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Created: Friday, 27 April 2007

This is a list of countries by highest point above sea level.  Data adapted from the CIA world factbook version 2005 as well as data found on Wikipedia.

 

Rank Country Highest point Height
1= People's Republic of China Mount Everest 8,848 m
1= Nepal Mount Everest 8,848 m
3 Pakistan  K2 8,611 m
4 India  Kangchenjunga 8,586 m
5 Bhutan Gangkhar Puensum 7,570 m
6 Tajikistan Ismail Samani Peak 7,495 m
7 Afghanistan Noshaq 7,492 m
8 Kyrgyzstan Peak Jengish Chokusu 7,439 m
9 Kazakhstan Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 7,010 m
10 Argentina Aconcagua 6,960 m
11 Chile Ojos del Salado 6,880 m
12 Peru Huascarán 6,768 m
13 Bolivia Nevado Sajama 6,542 m
14 Ecuador Mount Chimborazo 6,267 m
15 United States Mount McKinley 6,194 m
16 Canada Mount Logan 5,959 m
17 Tanzania Mount Kilimanjaro 5,895 m
18 Myanmar Hkakabo Razi 5,881 m
19 Colombia Pico Cristóbal Colón or Pico Simón Bolívar both 5,775 m
20 Mexico Pico de Orizaba 5,636 m
21 Russia Mount Elbrus 5,642 m
22 Iran Damavand 5,604 m
23 Georgia Mt'a Shkhara 5,201 m
24 Kenya Mount Kenya 5,199 m
25 Turkey Mount Ararat 5,137 m
26= Uganda Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m
26= Democratic Republic of the Congo Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m
28 Venezuela Pico Bolívar ( La Columna) 4,981 m
29 Indonesia Mount Carstensz ( Puncak Jaya) 4,884 m
30 France Mont Blanc 4,807 m
30=
or
31		 Italy Mont Blanc
or
Monte Bianco de Courmayeur		 4,807 m
or
4,748 m
32 Uzbekistan unnamed summit in Gissar range 4,643 m
33 Switzerland Dufourspitze (Pointe Dufour) 4,634 m
34 Ethiopia Ras Dejen 4,533 m
35 Rwanda Mount Karisimbi 4,519 m
36 Papua New Guinea Mount Wilhelm 4,509 m
37 Azerbaijan Bazarduzu Dagi 4,485 m
38 Mongolia Nayramadlin Orgil ( Huyten Orgil) 4,374 m
39 Guatemala Volcán Tajumulco 4,220 m
40 Morocco Jbel Toubkal 4,165 m
41 Malaysia Gunung Kinabalu 4,101 m
42 Cameroon Fako on Mount Cameroon 4,095 m
43 Armenia Mount Aragats 4,090 m
44 Republic of China (Taiwan) Yu Shan 3,952 m
45 Costa Rica Cerro Chirripo 3,810 m
46 Austria Großglockner 3,798 m
47 Japan Mount Fuji 3,776 m
48 New Zealand Aoraki/Mount Cook 3,754 m
49 Spain  Teide on Tenerife in the Canary Islands 3,718 m
50 Greenland ( Denmark) Gunnbjrn 3,700 m
51 Yemen Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,666 m
52 Iraq Cheekha Dar 3,611 m
53 Lesotho Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m
54 Panama Volcan de Chiriqui 3,475 m
55 Chad Emi Koussi 3,445 m
56 South Africa Njesuthi 3,408 m
57 Sudan Kinyeti 3,187 m
58 Vietnam Fan Si Pan 3,144 m
59 Turkmenistan Gora Ayribaba 3,139 m
60 Dominican Republic Pico Duarte 3,098 m
61 Lebanon Qurnat as Sawda' 3,088 m
62 Réunion ( France) Piton des Neiges 3,069 m
63 Eritrea Soira 3,018 m
64 Equatorial Guinea Pico Basile 3,008 m
65 Algeria Mount Tahat 3,003 m
66 Malawi Sapitwa ( Mount Mlanje) 3,002 m
67 Saudi Arabia unclear c. 3,000 m
68 Brazil Pico da Neblina 2,994 m
69 Oman Jabal Shams 2,980 m
70= East Timor Foho Tatamailau 2,963 m
70= Germany Zugspitze 2,963 m
72 Philippines Mount Apo 2,954 m
73 Andorra Coma Pedrosa 2,946 m
74 Bulgaria Musala 2,925 m
75 Greece Mount Olympus 2,917 m
76 Madagascar Maromokotro 2,876 m
77 Honduras Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m
