When measured with respect to the mean sea level, the lowest point on land (on Earth's Surface) is the Dead Sea in Jordan and Israel. It has an elevation (with respect to the mean sea level) of -414 m or about -1360 feet.
The lowest natural point on Earth is the Challenger Point in the Mariana Trench. It is at a depth of almost 11 km (11,034 m, to be precise) below the mean sea level.
The highest point, on the other hand, is the Mount Everest summit and it has an altitude of 8,848 m above mean sea level.
Thus, there is a difference of almost 20 km in the altitude of the highest point and the lowest point on Earth, that is, between Mount Everest Summit and Mariana Trench.
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