Lowest Point by Country 2025

Minimum Elevation (ft)

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5,000

5 Countries with the Lowest Elevation

Jordan

-1,404 ft

Israel

-1,404 ft

Palestine

-1,404 ft

Syria

-702 ft

Djibouti

-509 ft

Country	Lowest Point↓	Highest Point	Elevation Span (ft)	Maximum Elevation (ft)	Minimum Elevation (ft)
Zambia	Zambezi	Mafinga Central	6,562	7,641	1,079
South Sudan	White Nile	Kinyeti	9,308	10,456	1,148
Turkmenistan	Vpadina Akchanaya	Aýrybaba	10,564	10,299	-266
Netherlands	Vergeten Plek	Mount Scenery on Saba	2,932	2,910	-22
North Macedonia	Vardar	Golem Korab	8,904	9,068	164
Nigeria	Unnamed location on Lagos Island	Chappal Waddi	7,937	7,936	-0.70
New Zealand	Unnamed location near Momona, Taieri Plains, Otago	Aoraki / Mount Cook	12,224	12,218	-7
Central African Republic	Ubangi River	Mont Ngaoui	3,560	4,659	1,099
Hungary	Tisza	Kékes	3,077	3,327	249
Timor-Leste	Timor Sea	Mount Ramelau on Timor	9,721	9,721
Tajikistan	Syr Darya	Ismoil Somoni Peak	23,606	24,590	984
Gibraltar	Strait of Gibraltar	Rock of Gibraltar	1,398	1,398
Chile	South Pacific Ocean	Ojos del Salado	22,615	22,615
Papua New Guinea	South Pacific Ocean	Mount Wilhelm	14,793	14,793
Fiji	South Pacific Ocean	Tomanivi on Viti Levu	4,344	4,344
Solomon Islands	South Pacific Ocean	Mount Popomanaseu	7,661	7,661
Vanuatu	South Pacific Ocean	Mount Tabwemasana on Espiritu Santo	6,158	6,158
French Polynesia	South Pacific Ocean	Mont Orohena	7,352	7,352
Samoa	South Pacific Ocean	Mauga Silisili on Savai'i	6,093	6,093
Tonga	South Pacific Ocean	Unnamed location on Kao	3,389	3,389
American Samoa	South Pacific Ocean	Lata Mountain on Ta‘ū	3,169	3,169
Cook Islands	South Pacific Ocean	Te Manga on Rarotonga	2,139	2,139
Nauru	South Pacific Ocean	Command Ridge	213	213
Wallis and Futuna	South Pacific Ocean	Mont Puke on Futuna	1,719	1,719
Tuvalu	South Pacific Ocean	Unnamed location on Niulakita	15	15
Tokelau	South Pacific Ocean	Unnamed location	16	16
Niue	South Pacific Ocean	Unnamed location near Mutalau on Niue	223	223
Malaysia	South China Sea, \| Indian Ocean	Gunung Kinabalu on Borneo	13,436	13,436
Vietnam	South China Sea, \| Gulf of Thailand	Fansipan	10,312	10,312
Hong Kong	South China Sea	Tai Mo Shan	3,143	3,143
Macau	South China Sea	Coloane Alto on Gau Ou Saan	564	564
Brunei	South China Sea	Bukit Pagon	6,070	6,070
South Africa	South Atlantic Ocean, \| Indian Ocean	Mafadi	11,319	11,319
DR Congo	South Atlantic Ocean	Mount Stanley (Margherita Peak)	16,762	16,762
Angola	South Atlantic Ocean	Mount Moco	8,596	8,596
Republic of the Congo	South Atlantic Ocean	Mont Nabemba	3,346	3,346
Uruguay	South Atlantic Ocean	Cerro Catedral	1,685	1,685
Namibia	South Atlantic Ocean	Königstein	8,442	8,442
Falkland Islands	South Atlantic Ocean	Mount Usborne on East Falkland	2,313	2,313
Singapore	Singapore Strait	Bukit Timah Hill	537	537
Malawi	Shire River	Mount Mulanje	9,728	9,849	121
Tunisia	Shatt al Gharsah	Jebel ech Chambi	5,121	5,066	-56
