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Concise descriptions of the major religions mentioned in the Factbookhave been added to the Notes and Definitions. France 's redesignationof some of its overseas possessions caused the five former Indian Oceanisland possessions making up Iles Eparses to be incorporated into theFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands, while two new Caribbean entities,St. Barthelemy and St. Martin, were created.
Revision of some individual country maps, first introduced in the 2001edition, is continued in this edition. The revised maps includeelevation extremes and a partial geographic grid. Several regional mapshave also been updated to reflect boundary changes and place namespelling changes.
Abbreviations: This information is included in Appendix A:Abbreviations, which includes all abbreviations and acronyms used inthe Factbook, with their expansions.
Acronyms: An acronym is an abbreviation coined from the initial letterof each
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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)
Armenia
lowest point: Debed River 400 m
highest point: Aragats Lerrnagagat' 4,090 m
Aruba
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Jamanota 188 m
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 3 m
Atlantic Ocean
lowest point: Milwaukee Deep in the Puerto Rico
Trench -8,605 m
highest point: sea level 0 m
Australia
lowest point: Lake Eyre -15 m
highest point: Mount Kosciuszko 2,229 m
Austria
lowest point: Neusiedler See 115 m
highest point: Grossglockner 3,798 m
Azerbaijan
lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Bazarduzu Dagi 4,485 m
Bahamas, The
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Alvernia, on Cat Island 63 m
Bahrain
lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Jabal ad Dukhan 122 m
Bangladesh
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Keokradong 1,230 m
Barbados
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Hillaby 336 m
Belarus
lowest point: Nyoman River 90 m
highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m
Belgium
lowest point: North Sea 0 m
highest point: Signal de Botrange 694 m
Belize
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Doyle's Delight 1,160 m
Benin
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Sokbaro 658 m
Bermuda
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Town Hill 76 m
Bhutan
lowest point: Drangme Chhu 97 m
highest point: Kula Kangri 7,553 m
Bolivia
lowest point: Rio Paraguay 90 m
highest point: Nevado Sajama 6,542 m
Bosnia and Herzegovina
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Maglic 2,386 m
Botswana
lowest point: junction of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers 513
m
highest point: Tsodilo Hills 1,489 m
Bouvet Island
lowest point: South Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Olav Peak 935 m
Brazil
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico da Neblina 3,014 m
British Indian Ocean Territory
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Diego Garcia 15 m
British Virgin Islands
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Sage 521 m
Brunei
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Bukit Pagon 1,850 m
Bulgaria
lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Musala 2,925 m
Burkina Faso
lowest point: Mouhoun (Black Volta) River 200 m
highest point: Tena Kourou 749 m
Burma
lowest point: Andaman Sea 0 m
highest point: Hkakabo Razi 5,881 m
Burundi
lowest point: Lake Tanganyika 772 m
highest point: Heha 2,670 m
Cambodia
lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m
highest point: Phnum Aoral 1,810 m
Cameroon
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Fako 4,095 m (on Mt. Cameroon)
Canada
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Logan 5,959 m
Cape Verde
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mt. Fogo 2,829 m (a volcano on Fogo Island)
Cayman Islands
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: The Bluff (Cayman Brac) 43 m
Central African Republic
lowest point: Oubangui River 335 m
highest point: Mont Ngaoui 1,420 m
Chad
lowest point: Djourab Depression 160 m
highest point: Emi Koussi 3,415 m
Chile
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Nevado Ojos del Salado 6,880 m
China
lowest point: Turpan Pendi -154 m
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m
Christmas Island
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Murray Hill 361 m
Clipperton Island
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Rocher Clipperton 29 m
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 5 m
Colombia
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico Cristobal Colon 5,775 m
note: nearby Pico Simon Bolivar also has the same elevation
Comoros
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Le Karthala 2,360 m
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pic Marguerite on Mont Ngaliema (Mount Stanley) 5,110
