What is the Highest Point in Each European Country?

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  • Опубліковано 1 сер 2020
  • The continent of Europe is home to some of the most beautiful mountains, cliffs, and hills in the world. Let's take a brief look at each European country's highest point.
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    Timestamps for your convenience:
    Highest Point in Albania: 10:15
    Highest Point in Andorra: 11:29
    Highest Point in Austria: 12:25
    Highest Point in Azerbaijan (European side): 12:41
    Highest Point in Belarus: 2:59
    Highest Point in Belgium: 4:02
    Highest Point in Bosnia and Herzegovina: 8:01
    Highest Point in Bulgaria: 11:08
    Highest Point in Croatia: 6:18
    Highest Point in the Czech Republic: 6:00
    Highest Point in Denmark: 1:20
    Highest Point in Estonia: 2:25
    Highest Point in Finland: 5:24
    Highest Point in France: 13:16
    Highest Point in Georgia (European side): 13:33
    Highest Point in Germany: 11:47
    Highest Point in Greece: 10:50
    Highest Point in Hungary: 4:37
    Highest Point in Iceland: 7:10
    Highest Point in Ireland: 5:08
    Highest Point in Italy: 13:16
    Highest Point in Kazakhstan (European side): 3:30
    Highest Point in Kosovo: 9:59
    Highest Point in Latvia: 2:02
    Highest Point in Liechtenstein: 9:26
    Highest Point in Lithuania: 1:46
    Highest Point in Luxembourg: 3:46
    Highest Point in North Macedonia: 10:15
    Highest Point in Malta: 1:32
    Highest Point in Moldova: 3:14
    Highest Point in Monaco: 1:00
    Highest Point in Montenegro: 8:53
    Highest Point in the Netherlands: 2:42
    Highest Point in Norway: 8:19
    Highest Point in Poland: 8:39
    Highest Point in Portugal: 7:42
    Highest Point in Romania: 9:10
    Highest Point in Russia (European side): 13:52
    Highest Point in San Marino: 4:18
    Highest Point in Serbia: 7:23
    Highest Point in Slovakia: 9:43
    Highest Point in Slovenia: 10:32
    Highest Point in Spain: 12:02
    Highest Point in Sweden: 6:50
    Highest Point in Switzerland: 12:57
    Highest Point in Turkey (European side): 4:55
    Highest Point in Ukraine: 6:35
    Highest Point in the United Kingdom: 5:42
    Highest Point in the Vatican City: 0:46

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  • @ChicagoGeographer
    @ChicagoGeographer  3 роки тому +291

    BEFORE YOU COMMENT ABOUT SPAIN OR SOMETHING, READ THIS
    Hey everyone. I want to address the many, many comments I've gotten about the countries I chose to include on this list. As I stated at the start of the video, I only included countries that geographically are in Europe or have a portion of their territory in Europe. Since Europe's borders are imaginary, I used a common definition, which (among other things) uses the Eurasian Plate and the Caucasus watershed as borders. So, this excludes Armenia, Cyprus, and the Canaries. On the other hand, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan all have small portions of land in Europe, therefore they were included. Despite some of these countries being more European than Asian sociopolitically, or vice versa, geography was the only consideration for this video. Hope this helps to clear up any confusion.

    • @tetoterritory
      @tetoterritory 3 роки тому +1

      I might be the 6,666th sub lol

    • @richamo13
      @richamo13 3 роки тому +18

      the Netherlands' highest point is actually in the caribbean, on the island of Saba at 887m. Although this island is not technically in Europe, it is part of the country ;)

    • @tetoterritory
      @tetoterritory 3 роки тому +5

      @@richamo13 tectonic plates and different continents

    • @ILCMango
      @ILCMango 3 роки тому +24

      While Møllehøj is the tallest point in Denmark, the realm also includes Greenland and the Faroe islands. Greenland is not in Euorpe but the Faroe Islands are. Therefore the highpoint should be Slættaratindur with a height of 880 metres.

    • @lookattheplaylist8316
      @lookattheplaylist8316 3 роки тому

      im sad because all the english kids will say there country has the highest point in the uk but there is four countries not hating but im getting annoyed about people sayiny the uk and not crediting all four countries

  • @casdenblanken8804
    @casdenblanken8804 3 роки тому +2173

    Denmark’s highest point is lower than Switzerland’s lowest point 💀

    • @charlie3449
      @charlie3449 3 роки тому +48

      that's kinda crazy

    • @peterwinters8587
      @peterwinters8587 3 роки тому +181

      @@charlie3449 Its crazy if you think its crazy. Denmark is on the ocean and Switzerland is landlocked in the middle of the Alps. Alps are mountains. Mountains are higher than Oceans. Write that down so you can remember.

    • @joetyler9285
      @joetyler9285 3 роки тому +274

      @@peterwinters8587 that was a bit condescending-

    • @peterwinters8587
      @peterwinters8587 3 роки тому +34

      @@joetyler9285 The truth hurts

    • @casdenblanken8804
      @casdenblanken8804 3 роки тому +187

      @@peterwinters8587 lmao why the attitude 💀 you must be fun at parties! 🥴

  • @dimentbarg9793
    @dimentbarg9793 3 роки тому +894

    Fun fact: Norway tried to give the actual peak of Halti to Finland as a gift when it turned 100 years but it would've been too hard to do it legally.

