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Physical Labels

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Area and point labels of major physical features.
About

Primarily derived from Patterson’s Physical Map of the World. Polygons defined by international team of volunteers.

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Issues

Do not edit this theme! Instead, edit the 10m version. Once that is edited, select based on scale rank <= 5 and export to make this 50m theme.

The boundaries of physical regions should be taken with a grain of salt. They are roughly accurate to 50m scale, although the number of features included is to the 10m scale.

Mountain peaks have been corrected to their true lat-long location. Spot elevations have also been fixed. Both have been spun off into the new “elevation points” theme. PeakBagger was invaluable in editing this theme.

Version History

  • 2.0.0
  • 1.3.0
  • 1.1.0
  • 0.8.0

The master changelog is available on Github »

Feature Lists

Area features

Scale Rank Feature Class Name Alternate name
0 continent AFRICA
0 continent AUSTRALIA
0 continent SOUTH AMERICA
0 continent EUROPE
0 continent ASIA
0 continent ASIA
0 continent NORTH AMERICA
0 continent NORTH AMERICA
0 island group POLYNESIA
0 island group POLYNESIA
0 island group POLYNESIA
0 island group MICRONESIA
0 island group MELANESIA
1 geoarea SIBERIA
1 geoarea ALASKA
1 ismus CENTRAL AMERICA
1 plateau PLATEAU OF TIBET
1 plateau PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA
1 plateau WESTERN PLATEAU
1 desert SAHARA
1 desert GOBI DESERT
1 penn/cape ARABIAN PENINSULA
1 penn/cape INDOCHINA PENINSULA
1 penn/cape SCANDINAVIA
1 penn/cape INDIA
1 basin AMAZON BASIN
1 basin CONGO BASIN
1 plain GREAT PLAINS
1 plain NORTHERN EUROPEAN PLAIN
1 plain KAZAKH STEPPE
1 plain NORTH CHINA PLAIN
1 range/mtn ROCKY MOUNTAINS
1 range/mtn ANDES
1 range/mtn HIMALAYAS
1 range/mtn CAUCASUS MTS.
1 range/mtn URAL MOUNTAINS
1 range/mtn TIAN SHAN
1 range/mtn ALPS
1 range/mtn GREAT DIVIDING RANGE
1 island group BRITISH ISLES
1 island group ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO
1 island group NEW ZEALAND
1 island group JAPAN
1 island group PHILIPPINES
1 island group GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS
1 island group Hawai‘i
1 island group NEW BRITAIN
1 island group CAROLINE ISLANDS
1 island group LINE ISLANDS
1 island group HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
1 island group KIRIBATI
1 island group KIRIBATI
1 tundra CANADIAN SHIELD
1 tundra CANADIAN SHIELD
1 island MADAGASCAR
1 island GREENLAND
2 geoarea PATAGONIA
2 geoarea ANATOLIA
2 foothills SELVAS
2 tundra Bol’shezemel’skaya Tundra
2 desert KALAHARI DESERT
2 desert CAATINGAS
2 desert RUB’ AL KHALI
2 desert PUNJAB
2 desert BETPAQDALA DESERT
2 penn/cape BALKAN PEN.
2 penn/cape SOMALI PENINSULA
2 valley Fergana Valley
2 plateau PLANALTO DO MATO GROSSO
2 plateau DECCAN PLATEAU
2 plateau MONGOLIAN PLATEAU
2 plateau CENTRAL SIBERIAN PLATEAU
2 plateau BRAZILIAN HIGHLANDS
2 plain GANGES PLAIN
2 plain PAMPAS
2 plain LLANOS
2 plain GRAN CHACO
2 plain CENTRAL LOWLAND
2 plain COASTAL PLAIN
2 plain PONTIC STEPPE
2 plain SAHEL
2 plain TURAN LOWLAND
2 plain MANCHURIAN PLAIN
2 range/mtn ALASKA RANGE
2 range/mtn CASCADE RANGE
2 range/mtn COAST MOUNTAINS
2 range/mtn BROOKS RANGE
2 range/mtn APPALACHIAN MTS.
2 range/mtn APPALACHIAN MTS.
2 range/mtn ATLAS MOUNTAINS
2 range/mtn KUNLUN MOUNTAINS
2 range/mtn KARAKORAM RA.
2 range/mtn HINDU KUSH
2 range/mtn PAMIRS
2 range/mtn Siwalik Hills
2 range/mtn CHAÎNE ANNAMITIQUE
2 range/mtn STANOVOY RANGE
2 range/mtn GREATER KHINGAN RANGE
2 range/mtn ALTAY MOUNTAINS
2 range/mtn ZAGROS MOUNTAINS
2 range/mtn ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS
2 basin GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN
2 basin GREAT BASIN
2 penn/cape MALAY PENINSULA
2 penn/cape KAMCHATKA PENINSULA
2 penn/cape YAMAL PENINSULA
2 penn/cape TAYMYR PENINSULA
2 island group QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS
2 island group WEST INDIES
2 island group ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
2 island group MOLUCCAS
2 island group NICOBAR ISLANDS
2 island group ANDAMAN ISLANDS
2 island ICELAND
2 island GREAT BRITAIN
