at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Sweden
at birth: 1.061 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Switzerland
at birth: 1.054 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Syria
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Taiwan
at birth: 1.086 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.92 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Tajikistan
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Tanzania
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Thailand
at birth: 1.054 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Timor-Leste
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Togo
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.63 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Tokelau
NA
Tonga
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago
at birth: 1.028 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Tunisia
at birth: 1.073 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Turkey
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Turkmenistan
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
at birth: 1.047 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.98 male(s)/female
total population: 1.07 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Tuvalu
at birth: 1.051 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.73 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Uganda
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Ukraine
at birth: 1.065 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.49 male(s)/female
total population: 0.85 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
United Arab Emirates
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 2.75 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.8 male(s)/female
total population: 2.2 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
United Kingdom
at birth: 1.052 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
United States
at birth: 1.047 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Uruguay
at birth: 1.037 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Uzbekistan
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Vanuatu
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.05 male(s)/female
total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Venezuela
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Vietnam
at birth: 1.115 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.62 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Virgin Islands
at birth: 1.059 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.87 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female
total population: 0.9 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Wallis and Futuna
at birth: 1.057 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
West Bank
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Western Sahara
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
World
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2009 est.)
Yemen
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.91 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Zambia
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Zimbabwe
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.83 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 0.91 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
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@2019
Field Listing :: Heliports
This entry gives the total number of heliports with hard-surface
runways, helipads, or landing areas that support routine sustained
helicopter operations exclusively and have support facilities
including one or more of the following facilities: lighting, fuel,
passenger handling, or maintenance. It includes former airports used
exclusively for helicopter operations but excludes heliports limited
to day operations and natural clearings that could support
helicopter landings and takeoffs.
Country
Heliports
Afghanistan
11 (2010)
Albania
1 (2010)
Algeria
2 (2010)
Antarctica
53
note: all year-round and seasonal stations operated by National
Antarctic Programs stations have some kind of helicopter landing
facilities, prepared (helipads) or unprepared (2010)
Argentina
2 (2010)
Australia
1 (2010)
Austria
1 (2010)
Azerbaijan
1 (2010)
Bahamas, The
1 (2010)
Bahrain
1 (2010)
Belarus
1 (2010)
Belgium
1 (2010)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
5 (2010)
Brazil
13 (2010)
Brunei
3 (2010)
Bulgaria
3 (2010)
Burma
6 (2010)
Burundi
1 (2010)
Cambodia
1 (2010)
Canada
12 (2010)
China
48 (2010)
Colombia
2 (2010)
Croatia
1 (2010)
Cyprus
9 (2010)
Czech Republic
1 (2010)
Ecuador
2 (2010)
Egypt
6 (2010)
El Salvador
1 (2010)
Eritrea
1 (2010)
Estonia
1 (2010)
European Union
99 (2010)
France
1 (2010)
French Polynesia
1 (2010)
Gaza Strip
1 (2010)
Georgia
3 (2010)
Germany
25 (2010)
Greece
9 (2010)
Hong Kong
9 (2010)
Hungary
5 (2010)
India
40 (2010)
Indonesia
64 (2010)
Iran
19 (2010)
Iraq
21 (2010)
Israel
3 (2010)
Italy
6 (2010)
Japan
15 (2010)
Jordan
1 (2010)
Kazakhstan
3 (2010)
Korea, North
22 (2010)
Korea, South
510 (2010)
Kosovo
2 (2010)
Kuwait
4 (2010)
Libya
2 (2010)
Luxembourg
1 (2010)
Macau
2 (2010)
Malaysia
3 (2010)
Mexico
1 (2010)
Monaco
1 (2010)
Mongolia
1 (2010)
Montenegro
1 (2010)
Morocco
1 (2010)
Netherlands
1 (2010)
New Caledonia
8 (2010)
Nigeria
4 (2010)
Northern Mariana Islands
1 (2010)
Norway
1 (2010)
Oman
3 (2010)
Pakistan
20 (2010)
Panama
3 (2010)
Papua New Guinea
2 (2010)
Peru
1 (2010)
Philippines
2 (2010)
Poland
7 (2010)
Qatar
1 (2010)
Romania
3 (2010)
Russia
50 (2010)
Saudi Arabia
9 (2010)
Serbia
2 (2010)
Sierra Leone
2 (2010)
Slovakia
1 (2010)
Solomon Islands
3 (2010)
South Africa
1 (2010)
Spain
9 (2010)
Spratly Islands
3 (2010)
Sudan
5 (2010)
Svalbard
1 (2010)
Sweden
2 (2010)
Switzerland
1 (2010)
Syria
7 (2010)
Taiwan
4 (2010)
Thailand
4 (2010)
Timor-Leste
8 (2010)
Turkey
20 (2010)
Turkmenistan
1 (2010)
Ukraine
7 (2010)
United Arab Emirates
5 (2010)
United Kingdom
11 (2010)
United States
126 (2010)
Venezuela
4 (2010)
Vietnam
1 (2010)
World
3,825 (2010)
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Field Listing :: Elevation extremes
This entry includes both the highest point and the lowest point.
