329 m
7,641 ft
Zambezi 329 m
1,079 ft
2000 m
6,562 ft
  Zimbabwe Mount Nyangani 2592 m
8,504 ft
Confluence of Runde River and Save River 162 m
531 ft
2430 m
7,972 ft
  Earth Mount Everest[11] 8848 m
29,029 ft
Dead Sea[33] −428 m
−1,404 ft
9,276 m
30,433 ft

National elevation ranges edit

Of all countries, Lesotho has the world's highest low point at 1,400 metres (4,593 ft). Other countries with high low points include Rwanda (950 metres (3,117 ft)) and Andorra (840 metres (2,756 ft)). Countries with very low high points include Maldives (5 m), 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 changes 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, giving a ratio of 69 m for every km2. In Australia's 7,686,850 square kilometres (2,967,910 sq mi) area there is only a 2,244 metres (7,362 ft) difference between the highest and lowest points, which gives a ratio of 292 micrometres (0.0115 in) per km2.

Gallery edit

Timeline of appointment of suffragan bishops in England from 1870 edit

Year Appointment(s) (diocese)
1870 Dover (Canterbury)
1879 Bedford (London; St Albans from 1914)
1882 Colchester (St Albans; Chelmsford from 1914)
1884 Fulham (London; flying bishop for A-Cs since 1980)
1897 Crediton (Exeter)
1901 Barking (St Albans; Chelmsford from 1914); Kensington (London)
1904 Croydon (Canterbury; Southwark from 1984)
1905 Dorking (Winchester; Guildford from 1927); Grantham (Lincoln); Kingston (Southwark)
1909 Lewes (Chichester)
1914 Buckingham (Oxford)
1934 Dunwich (St Eds & Ipswich)
1935 Grimsby (Lincoln)
1939 Dorchester (Oxford)
1954 Aston (Birmingham)
1966 Huntingdon (Ely)
1967 Hertford (St Albans)
1968 Bradwell (Chelmsford); Horsham (Chichester)
1970 Edmonton (London)
1973 Basingstoke (Winchester)
1974 Dudley (Worcester); Suffragan in Europe (Gibraltar)
1989 Brixworth (Peterborough)
1994 Ebbsfleet (Canterbury; flying bishop for A-Cs)
2015 Islington (London; bishop for church planting)
1918
24.7% 75.3%
Liberal Conservative
1922 by-election
31.1% 20.2% 48.7%
Labour Liberal Conservative
1922
20.9% 30.4% 48.8%
Labour Liberal Conservative
1923
24.5% 33.6% 41.9%
Labour Liberal Conservative
1924
19.4% 28.1% 52.5%
Labour Liberal Conservative
1929
31.5% 25.3% 43.2%
Labour Liberal Conservative
1931
26.8% 73.2%
Labour Conservative
1935
41.5% 58.5%
Labour Conservative
1945
50.9% 49.1%
Labour Conservative
1950
40.0% 10.5% 49.5%
Labour Liberal Conservative
1951
41.2% 6.4% 52.4%
Labour Liberal Conservative
1955
42.4% 57.6%
Labour Conservative
1959
36.8% 12.2% 51.1%
Labour Liberal Conservative
1964
40.5% 16.2% 43.4%
Labour Liberal Conservative
1966
45.5% 10.2% 43.4%
Labour Liberal Conservative
1967 by-election
36.6% 11.8% 51.6%
Labour Liberal Conservative
1970
44.7% 55.3%
Labour Conservative
Feb 1974
32.7% 26.1% 40.6%
Labour Liberal Conservative
Oct 1974
36.0% 21.1% 1.7 41.3%
Labour Liberal UDP Conservative
1976 by-election
26.0% 18.3% 1.9 51.0% 1.8
Labour Liberal Ind Conservative NF
1979
37.1% 16.6% 45.7%
Labour Liberal Conservative
1983
28.2% 29.7% 41.5%
Labour SDP Conservative
1987
1.1 28.3% 30.6% 40.0%
Gn Labour SDP Conservative
1992
1.4 39.7% 19.9% 38.5%
Gn Labour Lib Dems Conservative
1997
1.3 53.4% 16.1% 25.9% 2.5
Gn Labour Lib Dems Conservative Ref
2001
1.7 3.3 45.1% 25.1% 22.9% 1.2
SA Gn Labour Lib Dems Conservative UK
2005
2.9 1.1 34.0% 44.0% 16.5% 1.3
Gn Rs Labour Lib Dems Conservative UK
2010
7.6% 24.3% 39.1% 25.6% 2.4
Green Labour Lib Dems Conservative UK
2015
7.9% 36.0% 34.9% 15.7% 5.2%
Green Labour Lib Dems Conservative UKIP

