List of extreme points of China

This is a list of the extreme points of China, compared both globally and within the country.

Global extreme points in China

The following are all located partially or completely in the Tibet Autonomous Region.

Road : Possibly Semo La, depending on definition of "attainable by transportation". There may be higher motorable passes in Tibet in areas affected by lack of information and restricted access. See Khardung La, for more information.
Train: Tanggula Mountain Pass, in the Tanggula Mountains, on the Qinghai-Tibet border
Airport: Daocheng Yading Airport, Sichuan province

The following are all located partially or completely in the Tibet Autonomous Region.

Lake: Lhagba Pool on the northeast slopes of Mount Everest, at an altitude of.
River: One candidate from among many possibilities is the Ating Ho, which flows into the Aong Tso, a large lake about at its source at. A very large high river is the Yarlung Tsangpo, the Tibetan section of the Brahmaputra River, whose main stem, the Maquan River has its source at about above sea level at.
Island: There are a number of islands in the Orba Co lake, which is located at an altitude of.

The Eurasian pole of inaccessibility, the point on land farthest from any ocean, is located approximately from Ürümqi, Xinjiang, at . This position is at a distance of approximately from the nearest coastline.