Country
Elevation extremes(m)
Afghanistan
lowest point: Amu Darya 258 m
highest point: Noshak 7,485 m
Albania
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Maja e Korabit (Golem Korab) 2,764 m
Algeria
lowest point: Chott Melrhir -40 m
highest point: Tahat 3,003 m
American Samoa
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Lata Mountain 964 m
Andorra
lowest point: Riu Runer 840 m
highest point: Pic de Coma Pedrosa 2,946 m
Angola
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Morro de Moco 2,620 m
Anguilla
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Crocus Hill 65 m
Antarctica
lowest point: Bentley Subglacial Trench -2,540 m
highest point: Vinson Massif 4,897 m
note: the lowest known land point in Antarctica is hidden in the
Bentley Subglacial Trench; at its surface is the deepest ice yet
discovered and the world's lowest elevation not under seawater
Antigua and Barbuda
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Boggy Peak 402 m
Arctic Ocean
lowest point: Fram Basin -4,665 m
highest point: sea level 0 m
Argentina
lowest point: Laguna del Carbon -105 m (located between
Puerto San Julian and Comandante Luis Piedra Buena in the province
of Santa Cruz)
highest point: Cerro Aconcagua 6,960 m (located in the northwestern
corner of the province of Mendoza)
Armenia
lowest point: Debed River 400 m
highest point: Aragats Lerrnagagat' 4,090 m
Aruba
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Ceru Jamanota 188 m
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 3 m
Atlantic Ocean
lowest point: Milwaukee Deep in the Puerto Rico
Trench -8,605 m
highest point: sea level 0 m
Australia
lowest point: Lake Eyre -15 m
highest point: Mount Kosciuszko 2,229 m
Austria
lowest point: Neusiedler See 115 m
highest point: Grossglockner 3,798 m
Azerbaijan
lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Bazarduzu Dagi 4,485 m
Bahamas, The
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Alvernia on Cat Island 63 m
Bahrain
lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Jabal ad Dukhan 122 m
Bangladesh
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Keokradong 1,230 m
Barbados
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Hillaby 336 m
Belarus
lowest point: Nyoman River 90 m
highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m
Belgium
lowest point: North Sea 0 m
highest point: Botrange 694 m
Belize
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Doyle's Delight 1,160 m
Benin
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Sokbaro 658 m
Bermuda
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Town Hill 76 m
Bhutan
lowest point: Drangeme Chhu 97 m
highest point: Gangkar Puensum 7,570 m
Bolivia
lowest point: Rio Paraguay 90 m
highest point: Nevado Sajama 6,542 m
Bosnia and Herzegovina
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Maglic 2,386 m
Botswana
lowest point: junction of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers 513
m
highest point: Tsodilo Hills 1,489 m
Bouvet Island
lowest point: South Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Olav Peak 935 m
Brazil
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico da Neblina 2,994 m
British Indian Ocean Territory
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Diego Garcia 15 m
British Virgin Islands
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Sage 521 m
Brunei
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Bukit Pagon 1,850 m
Bulgaria
lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Musala 2,925 m
Burkina Faso
lowest point: Mouhoun (Black Volta) River 200 m
highest point: Tena Kourou 749 m
Burma
lowest point: Andaman Sea 0 m
highest point: Hkakabo Razi 5,881 m
Burundi
lowest point: Lake Tanganyika 772 m
highest point: Heha 2,670 m
Cambodia
lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m
highest point: Phnum Aoral 1,810 m
Cameroon
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Fako 4,095 m (on Mt. Cameroon)
Canada
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Logan 5,959 m
Cape Verde
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mt. Fogo 2,829 m (a volcano on Fogo Island)
Cayman Islands
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: The Bluff on Cayman Brac 43 m
Central African Republic
lowest point: Oubangui River 335 m
highest point: Mont Ngaoui 1,420 m
Chad
lowest point: Djourab 160 m
highest point: Emi Koussi 3,415 m
Chile
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Nevado Ojos del Salado 6,880 m
China
lowest point: Turpan Pendi -154 m
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m
Christmas Island
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Murray Hill 361 m
Clipperton Island
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Rocher Clipperton 29 m