2 island IRELAND
2 island HONSHÜ
2 island SUMATRA
2 island BORNEO
2 island NEW GUINEA
2 island TASMANIA
2 island NORTH ISLAND
2 island SOUTH ISLAND
2 island SRI LANKA
3 geoarea Mesopotamia
3 geoarea KNUD RASMUSSEN LAND
3 geoarea SUDD
3 lowland CASPIAN DEPRESSION
3 lowland WESTERN SIBERIAN PLAIN
3 lowland NORTH SIBERIAN LOWLAND
3 wetlands PANTANAL
3 foothills YUNGAS
3 foothills PIEDMONT
3 ismus ISTHMUS OF KRA
3 basin TARIM BASIN
3 basin SICHUAN BASIN
3 basin MURRAY-DARLING BASIN
3 ismus Is. de Panamá
3 ismus Istmo de Tehuantepec
3 desert DESIERTO DE ATACAMA
3 desert QIZILQUM DESERT
3 desert GARAGUM DESERT
3 desert SYRIAN DESERT
3 desert THAR DESERT
3 desert GREAT VICTORIA DESERT
3 desert LIBYAN DESERT
3 desert GREAT SANDY DESERT
3 desert NUBIAN DESERT
3 desert WESTERN DESERT
3 desert NAMIB DESERT
3 plain CHACO AUSTRAL
3 plain CHACO BOREAL
3 plain NORTH SLOPE
3 plain NULLARBOR PLAIN
3 tundra BARREN GROUNDS
3 plateau PLANALTO CENTRAL
3 plateau GUIANA SHIELD
3 plateau ALTIPLANO
3 plateau YUKON PLATEAU
3 plateau CUMBERLAND PLAT.
3 plateau ALLEGHENY PLAT.
3 plateau ALTI-PLANICIE MEXICANA
3 plateau COLUMBIA PLAT.
3 plateau COLORADO PLATEAU
3 plateau SHAN PLATEAU
3 plateau Khorat Plat.
3 plateau YUNGUI PLATEAU
3 plateau PUTORANA PLATEAU
3 plateau Aldan Upland
3 plateau CENTRAL RUSSIAN UPLAND
3 plateau KATANGA PLATEAU
3 penn/cape Shandong Pen.
3 penn/cape Península Valdés
3 penn/cape FLORIDA
3 penn/cape ALASKA PENINSULA
3 penn/cape PEN. DE YUCATÁN
3 penn/cape BAJA CALIFORNIA
3 penn/cape Cà Mau Point
3 penn/cape KOLA PENINSULA
3 penn/cape CRIMEA
3 penn/cape ARNHEM LAND
3 penn/cape CAPE YORK PEN.
3 valley GREAT RIFT VALLEY
3 valley GREAT RIFT VALLEY
3 delta Mekong Delta
3 delta Amazon Delta
3 delta Danube Delta
3 delta Volga Delta
3 delta Niger Delta
3 delta Mississippi Delta
3 range/mtn CORDILLERA ORIENTAL
3 range/mtn CORD. CENTRAL
3 range/mtn CORD. OCCIDENTAL
3 range/mtn CORD. CENTRAL
3 range/mtn CORDILLERA ORIENTAL
3 range/mtn CORDILLERA REAL
3 range/mtn CORDILLERA OCCIDENTAL
3 range/mtn MACKENZIE MTS.
3 range/mtn CHUGACH MTS.
3 range/mtn SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL
3 range/mtn SIERRA NEVADA
3 range/mtn SIERRA MADRE ORIENTAL
3 range/mtn COAST RANGES
3 range/mtn Sierra Madre del Sur
3 range/mtn PYRENEES
3 range/mtn APPENNINI
3 range/mtn CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS
3 range/mtn KJØLEN MOUNTAINS
3 range/mtn ELBURZ MTS.
3 range/mtn ASIR MTS.
3 range/mtn HEJAZ MTS.
3 range/mtn ALTUN MTS.
3 range/mtn Tarbagatay Ra.
3 range/mtn Wuyi Mts.
3 range/mtn Vindhya Range
3 range/mtn EASTERN GHATS
3 range/mtn WESTERN GHATS
3 range/mtn Nan Ling Mts.
3 range/mtn Dabie Mts.
3 range/mtn YABLONOVYY RANGE
3 range/mtn EASTERN SAYAN MTS.
3 range/mtn QUILIAN MOUNTAINS
3 range/mtn Central Highlands
3 range/mtn VERKHOYANSK RANGE
3 range/mtn SIKHOTE-ALIN’ RANGE
3 range/mtn Lesser Khingan Range
3 range/mtn SOUTHERN ALPS
3 range/mtn MITUMBA MTS.
3 range/mtn AÏR MTS.
3 range/mtn AHAGGAR MTS.
3 range/mtn TIBESTI MTS.
3 range/mtn CRYSTAL MOUNTAINS
3 range/mtn DRAKENSBERG
3 range/mtn HAUT ATLAS
3 range/mtn ATLAS SAHARIEN
3 island group AÇORES
3 island group PARRY ISLANDS
3 island group LESSER ANTILLES
3 island group BAHAMA ISLANDS
3 island group GREATER ANTILLES
3 island group NEW SIBERIAN ISLANDS
3 island group ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
3 island group Spratly Islands
3 island group LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS
3 island group Balearic Is.
3 island group NOVAYA ZEMLYA New Land
3 island group FRANZ JOSEF LAND
3 island group SVALBARD
3 island group FALKLAND IS. IS. MALVINAS
3 island group SEVERNAYA ZEMLYA North Land
3 island group Myeik Arch.
3 island group SEYCHELLES
3 island group ARCHIPEL DES COMORES
3 island group MASCARENE ISLANDS
3 island group Viti Levu
3 island group Maui
3 island group Tahiti
3 island group Isabela
3 island group Guadalcanal
3 island group Bougainville
3 island group Bismarck Archipelago
3 island group ARCHIPEL DES TUAMOTU
3 island group RYÜKYÜ ISANDS
3 island group MARSHALL ISANDS
3 island group SOLOMON ISANDS
3 island group Espiritu Santo
3 island Sicilia
3 island Corse
3 island Sardegna
3 island SAKHALIN
3 island HOKKAIDÖ
3 island SHIKOKU
3 island KYÜSHÜ
