List of countries by highest point

List of countries by highest point

This is a list of countries by highest point above sea level.

ee also

*List of islands by highest point
*List of highest towns by country
*List of highest points of European countries
*List of highest mountains
*List of highest mountains of North America
*List of peaks by prominence

References

* [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2020.html CIA World Factbook 2006] (items marked * have been amended, see [http://www.sol.co.uk/v/viewfinder/elevmisquotes.html] for supporting documentation). Both this list and the CIA list may contain further errors. Despite the claim by the CIA that their list was updated in July 2006, none of the errors listed on the talk page have been corrected.
* World Tops and Bottoms, by Grant Hutchison, 1996, TACit Press, ISBN 0 9522680 4 3, and subsequent research by the same author, in collaboration with field research by Ginge Fullen.
* Data supplied by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
* Information about specific items on


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