Table 3: List of historic counties representation, by members and period edit

Historic County 1290 1295 1298 1603 1654 1659 1683 1801 1832 1868 1885 1918 1945 1950 1955 1974 1983 1997 2010 Current County
Essex 2 15 8 8 8 10 9 11 2 2 24 26 14 16 17 18 Essex
Hertfordshire 2 7 6 6 7 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 Hertfordshire
Cambridgeshire 2 6 4 6 7 4 4 4 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 6 7 7 Cambridgeshire
Huntingdonshire 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1
Norfolk 2 16 12 12 12 10 10 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 9 Norfolk
Suffolk 2 16 16 16 11 9 8 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 Suffolk
Bedfordshire 2 4 4 4 6 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 Bedfordshire
Cornwall 2 12 12 46 12 46 46 42 14 12 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 Cornwall
Devon 2 14 18 18 20 26 26 26 22 17 13 11 11 10 10 10 11 11 12 Devon
Dorset 2 10 20 20 20 14 10 4 4 4 4 4 5 7 8 8 Dorset
Gloucestershire 2 9 8 10 15 13 11 1 1 12 12 12 5 6 6 Gloucestershire
10 10 11 Avon
Somerset 2 18 18 16 13 12 10 7 7 7 7 7
5 5 5 Somerset
Wiltshire 2 14 34 34 18 15 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 Wiltshire
Lancashire 2 8 12 14 26 30 57 6 6 64 62 58 16 15 16 Lancashire
17 16 15 Merseyside
30 28 27 Greater Manchester
Cheshire 0 5 4 4 10 12 13 1 1 15 16 18
10 11 11 Cheshire
Cumberland 2 8 4 4 3 6 6 6 9 8 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 Cumbria
Westmorland 2 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1
Northamptonshire 2 9 9 9 8 8 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 Northamptonshire
Derbyshire 2 5 4 4 6 8 9 1 1 10 10 10 10 10 11 Derbyshire
Nottinghamshire 2 6 6 8 10 10 7 9 9 10 10 9 11 11 11 Nottinghamshire
Leicestershire 2 6 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 Leicestershire
Rutland 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 9 9 9 9
Lincolnshire 2 16 12 12 13 13 11 8 6 7 7 Lincolnshire
9 10 10 Humberside
East Riding 2 22 30 32 6 38 6 7 7 7 7 7
West Riding 18 38 4 4 40 38 37 23 23 22 West Yorkshire
15 15 14 South Yorkshire
York 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 7 8 8 North Yorkshire
North Riding 11 6 9 9 10 10 11
6 6 6 Cleveland
Durham 0 3 4 10 13 16 1 1 18 18 17
6 7 7 Durham
13 13 12 Tyne and Wear
Northumberland 2 5 8 8 10 10 8 1 1 10 10 10
4 4 4 Northumberland
County of London 2 2 6 8 12 8 8 8 14 18 58 6 6 43 42 27 23 20 20 London (NW)
26 25 23 22 London (NE)
18 17 15 15 London (SW)
21 19 16 16 London (SE)
Middlesex 7 1 2 28 29
West Midlands
Herefordshire 2 6 8 8 7 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 7 8 2 Herefordshire
Worcestershire 2 7 9 9 12 11 8 6 6 8 8 9 6 Worcestershire
Shropshire 2 8 12 12 12 10 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 Shropshire
Warwickshire 2 7 6 6 10 11 14 1 2 22 23 23 5 5 6 Warwickshire
31 29 28 West Midlands
Staffordshire 6 10 10 17 20 17 1 1 17 18 18
2 11 12 12 Staffordshire
South East
Berkshire 2 6 6 9 7 9 9 9 9 8 5 4 4 6 5 6 7 8 8 Berkshire
Buckinghamshire 2 4 4 8 8 14 14 14 11 8 3 3 4 5 5 6 61 7 7 Buckinghamshire
Oxfordshire 2 7 7 7 7 6 4 3 3 3 3 4 6 6 6 Oxfordshire
Surrey 2 10 14 14 11 11 7 1 1 18 19 11 11 11 11 Surrey
Sussex 2 14 28 28 18 15 9 9 1 11 12 14 7 8 8 West Sussex
8 8 8 East Sussex
Hampshire 2 12 26 26 16 14 12 1 1 13 14 15 1 17 18 Hampshire
Isle of Wight 0 2 0 6 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Isle of Wight
Kent 2 18 18 18 18 21 15 1 1 19 20 15 1 17 17 Kent
Non-geographic 2 4 4 4 4 5 5 7 7
Wales
Anglesey 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 3 Gwynedd
Caernarfonshire 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2
Merionethshire 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Denbighshire 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 5 6 7 Clwyd
Flintshire 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2
Cardigan 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 5 5 Dyfed
Carmarthen 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2
Pembroke 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1
Montgomery 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 Powys
Brecon 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Radnor 2 2 2 2 2 1
Glamorgan 3 3 2 5 6 10 16 16 16 16 16 5 5 5 West Glamorgan
6 6 6 Mid Glamorgan
5 5 5 South Glamorgan
Monmouthshire 3 3 3 3 3 4 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 Gwent
Non-geographic 1 1
Northern Ireland
Antrim 6 6 6 8 13 13 12 12 12 17 18 18
Armagh 4 4 3 3
Down 3 3 4 5
Fermanagh 3 3 3 2
Londonderry 4 4 4 3
Tyrone 3 3 3 4
Carlow 3 3 1
Cavan 2 2 2
Clare 3 3 2
Cork 8 8 9
Donegal 2 2 4
Dublin 4 4 6
Galway 4 4 5
Kerry 3 3 4
Kildare 2 2 2
Kilkenny 3 3 3
King's 2 2 2
Laitrim 2 2 2
Limerick 4 4 3
Longford 2 2 2
Louth 4 4 2
Mayo 2 2 4
Meath 2 2 2
Monaghan 2 2 2
Queen's 3 3 2
Roscommon 3 2 2
Sligo 3 2 2
Tipperary 4 3 4
Waterford 5 5 3
Westmeath 2 3 2
Wexford 4 4 2
Wicklow 2 2 2
N-G 2 1 2