    • @ChicagoGeographer
      @ChicagoGeographer  3 роки тому +147

      Hah that's hilarious! Love the camaraderie between the Nordic countries.

    • @imjashingyou3461
      @imjashingyou3461 3 роки тому +2

      i find that hard to believe

    • @evilreddog
      @evilreddog 3 роки тому +122

      @@imjashingyou3461 no, we actualy tried to give it to them. But the constitution did not allow for it to happen in the end. Was basicaly a good will gesture that we wanted to happen before reading the fine print

    • @dimentbarg9793
      @dimentbarg9793 3 роки тому +5

      @@imjashingyou3461 I tried linking an article but I cant paste links here...

    • @aaronhalminen1838
      @aaronhalminen1838 3 роки тому +48

      It was a pretty big thing here in Finland too. Shame it didn't happen. It was a really nice gesture though.

  • @josephredford3880
    @josephredford3880 3 роки тому +993

    Glad you make the effort to at least try to pronounce these places properly. Few youtubers do this

    • @GoldenChildBH
      @GoldenChildBH 3 роки тому +9

      Came here to say this.

    • @gregogreg3900
      @gregogreg3900 3 роки тому +4

      Nailed carrauntoohil to be fair have heard it butchered many times

    • @samuelbhend2521
      @samuelbhend2521 3 роки тому +36

      And using meter's and kilometer's instead of feet/miles

    • @funfoxvlad7309
      @funfoxvlad7309 3 роки тому +4

      He didnt try with both highest points named in Romanian :(

    • @kingmirza5496
      @kingmirza5496 3 роки тому +2

      He pronounced Slavic ones, I'd say well

  • @las1147
    @las1147 2 роки тому +321

    As a Dutch person I'm very surprised we made it so far into the video 🤣

  • @blanco7726
    @blanco7726 3 роки тому +231

    Fun fact about Luxembourg highest point. We thought we found the highest point, so we built a tower, then it turns out we were wrong, so we built a tower on the new spot. You guessed it we were wrong again, so no one bothered building a tower the third time.

  • @bobbazley5376
    @bobbazley5376 3 роки тому +365

    I've climbed all European high points, it was an amazing project and took me 4 years 4 months to achieve it with my friend Mark. I recommend it as while some are technically challenging, with a good guide you can achieve all of them.

    • @ChicagoGeographer
      @ChicagoGeographer  3 роки тому +33

      That's an amazing accomplishment, well done!

    • @pvfsm
      @pvfsm 3 роки тому +3

      Shkhara too? How do you compare it to Mt Blanc and Dufourspitze?

    • @bobbazley5376
      @bobbazley5376 3 роки тому +8

      @@pvfsm I havent climbed it yet as we used the peak bagger list of European countries but I have since climbed the Armenian high point, It my view point its not europe but the Asian group, Elbrus was included as Russian is seen as being attached to Europe but also has an asian footprint

    • @pvfsm
      @pvfsm 3 роки тому +4

      @@bobbazley5376 I asked precisely about Shkhara because I heard it was really hard, much more technichal than Mt Blanc, Dufourspitze or Elbruz. I hope you climb it too.

    • @Micha-ng7yp
      @Micha-ng7yp 2 роки тому +2

      How do you have the time and money for that

  • @kristofsportingdogs3549
    @kristofsportingdogs3549 3 роки тому +376

    Fun fact about Belgium: Signal de Botrange, the official height is indeed 694 meters. But you saw that stairs In the pic? That has placed there to reach a height of 700 meters. 😂😂😂

    • @thatflemishdude4034
      @thatflemishdude4034 3 роки тому +22

      We Belgians are weird people

    • @MrArgy333
      @MrArgy333 3 роки тому +49

      In Crete there are two different mountains with almost the same height (Psiloritis at 2456m and The White Mountains at 2454m), so the climbers that reach the peaks stack rocks on top of each other in order to make their peaks the tallest in Crete.

    • @TheZeldaCinema
      @TheZeldaCinema 2 роки тому +12

      A similar thing happens in Portugal where there is an 9-meter tall observatory atop Estrela Mountain Range so that it reaches 2000 m (from its 1991-meter height)

    • @Jutrzen
      @Jutrzen 2 роки тому

      What's fun about that?

  • @szurszabogabor8642
    @szurszabogabor8642 2 роки тому +38

    Highest peaks outside Europe:
    Spain-Teide, Canary Islands 3718 m
    Netherlands-Mount Scenery, Saba 887 m
    Denmark-Gunnbjorn, Greenland 3694 m
    Turkey-Mount Ararat 5137 m
    Kazakhstan-Khan Tengri 7010 m
    Arguably in Europe
    Armenia-Mount Aragats 4090 m

    • @ultranomega112
      @ultranomega112 2 роки тому +2

      Norway, Queen Maud Land - Jøkulkyrkja 3148 m

    • @szurszabogabor8642
      @szurszabogabor8642 2 роки тому +1

      @@ultranomega112 Yes, true, howewer it is not obviously claimed by international laws, but practically yes.

