List of places on land with elevations below sea level

This is a list of places on land below mean sea level.

Places artificially created such as tunnels, mines, basements, and dug holes, or places under water, or existing temporarily as a result of ebbing of sea tide etc., are not included. Places where seawater and rainwater is pumped away are included. Fully natural places below sea level require a dry climate; otherwise, rain would exceed evaporation and fill the area.

All figures are in meters below mean sea level (as locally defined), arranged by depth, lowest first:

Africa
#NameCountryDepthNotes / references
1Lake AssalDjibouti−153 m (−502 ft)in Afar Depression: lowest land in Africa
2Qattara DepressionEgypt−133 m (−436 ft)
3Danakil DepressionEthiopia−125 m (−410 ft)in Afar Depression
4Sebkha TahMorocco−55 m (−180 ft)in the Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra region
5Sabkhat GhuzayyilLibya−47 m (−154 ft)
6Lake MoerisEgypt−43 m (−141 ft)
7Chott MelrhirAlgeria−40 m (−131 ft)
8Shatt al GharsahTunisia−17 m (−56 ft)
9Sebkhet Te-n-DghamchaMauritania−5 m (−16 ft)

Antarctica
#NameCountryDepthNotes / references
1canyon under Denman Glacierbedrock is at −3,500 m (−11,500 ft)This is the lowest natural point on land.[1][2]
2Byrd Glacier−2,780 m (−9,121 ft)[3]
3Deep Lake, Vestfold Hills−50 m (−164 ft)

Asia
#NameCountryDepthNotes / references
1Dead SeaJordan – West Bank – Israel−430 m (−1,411 ft)lowest land in Asia and the world 31°30′N 35°30′E in Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank – Jordan
2Allenby BridgeJordan – West Bank−381 m (−1,250 ft)lowest fixed water crossing in the world 31°52′27″N 35°32′27″E in Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank – Jordan
3Neot HaKikarIsrael−345 m (−1,132 ft)Israeli town just south of the Dead Sea. 30.9330972°N 35.3766972°E / 30.9330972; 35.3766972 in Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank – Jordan
4JerichoWest Bank−258 m (−846 ft)lowest city in the world 31.85°N 35.46°E / 31.85; 35.46 in Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank – Jordan
5Sea of GalileeIsrael−214 m (−702 ft)32.80°N 35.60°E / 32.80; 35.60 Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank – Jordan
6TiberiasIsrael−207 m (−679 ft)32.7966°N 35.535717°E / 32.7966; 35.535717 Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank – Jordan
7Turfan DepressionChina−154 m (−505 ft)[4]
8Caspian Depression, KaragiyeKazakhstan−138 m (−453 ft)Caspian Basin
9Bet She'anIsrael−122 m (−400 ft)32.50°N 35.50°E / 32.50; 35.50 (between Tiberias and Jericho) in Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank – Jordan
10Caspian Sea and its shoresRussia – Kazakhstan – Azerbaijan – Iran – Turkmenistan−28 m (−92 ft)Caspian Basin
11HachirōgataJapan−4 m (−13 ft)
12KuttanadIndia−2 m (−7 ft)

Europe
Areas of the Netherlands located above sea level (right) compared to dry land (left).
#NameCountryDepthNotes / references
1=Caspian Sea and its shoresAzerbaijan, Russia, and Kazakhstan−28 m (−92 ft)Caspian Depression
1=BakuAzerbaijan−28 m (−92 ft)lowest lying national capital in the world, Caspian Depression
3Atyrau AirportKazakhstan−22 m (−72 ft)lowest international airport, Caspian Depression
4=LammefjordDenmark−7 m (−23 ft)
4=ZuidplaspolderNetherlands−7 m (−23 ft)Netherlands coastal provinces (−1 to −7 m) (−3 to −23 ft)
6=HaarlemmermeerNetherlands−5 m (−16 ft)Netherlands coastal provinces (−1 to −7 m) (−3 to −23 ft)
6=Kuialnyk EstuaryUkraine−5 m (−16 ft)Odesa oblast
8=Amsterdam Schiphol AirportNetherlands−4 m (−13 ft)Netherlands coastal provinces (−1 to −7 m) (−3 to −23 ft)
8=WieringermeerNetherlands−4 m (−13 ft)Netherlands coastal provinces (−1 to −7 m) (−3 to −23 ft)
8=FlevolandNetherlands−4 m (−13 ft)Netherlands coastal provinces (−1 to −7 m) (−3 to −23 ft)
8=Neuendorf-SachsenbandeGermany−4 m (−13 ft)
12Le Contane, Jolanda di SavoiaItaly−3.44 m (−11.3 ft)
13=parts of West FlandersBelgium−3 m (−10 ft)
13=North Slob, County WexfordIreland−3 m (−10 ft)
15The FensUnited Kingdom−2.75 m (−9 ft)
16=Étang de LavalducFrance−2 m (−7 ft)
16=AmsterdamNetherlands−2 m (−7 ft)Netherlands coastal provinces (−1 to −7 m) (−3 to −23 ft)
16=KristianstadSweden−2 m (−7 ft)
16=Żuławy WiślanePoland−2 m (−7 ft)Baltic delta of the Vistula River