m
Congo, Republic of the
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Berongou 903 m
Cook Islands
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Te Manga 652 m
Coral Sea Islands
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Cato Island 6 m
Costa Rica
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro Chirripo 3,810 m
Cote d'Ivoire
lowest point: Gulf of Guinea 0 m
highest point: Mont Nimba 1,752 m
Croatia
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Dinara 1,830 m
Cuba
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Pico Turquino 2,005 m
Cyprus
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Olympus 1,951 m
Czech Republic
lowest point: Elbe River 115 m
highest point: Snezka 1,602 m
Denmark
lowest point: Lammefjord -7 m
highest point: Yding Skovhoej 173 m
Djibouti
lowest point: Lac Assal -155 m
highest point: Moussa Ali 2,028 m
Dominica
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Morne Diablatins 1,447 m
Dominican Republic
lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m
highest point: Pico Duarte 3,175 m
Ecuador
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Chimborazo 6,267 m
Egypt
lowest point: Qattara Depression -133 m
highest point: Mount Catherine 2,629 m
El Salvador
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro El Pital 2,730 m
Equatorial Guinea
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico Basile 3,008 m
Eritrea
lowest point: near Kulul within the Denakil depression -75 m
highest point: Soira 3,018 m
Estonia
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Suur Munamagi 318 m
Ethiopia
lowest point: Denakil Depression -125 m
highest point: Ras Dejen 4,533 m
European Union
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
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Usborne 705 m
Faroe Islands
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Slaettaratindur 882 m
Fiji
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Tomanivi 1,324 m
Finland
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Haltiatunturi 1,328 m
France
lowest point: Rhone River delta -2 m
highest point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m
French Polynesia
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Orohena 2,241 m
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont de la Dives on Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et
Ile Saint-Paul) 867 m; unnamed location on Ile Saint-Paul (Ile
Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul) 272 m; Pic Marion-Dufresne in Iles
Crozet 1,090 m; Mont Ross in Iles Kerguelen 1,850 m; unnamed
location on Bassas de India (Iles Eparses) 2.4 m; unnamed location
on Europa Island (Iles Eparses) 24 m; unnamed location on Glorioso
Islands (Iles Eparses) 12 m; unnamed location on Juan de Nova Island
(Iles Eparses) 10 m; unnamed location on Tromelin Island (Iles
Eparses) 7 m
Gabon
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Iboundji 1,575 m
Gambia, The
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 53 m
Gaza Strip
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Abu 'Awdah (Joz Abu 'Auda) 105 m
Georgia
lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Mt'a Shkhara 5,201 m
Germany
lowest point: Neuendorf bei Wilster -3.54 m
highest point: Zugspitze 2,963 m
Ghana
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Afadjato 880 m
Gibraltar
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Rock of Gibraltar 426 m
Greece
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Olympus 2,917 m
Greenland
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Gunnbjorn 3,700 m
Grenada
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Saint Catherine 840 m
Guam
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Lamlam 406 m
Guatemala
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Volcan Tajumulco 4,211 m
Guernsey
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Sark 114 m
Guinea
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Nimba 1,752 m
Guinea-Bissau
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location in the northeast corner of the
country 300 m
Guyana
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Roraima 2,835 m
Haiti
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mawson Peak, on Big Ben 2,745 m
Holy See (Vatican City)
lowest point: unnamed location 19 m
highest point: unnamed location 75 m
Honduras
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m
Hong Kong
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Tai Mo Shan 958 m
Hungary
lowest point: Tisza River 78 m
highest point: Kekes 1,014 m
Iceland
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Hvannadalshnukur 2,110 m (at Vatnajokull glacier)
India
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Kanchenjunga 8,598 m
Indian Ocean
lowest point: Java Trench -7,258 m
highest point: sea level 0 m
Indonesia
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Puncak Jaya 5,030 m