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 5 m
Colombia
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico Cristobal Colon 5,775 m
note: nearby Pico Simon Bolivar also has the same elevation
Comoros
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Karthala 2,360 m
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pic Marguerite on Mont Ngaliema (Mount Stanley) 5,110
m
Congo, Republic of the
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Berongou 903 m
Cook Islands
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Te Manga 652 m
Coral Sea Islands
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Cato Island 6 m
Costa Rica
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro Chirripo 3,810 m
Cote d'Ivoire
lowest point: Gulf of Guinea 0 m
highest point: Monts Nimba 1,752 m
Croatia
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Dinara 1,831 m
Cuba
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Pico Turquino 2,005 m
Curacao
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mt. Christoffel, 372m
Cyprus
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Olympus 1,951 m
Czech Republic
lowest point: Elbe River 115 m
highest point: Snezka 1,602 m
Denmark
lowest point: Lammefjord -7 m
highest point: Mollehoj/Ejer Bavnehoj 171 m
Djibouti
lowest point: Lac Assal -155 m
highest point: Moussa Ali 2,028 m
Dominica
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Morne Diablotins 1,447 m
Dominican Republic
lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m
highest point: Pico Duarte 3,175 m
Ecuador
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Chimborazo 6,267 m
note: due to the fact that the earth is not a perfect sphere and has
an equatorial bulge, the highest point on the planet furthest from
its center is Mount Chimborazo not Mount Everest, which is merely
the highest peak above sea-level
Egypt
lowest point: Qattara Depression -133 m
highest point: Mount Catherine 2,629 m
El Salvador
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro El Pital 2,730 m
Equatorial Guinea
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico Basile 3,008 m
Eritrea
lowest point: near Kulul within the Danakil Depression -75 m
highest point: Soira 3,018 m
Estonia
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Suur Munamagi 318 m
Ethiopia
lowest point: Danakil Depression -125 m
highest point: Ras Dejen 4,533 m
European Union
lowest point: Lammefjord, Denmark -7 m;
Zuidplaspolder, Netherlands -7 m
highest point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m; note - situated on the border
between France and Italy
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Usborne 705 m
Faroe Islands
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Slaettaratindur 882 m
Fiji
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Tomanivi 1,324 m
Finland
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Haltiatunturi 1,328 m
France
lowest point: Rhone River delta -2 m
highest point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m
note: in order to assess the possible effects of climate change on
the ice and snow cap of Mont Blanc, its surface and peak have been
extensively and periodically measured in recent years; these new
peak measurements have exceeded the traditional height of 4,807 m
and have varied between 4,808 m and 4,811 m; the actual rock summit
is 4,792 m and is 40 m away from the ice-covered summit
French Polynesia
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Orohena 2,241 m
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont de la Dives on Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et
Ile Saint-Paul) 867 m; unnamed location on Ile Saint-Paul (Ile
Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul) 272 m; Pic Marion-Dufresne in Iles
Crozet 1,090 m; Mont Ross in Iles Kerguelen 1,850 m; unnamed
location on Bassas de India (Iles Eparses) 2.4 m; unnamed location
on Europa Island (Iles Eparses) 24 m; unnamed location on Glorioso
Islands (Iles Eparses) 12 m; unnamed location on Juan de Nova Island
(Iles Eparses) 10 m; unnamed location on Tromelin Island (Iles
Eparses) 7 m
Gabon
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Iboundji 1,575 m
Gambia, The
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed elevation 53 m
Gaza Strip
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Abu 'Awdah (Joz Abu 'Awdah) 105 m
Georgia
lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Mt'a Shkhara 5,201 m
Germany
lowest point: Neuendorf bei Wilster -3.54 m
highest point: Zugspitze 2,963 m
Ghana
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Afadjato 885 m
Gibraltar
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Rock of Gibraltar 426 m
Greece
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Olympus 2,917 m
Greenland