1Seventh constituency added in 1992

Scotland

1290 1295 1298 1603 1654 1659 1683 1708 1832 1868 1885 1918 1945 1950 1955 1974 1983 1997 2005 2020
Argyll 13 13 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 33 Strathclyde 32 1 5 (inc Highland) Argyll & Bute
Bute 0.5 1 1 1 4 4 5 5 5
Ayr 1 2 3 4 4 4 7 N Ayr, S Ayr, E Ayr
Renfrew 1 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 W Renfrew, E Renfrew, Inverc
Dunbarton 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 6 2 W Dunbarton, E Dunbarton
North Lanarkshire 2 2 2 3 4 12 22 22 22 22 21 8 (inc S Lan/D&G) N Lanark
Glasgow 7 6 Glasgow
South Lanarkshire 6 8 (inc N Lan) S Lanark
Dumfries 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 Dumfries and Galloway 2 Dumfries and Galloway
Kircudbright 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Wigton 1 1 2 2 2 1
Roxburgh 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 Borders 10 2 (inc Midloth) Borders
Selkirk 2 2 1 1 1 1
Peebles 1 1
Berwick 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
East Lothian (Haddington) 1 1 2 2 2 1 10 Lothian 1 1 East Lothian
Midlothian and Edinburgh 2 2 2 4 4 6 8 8 81 8 8 6 6 (inc W Loth) Edinburgh
2 (inc Bord) Midlothian
West Lothian (Linlithgow) 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 6 (inc Ed) West Lothian
Falkirk 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 Central 2 3 Falkirk
Stirling 7 1 Stirling
Clackmannan 0.5 1 1 1 2 Clackmannan
Kinross 0.5 2 2 2 2 2 5 Tayside 5 (inc Fife) Perth & Kinross
Perth 1 1 2 2 2 3
Angus (inc. Dundee) 2 2 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 7 Angus, Dundee
Kincardine 1 1 1 1 5 5 6 Grampian 7 5 Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen
Aberdeen 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4
Banff 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Moray (Elgin) 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 (inc A&B) Moray
Nairn 0.5 4 Highland 4 4 Highland
Inverness 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Ross 1 1
Cromarty 0.5
Sutherland 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Caithness 1.5 2 2 2
Orkney and Shetland 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Orkney & Shetland 1 1 1 Orkney & Shetland
Fife 22 22 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 Fife 5 4 5 (inc P&K) Fife
Non-geographic 2 2 3 3

