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Country
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Elevation extremes (m)
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Afghanistan
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lowest point: Amu Darya 258 m
highest point: Nowshak 7,485 m
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Albania
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lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Maja e Korabit (Golem Korab) 2,753 m
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Algeria
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lowest point: Chott Melrhir -40 m
highest point: Tahat 3,003 m
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American Samoa
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Lata 966 m
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Andorra
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lowest point: Riu Runer 840 m
highest point: Coma Pedrosa 2,946 m
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Angola
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Morro de Moco 2,620 m
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Anguilla
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Crocus Hill 65 m
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Antarctica
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lowest point: Bentley Subglacial Trench -2,555 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
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Antigua and Barbuda
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Boggy Peak 402 m
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Arctic Ocean
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lowest point: Fram Basin -4,665 m
highest point: sea level 0 m
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Argentina
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lowest point: Salinas Chicas -40 m (located on Peninsula Valdes)
highest point: Cerro Aconcagua 6,960 m
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Armenia
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lowest point: Debed River 400 m
highest point: Aragats Lerrnagagat' 4,090 m
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Aruba
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Jamanota 188 m
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Ashmore and Cartier Islands
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 3 m
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Atlantic Ocean
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lowest point: Milwaukee Deep in the Puerto Rico Trench -8,605 m
highest point: sea level 0 m
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Australia
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lowest point: Lake Eyre -15 m
highest point: Mount Kosciuszko 2,229 m
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Austria
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lowest point: Neusiedler See 115 m
highest point: Grossglockner 3,798 m
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Azerbaijan
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lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Bazarduzu Dagi 4,485 m
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Bahamas, The
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Alvernia, on Cat Island 63 m
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Bahrain
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lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Jabal ad Dukhan 122 m
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Baker Island
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 8 m
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Bangladesh
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Keokradong 1,230 m
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Barbados
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Hillaby 336 m
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Bassas da India
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 2.4 m
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Belarus
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lowest point: Nyoman River 90 m
highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m
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Belgium
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lowest point: North Sea 0 m
highest point: Signal de Botrange 694 m
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Belize
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Victoria Peak 1,160 m
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Benin
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Sokbaro 658 m
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Bermuda
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Town Hill 76 m
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Bhutan
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lowest point: Drangme Chhu 97 m
highest point: Kula Kangri 7,553 m
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Bolivia
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lowest point: Rio Paraguay 90 m
highest point: Nevado Sajama 6,542 m
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Maglic 2,386 m
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Botswana
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lowest point: junction of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers 513 m
highest point: Tsodilo Hills 1,489 m
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Bouvet Island
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lowest point: South Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Olav Peak 935 m
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Brazil
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico da Neblina 3,014 m
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British Indian Ocean Territory
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Diego Garcia 15 m
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British Virgin Islands
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Sage 521 m
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Brunei
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lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Bukit Pagon 1,850 m
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Bulgaria
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lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Musala 2,925 m
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Burkina Faso
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lowest point: Mouhoun (Black Volta) River 200 m
highest point: Tena Kourou 749 m
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Burma
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lowest point: Andaman Sea 0 m
highest point: Hkakabo Razi 5,881 m
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Burundi
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lowest point: Lake Tanganyika 772 m
highest point: Mount Heha 2,670 m
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Cambodia
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lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m
highest point: Phnum Aoral 1,810 m
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Cameroon
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Fako (on Cameroon Mountain) 4,095 m
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Canada
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Logan 5,959 m
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Cape Verde
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mt. Fogo 2,829 m (a volcano on Fogo Island)
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Cayman Islands
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: The Bluff 43 m
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Central African Republic
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lowest point: Oubangui River 335 m
highest point: Mont Ngaoui 1,420 m
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Chad
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lowest point: Djourab Depression 160 m
highest point: Emi Koussi 3,415 m
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Chile
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Nevado Ojos del Salado 6,880 m
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China
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lowest point: Turpan Pendi -154 m
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m (1999 est.)
