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The Valdés Peninsula, on the southeastern coast of Argentina, includes the lowest point, at 131 feet (40 metres) below sea level.
- What country has the lowest elevation?
- What is the flattest country?
- Is there a country without mountains?
- What is a smallest country?
- Which part of South America has the highest land elevation?
- Which city in South America has the highest elevation?
- Where is the driest place in South America?
What country has the lowest elevation?
The Maldives – made up of a chain of nearly 1,200 mostly uninhabited islands in the Indian Ocean – is the lowest country in the world. Not one of its coral islands is more than six feet (1.8 meters) above sea level, making the country vulnerable to a rise in sea level associated with climate change.
What is the flattest country?
The country with the lowest high point is Maldives, with a maximum elevation above sea level of 2.4m (8 ft).
Is there a country without mountains?
No mountains
That's Bhutan, where the average altitude is a lofty 3,280 metres. It's paradise for hikers.
What is a smallest country?
Based on landmass, Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, measuring just 0.2 square miles, almost 120 times smaller than the island of Manhattan. Situated on the western bank of the Tiber River, Vatican City's 2-mile border is landlocked by Italy.
Which part of South America has the highest land elevation?
Part of the Andes mountain range, Aconcagua is the second highest of the Seven Summits (the highest peaks on each continent), behind only Mount Everest in Asia.
Which city in South America has the highest elevation?
La Paz, Bolivia
At an elevation of roughly 3,650 meters (11,975 feet) above sea level, La Paz is the highest capital city in the world.
Where is the driest place in South America?
Atacama Desert – Chile
A story that was immortalized in the movie “The 33”. This desert in northern Chile is the driest place on the planet. The Atacama Desert is on the other side of Eastern Patagonia. Therefore, you will find that it is surrounded by the Andes in its eastern part and by the Pacific Ocean in the west.