1includes Peebles

2includes Kinross

3includes Dumbarton

Belfast East 60,129 60,050 63,157 Belfast; Castlereagh Newtownabbey, Lisburn, Banbridge, Craigavon

Down; Newry and Mourne; Banbridge, Ards, Armagh, North Down, Antrim

Belfast North 63,193 66,825 68,553
Belfast South 58,225 60,726 64,927
Belfast West 55,025 60,520 62,697
Lagan Valley 60,973 66,327 71,152
Upper Bann 68,806 76,209 80,060
South Down 64,530 72,092 75,220
Strangford 57,463 61,566 64,289
Newry and Armagh 68,730 75,856 77,633
North Down 57,435 61,615 64,207
South Antrim 56,594 64,254 67,425
East Londonderry 60,494 64,546 66,926 Coleraine; Londonderry/Derry
Foyle 60,823 67,810 70,036
Fermanagh and South Tyrone 64,345 68,979 70,108 Fermanagh; Dungannon and South Tyrone, Magherafelt; Cookstown
Mid Ulster 60,119 65,655 67,832
East Antrim 56,125 61,253 62,811 Carrickfergus; Larne; Moyle; Ballymena; Ballymoney
North Antrim 72,814 74,094 75,876
West Tyrone 57,847 62,258 63,856 Omagh; Strabane
Belfast East
Belfast North
Belfast South
Belfast West
Lagan Valley
Upper Bann
South Down
Strangford
Newry and Armagh
North Down
East Londonderry
Foyle
Mid Ulster
Ferm/Tyr Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Antrim South Antrim
East Antrim
North Antrim
Tyrone West Tyrone