Mali	Senegal River	Hombori Tondo	3,714	3,789	75
Morocco	Sebkha Tah	Jbel Toubkal	13,852	13,671	-180
Mauritania	Sebkha de Ndrhamcha	Kediet ej Jill	3,018	3,002	-16
Western Sahara	Sebjet Tah	Tikhzoukhane	2,165	1,985	-180
South Korea	Sea of Japan, \| Yellow Sea	Halla-san on Jejudo	6,398	6,398
North Korea	Sea of Japan, \| Yellow Sea	Paektu-san	9,003	9,003
Syria	Sea of Galilee (Israeli-occupied)	Jabal el-Sheikh	9,232	9,232	-702
Uzbekistan	Sariqarnish Kuli	Alpomish	15,354	15,315	-39
Vatican City	Saint Peter's Square	Vatican Hill	138	246	108
Libya	Sabkhat Ghuzayyil	Bikku Bitti	7,592	7,438	-154
Rwanda	Ruzizi River	Mount Karisimbi	11,670	14,787	3,117
Liechtenstein	Rhine	Grauspitz	7,116	8,527	1,411
Sudan	Red Sea	Deriba Caldera	9,980	9,980
Egypt	Qattara Depression	Mount Catherine	9,062	8,625	-436
Taiwan	Philippine Sea, \| South China Sea, \| East China Sea	Yu Shan (Jade Mountain)	12,966	12,966
Philippines	Philippine Sea, \| South China Sea	Mount Apo on Mindanao	9,692	9,692
Saudi Arabia	Persian Gulf, \| Red Sea	Jabal Sawda (official) or Jabal Farwa' (most recent survey)	9,843	9,843
United Arab Emirates	Persian Gulf Gulf of Oman	Jabal Al Jais	6,266	6,266
Iraq	Persian Gulf	Cheekha Dar	11,847	11,847
Kuwait	Persian Gulf	Mutla Ridge	1,004	1,004
Qatar	Persian Gulf	Qurayn Abu al Bawl	338	338
Bahrain	Persian Gulf	Mountain of Smoke	400	400
Bolivia	Paraguay River	Sajama	21,168	21,463	295
Paraguay	Paraguay River	Cerro Peró	2,612	2,762	151
Ecuador	Pacific Ocean	Chimborazo	20,561	20,561
Kiribati	Pacific Ocean	Unnamed location on Banaba	266	266
Norway	Norwegian Sea	Galdhøpiggen	8,100	8,100
Ireland	North Slob	Carrauntoohil	3,406	3,406	-10
Colombia	North Pacific Ocean, \| Caribbean Sea	Pico Cristóbal Colón, \| Pico Simón Bolívar	18,799	18,799
Guatemala	North Pacific Ocean, \| Caribbean Sea	Volcán Tajumulco	13,845	13,845
Nicaragua	North Pacific Ocean, \| Caribbean Sea	Mogotón	6,913	6,913
Costa Rica	North Pacific Ocean, \| Caribbean Sea	Cerro Chirripó	12,533	12,533
Panama	North Pacific Ocean, \| Caribbean Sea	Volcán Barú	11,401	11,401
El Salvador	North Pacific Ocean	Cerro El Pital	8,957	8,957
Guam	North Pacific Ocean	Mount Lamlam	1,332	1,332
Micronesia	North Pacific Ocean	Nanlaud on Pohnpei	2,566	2,566
Northern Mariana Islands	North Pacific Ocean	Mount Agrihan on Agrihan	3,166	3,166
Marshall Islands	North Pacific Ocean	Unnamed location on Likiep	33	33
Palau	North Pacific Ocean	Mount Ngerchelchuus on Babeldaob	794	794
Spain	North Atlantic Ocean, \| Mediterranean Sea	Teide on Tenerife	12,188	12,188
Canada	North Atlantic Ocean, \| Arctic Ocean, \| North Pacific Ocean	Mount Logan	19,551	19,551
Senegal	North Atlantic Ocean	Baunez ridge 2.7 km southeast of Nepen Diakha	2,126	2,126
Guinea	North Atlantic Ocean	Mont Nimba	5,748	5,748
Portugal	North Atlantic Ocean	Montanha do Pico on Pico Island	7,713	7,713
Sierra Leone	North Atlantic Ocean	Mount Bintumani	6,391	6,391
Liberia	North Atlantic Ocean	Mount Wuteve	4,724	4,724
Gambia	North Atlantic Ocean	Unnamed point	210	210
