List of extreme points of China

Global extreme points in China

Altitude

• The highest point measured from sea level is the summit of Mount Everest, Tibet Autonomous Region on the Sino-Nepalese border. While measurements of its height vary slightly, the elevation of its peak is usually given as 8,848 m above sea level.
• The lowest point in Central Asia is below sea level at Ayding Lake within the Turpan Depression, near the oasis city of Turpan Pendi, Xinjiang.

  Highest attainable by transportation

• 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

  Highest geographical features

• 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.

  Remoteness

• 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

  Country extreme points

Altitude

• Maximum: Mount Everest, Tibet,
• Minimal: Ayding Lake, Turfan Depression, Xinjiang,

  Latitude and longitude

Continent

• North: Mohe County, Heilongjiang
• South: Hai'an, Guangdong
• West: Akto County, Xinjiang south-west of Ulugqat, on the China–Tajikistan border north of the Markansu River
• East: Fuyuan County, Heilongjiang, on the west bank of the Ussuri River

  Totality of the territory

• North: Mohe County, Heilongjiang
• South: Hainan's southernmost tip is the undisputed southernmost point. James Shoal is the claimed southernmost point. Cuarteron Reef is the Chinese southernmost point with effective control.
• West: Akto County, Xinjiang south-west of Ulugqat, on the China–Tajikistan border north of the Markansu River
• East: Fuyuan County, Heilongjiang, centre of Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island

  Railway stations

• North: Mohe railway station, Heilongjiang
• South: Old Sanya railway station, Hainan
• West: Kashgar railway station, Xinjiang
• East: Qianjin railway station On 19 December 2012, China extended rail service eastwards to Fuyuan, 17 hours northeast of Harbin.