| Rank | Country | highest point | Elevation extremes |
49 | Japan | 3,776 | lowest point: Hachiro-gata -4 m
highest point: Mount Fuji 3,776 m |
50 | Yemen | 3,760 | lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m
highest point: Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,760 m |
51 | New Zealand | 3,754 | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Aoraki-Mount Cook 3,754 m |
52 | Spain | 3,718 | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico de Teide (Tenerife) on Canary Islands 3,718 m |
53 | Greenland | 3,700 | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Gunnbjorn 3,700 m |
54 | Lesotho | 3,482 | lowest point: junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers 1,400 m
highest point: Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m |
55 | Panama | 3,475 | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Volcan Baru 3,475 m |
56 | Chad | 3,415 | lowest point: Djourab Depression 160 m
highest point: Emi Koussi 3,415 m |
57 | South Africa | 3,408 | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Njesuthi 3,408 m |
58 | Sudan | 3,187 | lowest point: Red Sea 0 m
highest point: Kinyeti 3,187 m |
59 | Dominican Republic | 3,175 | lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m
highest point: Pico Duarte 3,175 m |
60 | Vietnam | 3,144 | lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Fan Si Pan 3,144 m |
61 | Turkmenistan | 3,139 | 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 |
62 | Saudi Arabia | 3,133 | lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Jabal Sawda' 3,133 m |
63 | Lebanon | 3,088 | lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Qurnat as Sawda' 3,088 m |
64 | Eritrea | 3,018 | lowest point: near Kulul within the Denakil depression -75 m
highest point: Soira 3,018 m |
65 | Brazil | 3,014 | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico da Neblina 3,014 m |
66 | Equatorial Guinea | 3,008 | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico Basile 3,008 m |
67 | Algeria | 3,003 | lowest point: Chott Melrhir -40 m
highest point: Tahat 3,003 m |
68 | Malawi | 3,002 | lowest point: junction of the Shire River and international boundary with Mozambique 37 m
highest point: Sapitwa (Mount Mlanje) 3,002 m |
69 | Oman | 2,980 | lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m
highest point: Jabal Shams 2,980 m |
70 | Germany | 2,963 | lowest point: Neuendorf bei Wilster -3.54 m
highest point: Zugspitze 2,963 m |
71 | Timor-Leste | 2,963 | lowest point: Timor Sea, Savu Sea, and Banda Sea 0 m
highest point: Foho Tatamailau 2,963 m |
72 | Philippines | 2,954 | lowest point: Philippine Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Apo 2,954 m |
73 | Andorra | 2,946 | lowest point: Riu Runer 840 m
highest point: Coma Pedrosa 2,946 m |
74 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 2,934 | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Paget (South Georgia) 2,934 m |
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