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To be included on the list, a place needs to be an incorporated municipality (i.e. a city, town, or village) and it needs to be at an elevation of 3,000 feet (914 m) or higher. In the United States, settlements above 3,000 feet are found primarily on the High Plains , in the Rocky Mountains , and in Western North Carolina .
In addition, the country, continental region, latitude and longitude are shown for all cities listed. While the elevation of cities may vary enormously, this list should represent a notional elevation for each city which is verifiable and reasonably acceptable for comparison. The city proper must have a population of 175,000 or higher to be on ...
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). This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
[15] Mount Lamlam is the highest mountain in Guam (1,332 ft/406 meters), [15] and it is located within the boundaries of the village of Agat. [16] However, most of the village's population lives near sea level. The village of Umatac is also at a high elevation. 3750 feet (1143 m) Volcano Hawaii: 6290 feet (1917 m) Island Park Idaho [17] 994 ...
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]
Chamla in Smolyan Province is higher at ~1,650 m, but uninhabited since the 1980s. Dospat is the highest town in Bulgaria at 1358 m, as it was upgraded to a town status in 1974. 72 Malaysia: Brinchang: Pahang: 1,592 5,226 Kundasang, located in Sabah, is higher (with 1,884 m), but it is a small village of the town of Ranau. 73 Malawi: Dedza ...
15 ft South Pacific Ocean: sea level 5 m 15 ft Uganda: Mount Stanley (Margherita Peak) 5109 m 16,762 ft Albert Nile: 621 m 2,037 ft 4488 m 14,724 ft Ukraine: Hoverla: 2061 m 6,762 ft Kuyalnik Estuary: −5 m −16 ft: 2066 m 6,778 ft United Arab Emirates: Jabal Al Jais: 1892 m 6,207 ft Persian Gulf Gulf of Oman: sea level 1910 m 6,266 ft
[2] [dubious – discuss] The peak is accessible only via an extremely strenuous branch of the Art Loeb Trail with a 10.6 miles (17.1 km) round trip and an elevation change of 2,800 feet (850 m). [3] The vast majority of Cold Mountain falls within federal lands of the Shining Rock Wilderness of the Pisgah National Forest. However portions of ...