Iran
lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Kuh-e Damavand 5,671 m
Iraq
lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: unnamed peak; 3,611 m; note - this peak is neither
Gundah Zhur 3,607 m nor Kuh-e Hajji-Ebrahim 3,595 m
Ireland
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Carrauntoohil 1,041 m
Isle of Man
lowest point: Irish Sea 0 m
highest point: Snaefell 621 m
Israel
lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Har Meron 1,208 m
Italy
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco) de Courmayeur 4,748 m (a
secondary peak of Mont Blanc)
Jamaica
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m
Jan Mayen
lowest point: Norwegian Sea 0 m
highest point: Haakon VII Toppen/Beerenberg 2,277 m
Japan
lowest point: Hachiro-gata -4 m
highest point: Mount Fuji 3,776 m
Jersey
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 143 m
Jordan
lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Jabal Ram 1,734 m
Kazakhstan
lowest point: Vpadina Kaundy -132 m
highest point: Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 6,995 m
Kenya
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Kenya 5,199 m
Kiribati
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Banaba 81 m
Korea, North
lowest point: Sea of Japan 0 m
highest point: Paektu-san 2,744 m
Korea, South
lowest point: Sea of Japan 0 m
highest point: Halla-san 1,950 m
Kosovo
lowest point: Drini i Bardhe/Beli Drim 297 m (located on the
border with Albania)
highest point: Gjeravica/Deravica 2,565 m
Kuwait
lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 306 m
Kyrgyzstan
lowest point: Kara-Daryya (Karadar'ya) 132 m
highest point: Jengish Chokusu (Pik Pobedy) 7,439 m
Laos
lowest point: Mekong River 70 m
highest point: Phou Bia 2,817 m
Latvia
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Galzina Kalns 312 m
Lebanon
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Qurnat as Sawda' 3,088 m
Lesotho
lowest point: junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers
1,400 m
highest point: Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m
Liberia
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Wuteve 1,380 m
Libya
lowest point: Sabkhat Ghuzayyil -47 m
highest point: Bikku Bitti 2,267 m
Liechtenstein
lowest point: Ruggeller Riet 430 m
highest point: Vorder-Grauspitz 2,599 m
Lithuania
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Juozapines Kalnas 293.6 m
Luxembourg
lowest point: Moselle River 133 m
highest point: Buurgplaatz 559 m
Macau
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Coloane Alto 172.4 m
Macedonia
lowest point: Vardar River 50 m
highest point: Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,764 m
Madagascar
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Maromokotro 2,876 m
Malawi
lowest point: junction of the Shire River and international
boundary with Mozambique 37 m
highest point: Sapitwa (Mount Mlanje) 3,002 m
Malaysia
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Gunung Kinabalu 4,100 m
Maldives
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Wilingili island in the Addu
Atoll 2.4 m
Mali
lowest point: Senegal River 23 m
highest point: Hombori Tondo 1,155 m
Malta
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Ta'Dmejrek 253 m (near Dingli)
Marshall Islands
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Likiep 10 m
Mauritania
lowest point: Sebkhet Te-n-Dghamcha -5 m
highest point: Kediet Ijill 915 m
Mauritius
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Piton 828 m
Mayotte
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Benara 660 m
Mexico
lowest point: Laguna Salada -10 m
highest point: Volcan Pico de Orizaba 5,700 m
Micronesia, Federated States of
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Dolohmwar (Totolom) 791 m
Moldova
lowest point: Dniester River 2 m
highest point: Dealul Balanesti 430 m
Monaco
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mont Agel 140 m
Mongolia
lowest point: Hoh Nuur 518 m
highest point: Nayramadlin Orgil (Huyten Orgil) 4,374 m
Montenegro
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Bobotov Kuk 2,522 m
Montserrat
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: lava dome in English's Crater (in the Soufriere Hills
volcanic complex) estimated at over 930 m (2006)
Morocco
lowest point: Sebkha Tah -55 m
highest point: Jebel Toubkal 4,165 m
Mozambique
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Monte Binga 2,436 m
Namibia
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Konigstein 2,606 m
Nauru
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location along plateau rim 61 m
Navassa Island
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on southwest side 77 m
Nepal
lowest point: Kanchan Kalan 70 m
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m
Netherlands
lowest point: Zuidplaspolder -7 m
highest point: Vaalserberg 322
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