78 Slovenia Triglav 2,864 m
79 Cape Verde Mount Fogo 2,829 m
80 Laos Phou Bia 2,817 m
81 Syria Mount Hermon 2,814 m
82= Macedonia Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,764 m
82= Albania Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,764 m
84 Guyana Mount Roraima c. 2,750 m
85 Australia  Mawson Peak 2,745 m
86 North Korea Paektu-san 2,744 m
87 El Salvador Cerro El Pital 2,730 m
88 Burundi south east of Mount Heha 2,684 m
89 Haiti Pic la Selle 2,680 m
90 Serbia Djeravica 2,656 m
91 Slovakia Gerlachovský štít 2,655 m
92 Egypt Mount Catherine 2,629 m
93 Angola Morro de Moco 2,620 m
94 Namibia Konigstein 2,606 m
95 Liechtenstein Grauspitz 2,599 m
96 Zimbabwe Inyangani 2,592 m
97 Thailand Doi Inthanon 2,576 m
98 Romania Moldoveanu 2,544 m
99 Sri Lanka Pidurutalagala 2,524 m
100 Montenegro Maja e Roshit  2,525 m
101 Poland Rysy 2,499 m
102 Norway Galdhpiggen 2,469 m
103 Somalia Shimbiris 2,450 m
104 Nicaragua Mogoton 2,438 m
105 Mozambique Monte Binga 2,436 m
106 Nigeria Chappal Waddi 2,419 m
107 Bosnia and Herzegovina Maglic 2,386 m
108 Comoros Le Kartala 2,360 m
109 Portugal  Ponta do Pico on Pico Island in the Azores 2,351 m
110 Solomon Islands Mount Popomanaseu 2,335 m
111 Zambia unnamed location in Mafinga Hills 2,301 m
112 Libya Bikku Bitti 2,267 m
113 Jamaica Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m
114 French Polynesia ( France) Mont Orohena 2,241 m
115 Israel Har Meron or Mount Hermon  1,208 m or 2,236 m
116 Sweden Kebnekaise 2,111 m
117 Iceland Hvannadalshnúkur 2,110 m
118 Ukraine Hora Hoverla 2,061 m
119 Saint Helena ( UK) Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 2,060 m
120 Djibouti Moussa Ali 2,028 m
121 São Tomé and Príncipe Pico de São Tomé 2,024 m
122 Niger Mont Bagzane 2,022 m
123 Cuba Pico Turquino 2,005 m
124 Cyprus Mount Olympus (Cyprus) 1,951 m
125 South Korea Halla-san 1,950 m
126 Sierra Leone Mount Bintumani (Loma Mansa) 1,948 m
127 Vanuatu Mount Tabwemasana 1,877 m
128 Swaziland Emlembe 1,862 m
129 Samoa Mauga Silisili (Savaii) 1,857 m
130 Brunei Bukit Pagon 1,850 m
131 Croatia Dinara 1,830 m
132 Cambodia Phnum Aoral 1,810 m
133= Côte d'Ivoire Mont Nimba 1,752 m
133= Guinea Mont Nimba 1,752 m
135 Jordan Jabal Ram 1,734 m
136 Svalbard ( Norway) Newtontoppen 1,717 m
137 New Caledonia ( France) Mont Panie 1,628 m
138 Czech Republic Snežka 1,602 m
139 Tunisia Jebel ech Chambi 1,544 m
140 United Arab Emirates Jabal Yibir 1,527 m
141 Botswana Otse Hill 1,491 m
142 Guadeloupe ( France) La Grande Soufrière 1,484 m
143 Dominica Morne Diablotins 1,447 m
144 Liberia Mount Wuteve 1,440 m
145 Central African Republic Mont Ngaoui 1,420 m
146 Martinique ( France) Montagne Pelee 1,397 m
147 United Kingdom Ben Nevis 1,343 m
148 Puerto Rico ( US) Cerro de Punta 1,338 m
149 Finland Halti 1,328 m
150 Fiji Tomanivi 1,324 m
151 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Soufrière 1,234 m
152 Suriname Juliana Top 1,230 m
153 Saint Kitts and Nevis Mount Liamuiga 1,156 m
154 Mali Hombori Tondo 1,155 m
155 Belize Doyle's Delight 1,124 m
156 Gabon Mont Bengoué 1,070 m
157 Bangladesh Mowdok 1,052 m
158 Ireland Carrauntoohil 1,041 m
159 Tonga unnamed location on Kao Island 1,033 m
160 West Bank Tall Asur 1,022 m
161 Republic of the Congo Mont Nabeba 1,020 m
162 Hungary Kékes 1,014 m