North America
Sea level sign (2/3 of the way up the cliff face) above Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park, USA
#NameCountryDepthNotes / references
1Badwater Basin, Death Valley, CaliforniaUnited States−86 m (−282 ft)[5]lowest point in North America
2Bombay Beach, CaliforniaUnited States−69 m (−226 ft)Salton Sink −66 m (−217 ft)
3Salton Sea Beach, CaliforniaUnited States−67 m (−220 ft)Salton Sink −66 m (−217 ft)
4Desert Shores, CaliforniaUnited States−61 m (−200 ft)Salton Sink −66 m (−217 ft)
5Calipatria, CaliforniaUnited States−56 m (−184 ft)Salton Sink −66 m (−217 ft)
6Westmorland, CaliforniaUnited States−48 m (−157 ft)Salton Sink −66 m (−217 ft)
7Lake EnriquilloDominican Republic−46 m (−151 ft)lowest place on an island country.
8Niland, CaliforniaUnited States−43 m (−141 ft)Salton Sink −66 m (−217 ft)
9Salton City, CaliforniaUnited States−38 m (−125 ft)Salton Sink, −66 m (−217 ft)
10=Brawley, CaliforniaUnited States−37 m (−121 ft)Salton Sink, −66 m (−217 ft)
10=Thermal, CaliforniaUnited States−37 m (−121 ft)Salton Sink, −66 m (−217 ft)
12Coachella, CaliforniaUnited States−22 m (−72 ft)Salton Sink, −66 m (−217 ft)
13Imperial, CaliforniaUnited States−18 m (−59 ft)Salton Sink, −66 m (−217 ft)
14Seeley, CaliforniaUnited States−13 m (−43 ft)Salton Sink, −66 m (−217 ft)
15El Centro, CaliforniaUnited States−12 m (−39 ft)Salton Sink, −66 m (−217 ft)
16Laguna Salada, Baja CaliforniaMexico−10 m (−33 ft)
17Indio, CaliforniaUnited States−6 m (−20 ft)Salton Sink, −66 m (−217 ft)
18Heber, CaliforniaUnited States−5 m (−16 ft)Salton Sink, −66 m (−217 ft)
19Holtville, CaliforniaUnited States−3 m (−10 ft)Salton Sink, −66 m (−217 ft)
20New Orleans, LouisianaUnited States−2 m (−7 ft)

Oceania
#NameCountryDepthNotes / references
1Lake EyreAustralia−16 m (−52 ft)lowest land in Australia
2Lake FromeAustralia−6 m (−20 ft)
3Taieri PlainNew Zealand−2 m (−7 ft)lowest land in New Zealand

South America
#NameCountryDepthNotes / references
1Laguna del CarbónArgentina−105 m (−344 ft)lowest land in the Americas
2Laguna del Puesto, Santa Cruz province, ArgentinaArgentina−75 m (−246 ft)[6]
3Bajo del Gualicho, Río Negro provinceArgentina−72 m (−236 ft)
4Salina Grande and Salina Chica, Valdés Peninsula, Chubut ProvinceArgentina−42 m (−138 ft)
5Sechura Depression, Sechura Desert, Piura RegionPeru−34 m (−112 ft)
6Georgetown, GuyanaGuyana−2 m (−7 ft)

Historic and ice-covered areas

Deeper and larger than any of the trenches in the list above is the Bentley Subglacial Trench in Antarctica, at a depth of 2,540 m (8,330 ft). It is subglacial, covered permanently by the largest glacier in the world. Therefore, it is not included in any list on the page. If the ice melted it would be covered by sea.

The biggest dry land area below sea level that has been known to exist during the geological past, as measured by continuous volume of atmospheric air below sea level, was the dry bed of the Mediterranean Sea of the late Miocene period during the Messinian salinity crisis.

See also

References
  1. Jonathan Amos (December 12, 2019). "Denman Glacier: Deepest point on land found in Antarctica". BBC. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  2. Mathieu Morlighem; Eric Rignot; Tobias Binder; Donald Blankenship; Reinhard Drews; Graeme Eagles; Olaf Eisen; Fausto Ferraccioli; René Forsberg; Peter Fretwell; Vikram Goel; Jamin S. Greenbaum; Hilmar Gudmundsson; Jingxue Guo; Veit Helm; Coen Hofstede; Ian Howat; Angelika Humbert; Wilfried Jokat; Nanna B. Karlsson; Won Sang Lee; Kenichi Matsuoka; Romain Millan; Jeremie Mouginot; John Paden; Frank Pattyn; Jason Roberts; Sebastian Rosier; Antonia Ruppel; Helene Seroussi; Emma C. Smith; Daniel Steinhage; Bo Sun; Michiel R. van den Broeke; Tas D. van Ommen; Melchior van Wessem; Duncan A. Young (2019-12-12). "Deep glacial troughs and stabilizing ridges unveiled beneath the margins of the Antarctic ice sheet". Nature Geoscience. 13 (2): 132–137. Bibcode:2019NatGe..13..132M. doi:10.1038/s41561-019-0510-8. S2CID 209331991. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  3. "News Story – Bedmap2 gives scientists a more detailed view of Antarctica's landmass". News Story – Bedmap2 gives scientists a more detailed view of Antarctica’s landmass. NERC BASS. 8 March 2013. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  4. Scheffel, Richard L.; Wernet, Susan J., eds. (1980). Natural Wonders of the World. United States of America: Reader's Digest Association, Inc. p. 378. ISBN 0-89577-087-3.
  5. "Highest and Lowest Elevations". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  6. "LAGUNA DEL PUESTO Geography Population Map cities coordinates location - Tageo.com". www.tageo.com.
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