    • @ultranomega112
      @ultranomega112 2 роки тому

      @@szurszabogabor8642 just a territorial claim, so yes

    • @larsmunch4536
      @larsmunch4536 2 роки тому

      Denmark, Greenland, Gunnbjorn's Fjeld, 3700 m except a few meters, 3690-something.

    • @saintsaens21
      @saintsaens21 Рік тому +2

      @@ultranomega112 Invalid claim, Antarctica belongs to no one.

  • @tonigamer730
    @tonigamer730 3 роки тому +67

    Fun Fact: the highest mountain in Spain is in the Canary Islands but it's not in Europe. But if that mountain called El Teide counted Spain would have occupied the same position

    • @arnoldmmbb
      @arnoldmmbb 2 роки тому +3

      Hi from Tenerife where is the Teide hehe ✌

    • @danielalfred9600
      @danielalfred9600 2 роки тому +1

      3718m

    • @thomashudson5192
      @thomashudson5192 2 роки тому +2

      Same with UK then... the heighest point would be Mount Paget at 2,935 m (9,629 ft) of the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

  • @ct1734
    @ct1734 3 роки тому +192

    Thank you for using the metric system!!!

  • @michaelreid322
    @michaelreid322 3 роки тому +28

    Germany's border with Austria runs across the Zugspitze. Which is why our tour guide made sure we all knew *which* cable car to take back down from the observation platform at the summit; apparently, it's not uncommon for the distracted to get on the wrong one, and end up in a different country.

  • @scottcarter6623
    @scottcarter6623 3 роки тому +215

    would love to see the lowest point in each state, of course a lot would just be sea level. Also Canadian Provinces and Territories.

    • @richardhudson4649
      @richardhudson4649 3 роки тому +8

      The lowest point in the country is sea level.
      All Canadian provinces have ocean shoreline except Alberta and Saskatchewan.
      Saskatchewan's low point in the shore of Lake Athabasca.
      Alberta's is Slave River.

    • @internetbaby7277
      @internetbaby7277 3 роки тому +6

      @@richardhudson4649 this guys from sask

    • @kristofsportingdogs3549
      @kristofsportingdogs3549 3 роки тому +44

      The Netherlands have a lot of land below sealevel....

    • @richardhudson4649
      @richardhudson4649 3 роки тому

      @@henryfink5348 What about Manitoba? Has coastline on Hudson Bay

    • @closmasmas9080
      @closmasmas9080 3 роки тому +3

      Lowest point within each state/province/country’s exclusive economic zone. So if the country has ocean floors or deep lakes within its EEZ, then that would be the lowest point.

  • @devkrab509
    @devkrab509 3 роки тому +32

    Great video! I'd love to see you continue the Highest Point series with other continents.

  • @weepingscorpion8739
    @weepingscorpion8739 3 роки тому +265

    While Møllehøj is the highest peak in the Denmark proper, it's not the highest European peak of the Danish Kingdom, that honour belongs to the Faroese mountain of Slættaratindur, which has a height of 880 m. Interesting, that people always remember Greenland, but forget us the Faroese. Sucks to be small, I guess.

    • @ChicagoGeographer
      @ChicagoGeographer  3 роки тому +103

      Thanks for pointing this out. You are correct, I do not know how I overlooked the Faroe Islands, but they are indeed within Europe. Really sorry about that.

    • @weepingscorpion8739
      @weepingscorpion8739 3 роки тому +8

      @@ChicagoGeographer No worries. I'm kinda used to it by now and I in a way took it out on you, so no worries, and I apologise myself.

    • @davidstretch5614
      @davidstretch5614 3 роки тому +1

      The video also omitted Liechtenstein which is a separate country unambiguously within Europe

    • @12yoderb
      @12yoderb 3 роки тому +10

      @@davidstretch5614 9:30

    • @twistingodin44
      @twistingodin44 3 роки тому +1

      Same case in spain, the most highest point is Teide in Canary Islands with around 3800 m.

  • @wahmar1
    @wahmar1 3 роки тому +60

    Great video! I found it very interesting that 4 countries (Greece, Bulgaria, Andorra, Germany) having their highest peaks differing by only 45 m. And that in 4 different mountain ranges far away from each other.

    • @mishkata348
      @mishkata348 2 роки тому

      Bulgaria's Pirin mountain also has its highest peak, Vihren at 2914m high, just 3 meters shy of Olympus. Also according to Google Earth you can see Olympus from there

    • @Chase3141
      @Chase3141 8 місяців тому

      Similarly, three US states (California, Colorado, and Washington) have high points within 87ft/27m of each other, despite being in three separate mountain ranges and none of the states bordering each other. They are also the three highest state high points in the continental US.

  • @tomp6685
    @tomp6685 3 роки тому +16

    Great video! I've loved geography my entire life, so this is interesting.

  • @MattyhoVidea
    @MattyhoVidea 3 роки тому +6

    Great video! I'm from Czech Republic and I'm here from your geoguesser videos! :D

  • @bizhisamuilov7521
    @bizhisamuilov7521 3 роки тому +14

    Another Great Video!