3 island TAIWAN
3 island LUZON
3 island MINDANAO
3 island JAVA
3 island SULAWESI
3 island ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND
3 island BAFFIN ISLAND
3 island ELLESMERE ISLAND
3 island LABRADOR
3 island VICTORIA ISLAND
3 island Vancouver Island
3 island Nova Scotia
3 island TIERRA DEL FUEGO
3 island N. Andaman
3 island Middle Andaman
3 island S. Andaman
3 island Great Nicobar
3 island Bol’shoy Begichev I.
4 wetlands Entre Rios
4 valley Central Valley
4 valley Valle Longitudinal
4 gorge Tsangpo Gorge
4 gorge Yangtze Gorges
4 gorge Grand Canyon
4 geoarea JUTLAND
4 geoarea JUTLAND
4 geoarea LAPLAND
4 geoarea BALUCHISTAN
4 geoarea Hexi Corridor
4 geoarea Riverina
4 geoarea Banaadir Coast
4 geoarea Ogaden
4 lowland VYCHEGDA LOWLAND
4 lowland KOLYMA LOWLAND
4 basin Qaidam Basin
4 basin Junggar Basin
4 plateau Loess Plateau
4 plateau STANOVOY UPLAND
4 plateau Ustyurt Plateau
4 plateau KAZAKH UPLAND
4 plateau KIMBERLEY PLATEAU
4 plateau Superior Upland
4 plateau FRASER PLATEAU
4 plateau Edwards Plateau
4 plateau Ozark Plateau
4 plateau Campos Sertão
4 plateau Bié Plateau
4 plateau Huíla Plateau
4 plateau Adamawa Plateau
4 plain LES LAURENTIDES
4 plain Yukon Flats
4 plain Iwembere Steppe
4 penn/cape Leizhou Pen.
4 penn/cape Kathiawar Pen.
4 penn/cape Liaodong Pen.
4 penn/cape Cape Chelyuskin
4 penn/cape GYDA PENINSULA
4 penn/cape KOREA
4 penn/cape Pén. de Gaspé
4 penn/cape PÉNINSULE D’UNGAVA
4 penn/cape Melville Peninsula
4 penn/cape Cumberland Peninsula
4 penn/cape CHUKCHI PENINSULA
4 coast Dalmatia
4 coast Costa de los Mosquitos
4 desert LUT DESERT
4 desert TAKLIMAKAN DESERT
4 desert Mu Us Desert Ordos
4 desert Gibson Desert
4 desert Great Salt Lake Desert
4 desert SONORAN DESERT
4 desert CHIHUAHUAN DESERT
4 desert El Djouf
4 desert ‘Erg Chech
4 desert Grand Erg Occidental
4 desert Grand Erg Oriental
4 desert Sarïr Kalanshiyu ar Ramli al Kabi Sea of Sand
4 desert Tassili-n-Ajjer
4 desert Tassili oua-n-Ahaggar
4 desert Ténéré
4 desert Hamada du Drâa
4 desert Idhän Murzuq
4 range/mtn Hadhramaut
4 range/mtn Sierra Morena
4 range/mtn S. Nevada
4 range/mtn Cord. Cantábrica
4 range/mtn Dinaric Alps
4 range/mtn Balkan Mts.
4 range/mtn KUH RUD MOUNTAINS
4 range/mtn PONTIC MOUNTAINS
4 range/mtn Lesser Caucasus
4 range/mtn Khasi Hills
4 range/mtn Alataw Mts.
4 range/mtn Borohoro Mts.
4 range/mtn Salt Ra.
4 range/mtn Satpura Range
4 range/mtn Southern Ghats
4 range/mtn Arakan Yoma
4 range/mtn Naga Hills
4 range/mtn Dângrêk Ra.
4 range/mtn Dalou Mts.
4 range/mtn Qinling Mountains
4 range/mtn Lüliang Mts.
4 range/mtn Taihang Mts.
4 range/mtn Tannu-Ola Ra.
4 range/mtn Abakanskiy Ra.
4 range/mtn Western Sayan Mts.
4 range/mtn Yin Mts.
4 range/mtn Chin Hills
4 range/mtn CHERSKIY RANGE
4 range/mtn KOLYMA RANGE
4 range/mtn Koryak Range
4 range/mtn SREDINNYY RANGE
4 range/mtn Hamgyong Mts.
4 range/mtn Hangayn Mts.
4 range/mtn NEW GUINEA HIGHLANDS
4 range/mtn TORNGAT MTS.
4 range/mtn COLUMBIA MTS.
4 range/mtn SELWYN MTS.
4 range/mtn Sierra Chiapas
4 range/mtn GUIANA HIGHLANDS
4 range/mtn Serra da Mantiqueira
4 range/mtn Serra Geral
4 range/mtn Serra do Mar
4 range/mtn Muchinga Mts.
4 range/mtn Anti Atlas
4 coast Coromandel Coast
4 coast Malabar Coast
4 delta Ganges Delta
4 delta Irrawaddy Delta
4 delta Indus Delta
4 delta Lena Delta
4 delta Nile Delta
4 delta Zambezi Delta
4 island group Virgin Is.
4 island group Channel Islands
4 island group Alexander Archipelago
4 island group Queen Charlotte Islands
4 island group Islas Revillagigedo
4 island group AÇORES
4 island group ISLAS CANARIAS
4 island group ILHAS DE CABO VERDE
4 island group Sulu Archipelago
4 island group Amami
4 island group Okinawa
4 island group Paramushir
4 island group Guam
4 island group Vanua Levu
4 island group Kaua‘i
4 island group O‘ahu
4 island group Kiritimati Christmas I.
4 island group Nuku Hiva
4 island group Hiva Oa
4 island group Raiatea
4 island group Savai‘i
4 island group Santa Cruz
4 island group Malakula
4 island group Santa Isabel
4 island group San Cristobal
4 island group New Ireland
4 island group NORTHERN COOK ISLANDS
4 island group SOUTHERN COOK ISLANDS
4 island group NAMPÖ-SHOTÖ
4 island group RALIK CHAIN
4 island group RATAK CHAIN
4 island group FIJI
4 island group TONGA ISLANDS
