This is a list of the highest feature on Earth for each category.
Category Highest feature Altitude (MASL) Photo Notes ReferencesPoint Mount Everest, China/Nepal 8,850 The altitude officially recognized for both China and Nepal is the former figure of 8,848 GlacierKhumbu, Nepal8,000It begins on the west side of Lhotse at an elevation of to .VolcanoOjos del Salado, Argentina/Chile6,893Archeological siteSummit of Llullaillaco volcano, Argentina/Chile (Inca burial)6,739Motorable attainable placeSlope of Ojos del Salado volcano, Chile6,688HelipadSonam, Siachen Glacier, India 6,400Lake/LagoonLagoon at eastern side of Ojos del Salado, Chile6,390 Road (dead end)Aucanquilcha, Chile6,176Mining road to summit of volcano, once usable by 20-ton mining trucks. The road is no longer usable. (includes description and photos of Aucanquilcha summit road and mine)Continuously inhabited place (ever)Aucanquilcha, Chile5,950Miners slept lower, at Quilcha (5,334m)Habitable cabinHigh Andes Rescue Unit, Ojos del Salado, Chile6,100Astronomical observatory University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO), Chile 5,640 Road (mountain pass)Mana Pass, India/China 5,610Ski lift (ever)Chacaltaya, Bolivia5,422The ski ended when the glacier disappeared, in 2009CityLa Rinconada, Peru5,100Over 7,000 inhabitants, associated with a gold mineRailwayXining-Golmud-Lhasa at Tanggula, China5,068Road (asphalted)Ticlio, Peru4,818Ski lift (current)Lijiang/Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, China 4,700Commercial airportDaocheng Yading Airport, Sichuan, China4,411The proposed Nagqu Dagring Airport in Tibet, , if built, will be higher.Golf courseYak golf course, Sikkim, India3,970National capital, de factoLa Paz, Bolivia3,650Average elevation at the city centre. Bolivia is a country with multiple capitals - Sucre (constitutional capital) and La Paz (seat of government). National capital, officialQuito, Ecuador2,850Point accessible by an oceangoing vessel (ever)Whitehorse, Yukon Territory640Point accessible by an oceangoing vessel (current)Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, between Hilpoltstein and Bachhausen, Germany406
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