  • @HCTWorld
    @HCTWorld 3 роки тому +105

    Great video bro.
    Spain highest is Teide volcano in Canary island, but Canaries aren't in Europe I suppose. Aneto in the Pyrenees, Mulhacen in the whole peninsula and Teide in the whole country.

    • @ranua9327
      @ranua9327 3 роки тому +3

      But he is talking about european countries, not Europe.

    • @Tris2000
      @Tris2000 3 роки тому +35

      @@ranua9327 no, he’s talking about the European continental shelf part of European countries. Which is why Portugal includes the Azores but Spain doesn’t include Canaries in this video, and Cyprus doesn’t appear at all.

    • @budisoemantri2303
      @budisoemantri2303 3 роки тому +2

      @@Tris2000 also that's why he didn't include Greenland as part of Kingdom of Denmark

    • @arnoldmmbb
      @arnoldmmbb 2 роки тому +5

      Canary islands are part of spain and the highest mountain in Spain its Teide

  • @IntyMichael
    @IntyMichael 3 роки тому +69

    I climbed Ben Nevis. It was a pleasant hike. ;) Nice detail that you used in your US video Feet and in your European one Meters.

    • @csanadkardos9956
      @csanadkardos9956 3 роки тому +8

      It’s not “European meters”, it’s “everywhere in the world except the USA, Liberia and Myanmar meters”

    • @jackattackmt
      @jackattackmt 3 роки тому +11

      @@csanadkardos9956 He was saying that he used meters in the European episode he didn't call them European meters read it again

    • @csanadkardos9956
      @csanadkardos9956 3 роки тому +6

      @@jackattackmt You’re right, I withdraw from this comment section

    • @alexandergunn5143
      @alexandergunn5143 3 роки тому +5

      I climbed it too last year! Was awesome

    • @jackattackmt
      @jackattackmt 3 роки тому +3

      @@csanadkardos9956 Wait someone admitting there wrong on youtube man I give you my respect

  • @_therisingsun_4856
    @_therisingsun_4856 3 роки тому +15

    I noticed the Pokémon diamond/pearl/platinum soundtrack remix in background. The feels...

  • @christopherx7428
    @christopherx7428 2 роки тому +16

    The Kazakhstan high point is in Asia, the border is normally defined as Kaukasus watershed and the Ural river, then the Ural mountians - at least that is was I was taught in school. The highest Kazakh point in Asia is of course a lot, lot higher.
    The country does extend west of the Ural river so it does have a European part.

  • @Chris_at_Home
    @Chris_at_Home 3 роки тому +22

    I remember being in the service at Lajes, Azores and we would ride our bikes to the top of the island and see the 7,000’ volcano miles away across the water.

    • @elisabird6245
      @elisabird6245 3 роки тому

      When were you in Lajes? Only I live on El Hierro, and in the 1970s we had an accident here involving a plane from that base. The story is known as "Operación Manuel". I´d be interested in any information about it.

  • @marcojauner1652
    @marcojauner1652 3 роки тому +62

    Me chilling at 1400 meters and dont even think its high:

  • @_prodbynoah_
    @_prodbynoah_ 2 роки тому +3

    Fun fact: Elbrus, for those who don’t know is a dormant volcano. Thought that people who like to know the origin of certain mountains would want to know that. It has two summits, one at 5,621m (18,442 ft) and the other at 5,642m (18,510 ft). It’s last eruption was around 50AD, give or take 50 years. Technically speaking in geological terms that’s pretty recent making it technically an active volcano as it meets the criteria given by most volcanologists: 1) having erupted in the past 10,000 years(“historical times” they say). 2) Showing signs of activity or unrest. Which Elbrus has several hot springs and active fumaroles. Hopefully we all get to see this volcano erupt in our lifetime. However it may be dangerous to anyone near because of its heavily ice and snow capped summit, which an eruption would cause massive lahars and pyroclastic flows. Hope you enjoyed the quick geek out.

  • @deborahlagarde7182
    @deborahlagarde7182 3 роки тому +1

    Astounded by your correct pronunciation. Wow and thanks!

  • @thedavecwright
    @thedavecwright 2 роки тому

    Excellent video!

  • @tony6666
    @tony6666 3 роки тому +17

    My dad was stationed in Germany in the 80s and he learned to first ski on the Zugspitze

  • @naiman4535
    @naiman4535 2 роки тому +6

    WOW! This video definitely had its share of surprises! I was expecting the Netherlands to come first on the list, since it is otherwise so low in elevation, but many other European countries, it turns out, have lower high points. I was also quite surprised that Khazakhstan made it onto this list, since I thought that it was in Asia, not Europe. Of the various European high points you covered in this video, I have hiked to the top of two of them: Ben Nevis in the UK and Moldoveanu in Romania's Fagaras mountains (part of the southern Carpathian chain).

    • @arroe8386
      @arroe8386 2 роки тому +1

      The Ural river and mountain range are regarded as the border between Europe and Asia which makes 11% of Kazakhstan European

  • @deannilvalli6579
    @deannilvalli6579 3 роки тому +1

    Nicely done. A good reference.