4 island group FIJI
4 island group KURIL ISANDS
4 island CUBA
4 island HISPANIOLA
4 island Cape Breton Island
4 island Prince Edward I.
4 island Trinidad
4 island Puerto Rico
4 island Jamaica
4 island BANKS ISLAND
4 island Cyprus
4 island Mindoro
4 island Panay
4 island Samar
4 island Leyte
4 island Negros
4 island Bohol
4 island Palawan
4 island TIMOR
4 island Halmahera
4 island Ceram
4 island Isla de Chiloé
4 island Shmidta I.
4 island Arctic Institute I.
4 island October Revolution I.
4 island Bol’shevik I.
4 island Komsomolets I.
4 island HAINAN
5 geoarea Nyeboe Land
5 geoarea Peary Land
5 geoarea Crown Prince Christian Land
5 geoarea King Frederik VIII Land
5 geoarea King Wilhelm Land
5 geoarea King Christian X Land
5 geoarea King Christian IX Land
5 geoarea Jameson Land
5 geoarea Karelia
5 geoarea Finnish Lake Region
5 geoarea Bretagne
5 geoarea Normandie
5 geoarea Dampier Land
5 geoarea El Gezira
5 wetlands Sundarbans
5 valley Vale of Kashmir
5 depression Bodélé Depression
5 depression Aoukâr
5 coast King Frederik VI Coast
5 coast Riviera
5 coast Eighty Mile Beach
5 coast Gold Coast
5 coast Ivory Coast
5 coast Slave Coast
5 coast Grain Coast
5 coast Levant Coast
5 coast Fiordland
5 plain Llano Estacado
5 plain Baltic Plains
5 plain Alföld
5 plain Hasa Plain
5 plain Tihamah
5 plain Darling Downs
5 plain Jabal Nafüsah
5 plain Masai Steppe
5 plain Serengeti Plains
5 desert Big Bend
5 desert An Nafud Desert
5 desert Kavir Desert
5 desert Margo Desert
5 desert Rigestan
5 desert Tanami Desert
5 desert Simpson Desert
5 desert Strzelecki Desert
5 desert ‘Erg Iguidi
5 desert Hamada de Tinrhert
5 desert Akchâr
5 desert Trarza
5 desert Eastern Desert
5 desert Chalbi Desert
5 desert Negev Desert
5 desert Danakil
5 desert Wahiba Sands
5 desert Salar de Uyuni
5 plateau Northern Karroo
5 plateau Planalto da Borborema
5 plateau Chapada do Araripe
5 plateau Finnmarks-vidda
5 plateau Massif Central
5 plateau Azov Upland
5 plateau Dnieper Upland
5 plateau Volga Upland
5 plateau Stavropol’ Plateau
5 plateau Chota Nägpur Plateau
5 plateau Okhotsk-Kolyma Upland
5 plateau Barkly Tableland
5 plateau Atherton Tableland
5 plateau Buckland Tableland
5 plateau Libyan Plateau
5 plateau Jabal al Abyad Plateau
5 plateau Jilf al Kabir Plateau
5 plateau Plat. du Tademaït
5 plateau Fouta Djallon
5 plateau Tagant
5 plateau Great Karroo
5 penn/cape Pen. de Azuero
5 penn/cape Pen. de la Guajira
5 penn/cape Seward Peninsula
5 penn/cape Kenai Peninsula
5 penn/cape Meta Incognita Pen.
5 penn/cape Foxe Pen.
5 penn/cape Boothia Peninsula
5 penn/cape Koni Pen.
5 penn/cape P’yagina Pen.
5 penn/cape Taygonos Pen.
5 penn/cape Datu Pen.
5 penn/cape Wilsons Promontory
5 penn/cape Banks Pen.
5 penn/cape Noto Pen.
5 penn/cape Cobourg Pen.
5 penn/cape Musandam Peninsula
5 penn/cape Absheron Pen.
5 penn/cape Kanin Pen.
5 penn/cape Península de Taitao
5 range/mtn S. de Pakaraima
5 range/mtn Serra do Espinhaço
5 range/mtn S. dos Gradaús
5 range/mtn S. Dourada
5 range/mtn S. do Cachimbo
5 range/mtn Serra de Curupira
5 range/mtn Serra Acaraí
5 range/mtn Serra da Ibiapaba
5 range/mtn S. do Piaui
5 range/mtn Wilhelmina Gebergte
5 range/mtn Tumuc-Humac Mts.
5 range/mtn Cuchilla Grande
5 range/mtn Cord. de Mérida
5 range/mtn Mogollon Rim
5 range/mtn Black Hills
5 range/mtn Salmon River Mts.
5 range/mtn Ouachita Mts.
5 range/mtn Klamath Mts.
5 range/mtn Blue Ridge
5 range/mtn Adirondack Mts.
5 range/mtn Wrangell Mts.
5 range/mtn Ogilvie Mts.
5 range/mtn Cassiar Mts.
5 range/mtn Caribou Mts.
5 range/mtn Birch Mts.
5 range/mtn Vatnajökull
5 range/mtn Cambrian Mts.
5 range/mtn Grampian Mts.
5 range/mtn Jura
5 range/mtn Ardennes
5 range/mtn Erzgebirge
5 range/mtn Sudetes Mts.
5 range/mtn Vosges
5 range/mtn Harz
5 range/mtn Calabria
5 range/mtn Pindus Mts.
5 range/mtn Tatra Mts.
5 range/mtn Transylvanian Alps
5 range/mtn Böhmerwald
5 range/mtn Taurus Mts.
5 range/mtn Tuwayq Mts.
5 range/mtn Al Hajar Mts.
5 range/mtn Paropamisus Ra.
5 range/mtn Kopet Dag Mts .
5 range/mtn Lebanon Mts.
5 range/mtn Kirthar Ra.
5 range/mtn Central Makran
5 range/mtn Sulaiman Ra.
5 range/mtn Arvalli Ra.
5 range/mtn Karatau Range
5 range/mtn Central Bruhui Range
5 range/mtn Momskiy Mts.
5 range/mtn Dzhugdzhur Range
5 range/mtn Suntar-Khayata Range
