Editing Extreme points of Europe (section)

==Elevation==
*'''Highest point'''. The highest point is dependent upon the definition of Europe:
**The [[Caucasus|Caucasus Mountains]] [[Drainage divide|watershed]] divide is the most common definition for the European/Asian border. This places the highest point at [[Mount Elbrus]], Russia (5,642 metres; 18,506 feet), which is {{Convert|11|km|abbr=on}} onto the European side of the Caucasus watershed divide.
**If the Caucasus mountains are excluded, the highest point is [[Mont Blanc]], on the border between France and Italy (4,810 metres; 15,781 feet).
*'''Lowest point (natural, with open sky)'''. [[Caspian Sea]] shore, Russia (28 metres; 92 feet below sea level).
*'''Lowest point (natural, under water)'''. [[Calypso Deep]], [[Ionian Sea]], Greece (5,267 metres; 17,280 feet below sea level).
*'''Lowest point (natural, underground)'''. Dependent upon the definition of Europe: either [[Krubera Cave]], Abkhazia, Georgia (2196 metres; 7205 feet below surface) (also the deepest cave in the world)<ref>{{cite web|last=Klimchouck|first=Alexander|title=The deepest cave in the world (Krubera Cave) became 6 m deeper|url=http://www.speleogenesis.info/news/?id=213|work=speleogenesis.info.|access-date=10 August 2013|archive-date=10 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710133816/http://www.speleogenesis.info/news/?id=213|url-status=dead}}</ref> or [[Lamprechtsofen]], Austria (1,632 metres; 5,354 feet below surface).
*'''Lowest point (artificial, with open sky)'''. [[Hambach surface mine]] ([[open-pit mining|open-pit mine]]), Germany (293 metres; 961 feet below sea level).
*'''Lowest point (artificial, underground)'''. [[Kola Superdeep Borehole]], Russia (12,262 metres; 40,230 feet below surface). Also the [[Extreme points of Earth#Lowest artificial points|deepest artificial point]] on Earth.

===Highest attainable by transportation===
*Cable car (and lift) – [[Klein Matterhorn]], Switzerland (3,883 metres; 12,736 feet)
*[[Teide Cableway]] – [[Teide|Teide volcano]], Spain (3,555 metres; 11,663 feet)
*Funicular – [[Mittelallalin]], Switzerland (3,456 metres; 11,339 feet)
*Train (dead end) – [[Jungfraujoch]], Switzerland (3,454 metres; 11,330 feet)
*Train (mountain pass) – [[Bernina Pass]], Switzerland (2,253 metres; 7390 feet)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rhb.ch/index.php?id=1060%3F&L=4 |title=Albula and Bernina lines |access-date=2009-07-28 |archive-date=2013-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113063543/http://www.rhb.ch/index.php?id=1060%3F&L=4 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Restricted access paved road (dead end) – [[Veleta (Sierra Nevada)]], Spain (3,300 metres; 10,827 feet)
*Paved road (dead end) – [[Ötztal Glacier Road]], Austria (2,830 metres; 9,285 feet)
*Paved road (mountain pass) – [[Col de l'Iseran]], France (2,770 metres; 9,090 feet)
*See also: [[List of highest paved roads in Europe]] and [[List of highest railways in Europe]]

===Lowest attainable by transportation===
*Lowest public tunnel – [[Ryfast|Ryfast Tunnel]], Norway ({{convert|292|m}} below sea level)