List of highest features on Earth

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This is a list of the highest feature on Earth for each category.

CategoryHighest featureAltitude (MASL)PhotoNotesReferences
Point Mount Everest, China/Nepal 8,850
Everest's north face from the Tibetan plateau Mount-Everest.jpg
Everest's north face from the Tibetan plateau
The altitude officially recognized for both China and Nepal is the former figure of 8,848 57°18′22″N4°27′32″W / 57.30611°N 4.45889°W / 57.30611; -4.45889 [1]
Glacier Khumbu, Nepal 8,000
Khumbu Glacier Khumbu Glacier, Everest Zone, Nepal, Asia.jpg
Khumbu Glacier
It begins on the west side of Lhotse at an elevation of 7,600 m (24,934 ft) to 8,000 m (26,247 ft). [2]
Volcano Ojos del Salado, Argentina/Chile 6,893
Ojos del Salado looming on the horizon Ojos del Salado looming big on the horizon.jpg
Ojos del Salado looming on the horizon
[3]
Archeological siteSummit of Llullaillaco volcano, Argentina/Chile (inca burial)6,739
Johan Reinhard, discoverer of the site, at the summit of Volcan Llullaillaco, 1999 Johan filming on summit of Llullaillaco volcano.jpg
Johan Reinhard, discoverer of the site, at the summit of Volcán Llullaillaco, 1999
[4]
Motorable attainable placeSlope of Ojos del Salado volcano, Chile6,688 [5]
HelipadSonam, Siachen Glacier, India6,400
Satellite imagery of the Siachen Glacier SiachenGlacier satellite.jpg
Satellite imagery of the Siachen Glacier
[6]
Lake/LagoonLagoon at eastern side of Ojos del Salado, Chile 6,390 27°06′49″S68°31′35″W / 27.11361°S 68.52639°W / -27.11361; -68.52639 [7]
Road (dead end) Aucanquilcha, Chile 6,176
A sulfur mine on Aucanquilcha Sulfur workings near Aucanquilcha summit.jpg
A sulfur mine on Aucanquilcha
Mining road to summit of volcano, once usable by 20-ton mining trucks. The road is no longer usable. [8]
Continuously inhabited place (ever)Aucanquilcha, Chile5,950Miners slept lower, at Quilcha (5,334m) [9]
Habitable cabinHigh Andes Rescue Unit, Ojos del Salado, Chile6,100 [10]
Astronomical observatory University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO), Chile 5,640
Looking east towards Cerro Chajnantor, site of TAO The moon high above Cerro Chajnantor at sunset.jpg
Looking east towards Cerro Chajnantor, site of TAO
22°59′12″S67°44′32″W / 22.98667°S 67.74222°W / -22.98667; -67.74222 [11]
Road (mountain pass) Mana Pass, India/China 5,610
Mana Village, Badrinath, Uttarakhand, India Mana Village, Badrinath, Uttarakhand, India.jpeg
Mana Village, Badrinath, Uttarakhand, India
[12]
Ski lift (ever) Chacaltaya, Bolivia 5,422
Enhanced image of Chacaltaya ski resort, November 2007 Chacaltaya Ski Resort.jpg
Enhanced image of Chacaltaya ski resort, November 2007
The ski ended when the glacier disappeared, in 2009 [9]
City La Rinconada, Perú 5,100
La Rinconada, Peru La Rinconada Peru.jpg
La Rinconada, Perú
Over 7,000 inhabitants, associated with a gold mine [13]
Railway Xining-Golmud-Lhasa at Tanggula, China 5,068
Tanggula railway station building 20060731061434 - Tang Gu La Zhan .jpg
Tanggula railway station building
[14]
Road (asphalted) Ticlio, Peru 4,818
A signboard near the station of Ticlio. The green sign says, in Spanish:
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"TICLIO - TOURISTIC PLACE / 4818 amsl / World's highest railroad crossing", although it has been surpassed since Ticlio railway pass.jpg
A signboard near the station of Ticlio. The green sign says, in Spanish: "TICLIO - TOURISTIC PLACE / 4818 amsl / World's highest railroad crossing", although it has been surpassed since
[15]
Ski lift (current)Lijiang/Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, China4,700 [16]
Commercial airport Daocheng Yading Airport, Sichuan, China4,411The proposed Nagqu Dagring Airport in Tibet, 4,436 m (14,554 ft), if built, will be higher. [17]
Golf courseYak golf course, Sikkim, India 3,970 [18]
National capital, de facto La Paz, Bolivia 3,650
La Paz, Bolivia Amaneciendo en La Paz con el Illimani de fondo.jpg
La Paz, Bolivia
Average elevation at the city centre. Bolivia is a country with multiple capitals - Sucre (constitutional capital) and La Paz (seat of government). [19]
National capital, official Quito, Ecuador 2,850
View of Quito from the International Space Station Quito, Ecuador Astronaut Image.jpg
View of Quito from the International Space Station
[20]
Point accessible by an oceangoing vessel (ever) Whitehorse, Yukon Territory 640
Downtown Whitehorse and Yukon River, June 2008 Yukon River at Whitehorse -b.jpg
Downtown Whitehorse and Yukon River, June 2008
[21]
Point accessible by an oceangoing vessel (current) Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, between Hilpoltstein and Bachhausen, Germany 406
Profile of the canal showing the locks Main-Donau-Kanal-Hohenprofil.svg
Profile of the canal showing the locks
[22]

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