A list of highest points typically contains the name, elevation, and location of the highest point in each of a set of geographical regions. Such a list is important in the sport of

highpointing Highpointing is the activity of ascending to the point with the highest natural elevation within a given area, known as the highpoint. Those who pursue the activity are known as highpointers. Highpointing has been considered a subset of peak bagg ...

. A partial list of highpoint lists is below:

Worldwide

Physical geography

Global

List of highest mountains on Earth There are at least 108 mountains on Earth with elevations of or greater above sea level. Of these, 14 are more than . The vast majority of these mountains are part of either the Himalayas or the Karakoram mountain ranges located on the edge o ...

* Summits farthest from the Earth's center *

List of islands by highest point This is a list of islands in the world ordered by their highest point; it lists island, islands with peaks by elevation. At the end of this article continent, continental landmasses are also included for comparison. Island countries and territor ...

By geographical region

* List of highest points on each continent *

List of elevation extremes by country The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country or dependent territory. Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential ...

List of countries by highest point The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country or dependent territory. Elevation, Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipo ...

List of highest points of African countries A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...

** List of highest points of Asian countries **

List of highest points of European countries This article lists the highest natural elevation of each sovereign state on the continent of Europe defined physiographically. Not all points in this list are mountains or hills, some are simply elevations that are not distinguishable as geogra ...

** List of highest points of Oceanian countries ** List of highest points of North American countries ** List of highest points of South American countries * List of elevation extremes by region

Human geography

List of highest towns by country A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...

** List of highest cities ** List of highest large cities

Within a particular country

Highest points of administrative divisions

* List of Brazilian states by highest point * List of highest points of Canadian provinces and territories * List of Chinese administrative divisions by highest point * List of the highest points of the German states *

List of Indian states and union territories by highest point This is the alphabetical list of the highest points of the Indian states and union territories. States Union territories Gallery Image:Kangchenjunga.jpg, Kangchenjunga (8,586 m) Image:Nanda devi.jpg, Nanda Devi (7,816 m) Image:Salto ...

* List of Indonesian provinces by highest point *

List of Irish counties by highest point This is a list of Irish counties by their highest point. These are most commonly known as county high points but are also sometimes referred to as county tops and county peaks. There are 32 counties in Ireland but in the case of 10 counties, ma ...

* List of Italian regions by highest point * List of Nigerian states by highest point * List of highest points of Norwegian counties * List of South African provinces by highest point * List of Swiss cantons by elevation (including highest points in each Swiss canton)

Within the United Kingdom

* List of highest points in the United Kingdom ** List of English counties by highest point ** List of counties of England and Wales in 1964 by highest point **

List of Welsh principal areas by highest point This is a list of the Subdivisions of Wales, principal areas of Wales, ordered by their highest points. Notes The highest points in the principal areas of both Torfaen and Rhondda Cynon Taf are not summits but locations high on hills, the summit ...

** List of Scottish counties by highest point **

List of Scottish council areas by highest point A list is a Set (mathematics), set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of t ...

** List of Northern Ireland counties by highest point ** List of Northern Ireland districts by highest point ** List of highest points in London

Within the United States

List of U.S. states and territories by elevation This list includes the elevation, topographic elevations of each of the 50 U.S. states, the Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, and the territories of the United States, U.S. territories. The elevation of a geographic area may be stated i ...

(including highest points in each U.S. state) ** List of highest U.S. county high points *** List of highest points in California by county ***

List of Colorado county high points This is a list of the 64 counties of the U.S. State of Colorado by their points of highest elevation. Of the 50 highest county high points in the United States, 30 are located in Colorado. The highest point in Colorado and the Rocky Mountai ...

*** List of highest points in Oregon by county ***

List of highest points in Nevada by county This is a list of highest points in the U.S. state of Nevada, in alphabetical order by county. All elevations use the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88), the currently accepted vertical control datum for United States, Canada and Mex ...

*** List of highest points in Washington by county ** List of Florida's highest points ** List of highest United States cities by state or territory

Mean elevations of administrative divisions

* List of Swiss cantons by elevation (including mean elevations of each Swiss canton) *

(including mean elevations of each U.S. state) ** List of highest counties in the United States