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Christmas Island
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Murray Hill 361 m
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Clipperton Island
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Rocher Clipperton 29 m
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 5 m
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Colombia
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico Cristobal Colon 5,775 m
note: nearby Pico Simon Bolivar also has the same elevation
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Comoros
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Le Kartala 2,360 m
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pic Marguerite on Mont Ngaliema (Mount Stanley) 5,110 m
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Congo, Republic of the
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Berongou 903 m
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Cook Islands
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Te Manga 652 m
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Coral Sea Islands
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Cato Island 6 m
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Costa Rica
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro Chirripo 3,810 m
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Cote d'Ivoire
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lowest point: Gulf of Guinea 0 m
highest point: Mont Nimba 1,752 m
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Croatia
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lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Dinara 1,830 m
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Cuba
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Pico Turquino 2,005 m
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Cyprus
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lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Olympus 1,951 m
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Czech Republic
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lowest point: Elbe River 115 m
highest point: Snezka 1,602 m
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Denmark
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lowest point: Lammefjord -7 m
highest point: Yding Skovhoej 173 m
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Djibouti
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lowest point: Lac Assal -155 m
highest point: Moussa Ali 2,028 m
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Dominica
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Morne Diablatins 1,447 m
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Dominican Republic
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lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m
highest point: Pico Duarte 3,175 m
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East Timor
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lowest point: Timor Sea, Savu Sea, and Banda Sea 0 m
highest point: Foho Tatamailau 2,963 m
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Ecuador
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Chimborazo 6,267 m
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Egypt
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lowest point: Qattara Depression -133 m
highest point: Mount Catherine 2,629 m
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El Salvador
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro El Pital 2,730 m
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Equatorial Guinea
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico Basile 3,008 m
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Eritrea
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lowest point: near Kulul within the Denakil depression -75 m
highest point: Soira 3,018 m
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Estonia
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lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Suur Munamagi 318 m
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Ethiopia
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lowest point: Denakil Depression -125 m
highest point: Ras Dejen 4,620 m
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Europa Island
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 24 m
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Usborne 705 m
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Faroe Islands
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Slaettaratindur 882 m
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Fiji
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Tomanivi 1,324 m
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Finland
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lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Halti 1,328 m
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France
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lowest point: Rhone River delta -2 m
highest point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m
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French Guiana
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Bellevue de l'Inini 851 m
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French Polynesia
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Orohena 2,241 m
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French Southern and Antarctic Lands
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Ross on Iles Kerguelen 1,850 m
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Gabon
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Iboundji 1,575 m
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Gambia, The
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 53 m
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Gaza Strip
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lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Abu 'Awdah (Joz Abu 'Auda) 105 m
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Georgia
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lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Mt'a Shkhara 5,201 m
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Germany
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lowest point: Neuendorf bei Wilster -3.54 m
highest point: Zugspitze 2,963 m
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Ghana
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Afadjato 880 m
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Gibraltar
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lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Rock of Gibraltar 426 m
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Glorioso Islands
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 12 m
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Greece
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lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Olympus 2,917 m
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Greenland
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Gunnbjorn 3,700 m
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Grenada
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Saint Catherine 840 m
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Guadeloupe
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Soufriere 1,484 m
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Guam
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Lamlam 406 m
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Guatemala
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Volcan Tajumulco 4,211 m
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Guernsey
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Sark 114 m
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Guinea
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Nimba 1,752 m
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Guinea-Bissau
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country 300 m
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Guyana
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Roraima 2,835 m
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Haiti
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m
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Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mawson Peak, on Big Ben 2,745 m
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Holy See (Vatican City)
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lowest point: unnamed location 19 m
highest point: unnamed location 75 m
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Honduras
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m
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Hong Kong
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lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Tai Mo Shan 958 m
