List of highest features on Earth

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Template:SHORTDESC: This is a list of the highest feature on Earth for each category.

Category Highest feature Altitude (MASL) Photo Notes References
Point Mount Everest, China/Nepal 8,850
File:Mount-Everest.jpg
Everest's north face from the Tibetan plateau
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Glacier Khumbu, Nepal 8,000
File:Khumbu Glacier, Everest Zone, Nepal, Asia.jpg
Khumbu Glacier
 It begins on the west side of Lhotse at an elevation of 7,600 m (24,934 ft) to 8,000 m (26,247 ft) .[2]
Volcano Ojos del Salado, Argentina/Chile 6,893
File:Ojos del Salado looming big on the horizon.jpg
Ojos del Salado looming on the horizon
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Archeological site Summit of Llullaillaco volcano, Argentina/Chile (inca burial) 6,739
File:Johan filming on summit of Llullaillaco volcano.jpg
Johan Reinhard, discoverer of the site, at the summit of Volcán Llullaillaco, 1999
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Motorable attainable place Slope of Ojos del Salado volcano, Chile 6,688 [5]
Helipad Sonam, Siachen Glacier, India 6,400
File:SiachenGlacier satellite.jpg
Satellite imagery of the Siachen Glacier
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Lake/Lagoon Lagoon at eastern side of Ojos del Salado, Chile 6,390 Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. [7]
Road (dead end) Aucanquilcha, Chile 6,176
File:Sulfur workings near Aucanquilcha summit.jpg
A sulfur mine on Aucanquilcha
 Mining road to summit of volcano, once usable by 20-ton mining trucks. The road is no longer usable. [8]
Continuously inhabited place (ever) Aucanquilcha, Chile 5,950 Miners slept lower, at Quilcha (5,334m) [9]
Habitable cabin High Andes Rescue Unit, Ojos del Salado, Chile 6,100 [10]
Astronomical observatory University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO), Chile 5,640
File:The moon high above Cerro Chajnantor at sunset.jpg
Looking east towards Cerro Chajnantor, site of TAO
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Road (mountain pass) Mana Pass, India/China 5,610
File:Mana Village, Badrinath, Uttarakhand, India.jpeg
Mana Village, Badrinath, Uttarakhand, India
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Ski lift (ever) Chacaltaya, Bolivia 5,422
File:Chacaltaya Ski Resort.jpg
Enhanced image of Chacaltaya ski resort, November 2007
 The ski ended when the glacier disappeared, in 2009 [9]
City La Rinconada, Peru 5,100
File:La Rinconada Peru.jpg
La Rinconada, Peru
 Over 7,000 inhabitants, associated with a gold mine [13]
Railway Xining-Golmud-Lhasa at Tanggula, China 5,068
File:20060731061434 - 唐古拉站.jpg
Tanggula railway station building
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Road (asphalted) Ticlio, Peru 4,818
File:Ticlio railway pass.jpg
A signboard near the station of Ticlio. The green sign says, in Spanish: "TICLIO - TOURISTIC PLACE / 4818 amsl / World's highest railroad crossing", although it has been surpassed since
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Ski lift (current) Lijiang/Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, China 4,700 [16]
Commercial airport Daocheng Yading Airport, Sichuan, China 4,411 The proposed Nagqu Dagring Airport in Tibet, 4,436 m (14,554 ft), if built, will be higher. [17]
Golf course Yak golf course, Sikkim, India 3,970 [18]
National capital, de facto La Paz, Bolivia 3,650
File:Amaneciendo en La Paz con el Illimani de fondo.jpg
La Paz, Bolivia
 Average elevation at the city centre. Bolivia is a country with multiple capitals - Sucre (constitutional capital) and La Paz (seat of government). [19]
National capital, official Quito, Ecuador 2,850
File:Quito, Ecuador Astronaut Image.jpg
View of Quito from the International Space Station
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Point accessible by an oceangoing vessel (ever) Whitehorse, Yukon Territory 640
File:Yukon River at Whitehorse -b.jpg
Downtown Whitehorse and Yukon River, June 2008
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Point accessible by an oceangoing vessel (current) Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, between Hilpoltstein and Bachhausen, Germany 406
File:Main-Donau-Kanal-Höhenprofil.svg
Profile of the canal showing the locks
 [22]

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