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Countries with the Lowest Maximum Elevation

Can you guess the countries of the world whose highest points have the lowest elevation?
Not including external territories
Quiz by Nathaniel
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Last updated: March 19, 2021
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First submittedMay 2, 2020
Times taken25,671
Average score70.0%
Rating4.90
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Meters
Continent
Country
5
Oceania
Tuvalu
5
Asia
Maldives
10
Oceania
Marshall Islands
63
North America
Bahamas
64
Africa
Gambia
71
Oceania
Nauru
75
Europe
Vatican City
81
Oceania
Kiribati
103
Asia
Qatar
122
Asia
Bahrain
Meters
Continent
Country
161
Europe
Monaco
164
Asia
Singapore
171
Europe
Denmark
242
Oceania
Palau
253
Europe
Malta
294
Europe
Lithuania
300
Africa
Guinea-Bissau
306
Asia
Kuwait
312
Europe
Latvia
318
Europe
Estonia
+13
Level 74
Jan 29, 2021
I'm really happy about the feature, thank you Dan, I really appreciate it!
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Level 51
Jan 29, 2021
Congrats!
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Level 74
Jan 30, 2021
Thank you!
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Level 75
Jan 29, 2021
Didn't expect quite so many Baltic states, but I got most of them :) Nice quiz
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Level 55
Jan 29, 2021
Congrats on the Feature!!
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Level 74
Jan 30, 2021
Thanks!
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Level 86
Jan 29, 2021
No Netherlands, Belgium, or Luxembourg. "Low Countries," my foot!
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Level 90
Jan 30, 2021
After the fall of the iron curtain the outsource it to the Baltic Republics.
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Level 69
Feb 1, 2021
Belgium has some small hills, but Dutch highest peak is in the Caribbean.
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Level 93
Mar 19, 2021
Even if you just limit to mainland Netherlands, Vaalserberg is 322.4 metres high which is just outside this quiz's range.
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Level 57
Mar 28, 2021
I bet they’d be there if it were average elevation, rather than maximum.
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Level 78
Jan 31, 2021
Congrats on the feature, nice quiz.
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Level 74
Jan 31, 2021
Thx!
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Level 79
Jan 31, 2021
Interesting fact this quiz reminded me about: Latvia's highest point, being slightly shorter than neighbouring Estonia's, led to the Latvian's building a tower on top of theirs. Unfortunately it was demolished in 2012 due to safety risks and the Latvians again have to accept being looked down upon by Estonians.
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Level 74
Mar 22, 2021
Poor Latvians, btw the highest church of Estonia is also 45 cm higher than Latvia's.
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Level 57
Aug 13, 2021
pls really? poor latvia
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Level 60
Feb 1, 2021
Congratulations on your feature Nate kun (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤
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Level 74
Feb 1, 2021
Thank you SWATkun!!!
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Level 70
Feb 3, 2021
I don't doubt that Monaco belongs here, but for anyone who has visited they can attest it is decidedly not flat.
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Level 74
Feb 3, 2021
Well given that it only extends a little more than a kilometre away from the ocean having a maximum elevation of 161 isn't very flat anyways. Show me another country with one side length only being 10 times as long as the highest mountain measured from its foot.
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Level 61
Jan 16, 2022
A bit of cheating, but Chile gets there if you allow width. At the narrowest point Chile is 64 km wide and the highest point is Ojos del Salado at 6891 meters
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Level 93
Mar 19, 2021
True but a lot of the upper hills around Monaco are actually across the border into France not in Monaco itself.
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Level 68
Feb 12, 2021
Congrats on the feature Nate!!!
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Level 74
Feb 12, 2021
Thank you!!!
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Level 55
Mar 3, 2021
this was featured the same day I got my first feature XD
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Level 74
Mar 3, 2021
We are Feature-Siblings!
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Level 78
Mar 3, 2021
17/20. I missed an obvious European one (retrospectively it is obvious, but it didn't spring to mind at the time), another European one that I missed because I didn't read the rubric, and an African one that seems obvious now, but again, I didn't get it in the time allowed. Great quiz, thanks Nathaniel.
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Level 74
Mar 3, 2021
Thank you!
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Level 75
Mar 26, 2021
I'm curious about your source. In the Maldives, the highest natural point is generally cited (I've actually never seen it cited otherwise) at 2 metres above sea level at high tide, with approximately 80% of all land at 1 metre or lower. At that level, three metres is a pretty big difference.
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Level 74
Mar 26, 2021
I'm sorry to say this, but I don't know anymore. I used to have the source in a caveat, but when the quiz was featured, that caveat was removed.
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Level 71
Mar 26, 2021
Nice quiz and congrats on the feature! :)
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Level 74
Mar 26, 2021
Thx!
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Level 64
Mar 26, 2021
Great quiz! This was much harder than I expected, but I managed to get them all with 10 seconds to spare.
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Level 67
Mar 29, 2021
That's better than me! Like James Bond at the end of Goldfinger, I ended up with 007 on the clock. ;-)
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Level 65
Mar 29, 2021
Netherlands is practically underwater

Belgium

Panama

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Level 77
Sep 28, 2021
lowest MAX elevation. All it takes is one tall hill to push it outside the boundaries of the quiz. Panama has an 3400 meter volcano, Belgium has a plateau at 694 meters, and the Netherlands have a high point at 323 meters. Just outside the limits of the quiz.
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Level 72
Mar 14, 2023
First quiz I've seen where Tuvalu is the most guessed.
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Level 67
Sep 15, 2023
That's underrated
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Level 59
Sep 14, 2023
..nice quizz..but very easy...reduce the time...
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Level 67
Sep 15, 2023
Managed to get Guinea-Bissau at the end