World Land Areas and Elevation Extremes



Area
Approximate
land area
sq. km
Approximate
land area
sq. mi.
Percentage
of total
land area
Elevation
Highest
Elevation
Lowest
WORLD
148,429,545
57,308,738
100.0
Mt. Everest, Tibet-Nepal, 29,035 ft.
(8,850 m)
Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, 1,349 ft. below sea level (-411 m)
ASIA (includes the Middle East)
44,579,160
17,212,041
30.0
Mt. Everest, Tibet-Nepal, 29,035 ft. (8,850 m)
Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, 1,349 ft. below sea level (-411 m)
AFRICA
30,065,107
11,608,156
20.3
Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, 19,340 ft. (5,895 m)
Lake Assal, Djibouti, 512 ft. below sea level (-156 m)
NORTH AMERICA
24,256,087
9,365,290
16.3
Mt. McKinley, Alaska, 20,320 ft.
(6,194 m)
Death Valley, Calif., 282 ft. below sea level (-86 m)
SOUTH AMERICA (includes Central America and the
Caribbean)
17,819,065
6,879,952
12.0
Mt. Aconcagua, Argentina,
22,834 ft.
(6,960 m)
Valdes Peninsula, Argentina 131 ft. below sea level (-40 m)
ANTARCTICA
13,209,047
5,100,021
8.9
Vinson Massif, Ellsworth Mts., 16,066 ft.
(4,897 m)
Bentley Subglacial Trench, 8,327 ft. below sea level (-2,538 m)
EUROPE (includes the recently independent states of the former Soviet Union)
9,938,037
3,837,082
6.7
Mt. Elbrus, Russia/Georgia, 18,510 ft. (5,642 m)
Caspian Sea, Russia/Kazakhstan 92 ft. below sea level (-28 m)
AUSTRALIA (includes Oceania)
7,687,027
2,967,966
5.2
Mt. Kosciusko, Australia, 7,310 ft. (2,228 m)
Lake Eyre, Australia, 52 ft. below sea level (-12 m)




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