  • @strangevideos3048
    @strangevideos3048 2 роки тому +1

    Good job man ! 👏

  • @drphil3236
    @drphil3236 3 роки тому +35

    Damn, The Netherlands living up to its name lol

    • @Emptrapzor
      @Emptrapzor 3 роки тому +4

      (Phil:) "And tell me, how does that make you feel?" (patient from netherlands:) "Doctor, I am constantly feeling low for some reason I can't figure out." (Phil:) "Good! There's not a thing wrong with what you just said, and god bless you for claiming that right!" (sry couldn't resist this)

  • @crackerjack9320
    @crackerjack9320 3 роки тому +17

    Thought for sure it'd be Italy, shocked to see Georgia. Great vid!

  • @misasavic5073
    @misasavic5073 2 роки тому

    Great work.Thank you.

  • @ryder6070
    @ryder6070 3 роки тому +2

    Cool Channel! Pics of these peaks would be nice (when you can find them), google earth doesn't always do them justice.

  • @still-not-extinct-dodo6282
    @still-not-extinct-dodo6282 2 роки тому +13

    As italian I feel soo good sharing my highest peak with such a beautiful country as france

    • @user-nh4xe5mf6i
      @user-nh4xe5mf6i 2 роки тому +6

      As a french guy I'm proud we share this peak with such a beautiful country as Italy !

    • @javierhillier4252
      @javierhillier4252 Рік тому +2

      as a Frenchmen I am thinking the same for Italy 🇮🇹 🇫🇷

  • @eliaskrug8968
    @eliaskrug8968 3 роки тому +14

    Your "Großglockner" pronunciation was actually very good

  • @laureeeent
    @laureeeent 2 роки тому

    Thanks CG!

  • @britaszh5862
    @britaszh5862 2 роки тому +1

    Great video GG

  • @mod3no
    @mod3no 3 роки тому +19

    I love mountain hiking, but I'm Lithuanian. *cri everytim*

  • @toni_m00
    @toni_m00 3 роки тому +16

    Such an intresting video. I climbed Sniezka 4 times (first when i was 3 years old) and it's also the highest point of mountain Range of the Karkonose in Poland. Nice views but the peak is always very crowded.
    Greetings from Poland!

  • @pietervanmidden414
    @pietervanmidden414 2 роки тому +1

    Nice information which is good explained. Good to see how beautiful Europe can be. It is something to life for! Maybe we all should realise more?!

  • @eveostay
    @eveostay Рік тому +1

    Thank you. I enjoyed this video as well as the U.S. states video. If there is one thing I've learned, it's that mountains make good borders.

  • @brentsuthof1521
    @brentsuthof1521 3 роки тому +10

    11:50 I lost my phone while skiing here, but it was an amazing ski experience.

  • @iszox2973
    @iszox2973 2 роки тому +6

    Fun fact,while Czechias highest mountain is the Snezka, the highest point of Czechia is actually the top of the radio tower on the Pradêd

  • @heinoq715
    @heinoq715 Рік тому

    Love the content bro. Here's a sub!

  • @greenbutter3190
    @greenbutter3190 3 роки тому

    Stable video 👍

  • @TheCrowDoctor
    @TheCrowDoctor 3 роки тому +29

    For those who don't know the reason why so many of these mountains are on borders because back in the old days they didn't have satelites so they used rivers and mountains as the borders of their countries.

    • @michavandenenk5167
      @michavandenenk5167 2 роки тому +4

      Nonsense, Colonial (straight) borders were also drawn before satellites existed. It had to do everything with defence: mountains and bodies of water are easy to defend, so naturally that's where the borders are.

    • @janpf0624
      @janpf0624 2 роки тому

      The Danube river:
      let me introduce myself...
      (Slovakia / Hungary, Romania / Serbia, Romania / Bulgaria, Romania / Moldavia)
      By the way, Komárom HU and Komárno SK , upon Danube, used to be one town. Also Český Těšín CZ and Cieszyn PL used to be one town divided by the Olše river.
      The vast majority of the central European borders were drawn right after the WWI using rivers as Danube, Ipel / Ipoly, Olše, Dráva, Tisza, Dyje, Morava, Nisa, Odra, Orlice, Flöha, Zinnbach, Ohře...

  • @superkaukasus7990
    @superkaukasus7990 3 роки тому +10

    Hello from Azerbaijan. You should visit Mt Bazardüzü. It is truly beautiful.

  • @daarmin2909
    @daarmin2909 3 роки тому +1

    Great vid! Greetings from Bavaria

  • @saarlan6455
    @saarlan6455 2 роки тому +1

    I didnt think i needed this but i did. Thank you. Could you do a video about highest points in each state of Germany? or Uk, france? Thanks :)

  • @youriefavre9003
    @youriefavre9003 2 роки тому +9

    My town in Switzerland is considered to be pretty low but it's actually 740m above sea level... It's crazy to think it's higher up than many European countries

  • @joelwilner
    @joelwilner 3 роки тому +38

    The peak shown in the satellite imagery for Kosovo is actually Bristavec, a peak slightly higher than Velika Rudoka but located entirely in North Macedonia just to the northeast of Velika Rudoka. Google Earth erroneously forwards to this peak if you search for Velika Rudoka. Great vid nonetheless!

