List of highest features on Earth

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	Everest's north face from the Tibetan plateau	The altitude officially recognized for both China and Nepal is the former figure of 8,848 57°18′22″N 4°27′32″W	[1]
Glacier	Khumbu, Nepal	8,000	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	Ojos del Salado looming on the horizon		[3]
Archeological site	Summit of Llullaillaco volcano, Argentina/Chile (inca burial)	6,739	Johan Reinhard, discoverer of the site, at the summit of Volcán Llullaillaco, 1999		[4]
Motorable attainable place	Slope of Ojos del Salado volcano, Chile	6,688			[5]
Helipad	Sonam, Siachen Glacier, India	6,400	Satellite imagery of the Siachen Glacier		[6]
Lake/Lagoon	Lagoon at eastern side of Ojos del Salado, Chile	6,390		27°06′49″S 68°31′35″W	[7]
Road (dead end)	Aucanquilcha, Chile	6,176	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	Looking east towards Cerro Chajnantor, site of TAO	22°59′12″S 67°44′32″W	[11]
Road (mountain pass)	Mana Pass, India/China	5,610	Mana Village, Badrinath, Uttarakhand, India		[12]
Ski lift (ever)	Chacaltaya, Bolivia	5,422	Enhanced image of Chacaltaya ski resort, November 2007	The ski ended when the glacier disappeared, in 2009	[9]
City	La Rinconada, Peru	5,100	La Rinconada, Peru	Over 7,000 inhabitants, associated with a gold mine	[13]
Railway	Xining-Golmud-Lhasa at Tanggula, China	5,068	Tanggula railway station building		[14]
Road (asphalted)	Ticlio, Peru	4,818	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		[15]
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	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	View of Quito from the International Space Station		[20]
Point accessible by an oceangoing vessel (ever)	Whitehorse, Yukon Territory	640	Downtown Whitehorse and Yukon River, June 2008		[21]
Point accessible by an oceangoing vessel (current)	Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, between Hilpoltstein and Bachhausen, Germany	406	Profile of the canal showing the locks		[22]