5 range/mtn Chukchi Range
5 range/mtn Yam Alin’ Range
5 range/mtn Bureinskiy Ra.
5 range/mtn Hentiyn Mts.
5 range/mtn Barisan Mountains
5 range/mtn Maoke Mts.
5 range/mtn Owen Stanley Ra.
5 range/mtn Hamersley Ra.
5 range/mtn Darling Range
5 range/mtn MacDonnell Ranges
5 range/mtn Selwyn Ra.
5 range/mtn Gregory Ra.
5 range/mtn Blue Mts.
5 range/mtn Flinders Ranges
5 range/mtn Australian Alps
5 range/mtn Inyanga Mts.
5 range/mtn Atlas Tellien
5 range/mtn Er Rif
5 range/mtn Al Jabal al Akhdar
5 range/mtn Ahmar Mts.
5 range/mtn Marrah Mts.
5 range/mtn Guinea Highlands
5 range/mtn Groot Karasberge
5 range/mtn Ogo Mts.
5 range/mtn Chaîne des Mongos
5 range/mtn Hardanger-vidda
5 range/mtn Bitterroot Range
5 range/mtn Front Range
5 range/mtn Maya Mts.
5 coast Skeleton Coast
5 coast Wild Coast
5 pen/cape Cape Zhelaniya
5 pen/cape Taz Pen.
5 island group Belcher Islands
5 island group Frisian Is.
5 island group Cyclades
5 island group Shetland Is.
5 island group Føroyar Faroe Is.
5 island group Orkney Is.
5 island group Outer Hebrides
5 island group Ionian Is.
5 island group Auckland Islands
5 island group Auckland Islands
5 island group Lyakhov Islands
5 island group Lyakhov Islands
5 island group Bear Is.
5 island group Commander Islands
5 island group Shantar Islands
5 island group Oki Is.
5 island group Ösumi Is.
5 island group Babuyan Is.
5 island group Calamian Group
5 island group Batu Is.
5 island group Batu Is.
5 island group Riau Arch.
5 island group Talaud Is.
5 island group Talaud Is.
5 island group Talaud Is.
5 island group Sangihe Islands
5 island group Tanimbar Islands
5 island group Aru Islands
5 island group Whitsunday Group
5 island group Bonaparte
5 island group LACCADIVE IS.
5 island group SAMOA IS.
5 island group Iturup
5 island group Urup
5 island group ARCHIPIÉLAGO DE COLÓN GALAPAGOS IS.
5 island group ÎLES MARQUESAS
5 island group ÎLES DE LA SOCIÉTÉ
5 island group ÎLES GAMBIER
5 island group MARIANA ISANDS
5 island group TUVALU
5 island group NOUVELLE-CALÉDONIE
5 island group VANUATU
5 island group ÎLES TUBUAÏ
5 island group PHOENIX ISLANDS
5 island group Is. Revillagigedo
5 island group IZU-SHOTÖ
5 island group SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
5 island group PALAU IS.
5 island group Lau Group
5 island Kodiak Island
5 island Wrangel I.
5 island Devon Island
5 island Axel Heiberg I.
5 island Prince of Wales I.
5 island Southampton I.
5 island Melville Island
5 island Qeqertarsuaq Disko I.
5 island Grand Bahama
5 island Long I.
5 island Madeira
5 island Gran Canaria
5 island Tenerife
5 island Bioko
5 island Socotra
5 island Zanzibar I.
5 island Príncipe
5 island São Tomé
5 island Jan Mayen
5 island Kolguyev I.
5 island Vaygach I.
5 island Nordaustlandet
5 island Spitsbergen
5 island Edgeøya
5 island Lesbos
5 island Bjørnøya Bear I.
5 island Ibiza
5 island Mallorca
5 island Menorca
5 island Malta
5 island Kvitøya
5 island Zemlya Georga I.
5 island Greem Bell I.
5 island Crete
5 island Rhodes
5 island Pelopónnisos
5 island Vesterålen
5 island Lofoten
5 island Zealand
5 island Gotland
5 island Åland
5 island Saaremaa
5 island Stewart I.
5 island Simeulue
5 island Nias
5 island Siberut
5 island South Pagai
5 island Enggano
5 island Natuna Basar
5 island Bangka
5 island Belitung
5 island Madura I.
5 island Bali
5 island Lombok
5 island Sumbawa
5 island Sumba
5 island Flores
5 island Wetar
5 island Alor
5 island Morotai
5 island Taliabu
5 island Buru
5 island Yos Sudarso I.
5 island Biak
5 island Melville I.
5 island Fraser I.
5 island Kangaroo I.
5 island Flinders I.
5 island King I.
5 island Rowley Shoals
5 island Kotel’nyy I.
5 island Novaya Sibir’ I.
5 island Ayon I.
5 island Wrangel I.
5 island Karaginskiy I.
5 island Mornington I.
5 island Groote Eylandt
5 island East Falkland
5 island West Falkland
5 island Cheju I.
5 island Belyy I.
5 island Ushakova I.
5 island Vize I.
5 island Ilha de Marajó
5 island Niue
5 island Tongatapu
5 island Taveuni
5 island Tutuila
5 island Upolu
5 island Ni‘ihau
5 island Läna‘i
5 island Ua Pou
5 island Moorea
5 island Bora Bora
5 island Moloka‘i
5 island Rota
5 island Saipan
5 island Kadavu
5 island Pohnpei
5 island Tanna
5 island Éfaté
5 island Choiseul
5 island Malaita
5 island Manus