Guinea-Bissau	North Atlantic Ocean	Monte Torin	860	860
Equatorial Guinea	North Atlantic Ocean	Pico Basile on Bioko	9,869	9,869
Guyana	North Atlantic Ocean	Mount Roraima	9,094	9,094
Suriname	North Atlantic Ocean	Juliana Top	4,035	4,035
Cape Verde	North Atlantic Ocean	Pico do Fogo	9,281	9,281
Bahamas	North Atlantic Ocean	Mount Alvernia on Cat Island	207	207
Iceland	North Atlantic Ocean	Hvannadalshnúkur	6,921	6,921
French Guiana	North Atlantic Ocean	Bellevue de l'Inini	2,792	2,792
Barbados	North Atlantic Ocean	Mount Hillaby	1,102	1,102
Bermuda	North Atlantic Ocean	Town Hill	249	249
Faroe Islands	North Atlantic Ocean	Slættaratindur on Eysturoy	2,887	2,887
Turks and Caicos Islands	North Atlantic Ocean	Blue Hills on Providenciales	161	161
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	North Atlantic Ocean	Morne de la Grande Montagne	787	787
Niger	Niger River	Mont Idoukal-n-Taghès	5,978	6,634	656
Germany	Neuendorf-Sachsenbande	Zugspitze	9,729	9,718	-12
Lithuania	Nemunas Delta	Aukštojas Hill	968	964	-16
Belarus	Neman	Dzyarzhynskaya Hara	840	1,135	295
Nepal	Mukhiyapatti Musharniya	Mount Everes	28,835	29,029	194
Mozambique	Mozambique Channel	Monte Binga	7,992	7,992
Mayotte	Mozambique Channel	Benara on Mahoré	2,165	2,165
Luxembourg	Moselle River	Kneiff	1,401	1,837	436
Laos	Mekong	Phou Bia	9,012	9,242	230
Turkey	Mediterranean Sea, \| Black Sea	Mount Ararat	16,854	16,854
Lebanon	Mediterranean Sea	Qurnat as Sawda'	10,131	10,131
Cyprus	Mediterranean Sea	Mount Olympus	6,401	6,401
Malta	Mediterranean Sea	Ta'Dmejrek on Malta Island	830	830
Monaco	Mediterranean Sea	along Chemin des Révoires on Mont Agel	528	528
Poland	Marzęcino	Northwestern peak of Rysy	8,209	8,202	-7
Eswatini	Maputo River	Emlembe	6,040	6,109	69
Denmark	Lammefjord	Møllehøj	584	561	-23
Burundi	Lake Tanganyika	Mount Heha	6,273	8,806	2,533
Austria	Lake Neusiedl	Grossglockner	12,083	12,461	377
Switzerland	Lake Maggiore	Dufourspitze (Monte Rosa)	14,570	15,203	633
Eritrea	Lake Kulul	Emba Soira	10,148	9,902	-246
Australia	Lake Eyre	Mount Kosciuszko	7,359	7,310	-49
Dominican Republic	Lake Enriquillo on Hispaniola	Pico Duarte	10,312	10,164	-148
Djibouti	Lake Assal	Mousa Ali	7,162	6,654	-509
Venezuela	Lagunillas Municipality, Zulia	Pico Bolívar	16,371	16,332	-39
Mexico	Laguna Salada	Volcán Citlaltépetl (Pico de Orizaba)	18,524	18,461	-33
Argentina	Laguna del Carbón	Aconcagua	23,179	22,835	-344
Ukraine	Kuyalnik Estuary	Hoverla	6,778	6,762	-16
India	Kuttanad	Kangchenjunga	28,177	28,169	-7
Sweden	Kristianstad	Kebnekaise	6,888	6,880	-8
Kazakhstan	Karagiye Depression	Khan Tengri	23,432	22,999	-433
Kyrgyzstan	Kara Darya	Jengish Chokusu	22,979	24,406	1,427
Italy	Jolanda di Savoia	Mont Blanc	15,791	15,781	-10
Isle of Man	Irish Sea	Snaefell	2,037	2,037
Indonesia	Indian Ocean, \| South Pacific Ocean	Puncak Jaya on New Guinea	16,024	16,024
Tanzania	Indian Ocean	Kilimanjaro	19,331	19,331
Kenya	Indian Ocean	Mount Kenya	17,057	17,057
