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The nearest inhabited lands are Gough Island, 1,845 km (1,146 mi) away, Tristan da Cunha, 2,260 km (1,404 mi) away, and the coast of South Africa, 2,580 km (1,603 mi) away. The title for most remote inhabited island or archipelago (the farthest away from any other permanently inhabited place) depends on how the question is interpreted.
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
Padre Island, Texas – most extensive Gulf of Mexico island at 209 square miles (540 km 2) and longest barrier island on Earth at 113 miles Isle Royale in Lake Superior , Michigan 48°0′N 88°55′W / 48.000°N 88.917°W / 48.000; -88.917 ( Isle Royale ) – most extensive island in a lake in all U.S. territory at 206.73 ...
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]
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.
The prominence of a peak is the minimum height of climb to the summit on any route from a higher peak, or from sea level if there is no higher peak. The lowest point on that route is the col. For full definitions and explanations of topographic prominence, key col, and parent, see topographic prominence. In particular, the different definitions ...
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. However, since many ...
Denali in Alaska is the highest mountain peak of the United States and North America.Denali is the third most topographically prominent and third most topographically isolated summit on Earth after Mount Everest and Aconcagua.