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Howland Island
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 3 m
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Hungary
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lowest point: Tisza River 78 m
highest point: Kekes 1,014 m
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Iceland
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Hvannadalshnukur 2,119 m (at Vatnajokull glacier)
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India
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Kanchenjunga 8,598 m
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Indian Ocean
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lowest point: Java Trench -7,258 m
highest point: sea level 0 m
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Indonesia
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Puncak Jaya 5,030 m
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Iran
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lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Kuh-e Damavand 5,671 m
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Iraq
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lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: unamed peak 3,611 m; note - this peak is not Gundah Zhur 3,607 m or Kuh-e Hajji-Ebrahim 3,595 m
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Ireland
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Carrauntoohil 1,041 m
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Israel
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lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Har Meron 1,208 m
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Italy
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lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco) de Courmayeur 4,748 m (a secondary peak of Mont Blanc)
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Jamaica
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m
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Jan Mayen
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lowest point: Norwegian Sea 0 m
highest point: Haakon VII Toppen/Beerenberg 2,277 m
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Japan
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lowest point: Hachiro-gata -4 m
highest point: Mount Fuji 3,776 m
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Jarvis Island
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 7 m
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Jersey
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 143 m
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Johnston Atoll
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Summit Peak 5 m
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Jordan
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lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Jabal Ram 1,734 m
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Juan de Nova Island
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 10 m
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Kazakhstan
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lowest point: Vpadina Kaundy -132 m
highest point: Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 6,995 m
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Kenya
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Kenya 5,199 m
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Kingman Reef
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 1 m
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Kiribati
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Banaba 81 m
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Korea, North
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lowest point: Sea of Japan 0 m
highest point: Paektu-san 2,744 m
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Korea, South
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lowest point: Sea of Japan 0 m
highest point: Halla-san 1,950 m
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Kuwait
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lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 306 m
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Kyrgyzstan
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lowest point: Kara-Daryya (Karadar'ya) 132 m
highest point: Jengish Chokusu (Pik Pobedy) 7,439 m
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Laos
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lowest point: Mekong River 70 m
highest point: Phou Bia 2,817 m
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Latvia
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lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Gaizinkalns 312 m
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Lebanon
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lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Qurnat as Sawda' 3,088 m
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Lesotho
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lowest point: junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers 1,400 m
highest point: Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m
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Liberia
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Wuteve 1,380 m
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Libya
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lowest point: Sabkhat Ghuzayyil -47 m
highest point: Bikku Bitti 2,267 m
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Liechtenstein
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lowest point: Ruggeller Riet 430 m
highest point: Grauspitz 2,599 m
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Lithuania
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lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Juozapines/Kalnas 292 m
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Luxembourg
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lowest point: Moselle River 133 m
highest point: Buurgplaatz 559 m
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Macau
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lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Coloane Alto 172.4 m
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Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
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lowest point: Vardar River 50 m
highest point: Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,753 m
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Madagascar
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Maromokotro 2,876 m
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Malawi
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lowest point: junction of the Shire River and international boundary with Mozambique 37 m
highest point: Sapitwa (Mount Mlanje) 3,002 m
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Malaysia
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Gunung Kinabalu 4,100 m
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Maldives
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Wilingili island in the Addu Atoll 2.4 m
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Mali
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lowest point: Senegal River 23 m
highest point: Hombori Tondo 1,155 m
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Malta
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lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Ta'Dmejrek 253 m (near Dingli)
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Man, Isle of
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lowest point: Irish Sea 0 m
highest point: Snaefell 621 m
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Marshall Islands
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Likiep 10 m
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Martinique
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Montagne Pelee 1,397 m
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Mauritania
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lowest point: Sebkha de Ndrhamcha -3 m
highest point: Kediet Ijill 910 m
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Mauritius
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Piton 828 m
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Mayotte
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Benara 660 m
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Mexico
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lowest point: Laguna Salada -10 m
highest point: Volcan Pico de Orizaba 5,700 m
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Micronesia, Federated States of
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Dolohmwar (Totolom) 791 m