Point locations with elevation

Scale Rank

Feature Class Name Elevation (meters) Comment Alternative Name
2

mountain Vinson Massif 4892

3

mountain Mt. Takahe 3460

3

mountain Mt. Sidley 4285

3

mountain Mt. Fridtjof Nansen 4069

4

mountain Chimborazo 6267

4

mountain Pico Bolívar 4980

4

mountain Klyuchevskaya Sopka 4750

4

mountain Puncak Jaya 4884
Carstensz Pyramid
4

mountain Gunung Kinabalu 4101

5

mountain Otgon Tenger 4000

5

mountain Gora Korolenko 1647

5

mountain Magen Gangri 6282
Mt. Amnyemaqen
5

mountain Taibai Shan 3767

5

mountain Nanda Devi 7817

5

mountain Daba Shan 2708

5

mountain Mazong Shan 2584

5

mountain Gora Burun-Shibertuy 2519

5

mountain Skalistyy Golets 2467

5

mountain Inyaptuk Golets 2641

5

mountain Grandiozny Pk. 2891

5

mountain Jebel Toubkal 4165

5

mountain Thabana Ntlenyana 3482

5

mountain Mt. Batu 4307

5

mountain Argun 3418

5

mountain Kinyeti 3187

5

mountain Muleta 3405

5

mountain Ras Dejen 4533

5

mountain Mt. Elgon 4321

5

mountain Wheeler Pk. 3982

5

mountain Borah Pk. 3859

5

mountain Sacajawea Pk. 2999

5

mountain Trapper Pk. 3096

5

mountain Kings Pk. 4123

5

mountain Mt. Baker 3286

5

mountain Mt. Elbert 4402

5

mountain Uncompahgre Pk. 4361

5

mountain Mt. Mitchell 2037

5

mountain Clingmans Dome 2025

5

mountain Spruce Knob 1482

5

mountain Mt. Rogers 1746

5

depression Qattara Depression -133

5

depression Er Richat Depression 485

5

mountain Talo 4413

5

mountain Lesatima 4001

4

mountain Bogda Feng 5445
Bogda Peak
4

mountain Pik Imeni Ismail Samani 7495

4

mountain Gora Manas 4482

4

mountain Shah Fuladi 5048

4

mountain K?h-e Jang Qal’eh 4171

4

mountain Gora Munku-Sardyk 3491

4

mountain Wutai Shan 3058

4

mountain Mt. Kenya 5199

4

mountain Mt. Stanley 4979

3

mountain Gongga Shan 7556

3

mountain Dhaulagiri 8172

3

mountain Belukha 4506

3

mountain Nganglong Kangri 6720

3

mountain Geladandong 6621
Geladaindong
3

mountain Mt. Washington 1917

3

mountain Mt. Katahdin 1606

3

mountain Mt. Shasta 4322

3

mountain Grand Teton 4199

3

mountain Mt. Hood 3426

2

mountain Mt. Kilimanjaro 5895 Highest point in Africa
3

mountain Mt. Blanc 4807

3

depression
-156 Lowest point in Africa
2

mountain Mt. Everest 8848 Worlds highest point
4

mountain Kangtö 7060

2

depression Death Valley -86 Lowest point in N. America
2

mountain Mt. McKinley 6194 Highest point in N. America
4

mountain Mt. Chamberlin 2749

2

depression Turpan Depression -154

2

mountain Cerro Aconcagua 6959 Highest point in S. America
4

mountain Cerro Champaquí 2770

2

depression
-40 Lowest point in S. America
2

depression
-28 Lowest point in Europe
2

depression
-416 Worlds lowest point
2

mountain Gora Elbrus 5642 Highest point in Europe Mount Elbrus
2

depression
-16 Lowest point in Australia
2

mountain Cero Raya 2070

2

pass Khyber Pass 1070

2

mountain Mt. Whitney 4421

2

mountain K2 8611

2

mountain Muztag Feng 6973
Ulugh Muztag
2

mountain Kailash 6638

2

mountain Mt. Kosciuszko 2228 Highest point in Australia

Point locations with no elevation

Scale rank

Feature class Name Comment Alternative Name
3

island Wright I.

3

island Grant I.

3

island Newman I.

3

island Dean I.