Myanmar	Indian Ocean	Hkakabo Razi	19,295	19,295
Madagascar	Indian Ocean	Maromokotro	9,436	9,436
Sri Lanka	Indian Ocean	Pidurutalagala on Sri Lanka	8,281	8,281
Somalia	Indian Ocean	Shimbiris	8,038	8,038
Mauritius	Indian Ocean	Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire	2,717	2,717
Comoros	Indian Ocean	Mount Karthala on Grande Comore	7,743	7,743
Reunion	Indian Ocean	Piton des Neiges	10,069	10,069
Maldives	Indian Ocean	Mount Villingili on Villingili	17	17
Seychelles	Indian Ocean	Morne Seychellois on Mahé	2,969	2,969
United Kingdom	Holme Fen	Ben Nevis	4,426	4,413	-13
Mongolia	Hoh Nuur	Khüiten Peak	12,651	14,350	1,699
Japan	Hachiro-gata on Honshu	Mount Fuji on Honshu	12,402	12,388	-13
Thailand	Gulf of Thailand, \| Andaman Sea	Doi Inthanon	8,415	8,415
Cambodia	Gulf of Thailand	Phnom Aural	5,938	5,938
Ghana	Gulf of Guinea	Mount Afadjato	2,887	2,887
Ivory Coast	Gulf of Guinea	Mont Nimba	5,748	5,748
Sao Tome and Principe	Gulf of Guinea	Pico de São Tomé	6,640	6,640
Andorra	Gran Valira	Coma Pedrosa	6,896	9,652	2,756
France	Étang de Lavalduc	Mont Blanc	15,814	15,781	-33
Greece	Epitalio	Mount Olympus	9,570	9,570	-20
Jersey	English Channel	Les Platons	446	446
Guernsey	English Channel	Le Moulin	374	374
Czechia	Elbe	Sněžka	4,879	5,259	377
Bhutan	Drangme Chhu	Gangkhar Puensum	24,518	24,836	318
Moldova	Dniester	Bălănești Hill	1,404	1,411	7
Chad	Djourab Depression	Emi Koussi	10,778	11,302	525
Armenia	Debed	Mount Aragats	12,106	13,419	1,312
Jordan	Dead Sea	Jabal Umm ad Dami	7,467	6,083	-1,404
Israel	Dead Sea	Mount Meron (de jure; inside the Green Line), \| Mount Hermon (de facto; in Golan Heights)	5,367	3,963	-1,404
Palestine	Dead Sea	Mount Nabi Yunis	4,738	3,379	-1,404
Belgium	De Moeren	Signal de Botrange	2,290	2,277	-13
Ethiopia	Danakil Depression	Ras Dejen	15,338	14,928	-410
New Caledonia	Coral Sea	Mont Panié	5,341	5,341
Serbia	Confluence of the Timok and Danube rivers	Midžor (Velika Rudoka if including Kosovo)	7,024	7,116	92
Zimbabwe	Confluence of Runde and Save rivers	Mount Nyangani	7,972	8,504	531
Lesotho	Confluence of Orange and Makhaleng rivers	Thabana Ntlenyana	6,831	11,424	4,593
Botswana	Confluence of Limpopo and Shashe rivers	Otse Hill	3,209	4,892	1,683
Algeria	Chott Melrhir	Mount Tahat	9,984	9,852	-131
Russia	Caspian Sea	Mount Elbrus	18,602	18,510	-92
Iran	Caspian Sea	Damavand	18,497	18,406	-92
Azerbaijan	Caspian Sea	Mount Bazardüzü	14,806	14,715	-92
Honduras	Caribbean Sea, \| North Pacific Ocean	Cerro Las Minas	9,416	9,416
Haiti	Caribbean Sea	Pic la Selle	8,793	8,793
Cuba	Caribbean Sea	Pico Turquino	6,476	6,476
Puerto Rico	Caribbean Sea	Cerro de Punta	4,390	4,390
Jamaica	Caribbean Sea	Blue Mountain Peak	7,402	7,402
Trinidad and Tobago	Caribbean Sea	El Cerro del Aripo on Trinidad	3,084	3,084
Belize	Caribbean Sea	Doyle's Delight	3,688	3,688
Guadeloupe	Caribbean Sea	La Grande Soufrière on Basse-Terre Island	4,869	4,869
Martinique	Caribbean Sea	Mount Pelée	4,583	4,583
Curacao	Caribbean Sea	Christoffelberg	1,230	1,230
