Highest&Lowest Point in the World

 Mount Everest is the Highest point in the world.

Everest, Nepal-China: 29,035 feet / 8850 meters

 Dead Sea shore is the lowest point in the world.

Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan: 1369 feet / 417.5 meters below sea level.

It is very interesting that both highest & lowest points in the world are situated in Asia.

**Highest&Lowest Point in Africa
Highest Point: Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: 19,340 feet / 5895 meters
Lowest Point: Lake Assal, Djibouti: 512 feet / 156 meters below sea level


**Highest&Lowest Point in Antarctica
Highest Point: Vinson Massif: 16,066 feet / 4897 meters
Lowest Point: The Bentley Subglacial Trench is approximately 2540 meters (8,333 feet) below sea level but is covered with ice; if Antarctica's ice were to melt, exposing the trench, it would be covered by sea so it is a quasi-lowest point and if one ignores the reality of the ice, it is the lowest point "on land" on the earth.


**Highest&Lowest Point in Australia
Highest Point: Kosciusko: 7310 feet / 2228 meters
Lowest Point: Lake Eyre: 52 feet / 12 meters below sea level


**Highest&Lowest Point in Europe
Highest Point: Elbrus, Russia (Caucasus): 18,510 feet / 5642 meters
Lowest Point: Caspian Sea shore, Russia-Iran-Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan: 92 feet / 28 meters below sea level


**Highest&Lowest Point in Western Europe
Highest Point Mont Blanc, France-Italy: 15,771 feet / 4807 meters
Lowest Point: Tie: Lemmefjord, Denmark and Prins Alexander Polder, Netherlands: 23 feet / 7 meters below sea level


**Highest&Lowest Point in North America
Highest Point: McKinley (Denali), Alaska: 20,320 feet / 6194 meters.
Lowest Point: Death Valley, California: 282 feet / 86 meters below sea level.


**Highest&Lowest Point in South America
Highest Point:Aconcagua, Argentina: 22,834 feet / 6960 meters
Lowest Point: Laguna del Carbon (located between Puerto San Julian and Comandante Luis Piedra Buena in the province of Santa Cruz): 344 feet / 105 meters below sea level.