    • @ChicagoGeographer
      @ChicagoGeographer  3 роки тому +12

      Interesting, good catch and sorry for the error. Hope Google earth fixes that soon!

  • @foxfoster1
    @foxfoster1 3 роки тому

    Please continue this series

  • @thuringian1127
    @thuringian1127 3 роки тому +1

    When we came to Hungary the music that started in the background was a pretty neat choice ( has nothing to do with Hungary though. The music just started there ) I appreciate that as a fan of that game :) 👍 But ofcurse, nice video too.

  • @ituque1092
    @ituque1092 3 роки тому +21

    3000 meters
    Europeans: uff too tall
    Andes and Himalaya:
    Yes

  • @apmoy70
    @apmoy70 3 роки тому +4

    Hi, great video, just a minor correction if I may, the name of Olympus' highest peak, Mytikas, is the colloquial one, its formal name (found on Atlases or scientific papers) is Pantheon

  • @es0x063
    @es0x063 3 роки тому +2

    Impressive prounounsiation, good job.👏

  • @malcolmabram2957
    @malcolmabram2957 Рік тому +1

    Fascinating video, which would have taken a considerable amount f research. What is exemplified is that quality of view and chellenge of climb is not always correlated to height. For instance, you showed the north face of Mulhacen in Spain. From experience the south side is a gentle dead easy walk. Also one minor correction. The summit of Mont Blank is solely in France. A south eastern subsidiary summit, Monte Bianco di Courmayeur is just 100 m away, and at 4736m is the official highest point in Italy

  • @erroristmusic
    @erroristmusic 2 роки тому +4

    Props to the way you pronounced Suur Munamägi, as an Estonian, I approve

  • @RoyalMela
    @RoyalMela 2 роки тому +3

    34 of Finland's highest points are located in one single municipality of Enontekiö, and 44 highest include the neighboring municipality to the south, Muonio. You can not find a peak higher than 500m outside the Lapland area.

  • @stevetaylor7403
    @stevetaylor7403 2 роки тому

    Very interesting.

  • @12oshinko
    @12oshinko 3 роки тому +1

    Cool! When are Asia and Africa coming out?

  • @robloxkerlmartin1230
    @robloxkerlmartin1230 2 роки тому +3

    the estonian Suur Munamägi was pronounced so wrong but… im still happy that u put some effort to pronounce it.

  • @ezraminard2406
    @ezraminard2406 3 роки тому +8

    Why do these not have way more views?

    • @barnaszeder224
      @barnaszeder224 3 роки тому +1

      The majority is busy watching the Kardashians.

  • @Tianton1
    @Tianton1 2 роки тому

    If you can include ponte delgada surely you can include tenerife!! Great video all the same and you have a new subscriber in me

    • @skurinski
      @skurinski Рік тому +1

      no cause Azores lies in the euroasian tectonic plate, Canaries lies in African plate

  • @Lambs4lyf
    @Lambs4lyf 2 роки тому +1

    Loving the Sinnoh pokemon route 209 song in the background

  • @4real681
    @4real681 2 роки тому +4

    My hometown in switzerland is quite low in elevation but i just learned i live higher up than most countries have their highest point

  • @TrolledBy
    @TrolledBy 3 роки тому +20

    Suur Munamägi (Big Dick Hill) is the greatest place name ever and you can't tell me otherwise

  • @thoklov5365
    @thoklov5365 2 роки тому +1

    You absolutely nailed saying Galdhøpiggen.

  • @Aaaaagghhhhh
    @Aaaaagghhhhh 2 роки тому

    I walked up Galdhøpiggen last summer, there was a liitle shop at the top where I bought a T-shirt

  • @GerLeahy
    @GerLeahy 2 роки тому +4

    The interesting thing about Halti in Finland is that Norway wanted to gift the mountain to Finland for its 100th year birthday. Unfortunately the constitution wouldn't allow it. Campaigners had proposed moving the border to give the summit to Finland, saying the change would be barely visible on the map.

    • @jarskil8862
      @jarskil8862 2 роки тому

      True but it makes sense that land cant be given just like that
      Imagine some corrupted goverment just "Gifting" land to X countries.

    • @GerLeahy
      @GerLeahy 2 роки тому

      @@jarskil8862 I think the friendly campaign in itself was the present to the people of Finland. As for corrupt governments, when they are in they will use their majority to change a constitution. But, yeah, countries need some protection.

  • @danielbohorquezalvarado5841
    @danielbohorquezalvarado5841 3 роки тому +11

    When you watch this video in Bogotá a city that it's elevation is above 2500 m: noobs

    • @Ne0LiT
      @Ne0LiT 3 роки тому

      meanwhile me, watching this video 280m away from the shore at like ~1-2m elevation : " Alrighty then "

  • @srinagardiary-lifeinkashmi5731
    @srinagardiary-lifeinkashmi5731 3 роки тому

    enchanting 💖

  • @landon2614
    @landon2614 7 місяців тому

    For those who are curious about some other European territories and areas he left out, here are some that I found!!!
    French Guyana (France): Bellevue de l'Inini, 851m/2792ft, would be at 4:37
    Svalbard (Norway): Newtontoppen, 1713m/5620ft, would be at 6:19
    Cyprus: Mount Olympos, 1952m/6404ft, would be at 6:35
    Greenland (Denmark): Gunnbjørn Fjeld, 3700m/12,139ft would be at 12:25

  • @monicabello3527
    @monicabello3527 2 роки тому +15

    Well, I'm Italian, it's funny because back at primary school they were teaching us mount Bianco being the highest mountain in Europe, they were omitting "West"🤣 Most Italians still believe in it.

