| Rank | Country | highest point | Elevation extremes |
22 | Iran | 5,671 | lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Kuh-e Damavand 5,671 m |
23 | Russia | 5,633 | lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Gora El'brus 5,633 m |
24 | Georgia | 5,201 | lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Mt'a Shkhara 5,201 m |
25 | Kenya | 5,199 | lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Kenya 5,199 m |
26 | Turkey | 5,166 | lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Ararat 5,166 m |
27 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 5,110 | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pic Marguerite on Mont Ngaliema (Mount Stanley) 5,110 m |
28 | Uganda | 5,110 | lowest point: Lake Albert 621 m
highest point: Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m |
29 | Indonesia | 5,030 | lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Puncak Jaya 5,030 m |
30 | Venezuela | 5,007 | lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Pico Bolivar (La Columna) 5,007 m |
31 | Antarctica | 4,897 | 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 |
| European Union | 4,807 | 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 |
32 | France | 4,807 | lowest point: Rhone River delta -2 m
highest point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m |
33 | Italy | 4,748 | lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco) de Courmayeur 4,748 m (a secondary peak of Mont Blanc) |
34 | Switzerland | 4,634 | lowest point: Lake Maggiore 195 m
highest point: Dufourspitze 4,634 m |
35 | Ethiopia | 4,533 | lowest point: Denakil Depression -125 m
highest point: Ras Dejen 4,533 m |
36 | Rwanda | 4,519 | lowest point: Rusizi River 950 m
highest point: Volcan Karisimbi 4,519 m |
37 | Papua New Guinea | 4,509 | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Wilhelm 4,509 m |
38 | Azerbaijan | 4,485 | lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Bazarduzu Dagi 4,485 m |
39 | Mongolia | 4,374 | lowest point: Hoh Nuur 518 m
highest point: Nayramadlin Orgil (Huyten Orgil) 4,374 m |
40 | Uzbekistan | 4,301 | lowest point: Sariqarnish Kuli -12 m
highest point: Adelunga Toghi 4,301 m |
41 | Guatemala | 4,211 | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Volcan Tajumulco 4,211 m |
42 | Morocco | 4,165 | lowest point: Sebkha Tah -55 m
highest point: Jebel Toubkal 4,165 m |
43 | Malaysia | 4,100 | lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Gunung Kinabalu 4,100 m |
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