Landforms are part of the identity of a country, with landmarks often constituting of a great mountain, some lush, green forests or beautiful, picturesque hills.
Countries with their lowest elevation point at sea level will most likely have some nice beaches that can be visited, which makes them a great vacation destination, especially during season with warm weather. In some countries, the lowest elevation point is located at the bottom of a body of water, such as a lake, which might also turn out to be a great place to explore while on holiday. Either way, if you’re not into hiking and going high up, you might be interested in traveling to a low elevation point destination. Once you’ve decided how low you want to go, start planning your vacation and book a flight!
Country | Lowest Elevation |
Afghanistan | Amu Darya 258 m |
Albania | Adriatic Sea 0 m |
Algeria | Chott Melrhir -40 m |
American Samoa | n/a |
Andorra | Riu Runer 840 m |
Angola | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
Anguilla | n/a |
Antigua and Barbuda | n/a |
Argentina | Laguna del Carbon (located between Puerto San Julian and Comandante Luis Piedra Buena in the province of Santa Cruz) -105 m |
Armenia | Debed River 400 m |
Aruba | n/a |
Australia | Lake Eyre -15 m |
Austria | Neusiedler See 115 m |
Azerbaijan | Caspian Sea -28 m |
Bahrain | n/a |
Bangladesh | Indian Ocean 0 m |
Barbados | n/a |
Belarus | Nyoman River 90 m |
Belgium | North Sea 0 m |
Belize | Caribbean Sea 0 m |
Benin | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
Bermuda | n/a |
Bhutan | Drangeme Chhu 97 m |
Bolivia | Rio Paraguay 90 m |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Adriatic Sea 0 m |
Botswana | junction of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers 513 m |
Brazil | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
British Virgin Islands | n/a |
Brunei | South China Sea 0 m |
Bulgaria | Black Sea 0 m |
Burkina Faso | Mouhoun (Black Volta) River 200 m |
Burma | Andaman Sea/Bay of Bengal 0 m |
Burundi | Lake Tanganyika 772 m |
Cabo Verde | n/a |
Cambodia | Gulf of Thailand 0 m |
Cameroon | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
Canada | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
Cayman Islands | n/a |
Central African Republic | Oubangui River 335 m |
Chad | Djourab 160 m |
Chile | Pacific Ocean 0 m |
China | Turpan Pendi -154 m |
Christmas Island | n/a |
Cocos Islands | n/a |
Colombia | Pacific Ocean 0 m |
Comoros | n/a |
Congo Republic | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
Cook Islands | n/a |
Costa Rica | Pacific Ocean 0 m |
Cote d’Ivoire | Gulf of Guinea 0 m |
Croatia | Adriatic Sea 0 m |
Cuba | Caribbean Sea 0 m |
Curacao | n/a |
Cyprus | Mediterranean Sea 0 m |
Czechia | Labe (Elbe) River 115 m |
Denmark | Lammefjord -7 m |
Djibouti | Lac Assal -155 m |
Dominica | n/a |
Democratic Republic of Congo | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
Ecuador | Pacific Ocean 0 m |
Egypt | Qattara Depression -133 m |
El Salvador | Pacific Ocean 0 m |
Equatorial Guinea | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
Eritrea | near Kulul within the Danakil Depression -75 m |
Estonia | Baltic Sea 0 m |
Eswatini | Great Usutu River 21 m |
Ethiopia | Danakil Depression -125 m |
Falkland Islands | n/a |
Faroe Islands | n/a |
Fiji | n/a |
Finland | Baltic Sea 0 m |
France | Rhone River delta -2 m |
French Polynesia | n/a |
Gabon | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
Gambia | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
Gaza Strip | n/a |
Georgia | Black Sea 0 m |
Germany | Neuendorf bei Wilster -3.5 m |
Ghana | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
Gibraltar | n/a |
Greece | Mediterranean Sea 0 m |
Greenland | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
Grenada | n/a |
Guam | n/a |
Guatemala | Pacific Ocean 0 m |
Guernsey | n/a |
Guinea | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
Guinea-Bissau | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
Guyana | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
Haiti | Caribbean Sea 0 m |
Vatican City | n/a |
Honduras | Caribbean Sea 0 m |
Hong Kong | n/a |
Hungary | Tisza River 78 m |
Iceland | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
India | Indian Ocean 0 m |
Indonesia | Indian Ocean 0 m |
Iran | Caspian Sea -28 m |
Iraq | Persian Gulf 0 m |
Ireland | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
Isle of Man | n/a |
Israel | Dead Sea -431 m |
Italy | Mediterranean Sea 0 m |
Jamaica | Caribbean Sea 0 m |
Japan | Hachiro-gata -4 m |
Jersey | n/a |
Jordan | Dead Sea -431 m |
Kazakhstan | Vpadina Kaundy -132 m |
Kenya | Indian Ocean 0 m |
Kiribati | Pacific Ocean 0 m |
Kosovo | Drini i Bardhe/Beli Drim (located on the border with Albania) 297 m |