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Midway Islands
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 13 m
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Moldova
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lowest point: Dniester River 2 m
highest point: Dealul Balanesti 430 m
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Monaco
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lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mont Agel 140 m
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Mongolia
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lowest point: Hoh Nuur 518 m
highest point: Nayramadlin Orgil (Huyten Orgil) 4,374 m
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Montserrat
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Chances Peak (in the Soufriere Hills volcanic complex) 914 m
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Morocco
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lowest point: Sebkha Tah -55 m
highest point: Jbel Toubkal 4,165 m
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Mozambique
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Monte Binga 2,436 m
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Namibia
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Konigstein 2,606 m
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Nauru
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location along plateau rim 61 m
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Navassa Island
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on southwest side 77 m
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Nepal
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lowest point: Kanchan Kalan 70 m
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m (1999)
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Netherlands
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lowest point: Zuidplaspolder -7 m
highest point: Vaalserberg 322 m
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Netherlands Antilles
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Scenery 862 m
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New Caledonia
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Panie 1,628 m
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New Zealand
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Aoraki-Mount Cook 3,754 m
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Nicaragua
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mogoton 2,438 m
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Niger
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lowest point: Niger River 200 m
highest point: Mont Bagzane 2,022 m
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Nigeria
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Chappal Waddi 2,419 m
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Niue
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location near Mutalau settlement 68 m
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Norfolk Island
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Bates 319 m
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Northern Mariana Islands
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Agrihan 965 m
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Norway
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lowest point: Norwegian Sea 0 m
highest point: Galdhopiggen 2,469 m
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Oman
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lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m
highest point: Jabal Shams 2,980 m
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Pacific Ocean
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lowest point: Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench -10,924 m
highest point: sea level 0 m
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Pakistan
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: K2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen) 8,611 m
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Palau
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Ngerchelchuus 242 m
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Palmyra Atoll
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 2 m
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Panama
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Volcan de Chiriqui 3,475 m
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Papua New Guinea
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Wilhelm 4,509 m
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Paracel Islands
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lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Rocky Island 14 m
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Paraguay
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lowest point: junction of Rio Paraguay and Rio Parana 46 m
highest point: Cerro Pero (Cerro Tres Kandu) 842 m
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Peru
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Nevado Huascaran 6,768 m
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Philippines
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lowest point: Philippine Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Apo 2,954 m
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Pitcairn Islands
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pawala Valley Ridge 347 m
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Poland
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lowest point: near Raczki Elblaskie -2 m
highest point: Rysy 2,499 m
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Portugal
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Ponta do Pico (Pico or Pico Alto) on Ilha do Pico in the Azores 2,351 m
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Puerto Rico
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Cerro de Punta 1,338 m
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Qatar
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lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Qurayn Abu al Bawl 103 m
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Reunion
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Piton des Neiges 3,069 m
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Romania
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lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Moldoveanu 2,544 m
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Russia
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lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Gora El'brus 5,633 m
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Rwanda
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lowest point: Rusizi River 950 m
highest point: Volcan Karisimbi 4,519 m
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Saint Helena
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 2,060 m
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Liamuiga 1,156 m
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Saint Lucia
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Gimie 950 m
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Saint Pierre and Miquelon
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Morne de la Grande Montagne 240 m
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Soufriere 1,234 m
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Samoa
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mauga Silisili 1,857 m
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San Marino
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lowest point: Torrente Ausa 55 m
highest point: Monte Titano 755 m
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Sao Tome and Principe
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico de Sao Tome 2,024 m
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Saudi Arabia
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lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Jabal Sawda' 3,133 m
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Senegal
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed feature near Nepen Diakha 581 m
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Serbia and Montenegro
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lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Daravica 2,656 m
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Seychelles
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Morne Seychellois 905 m
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Sierra Leone
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Loma Mansa (Bintimani) 1,948 m
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Singapore
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lowest point: Singapore Strait 0 m
highest point: Bukit Timah 166 m
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Slovakia
