Lowest Point by Country 2025

Minimum Elevation (ft)

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

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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