5

cape Cape Comorin

5

cape Dondra Head

5

cape Cabo Delgado

5

cape Ponta da Barra

5

cape Ponta São Sebastio

5

cape Ras Cantin

5

cape Ra’s Kasr

5

cape Ra’s Banäs

5

cape Ponta das Salinas

5

cape Ponta das Palmeirinhas

5

cape Cabo Bojador

5

cape Ponta de Jericoacoara

5

cape Cabo Orange

5

cape Cabo de São Roque

5

cape Ponta da Baleia

5

cape Cabo de São Tomé

5

cape Cabo Frio

5

cape Cabo de Santa Marta Grande

5

cape Punta del Este

5

cape Cabo San Antonio

5

cape Cabo Corrientes

5

cape Punta Rasa

5

cape Cabo San Diego

5

cape Cabo Dos Bahías

5

cape Cabo Tres Puntas

5

cape Cape Yelizavety

5

cape Pt. Yuzhnyy

5

cape Cape Reinga

5

cape South West Cape

5

cape Cape Howe

5

cape Cape Otway

5

cape Cape Jaffa

5

cape Cape Carnot

5

cape Cape Byron

5

cape Cape Manifold

5

cape Cape York

5

cape Cape Melville

5

cape Cape Arnhem

5

cape West Cape Howe

5

cape Cape Leeuwin

5

cape Cape Pasley

5

cape Cape Londonderry

5

cape Steep Point

5

cape North West Cape

5

cape Cape Cretin

5

cape Cape Sata

5

cape Cape Aniva

5

cape Cape Terpeniya

5

cape Cape Lopatka

5

cape Cape Ozernoy

5

cape Cape Olyutorskiy

5

cape Cape Navarin

5

cape Cape Lopatka

5

cape Nordkapp

5

cape Cabo de São Vicentete

5

cape Cabo Fisterra

5

cape Cape Ince

5

cape Ra’s Fartak

5

cape Ras Sharbatat

5

cape Ra’s al Had

5

cape Cap Saint André

5

cape Cap Est

5

cape Cape St. Lucia

5

cape Cape St. Francis

5

cape Cabo Gracias a Dios

5

cape Cape San Blas

5

cape Cape Brewster

5

cape Cape Morris Jesup

5

cape Cape Sable

5

cape Cape Bauld

5

cape Cape Fear

5

island Kanton

5

island Tabuaeran
Fanning I.
5

island Malden

5

island Rarotonga

5

island I. Robinson Crusoe

5

island Rangiroa

5

island Hachijjima

5

island Pagan

5

island Minamitori-shima
Marcus I.
5

island Wake I.

5

island Îles Chesterfield

5

island Funafuti

5

island Tabiteuea

5

island Aranuka

5

island Nauru

5

island Ebon

5

island Jaluit

5

island Mili

5

island Majuro

5

island Ailinglapalap

5

island Kwajalein

5

island Rongelap

5

island Bikini

5

island Is. Martin Vaz

5

island Rockall

5

island Grmsey

5

island Surtsey

5

island I. Guadalupe

5

island St. Croix

5

island Grand Cayman

5

island I. de Cozumel

5

island Miquelon

5

island Bermuda Islands

5

island San Salvador

5

island Grenada

5

island Barbuda

5

island Antigua

5

island Guadeloupe

5

island Dominica

5

island Martinique

5

island Saint Lucia

5

island Saint Vincent

5

island Barbados

5

island Tobago

5

island Margarita

5

island Curaao

5

island Aruba

4

cape Punta Negra

4

cape Punta Galera

4

cape Punta Lavapié

4

cape Lands End

4

cape Cape York

4

cape Nunap Isua
Cape Farewell
4

cape Cabo Corrientes

4

cape Pt. Eugenia

4

cape Cap Lopez

4

cape Cape Agulhas

4

cape Cape Bobaomby

4

cape Cape Vohimena

4

cape Point Conception

4

cape Cape Hatteras

4

cape Cape Sable

4

cape Cape Hope

4

cape Point Barrow

4

cape Cap Blanc

4

plain Plain of Jars

4

island Vavau

4

island I. de Pascua
Easter I.
3

cape Cabo de Hornos
Cape Horn
3

cape Cape Canaveral

3

cape Cape Mendocino

3

cape Cabo San Lucas

3

cape Cape Churchill

3

cape Cape Cod

3

cape Cape May

3

cape Cape of Good Hope

3

cape Gees Gwardafuy

3

cape Cape Palmas

3

cape Cape Verde

3

cape Cap Bon

3

pole Oceanic pole of inaccessibility

3

pole South Magnetic Pole 2005 (est)

3

pole North Magnetic Pole 2005 (est)