Saint Lucia	Caribbean Sea	Mount Gimie	3,117	3,117
Grenada	Caribbean Sea	Mount Saint Catherine	2,756	2,756
Aruba	Caribbean Sea	Mount Jamanota	617	617
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Caribbean Sea	La Soufrière	4,049	4,049
Antigua and Barbuda	Caribbean Sea	Boggy Peak on Antigua	1,319	1,319
United States Virgin Islands	Caribbean Sea	Crown Mountain on Saint Thomas	1,555	1,555
Cayman Islands	Caribbean Sea	The Bluff on Cayman Brac	151	151
Dominica	Caribbean Sea	Morne Diablotins	4,869	4,747
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Caribbean Sea	Mount Liamuiga on Saint Kitts	3,793	3,793
Sint Maarten	Caribbean Sea	200 m SW of Flagstaff Peak (The summit is in Saint Martin)	1,257	1,257
British Virgin Islands	Caribbean Sea	Mount Sage on Tortola	1,709	1,709
Saint Martin	Caribbean Sea	Pic Paradis on Saint Martin	1,391	1,391
Anguilla	Caribbean Sea	Crocus Hill	240	240
Saint Barthelemy	Caribbean Sea	Morne du Vitet	938	938
Montserrat	Caribbean Sea	Chances Peak	3,002	3,002
Slovakia	Bodrog	Gerlachovský štít	8,402	8,711	308
Burkina Faso	Black Volta	Mount Tenakourou	1,801	2,457	656
Romania	Black Sea	Moldoveanu	8,346	8,346
Bulgaria	Black Sea	Musala	9,596	9,596
Georgia	Black Sea	Shkhara	17,064	17,064
Cameroon	Bight of Bonny	Mount Cameroon	13,255	13,255
Benin	Bight of Benin	Mont Sokbaro	2,159	2,159
Togo	Bight of Benin	Mont Agou	3,235	3,235
Peru	Bayóvar Depression	Huascarán	22,316	22,205	-112
Bangladesh	Bay of Bengal	Saka Haphong	3,488	3,488
Finland	Baltic Sea	Halti	4,344	4,344
Latvia	Baltic Sea	Gaiziņkalns	1,024	1,024
Estonia	Baltic Sea	Suur Munamägi	1,043	1,043
United States	Badwater Basin	Denali	20,591	20,310	-281
China	Ayding Lake	Mount Everest	29,534	29,029	-505
San Marino	Ausa River	Monte Titano	2,244	2,425	180
Brazil	Atlantic Ocean	Pico da Neblina	9,826	9,826
Gabon	Atlantic Ocean	Mont Bengoué	3,510	3,510
Greenland	Arctic Ocean, \| North Atlantic Ocean	Gunnbjørn Fjeld	12,139	12,139
Pakistan	Arabian Sea	K2	28,251	28,251
Yemen	Arabian Sea	Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb	12,028	12,028
Oman	Arabian Sea	Jabal Shams	9,872	9,872
Afghanistan	Amu Darya	Noshakh	23,734	24,580	846
Uganda	Albert Nile	Mount Stanley (Margherita Peak)	14,724	16,762	2,037
Croatia	Adriatic Sea	Dinara	6,007	6,007
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Adriatic Sea	Maglić	7,828	7,828
Albania	Adriatic Sea	Korab	9,068	9,068
Slovenia	Adriatic Sea	Triglav	9,396	9,396
Montenegro	Adriatic Sea	Zla Kolata	8,314	8,314

In countries that border a sea or ocean, the lowest point in the country is typically the point at which the land meets the water, also known as sea level, which is given the value of 0.
Syria’s lowest point is the northeast shores of the Sea of Galilee in the Golan Heights area, which is currently Israeli-occupied.

Lowest Point by Country 2025

5 Countries with the Lowest Elevation

Jordan

Israel

Palestine

Syria

Djibouti

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