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Gunnbjorn Fjeld 3,700 m
Grenada
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Saint Catherine 840 m
Guam
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Lamlam 406 m
Guatemala
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Volcan Tajumulco 4,211 m
Guernsey
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed elevation on Sark 114 m
Guinea
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Nimba 1,752 m
Guinea-Bissau
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed elevation in the eastern part of the country
300 m
Guyana
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Roraima 2,835 m
Haiti
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mawson Peak on Big Ben volcano 2,745 m
Holy See (Vatican City)
lowest point: unnamed location 19 m
highest point: unnamed elevation 75 m
Honduras
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m
Hong Kong
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Tai Mo Shan 958 m
Hungary
lowest point: Tisza River 78 m
highest point: Kekes 1,014 m
Iceland
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Hvannadalshnukur 2,110 m (at Vatnajokull glacier)
India
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Kanchenjunga 8,598 m
Indian Ocean
lowest point: Java Trench -7,258 m
highest point: sea level 0 m
Indonesia
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Puncak Jaya 5,030 m
Iran
lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Kuh-e Damavand 5,671 m
Iraq
lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: unnamed peak; 3,611 m; note - this peak is neither
Gundah Zhur 3,607 m nor Kuh-e Hajji-Ebrahim 3,595 m
Ireland
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Carrauntoohil 1,041 m
Isle of Man
lowest point: Irish Sea 0 m
highest point: Snaefell 621 m
Israel
lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Har Meron 1,208 m
Italy
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco) de Courmayeur 4,748 m (a
secondary peak of Mont Blanc)
Jamaica
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m
Jan Mayen
lowest point: Norwegian Sea 0 m
highest point: Haakon VII Toppen on Beerenberg 2,277 m
note: Beerenberg volcano has numerous peaks; the highest point on
the volcano rim is named Haakon VII Toppen, after Norway's first
king following the reestablishment of Norwegian independence in 1905
Japan
lowest point: Hachiro-gata -4 m
highest point: Fujiyama 3,776 m
Jersey
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed elevation 143 m
Jordan
lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Jabal Umm ad Dami 1,854 m
Kazakhstan
lowest point: Vpadina Kaundy -132 m
highest point: Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 6,995 m
Kenya
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Kenya 5,199 m
Kiribati
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed elevation on Banaba 81 m
Korea, North
lowest point: Sea of Japan 0 m
highest point: Paektu-san 2,744 m
Korea, South
lowest point: Sea of Japan 0 m
highest point: Halla-san 1,950 m
Kosovo
lowest point: Drini i Bardhe/Beli Drim 297 m (located on the
border with Albania)
highest point: Gjeravica/Deravica 2,656 m
Kuwait
lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: unnamed elevation 306 m
Kyrgyzstan
lowest point: Kara-Daryya (Karadar'ya) 132 m
highest point: Jengish Chokusu (Pik Pobedy) 7,439 m
Laos
lowest point: Mekong River 70 m
highest point: Phu Bia 2,817 m
Latvia
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Gaizina Kalns 312 m
Lebanon
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Qornet es Saouda 3,088 m
Lesotho
lowest point: junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers
1,400 m
highest point: Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m
Liberia
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Wuteve 1,380 m
Libya
lowest point: Sabkhat Ghuzayyil -47 m
highest point: Bikku Bitti 2,267 m
Liechtenstein
lowest point: Ruggeller Riet 430 m
highest point: Vorder-Grauspitz 2,599 m
Lithuania
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Aukstojas 294 m
Luxembourg
lowest point: Moselle River 133 m
highest point: Buurgplaatz 559 m
Macau
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Coloane Alto 172 m
Macedonia
lowest point: Vardar River 50 m
highest point: Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,764 m
Madagascar
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Maromokotro 2,876 m
Malawi
lowest point: junction of the Shire River and international
boundary with Mozambique 37 m
highest point: Sapitwa (Mount Mlanje) 3,002 m
Malaysia
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Gunung Kinabalu 4,100 m
Maldives
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Viligili in the Addu Atholhu 2.4 m