List of highest features on Earth

This is a list of the highest feature on Earth for each category.

Category	Highest feature	Altitude	Photo	Notes	References
Point	Mount Everest, China/Nepal	8,850		The altitude officially recognized for both China and Nepal is the former figure of 8,848
Glacier	Khumbu, Nepal	8,000		It begins on the west side of Lhotse at an elevation of to	.
Volcano	Ojos del Salado, Argentina/Chile	6,893
Archeological site	Summit of Llullaillaco volcano, Argentina/Chile	6,739
Motorable attainable place	Slope of Ojos del Salado volcano, Chile	6,688
Helipad	Sonam, Siachen Glacier, India	6,400
Lake/Lagoon	Lagoon at eastern side of Ojos del Salado, Chile	6,390
Road	Aucanquilcha, Chile	6,176		Mining road to summit of volcano, once usable by 20-ton mining trucks. The road is no longer usable.
Continuously inhabited place	Aucanquilcha, Chile	5,950		Miners slept lower, at Quilcha
Habitable cabin	High Andes Rescue Unit, Ojos del Salado, Chile	6,100
Astronomical observatory	University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory, Chile	5,640
Road	Mana Pass, India/China	5,610
Ski lift	Chacaltaya, Bolivia	5,422	[Image:Chacaltaya Ski Resort.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|Enhanced image of Chacaltaya ski resort, November 2007]	The ski ended when the glacier disappeared, in 2009
City	La Rinconada, Peru	5,100		Over 7,000 inhabitants, associated with a gold mine
Railway	Xining-Golmud-Lhasa at Tanggula, China	5,068	[Image:20060731061434 - 唐古拉站.jpg\|right\|250px\|thumb\|Tanggula railway station building]
Road	Ticlio, Peru	4,818
Ski lift	Lijiang/Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, China	4,700
Commercial airport	Daocheng Yading Airport, Sichuan, China	4,411		The proposed Nagqu Dagring Airport in Tibet,, if built, will be higher.
Golf course	Yak golf course, Sikkim, India	3,970
National capital, de facto	La Paz, Bolivia	3,650		Average elevation at the city centre. Bolivia is a country with multiple capitals - Sucre and La Paz.
National capital, official	Quito, Ecuador	2,850
Point accessible by an oceangoing vessel	Whitehorse, Yukon Territory	640
Point accessible by an oceangoing vessel	Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, between Hilpoltstein and Bachhausen, Germany	406	[Image:Main-Donau-Kanal-Höhenprofil.svg\|thumb\|250px\|Profile of the canal showing the locks]