Tallest Points on Each Continen
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Highest Mountain in the
World (and Asia)
Everest, Nepal-China:
29,035 feet / 8850 meters
Highest Mountain in
Africa
Kilimanjaro, Tanzania:
19,340 feet / 5895 meters
Highest Mountain in
Antarctica
Vinson Massif: 16,066
feet / 4897 meters
Highest Mountain in
Australia
Kosciusko: 7310 feet /
2228 meters
Highest Mountain in
Europe
Elbrus, Russia
(Caucasus): 18,510 feet / 5642 meters
Highest Mountain in
Western Europe
Mont Blanc, France-Italy:
15,771 feet / 4807 meters
Highest Mountain in
Oceania
Puncak Jaya, New
Guinea: 16,535 feet / 5040 meters
Highest Mountain in
North America
McKinley (Denali),
Alaska: 20,320 feet / 6194 meters
Highest Mountain in the
48 Contiguous United States
Whitney, California:
14,494 feet / 4418 meters
Highest Mountain in
South America
Aconcagua, Argentina:
22,834 feet / 6960 meters
Lowest Point in the
World (and Asia)
Dead Sea shore,
Israel-Jordan: 1369 feet / 417.5 meters below sea level
Lowest Point in Africa
Lake Assal, Djibouti:
512 feet / 156 meters below sea level
Lowest Point in
Australia
Lake Eyre: 52 feet / 12
meters below sea level
Lowest Point in Europe
Caspian Sea shore,
Russia-Iran-Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan: 92 feet / 28 meters below sea level
Lowest Point in Western
Europe
Tie: Lemmefjord,
Denmark and Prins Alexander Polder, Netherlands: 23 feet / 7 meters below sea
level
Lowest Point in North
America
Death Valley,
California: 282 feet / 86 meters below sea level
Lowest Point in South
America
Laguna del Carbon
(located between Puerto San Julian and Comandante Luis Piedra Buena in the
province of Santa Cruz): 344 feet / 105 meters below sea level
Lowest Point in
Antarctica
The Bentley Subglacial
Trench is approximately 2540 meters (8,333 feet) below sea level but is covered
with ice; if Antarctica's ice were to melt, exposing the trench, it would be
covered by sea so it is a quasi-lowest point and if one ignores the reality of
the ice, it is the lowest point "on land" on the earth.
Deepest Point in the
World (and the deepest in the Pacific Ocean)
Challenger Deep,
Mariana Trench, Western Pacific Ocean: -36,070 feet / -10,994 meters
Deepest Point in the
Atlantic Ocean
Puerto Rico Trench:
-28,374 feet / -8648 meters
Deepest Point in the
Arctic Ocean
Eurasia Basin: -17,881
feet / -5450 meters
Deepest Point in the
Indian Ocean
Java Trench: -23,376
feet / -7125 meters
Deepest Point in the
Southern Ocean
Southern end of the
South Sandwich Trench: -23,736 feet / -7235 meters
source:
https://www.thoughtco.com/highest-mountains-in-the-world-1435094
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