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lowest point: Bodrok River 94 m
highest point: Gerlachovsky Stit 2,655 m
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Slovenia
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lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Triglav 2,864 m
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Solomon Islands
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Makarakomburu 2,447 m
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Somalia
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Shimbiris 2,416 m
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South Africa
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Njesuthi 3,408 m
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Paget (South Georgia) 2,934 m
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Southern Ocean
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lowest point: -7,235 m at the southern end of the South Sandwich Trench
highest point: sea level 0 m
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Spain
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico de Teide (Tenerife) on Canary Islands 3,718 m
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Spratly Islands
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lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Southwest Cay 4 m
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Sri Lanka
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pidurutalagala 2,524 m
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Sudan
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lowest point: Red Sea 0 m
highest point: Kinyeti 3,187 m
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Suriname
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lowest point: unnamed location in the coastal plain -2 m
highest point: Juliana Top 1,230 m
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Svalbard
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lowest point: Arctic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Newtontoppen 1,717 m
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Swaziland
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lowest point: Great Usutu River 21 m
highest point: Emlembe 1,862 m
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Sweden
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lowest point: reclaimed bay of Lake Hammarsjon, near Kristianstad -2.41 m
highest point: Kebnekaise 2,111 m
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Switzerland
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lowest point: Lake Maggiore 195 m
highest point: Dufourspitze 4,634 m
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Syria
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lowest point: unnamed location near Lake Tiberias -200 m
highest point: Mount Hermon 2,814 m
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Taiwan
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lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Yu Shan 3,952 m
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Tajikistan
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lowest point: Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300 m
highest point: Qullai Ismoili Somoni 7,495 m
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Tanzania
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Kilimanjaro 5,895 m
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Thailand
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lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m
highest point: Doi Inthanon 2,576 m
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Togo
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Agou 986 m
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Tokelau
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 5 m
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Tonga
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Kao Island 1,033 m
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Trinidad and Tobago
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: El Cerro del Aripo 940 m
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Tromelin Island
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 7 m
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Tunisia
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lowest point: Shatt al Gharsah -17 m
highest point: Jebel ech Chambi 1,544 m
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Turkey
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lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Ararat 5,166 m
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Turkmenistan
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lowest point: Vpadina Akchanaya -81 m; note - Sarygamysh Koli is a lake in northern Turkmenistan with a water level that fluctuates above and below the elevation of Vpadina Akchanaya (the lake has dropped as low as -110 m)
highest point: Gora Ayribaba 3,139 m
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Turks and Caicos Islands
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Blue Hills 49 m
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Tuvalu
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 5 m
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Uganda
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lowest point: Lake Albert 621 m
highest point: Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m
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Ukraine
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lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Hora Hoverla 2,061 m
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United Arab Emirates
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lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Jabal Yibir 1,527 m
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United Kingdom
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lowest point: The Fens -4 m
highest point: Ben Nevis 1,343 m
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United States
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lowest point: Death Valley -86 m
highest point: Mount McKinley 6,194 m
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Uruguay
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro Catedral 514 m
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Uzbekistan
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lowest point: Sariqarnish Kuli -12 m
highest point: Adelunga Toghi 4,301 m
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Vanuatu
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Tabwemasana 1,877 m
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Venezuela
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Pico Bolivar (La Columna) 5,007 m
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Vietnam
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lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Fan Si Pan 3,144 m
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Virgin Islands
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Crown Mountain 474 m
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Wake Island
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 6 m
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Wallis and Futuna
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Singavi 765 m
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West Bank
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lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Tall Asur 1,022 m
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Western Sahara
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lowest point: Sebjet Tah -55 m
highest point: unnamed location 463 m
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World
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lowest point: Bentley Subglacial Trench -2,540 m
note: in the oceanic realm, Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench is the lowest point, lying -10,924 m below the surface of the Pacific Ocean
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m (1999 est.)
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Yemen
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lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m
highest point: Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,760 m
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Zambia
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lowest point: Zambezi river 329 m
highest point: unnamed location in Mafinga Hills 2,301 m
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Zimbabwe
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lowest point: junction of the Runde and Save rivers 162 m
highest point: Inyangani 2,592 m
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