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The Mittelallalin is also an all year round ski area (between 1,800 and 3,600 metres (5,900 and 11,800 ft) in winter, Fee Glacier in summer). From there the ascent of Allalinhorn 4,027 metres (13,212 ft) is very popular and can be done in just two hours.
The highest in the world according to National Geographic magazine (May 2003); [1] pop. 30,000. Barrio Rit’ipata, consisting of miners' shacks, is above it. [2] 2 China: Tuiwa: Tibet Autonomous Region: 5,070 16,634 Described as the "highest administrative village in the world" by sources such as China Daily. [3] 3 Bolivia: Santa Barbara ...
El Alto in Bolivia is the highest-altitude city in the world. This list of the highest cities in the world includes only cities with a population greater than 100,000 inhabitants and an average height above sea level over 2,000 metres (6,600 ft).
A film, "Postcard From Earth," by Darren Aronofsky, shows off the immersive magic of the world's largest spherical structure, on a screen that's said to be the highest resolution in the world ...
Map of countries coloured according to their highest point. The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country or dependent territory. Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface.
The following is a list of the world's major cities (either capitals, more than one million inhabitants or an elevation of over 1,000 m [3,300 ft]) by elevation.In addition, the country, continental region, latitude and longitude are shown for all cities listed.
This is a list of countries and territories by their average elevation above sea level based on the data published by Central Intelligence Agency, [1] unless another source is cited. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1.
This is a list of national capitals ordered by elevation. Higher elevations typically have social, economic, and architectural effects on cities, in particular colder temperatures in winter. Low elevation cities are often seaports or are close to the sea.