163 Togo Mont Agou 986 m
164 American Samoa Lata 966 m
165 Northern Mariana Islands ( US) unnamed location on Agrihan 965 m
166 Hong Kong ( PRC) Tai Mo Shan 958 m
167 Saint Lucia Mount Gimie 950 m
168 Trinidad and Tobago El Cerro del Aripo 940 m
169 Mauritania Kediet Ijill 915 m
170 Montserrat ( UK) Chances Peak in the Soufriere Hills volcanic complex 914 m
171 Seychelles Morne Seychellois 905 m
172 Faroe Islands ( Denmark) Slættaratindur 882 m
173 Ghana Mount Afadjato 880 m
174 Netherlands Antilles ( Netherlands) Mount Scenery on Saba 862 m
175 French Guiana ( France) Bellevue de l'Inini 851 m
176 Paraguay Cerro Pero ( Cerro Tres Kandu) 842 m
177 Grenada Mount Saint Catherine 840 m
178 Mauritius Mont Piton 828 m
179 Micronesia, Federated States of Dolohmwar ( Totolom) 791 m
180 Wallis and Futuna Mont Singavi 765 m
181 San Marino Monte Titano 755 m
182 Burkina Faso Tena Kourou 749 m
183 Falkland Islands ( UK) Mount Usborne 705 m
184 Belgium Signal de Botrange 694 m
185 Mayotte ( France) Benara 660 m
186 Benin Mont Sokbaro 658 m
187 Cook Islands ( NZ) Te Manga 652 m
188 Isle of Man ( UK) Snaefell 621 m
189 Senegal unnamed feature near Nepen Diakha 581 m
190 Luxembourg Kneiff 560 m
191 British Virgin Islands ( UK) Mount Sage 521 m
192 Uruguay Cerro Catedral (Uruguay) 514 m
193 United States Virgin Islands ( US) Crown Mountain 474 m
194 Western Sahara unnamed location 463 m
195 Moldova Dealul Balanesti 430 m
196 Gibraltar ( UK) Rock of Gibraltar 426 m
197 Guam ( US) Mount Lamlam 406 m
198 Antigua and Barbuda Boggy Peak 402 m
199 Christmas Island ( Australia) Murray Hill 361 m
200 Pitcairn Islands ( UK) Pawala Valley Ridge 347 m
201 Belarus Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m
202 Barbados Mount Hillaby 336 m
203 Netherlands Vaalserberg 322 m
204 Norfolk Island ( Australia) Mount Bates 319 m
205 Estonia Suur Munamägi 318 m
206 Latvia Gaizinkalns 312 m
207 Kuwait unnamed location 306 m
208 Guinea-Bissau unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country 300 m
209 Lithuania Aukštojas Hill 294 m
210 Malta Ta'Dmejrek 253 m
211 Palau Mount Ngerchelchuus 242 m
212 Saint Pierre and Miquelon ( France) Morne de la Grande Montagne 240 m
213 Aruba ( Netherlands) Mount Jamanota 188 m
214 Denmark Yding Skovhj 173 m
215 Macau ( PRC) Coloane Alto 172 m
216 Singapore Bukit Timah 166 m
217 Jersey ( UK) Les Platons 143 m
218 Monaco Mont Agel 140 m
219 Bahrain Jabal ad Dukhan 122 m
220 Guernsey ( UK) Le Moulin, Sark 114 m
221 Gaza Strip Abu 'Awdah (Joz Abu 'Auda) 105 m
222 Qatar Qurayn Abu al Bawl 103 m
223 Kiribati unnamed location on Banaba 81 m
224 Bermuda ( UK) Town Hill 76 m
225 Vatican City unnamed location 75 m
229 Nauru Command Ridge 71 m
226 Niue ( NZ) unnamed location near Mutalau settlement 68 m
227 Anguilla Crocus Hill 65 m
228 Bahamas, The Mount Alvernia on Cat Island 63 m
230 The Gambia unnamed location 53 m
231 Turks and Caicos Islands ( UK) Blue Hills 49 m
232 Cayman Islands ( UK) The Bluff 43 m
233 Marshall Islands unnamed location on Likiep 10 m
234= Cocos (Keeling) Islands ( Australia) unnamed location 5 m
234= Tokelau ( NZ) unnamed location 5 m
234= Tuvalu unnamed location 5 m
237 Maldives unnamed location on Wilingili Island in the Addu Atoll 2 m

 

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