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North America. This is a list of the extreme points of North America: the points that are highest and lowest, and farther north, south, east or west than any other location on the continent. Some of these points are debatable, given the varying definitions of North America.
Rank Country Highest point Elevation 23 Antigua and Barbuda Boggy Peak [1]: 402 m (1,319 ft) 25 Bahamas Mount Alvernia [2]: 63 m (207 ft) 24 Barbados Mount Hillaby [3]: 340 m (1,115 ft)
Badwater Basin, Death Valley, California, United States — lowest surface point of North America at −85.0 m (−279 [ 6 ] Furnace Creek Airport , California, United States 36°27′50″N 116°52′53″W / 36.46389°N 116.88139°W / 36.46389; -116.88139 ( Furnace Creek Airport ) — lowest airfield of the Americas at −64 m ...
Badwater Basin is an endorheic basin in Death Valley National Park, Death Valley, Inyo County, California, noted as the lowest point in North America and the United States, with a depth of 282 ft (86 m) below sea level. [1] [2] Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States, is only 84.6 miles (136 km) to the northwest. [3]
Death Valley's Badwater Basin is the point of lowest elevation in North America, at 282 feet (86 m) below sea level. [1] It is 84.6 miles (136.2 km) east-southeast of Mount Whitney – the highest point in the contiguous United States, with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m). [4]
The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation. [6] In greater North America, only Denali exceeds 6000 meters (19,685 feet) elevation. Three major summits exceed 5500 meters (18,045 feet), 11 exceed 5000 meters (16,404 feet), 21 exceed 4500 meters (14,764 ...
Badwater Basin, Death Valley, California – lowest surface point in all U.S. territory and North America, at −279 feet (−85 Salton Sea , California , 33°19′59″N 115°50′3″W / 33.33306°N 115.83417°W / 33.33306; -115.83417 ( Salton Sea ) – lowest lake in all U.S. territory and North America, at −226 feet (
Midway Atoll, Sand Island high point – 50 feet (15 m) [92] – The highest point of the U.S. minor outlying islands in the Pacific Ocean. Navassa Island high point – 280 feet (85 m) [91] – The highest point of all the U.S. minor outlying islands. Palmyra Atoll high point – 10 feet (3 m) [92] Wake Island high point – 26 feet (8 m) [93]