    • @spongebubatz
      @spongebubatz 2 роки тому +16

      It depends on where you want to draw the line between Europe and Asia. According to some of these boundary definitions the Mont Blanc is the tallest mountain in Europe

    • @onthecurrant
      @onthecurrant 2 роки тому +1

      Same in my school ( but 🇫🇷)

    • @vinczekatalin89
      @vinczekatalin89 2 роки тому

      same in Hungary 😅

    • @samuthemapper600
      @samuthemapper600 2 роки тому

      @@spongebubatz monte bianco

    • @onthecurrant
      @onthecurrant 2 роки тому +1

      @@vinczekatalin89 in hyngary they claiming the mont-blanc ?
      For us, it’s french, not italian

  • @nine1yk944
    @nine1yk944 2 роки тому +9

    For luxembourg „buurgplatz“ was always considered the highest point in luxembourg until they found kneiff bein 1 m taller, the story is that one day a farmer just dropped 1m of dirt at that point to make it the tallest

  • @T1_Productions
    @T1_Productions 3 роки тому

    Can you do a video about The Lowest Points in Every U.S. State?

  • @eduarddvorecky3731
    @eduarddvorecky3731 2 роки тому +2

    9:44 it's Gerlachovský Štít. It's often called Gerlach tho that's technically incorect.
    Good video tho.

  • @peterwinters8587
    @peterwinters8587 3 роки тому +3

    This is a great video. Not only is informative but the comments show how uninformative lots of viewers are.

  • @gijs_k3737
    @gijs_k3737 2 роки тому +3

    Theoretically speaking, the highest point of the Netherlands is actually in the special municipality of Saba, which is an island in the Caribbean.

    • @ethancoffey3491
      @ethancoffey3491 2 роки тому +1

      I guess you could apply that for any other nations colonies. In this video it has to be on the Eurasian plate

    • @Johnjohnthejohn
      @Johnjohnthejohn 2 роки тому

      @@ethancoffey3491 well some territories aren't colonies but considered actual dutch land, but i agree with your point it's about land on the European Peninsula

  • @Grauwolf57
    @Grauwolf57 2 роки тому +2

    An eternal controversy is the question if the Caucasus belongs to Europe or not.
    North of it the Manytch plain in Russia is seen mostly as the transition area to Asia without a definable border. More or less officially the Ural mountains and the Ural River are considered as border. In this case the Russian city of Magnitogorsk is also lying on two continents, like its counterpart metropolis Istanbul.

  • @tonygomezma
    @tonygomezma 2 роки тому +2

    Fun fact: The difference between my city´s highest and lowest point is the same as the altitude of Denmark highest point (not included hills and river sides)

  • @lorisperfetto6021
    @lorisperfetto6021 2 роки тому +10

    Glad to see you pointed out the monte bianco peak as the shared border between Italy and France. Some French say it's theirs. And it is not

    • @ptrinch
      @ptrinch 2 роки тому +1

      Having grown up In Torino and vacationing in Courmayeur before moving to the states, I was quiet upset when taught that Monte Bianco was in France and tried in vain to correct my teacher. I suspect the reason had something to do with the fact that when crossing the mountains via cable car, pre European Union, the passport control office was at Punta Helbronner (in Italy) rather than at Aiguille du Midi. And since you pass by Monte Bianco in that portion of the crossing, it was assumed to be in France.

    • @remymerieux9562
      @remymerieux9562 2 роки тому +1

      @@ptrinch France claims the whole peak while Italy claims it is shared

    • @ptrinch
      @ptrinch 2 роки тому

      @@remymerieux9562 Kind of. France and Italy both claimed it was shared when the border was established in 1860. Years later, France unilaterally moved the border to give themselves the peak, despite no basis for it. That being said... given my background and (assuming by your name) your background. I suspect we won't come to any agreements here. 🤣

  • @Ikreisrond
    @Ikreisrond 3 роки тому +4

    Imagine having cycled as high as the 3rd highest mountain on this list (Mont Blanc), although not in Europe. In fact, I would have traversed Mont Blanc on skis with a climbing friend, if it wouldn’t have been for our boss (we worked in an outdoor/mountaineering shop). He wouldn’t allow us to leave simultaneously. Either one or the other was allowed to leave. :(

  • @stevedietrich8936
    @stevedietrich8936 3 роки тому +2

    Big props for trying to pronounce all of these names. I have been atop more European high points than US States high points. That just seems . . . wrong.

