Highest and Lowest Points on Each Continent

Kilimanjaro

Africa highest point, about 19,000 ft./5.9 meters

Lake Assal

Africa lowest point, -512 ft./-156 m.

Vinson Massif

Antarctica highest point, about 16,000 ft./ 4.9 meters

Bentley Subglacial Trench (ice covered)

Antarctica lowest point, -8,383 ft./-2,555 m.

Mount Everest

Asia highest point, about 29,000 ft./about 8.9 meters

Dead Sea

Asia lowest point, -1,385 ft./-422 m.

Mount Kosciuszko

Australia highest point, about 7,000 ft./ 2.2 meters

Lake Eyre

Australia lowest point, -52 ft./-16 m.

El'brus

Europe highest point, about 18,500 ft./5.6 meters

Caspian Sea

Europe lowest point, -92 ft./-28 m.

Mount McKinley/Denali

North America highest point, about 20,000 ft./6.2 meters

Death Valley

North America lowest point, -282 ft./-86 m.

Cerro (Mount) Aconcagua

South America highest point, about 23,000 ft./6.9 meters

Laguna del Carbón

South America lowest point, -344 ft./-105 m.