| Rank | Country | lowest point | Elevation extremes |
1 | Pacific Ocean | -10,924 | lowest point: Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench -10,924 m
highest point: sea level 0 m |
2 | Atlantic Ocean | -8,605 | lowest point: Milwaukee Deep in the Puerto Rico Trench -8,605 m
highest point: sea level 0 m |
3 | Indian Ocean | -7,258 | lowest point: Java Trench -7,258 m
highest point: sea level 0 m |
4 | Southern Ocean | -7,235 | lowest point: -7,235 m at the southern end of the South Sandwich Trench
highest point: sea level 0 m |
5 | Arctic Ocean | -4,665 | lowest point: Fram Basin -4,665 m
highest point: sea level 0 m |
6 | Antarctica | -2,555 | 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 |
| World | -2,540 | 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 |
7 | Israel | -408 | lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Har Meron 1,208 m |
8 | Jordan | -408 | lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Jabal Ram 1,734 m |
9 | West Bank | -408 | lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Tall Asur 1,022 m |
10 | Syria | -200 | lowest point: unnamed location near Lake Tiberias -200 m
highest point: Mount Hermon 2,814 m |
11 | Djibouti | -155 | lowest point: Lac Assal -155 m
highest point: Moussa Ali 2,028 m |
12 | China | -154 | lowest point: Turpan Pendi -154 m
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m |
13 | Egypt | -133 | lowest point: Qattara Depression -133 m
highest point: Mount Catherine 2,629 m |
14 | Kazakhstan | -132 | lowest point: Vpadina Kaundy -132 m
highest point: Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 6,995 m |
15 | Ethiopia | -125 | lowest point: Denakil Depression -125 m
highest point: Ras Dejen 4,533 m |
16 | Argentina | -105 | lowest point: Laguna del Carbon -105 m (located between Puerto San Julian and Comandante Luis Piedra Buena in the province of Santa Cruz)
highest point: Cerro Aconcagua 6,960 m (located in the northwestern corner of the province of Mendoza) |
17 | United States | -86 | lowest point: Death Valley -86 m
highest point: Mount McKinley 6,198 m |
18 | Turkmenistan | -81 | 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 |
19 | Eritrea | -75 | lowest point: near Kulul within the Denakil depression -75 m
highest point: Soira 3,018 m |
20 | Morocco | -55 | lowest point: Sebkha Tah -55 m
highest point: Jebel Toubkal 4,165 m |
21 | Western Sahara | -55 | lowest point: Sebjet Tah -55 m
highest point: unnamed elevation 805 m |
22 | Libya | -47 | lowest point: Sabkhat Ghuzayyil -47 m
highest point: Bikku Bitti 2,267 m |
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