  • @ItsJefin
    @ItsJefin 2 роки тому +1

    Most of the mountains are snow capped Europe
    Here my place we have 4 mountain above 2670 meter on of that mountain temperature always more than 30° Celsius

  • @YoloMenace001
    @YoloMenace001 3 роки тому +5

    If it was just the countries in europe with their full sovereign territory but not overseas territories then Spain's highest point would be Mount Tiede on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands

    • @YoloMenace001
      @YoloMenace001 2 роки тому

      Actually now that i think about it. Portugals should have been different if they didnt do mount tiede for spain

    • @spongebubatz
      @spongebubatz 2 роки тому +1

      @@YoloMenace001 the Azores are further north than the Canaries. The Canaries clearly are west of Morocco while the Azores can still be considered a part of Europe

    • @skurinski
      @skurinski Рік тому

      @@YoloMenace001 Azores is european, Canaries are african

  • @TheMrPeteChannel
    @TheMrPeteChannel 3 роки тому +19

    Wow. I'm surprised th he Dutch haves a highest point at over 1000 feet. I keep hearing how much they're below sea level.

    • @taylorhollins6289
      @taylorhollins6289 3 роки тому +1

      Yh same, I heard if they didn't have the flood gates then a 2l3rd of the country would be underwater

    • @MrSharkFIN
      @MrSharkFIN 3 роки тому +2

      They are mostly at around sea level, but near the southeastern border it's quite hilly.

    • @FREE_CH1CKEN
      @FREE_CH1CKEN 3 роки тому

      @@taylorhollins6289 it's actually about 40% of our country wich is below sea level, and it really has to be a severe storm coming in from the west to actually make us close our waterkeringen.

    • @TheMrPeteChannel
      @TheMrPeteChannel 3 роки тому +1

      @@FREE_CH1CKEN Is it true 90% of the Dutch speak or understand English?

    • @FREE_CH1CKEN
      @FREE_CH1CKEN 3 роки тому +2

      @@TheMrPeteChannel Yeah, only some of us have a horrible accent wich could be hard for some people to understand.

  • @endthisnonsense7202
    @endthisnonsense7202 2 роки тому +1

    Vaalserberg is land surface with the highest elevation in the Netherlands, but not actually the highest point in the Netherlands as suggested by the title. That would be the top of the Gerbrandytower, a TV tower in IJsselstijn. It is 50 meters higher at 372 meters.

  • @nicojimeno1291
    @nicojimeno1291 2 роки тому +1

    Excuse sir, but in Spain we have some little islands called Canary Islands or Islas Canarias in Spanish. They are located near Africa and they belong to Spain, there’s one in particular called Tenerife, where there’s a Volcano called El Teide which is the tallest peak in Spain, with and astonishing 3718m and snow almost every year, which is pretty cool in my opinion considering the Canaries are a Hawaiian-ish islands. Just wanted to take that off my chest. Have a nice day y’all!

    • @spongebubatz
      @spongebubatz 2 роки тому +2

      That’s true and all, but the Canaries aren’t a part of the Europe as they already belong to Africa (they are west of Morocco after all).
      For Turkey he also only counted the highest mountain on the European side so it only seem fair to exclude the Teide

  • @oakesave
    @oakesave 3 роки тому +6

    I have done 37 of them. Covid stopped me getting Belarus last year. Interesting fact the Belarus summit named after the founder of the KGB, Felix Dzerzhinsky.

  • @christian_globalimages
    @christian_globalimages 2 роки тому +3

    Kazakhstan is entirely in Central Asia and not part of Europe. It's highest peak is Khan Tengri (7.010m).

  • @DavidRodriguez-mz5js
    @DavidRodriguez-mz5js 3 роки тому

    the sinnoh and zelda music at the back 💞

  • @Chris-55
    @Chris-55 3 роки тому +1

    Could you do South America?

  • @christianzeugna
    @christianzeugna 3 роки тому +8

    well, actually the peak of "monte rosa" at 13:05 is italian

    • @earthJoker
      @earthJoker 3 роки тому +2

      No it isn't. The Dufourspitze is the highest peak of the Monte Rosa and is fully within Switzerland. The Grenzgipfel (=Border Summit) which is, as it names says at the border, is 16 meters lower.

    • @terza333
      @terza333 3 роки тому +4

      @@earthJoker Monte Rosa is italian.

    • @earthJoker
      @earthJoker 3 роки тому

      @@terza333 So why is the Dufourspitze named after a Swiss General then?

    • @terza333
      @terza333 3 роки тому +3

      @@earthJoker Because u swiss named the mountain like that. Monte Rosa is italian

    • @earthJoker
      @earthJoker 3 роки тому

      @@terza333 Yes, but the OP explicitly says 'the peak of monte rosa' and the peak of Monte Rosa is the Dufourspitze. Also, if the name of the mountain is Italian it doesn't make the peak Italian. Italian is a national language of Switzerland.

  • @najmgamer4172
    @najmgamer4172 3 роки тому +3

    Do one for the ARAB LEAGUE countries please 🙏🙏

  • @wizardrhyme9597
    @wizardrhyme9597 2 роки тому

    Every friday as a kid i had to walk 4 miles home from school. About 1 mile away from home there was this hill that looked like 60 feet and felt like 60000. To this day i have yet to find even a mountain that's bigger.

  • @punkpanther6310
    @punkpanther6310 4 місяці тому +1

    I’ve climbed Gjeravica 2656m which according to our guide was the official tallest peak of Kosovo