The Highest and Lowest Points on Earth

Mount Everest in the Himalayas on the Nepal-China border was confirmed tallest in 1856 by surveyors.

The Dead Sea between Israel and Jordan is Earth’s lowest land point due to tectonic sinking and evaporation.

K2 or Mount Godwin-Austen in the Karakoram Range (Pakistan-China) stands at 8611 meters (28251 feet).

Lake Assal in Djibouti a saline crater lake is the continent’s deepest natural depression.

Kangchenjunga sacred to locals was thought the tallest until Everest’s height was measured in 1856.

The Caspian Sea the world’s largest inland water body dips below sea level due to its enclosed basin.

The Mariana Trench’s Challenger Deep in the Pacific near Guam was measured by the Trieste in 1960.

Lake Vostok buried under Antarctica’s ice sheet is a subglacial lake discovered via seismic surveys in 1996.

The Tibetan Plateau dubbed the “Roof of the World” spans 2.5 million sq km across China and India.

Lake Eyre a dry salt flat in South Australia fills rarely but marks the country’s deepest natural depression.