Kuwait | Persian Gulf 0 m |
Kyrgyzstan | Kara-Daryya (Karadar’ya) 132 m |
Laos | Mekong River 70 m |
Latvia | Baltic Sea 0 m |
Lebanon | Mediterranean Sea 0 m |
Lesotho | junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers 1,400 m |
Liberia | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
Libya | Sabkhat Ghuzayyil -47 m |
Liechtenstein | n/a |
Lithuania | Baltic Sea 0 m |
Luxembourg | Moselle River 133 m |
Macau | n/a |
Madagascar | Indian Ocean 0 m |
Malawi | junction of the Shire River and international boundary with Mozambique 37 m |
Malaysia | Indian Ocean 0 m |
Maldives | Indian Ocean 0 m |
Mali | Senegal River 23 m |
Malta | n/a |
Marshall Islands | Pacific Ocean 0 m |
Mauritania | Sebkhet Te-n-Dghamcha -5 m |
Mauritius | n/a |
Mexico | Laguna Salada -10 m |
Micronesia | n/a |
Moldova | Dniester (Nistru) 2 m |
Monaco | n/a |
Mongolia | Hoh Nuur 560 m |
Montenegro | Adriatic Sea 0 m |
Montserrat | n/a |
Morocco | Sebkha Tah -59 m |
Mozambique | Indian Ocean 0 m |
Namibia | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
Nauru | n/a |
Nepal | Kanchan Kalan 70 m |
Netherlands | Zuidplaspolder -7 m |
New Caledonia | n/a |
New Zealand | Pacific Ocean 0 m |
Nicaragua | Pacific Ocean 0 m |
Niger | Niger River 200 m |
Nigeria | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
Niue | n/a |
Norfolk Island | n/a |
North Korea | Sea of Japan 0 m |
North Macedonia | Vardar River 50 m |
Northern Mariana Islands | n/a |
Norway | Norwegian Sea 0 m |
Oman | Arabian Sea 0 m |
Pakistan | Arabian Sea 0 m |
Palau | n/a |
Panama | Pacific Ocean 0 m |
Papua New Guinea | Pacific Ocean 0 m |
Paraguay | junction of Rio Paraguay and Rio Parana 46 m |
Peru | Pacific Ocean 0 m |
Philippines | Philippine Sea 0 m |
Pitcairn Islands | n/a |
Poland | near Raczki Elblaskie -2 m |
Portugal | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
Puerto Rico | Caribbean Sea 0 m |
Qatar | Persian Gulf 0 m |
Romania | Black Sea 0 m |
Russia | Caspian Sea -28 m |
Rwanda | Rusizi River 950 m |
Saint Barthelemy | n/a |
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | n/a |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | n/a |
Saint Lucia | n/a |
Saint Martin | n/a |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | n/a |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | n/a |
Samoa | n/a |
San Marino | n/a |
Sao Tome and Principe | n/a |
Saudi Arabia | Persian Gulf 0 m |
Senegal | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
Serbia | Danube and Timok Rivers 35 m |
Seychelles | n/a |
Sierra Leone | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
Singapore | n/a |
Sint Maarten | n/a |
Slovakia | Bodrok River 94 m |
Slovenia | Adriatic Sea 0 m |
Solomon Islands | n/a |
Somalia | Indian Ocean 0 m |
South Africa | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
South Korea | Sea of Japan 0 m |
South Sudan | n/a |
Spain | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
Sri Lanka | Indian Ocean 0 m |
Sudan | Red Sea 0 m |
Suriname | unnamed location in the coastal plain -2 m |
Svalbard | n/a |
Sweden | reclaimed bay of Lake Hammarsjon, near Kristianstad -2.4 m |
Switzerland | Lake Maggiore 195 m |
Syria | unnamed location near Lake Tiberias -208 m |
Taiwan | South China Sea 0 m |
Tajikistan | Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300 m |
Tanzania | Indian Ocean 0 m |
Thailand | Gulf of Thailand 0 m |
Bahamas | n/a |
Dominican Republic | Lago Enriquillo -46 m |
Timor-Leste | n/a |
Togo | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
Tonga | n/a |
Trinidad and Tobago | Caribbean Sea 0 m |
Tunisia | Shatt al Gharsah -17 m |
Turkey | Mediterranean Sea 0 m |
Turkmenistan | Vpadina Akchanaya (Sarygamysh Koli is a lake in northern Turkmenistan with a water level that fluctuates above and below the elevation of Vpadina Akchanaya, the lake has dropped as low as -110 m) -81 m |
Turks and Caicos Islands | n/a |
Tuvalu | Pacific Ocean 0 m |
Uganda | n/a |
Ukraine | Black Sea 0 m |
United Arab Emirates | Persian Gulf 0 m |
United Kingdom | The Fens -4 m |
United States | Death Valley (lowest point in North America) -86 m |
Uruguay | Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
Uzbekistan | n/a |
Vanuatu | n/a |
Venezuela | Caribbean Sea 0 m |
Vietnam | South China Sea 0 m |
Virgin Islands | n/a |
Wallis and Futuna | n/a |
West Bank | n/a |
Western Sahara | Sebjet Tah -55 m |
Yemen | Arabian Sea 0 m |
Zambia | Zambezi river 329 m |
Zimbabwe | junction of the Runde and Save Rivers 162 m |
As a fun fact, some countries actually have their lowest elevation point pretty high. Lesotho, for example, does not go lower than 1400 meters, so definitely no beaches there, although it could still be an interesting destination!