What Are the Highest Mountains on Each Continent

Highest Mountain in the World (and Asia)Everest, Nepal-China: 29,035 feet / 8850 meters Highest Mountain in AfricaKilimanjaro, Tanzania: 19,340 feet / 5895 meters Highest Mountain in AntarcticaVinson Massif: 16,066 feet / 4897 meters Highest Mountain in AustraliaKosciusko: 7310 feet / 2228 meters Highest Mountain in EuropeElbrus, Russia (Caucasus): 18,510 feet / 5642 meters Highest Mountain in Western EuropeMont Blanc, France-Italy: 15,771 feet / 4807 meters Highest Mountain in OceaniaPuncak Jaya, New Guinea: 16,535 feet / 5040 meters Highest Mountain in North AmericaMcKinley (Denali), Alaska: 20,320 feet / 6194 meters Highest Mountain in the 48 Contiguous United StatesWhitney, California: 14,494 feet / 4418 meters Highest Mountain in South AmericaAconcagua, Argentina: 22,834 feet / 6960 meters Lowest Point in the World (and Asia)Dead Sea shore, Israel-Jordan: 1369 feet / 417.5 meters below sea level Lowest Point in AfricaLake Assal, Djibouti: 512 feet / 156 meters below sea level Lowest Point in AustraliaLake Eyre: 52 feet / 12 meters below sea level Lowest Point in EuropeCaspian Sea shore, Russia-Iran-Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan: 92 feet / 28 meters below sea level Lowest Point in Western EuropeTie: Lemmefjord, Denmark and Prins Alexander Polder, Netherlands: 23 feet / 7 meters below sea level Lowest Point in North AmericaDeath Valley, California: 282 feet / 86 meters below sea level Lowest Point in South AmericaLaguna 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 Lowest Point in AntarcticaThe Bentley Subglacial Trench is approximately 2540 meters (8,333 feet) below sea level but is covered with ice; if Antarcticas 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. Deepest Point in the World (and the deepest in the  Pacific Ocean)Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench, Western Pacific Ocean: -36,070 feet / -10,994 meters Deepest Point in the Atlantic OceanPuerto Rico Trench: -28,374 feet / -8648 meters Deepest Point in the Arctic OceanEurasia Basin: -17,881 feet / -5450 meters Deepest Point in the Indian OceanJava Trench: -23,376 feet / -7125 meters Deepest Point in the Southern OceanSouthern end of the South Sandwich Trench: -23,736 feet / -7235 meters