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Show HIGHEST AND LOWEST POINTS Mount Whitney la 14,501 Feet Above Level of Sea Point in Death Valley Val-ley Is 276 Below. The maximum difference in elevation eleva-tion of land in the United states is 14,-777 14,-777 feet, according to the United States geological survey. Mount Whitney, the highest point, 14,501 feet above sea level, and a point in Death valley is 276 feet below sea level.-These level.-These two points, which are both in California, are -less than 90 miles apart. This difference is small, however, how-ever, as compared with the figures for Asia. Mount Everett rises 29,002 feet above sea level, whereas the shores of the Dead sea are 1,290 feet below sea level, a total difference In rand heights of 30,292 feet Mount Everett has never been climbed. The greatest ocean depth yet found is 32,088 feet, at a point about 40 miles north of the island of Mindanao, in the Philippine island. The ocean bottom at this point is therefore more than 11M miles below the summit of Mount Everest. The difference in the land heights in Europe is about 15,868 feet. |