3

waterfall Victoria Falls

2

waterfall Salto Angel
Angel Falls
2

waterfall Iguazu Falls

2

waterfall Niagara Falls

Marine areas

Scale rank

Feature class Name Alternative name
0

ocean ARCTIC OCEAN
0

ocean SOUTHERN OCEAN
0

ocean NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
0

ocean NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN
0

ocean NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN
0

ocean SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN
0

ocean SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN
0

ocean INDIAN OCEAN
0

ocean SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
1

sea Black Sea
1

sea Philippine Sea
1

sea Coral Sea
1

sea Tasman Sea
1

bay Bay of Bengal
1

sea South China Sea
1

sea Sea of Japan East Sea
1

sea Mediterranean Sea
1

sea Arabian Sea
1

sea Beaufort Sea
1

sea Caribbean Sea
1

gulf Gulf of Mexico
1

sea Labrador Sea
1

bay Hudson Bay
1

sea Caspian Sea
1

bay Baffin Bay
1

gulf Gulf of Alaska
1

sea Red Sea
1

sea Sea of Okhotsk
1

sea Ross Sea
1

sea Weddell Sea
1

gulf Persian Gulf Arabian Gulf
1

sea Ross Sea
2

sea Celebes Sea
2

sea Sulu Sea
2

sea Bering Sea
2

sea Norwegian Sea
2

sea Greenland Sea
2

sea Banda Sea
2

strait Luzon Strait
2

bay Bay of Biscay
2

channel Mozambique Channel
2

gulf Gulf of Guinea
2

sea Scotia Sea
2

sea Baltic Sea
2

sea Barents Sea
2

sea North Sea
2

channel Bristol Channel
2

sea Inner Seas
2

sea Irish Sea
2

sea Java Sea
2

sea Andaman Sea
2

sea Yellow Sea
2

sea East China Sea
2

sea Chukchi Sea
2

bay Bah’a de Campeche
2

sea Arafura Sea
2

sea Timor Sea
2

gulf Gulf of Thailand
2

sea Laccadive Sea
2

sea Bellingshausen Sea
2

sea Amundsen Sea
2

strait Davis Strait
2

sea Kara Sea
2

sea Laptev Sea
2

channel Drake Passage
2

sea Mediterranean Sea
3

gulf Great Australian Bight
3

gulf Gulf of Aden
3

gulf Gulf of Oman
3

sea Tyrrhenian Sea
3

sea White Sea
3

sea Sea of Azov
3

bay James Bay
3

gulf Gulf of Carpentaria
3

gulf Golfo de California
3

strait Hudson Strait
3

gulf Gulf of Finland
3

channel English Channel
3

gulf Gulf of Honduras
3

gulf Golfe du Lion
3

gulf Gulf of Bothnia
3

sea Adriatic Sea
4

strait Straits of Florida
4

bay Bay of Plenty
4

channel The North Western Passages
7

sound Queen Charlotte Sound
4

sea Ionian Sea
4

gulf Gulf of St. Lawrence
4

sea Molucca Sea
4

sea Bismarck Sea
4

sea Solomon Sea
4

gulf Gulf of Tonkin
4

strait Bering Strait
4

bay Bay of Fundy
4

gulf Río de la Plata
4

strait Strait of Malacca
4

strait Strait of Singapore
4

strait Makassar Strait
4

sea Ceram Sea
4

strait Korea Strait
4

sea Inner Sea
4

strait Taiwan Strait
4

bay Cook Inlet
4

bay Bristol Bay
4

bay Melville Bay
4

gulf Gulf of Maine
4

bay Chesapeake Bay
4

strait Strait of Gibraltar
4

gulf Golfo San Jorge
4

sea Balearic Sea
4

sea Aegean Sea
4

gulf Gulf of Mannar
4

gulf Shelikhova Gulf
4

sea Bo Hai
4

gulf Gulf of Kutch
4

gulf Golfo de Panamá
4

gulf Amundsen Gulf
4

sound Viscount Melville Sound
4

bay Ungava Bay
4

reef Great Barrier Reef
5

channel Yucatan Channel
5

sea Bering Sea
5

sea East Siberian Sea
5

sea Lincoln Sea
5

strait Bass Strait
5

bay Franklin Bay
5

channel Dixon Entrance
5

strait M’Clure Strait
5

bay Boca Grande
5

bay Baía de Marajó
5

gulf Golfo San Mat’as
5

gulf Golfo Corcovado
5

gulf Wrigley Gulf
5

bay Sulzberger Bay
5

channel Ronne Entrance
5

strait Bransfield Str.
5

sound McMurdo Sound
5

bay Baía de São Marcos
5

sound Cumberland Sd.
5

bay Frobisher Bay
5

bay Disko Bay
5

bay Hamilton Inlet
5

fjord Storfjorden
5

fjord Vestfjorden
5

fjord Skagerrak
5

strait Karskiye Vorota Strait
5

strait Vil’kitskogo Strait
5

fjord Sognefjorden
5

fjord Trondheimsfjorden
5

sea Kattegat
5

gulf Gulf of Khambhät
5

strait Palk Strait
5

gulf Kronotskiy Gulf
5

bay Uda Bay
5

bay Uchiura Bay
5

strait Tsugaru Strait
5

strait Tatar Strait
5

bay Shark Bay
5

gulf Gulf of Gabès
5

bay Mackenzie Bay
5

sound Norton Sound
5

gulf Gulf of Anadyr’
5

sound Kotzebue Sound
5

gulf Gulf of Boothia
5

bay Kane Basin
5

bay Foxe Basin
5

gulf Golfo de Tehuantepec
5

gulf Golfo de Guayaquil
5

gulf Gulf of Masira
5

gulf Gulf of Yana
5

strait Dmitriy Laptev Strait
5

strait La Perouse Strait
5

bay East Korea Bay
5

strait Qiongzhou Strait Hainan Strait
5

strait Cook Strait
5

strait Torres Strait
5

bay Geographe Bay
5

gulf Gulf of Papua
5

gulf Gulf of Olen‘k
5

gulf Gulf of Riga
5

lagoon IJsselmeer
5

gulf Gulf of Sidra
5

sea Sea of Crete
5

sea Ligurian Sea
5

sea Alboran Sea
5

bay Bight of Benin
5

bay Bight of Biafra
5

strait Strait of Belle Isle
5

strait Strait of Juan de Fuca
5

sound Prince William Sound
5

strait Estrecho de Magellanes
5

bay Bahía Blanca
5

gulf Golfo de Penas
5

bay Bahía Grande
5

bay Marguerite Bay
5

bay Prydz Bay
5

bay Vincennes Bay
5

bay Porpoise Bay
5

sea Davis Sea
5

bay Lützow-Holm Bay
5

bay Helodranon’ Antongila
5

bay Hangzhou Bay
5

gulf Karaginskiy Gulf
5

gulf Gulf of Kamchatka
5

strait Bosporus
5

strait Bab el Mandeb
5

gulf Gulf St. Vincent
5

gulf Golfo de Urabá
5

bay Baia de Maputo
5

bay St. Helena Bay
5

fjord Boknafjorden
5

gulf Joseph Bonaparte Gulf
5

gulf Gulf of Martaban
5

gulf Gulf of Sakhalin
5

fjord Kangertittivaq Scoresbysund
6

channel St. Lawrence River
6

bay Chaun Bay
6

gulf Khatanga Gulf
6

bay Garabogaz Bay
6

gulf Gulf of Suez
6

gulf Gulf of Ob
6

gulf Yenisey Gulf
6

channel Dardanelles
6

sea Sea of Marmara
6

gulf Gulf of Aqaba
6

lagoon Lago de Maracaibo
6

strait Denmark Strait
7

bay Massachusetts Bay
7

bay Delaware Bay
7

sound Long Island Sound
7

sound Albemarle Sound
7

sound Pamlico Sound
7

sound Puget Sound
7

strait Strait of Georgia

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