References edit

  1. ^ "Deep Lake". Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  2. ^ The summit of Aconcagua is the highest point outside of Asia.
  3. ^ The summit of Aconcagua is the second-most prominent point on Earth.
  4. ^ Laguna del Carbón is the lowest point in both the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
  5. ^ a b The summit of Mawson Peak (2,745 m) on Heard Island is the highest point on a dependent territory of Australia, while Mount McClintock has the highest summit (3,490 m) of any mountain on any territory of Australia.
  6. ^ "Picos da Neblina e 31 de Março, no Amazonas, ficam mais altos, diz IBGE" [Neblina and 31 de Março peaks, in Amazonas, become higher, says IBGE]. Portal Amazônia (in Portuguese). 2016-02-29. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  7. ^ The summit of Mount Logan is the sixth-most prominent point on Earth.
  8. ^ Ojos del Salado is the highest volcano on Earth.
  9. ^ The summit of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) is the twelfth-most topographically isolated point on Earth.
  10. ^ China has the broadest range of surface elevations of any country with a span of 9,004 m (29,541 ft).
  11. ^ a b c The summit of Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth."Nepal and China agree on Mount Everest's height". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  12. ^ Borders Nepal
  13. ^ Aydingkol is the third-lowest depression on Earth.
  14. ^ It has yet to be determined whether Pico Cristóbal Colón or Pico Simón Bolívar is the highest point of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range. The higher summit of these two is the fifth most prominent point on Earth.
  15. ^ Lake Asal is the second-lowest depression on Earth.
  16. ^ The summit of Pico Duarte on Hispaniola is the highest point in the Caribbean.
  17. ^ Eva Joelisa Romero Luna; Dina Poteau (August 2011). "Water Level Fluctuations of Lake Enriquillo and Lake Saumatre in Response to Environmental Changes" (PDF). Cornell University. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
  18. ^ The shore of Lago Enriquillo on Hispaniola is the lowest point on any ocean island.
  19. ^ The summit of Chimborazo is the farthest point from the center of the Earth.
  20. ^ a b The summit of Mont Blanc is the highest point in Western Europe.
  21. ^ The summit of Mont Orohena on Tahiti is the seventh-most topographically isolated point on Earth.
  22. ^ https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=11079
  23. ^ CIA. "Europe::Greece". The World Factbook. CIA. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  24. ^ The summit of Gunnbjørn Fjeld in Greenland is the highest point in the Arctic, and is the ninth most topographically isolated point on Earth.
  25. ^ The summit of Mount Lamlam on Guam is 11,377 meters (37,326 ft) above the Challenger Deep.
  26. ^ The summit of Volcán Tajumulco is the highest point in Central America.
  27. ^ Altitude listed by Peakbagger, but apparently calculated by geoprocessing from a topographic dataset; no documented surveys are known. Mount Roraima is not a well-defined sharp peak, but rather a tepui, a roughly flat tabletop plateau shared with Venezuela and Brazil. The highest point of the plateau is inside Venezuelan territory at 2,810 metres (9,220 ft). The Guyanese part of Mount Roraima is in a region claimed by Venezuela as Guayana Esequiba. Therefore, Venezuela does not recognize Mount Roraima as the highest point of Guyana.
  28. ^ Kangchenjunga is the third-highest mountain peak on Earth.
  29. ^ India claims all of Kashmir and Jammu. If recognized, this would make the summit of K2 the highest point in India.
  30. ^ "Restoring Kuttanad to its heyday". The Hindu Business Line. 2009-02-02.
  31. ^ The summit of Puncak Jaya on New Guinea is the highest point on any ocean island, and the fifth-most topographically isolated and the ninth-most topographically prominent point on Earth.
  32. ^ Only the southern slopes of Mount Hermon extend into the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. A peak in this area rising to 2236 m or 7336 ft is the highest point under Israeli control
  33. ^ a b c d The shore of the Dead Sea is the lowest point on the surface of the Earth. The water table drops about 1 m per year, level -428 m refers to year 2014.
  34. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTdeVLDxMMY
  35. ^ "Serbia – Velika Rudoka". 2015-12-18.
  36. ^ https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=73242
  37. ^ The summit of Thabana Ntlenyana is the eleventh most topographically isolated point on Earth.
  38. ^ Maldives has an average surface elevation of just 800 mm (31 in).
  39. ^ The summit of Volcán Citlaltépetl (Pico de Orizaba) is the seventh-most prominent point on Earth.
  40. ^ a b Both Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic claim all of Western Sahara.
  41. ^ Borders China
  42. ^ The summit of the Vaalserberg at 322.7 m (1059 ft) is the highest point in the European Netherlands.
  43. ^ The summit of Aoraki / Mount Cook on the South Island is the tenth-most topographically isolated point on Earth.
  44. ^ K2, the second-highest mountain peak on Earth, is in a disputed region. The area around K2 is claimed by Pakistan, India and China, and is currently occupied by Pakistan and China.
  45. ^ The summit of Huascarán is the highest point in the Tropics.
  46. ^ The summit of Torre is the highest point in continental Portugal.
  47. ^ The summit of Mount Elbrus is the highest point in Europe, and the tenth-most prominent point on Earth.
  48. ^ The shore of the Caspian Sea is the lowest point in Europe.
  49. ^ "Flagstaff Ridge Southwest". Peakbagger. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  50. ^ KLM Aerocarto (1971). Sint Maarten ("382.8 m") (Map). 1:25,000. Netherlands Antilles Cadastral Survey Department.
  51. ^ KLM Aerocarto (1982). Sint Maarten ("382.7 m") (Map). 1:10,000. Netherlands Antilles Cadastral Survey Department.
  52. ^ Mount Paget on South Georgia is the highest mountain peak in the South Atlantic Ocean.
  53. ^ Teide is the highest mountain peak in the Atlantic Ocean.
  54. ^ The summit of Mulhacén is the highest point in continental Spain.
  55. ^ The Spratly Islands are claimed by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines.
  56. ^ The sovereignty of the Republic of China, which controls Taiwan, is disputed.
  57. ^ The summit of Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest point in Africa, and the fourth-most prominent point on Earth.
  58. ^ a b Sarygamysh Koli (Turkmen: Sarygamyş köli, Uzbek: Sariqamish ko‘li) is a salt lake on the border between Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan which dries into salt ponds and can eventually leave a salt flat with an elevation as low as −110 m (−361 ft) in Turkmenistan. At present, the water level of the main lake in Turkmenistan is about −60 m (−197 ft), with a higher lake in Uzbekistan at −12 m (−39 ft).
  59. ^ The summit of Denali is the highest point in North America, and the third most prominent point on Earth.
  60. ^ Mauna Kea on Hawaiʻi is the highest mountain peak in the North Pacific Ocean. Its summit is the eighth most topographically isolated point on Earth.
  61. ^ The Highest point in the contiguous United States is Mt Whitney in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
  62. ^ The Badwater Basin in Death Valley is the lowest point in North America.