Countries With Buildings Taller than Mountains

Which countries have a tallest building that is higher than the elevation of their highest mountain?
A building is something with walls and a roof. Taller structures (e.g. bridges or pylons) are not counted
Anything that's the tallest point in a country is definitely a mountain
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Building
Country
Mountain
93 m
Bahamas
63 m
270 m
Bahrain
122 m
413 m
Kuwait
291 m
100 m
Maldives
5 m
15 m
Marshall Islands
10 m
170 m
Monaco
161 m
301 m
Qatar
109 m
284 m
Singapore
164 m
16 m
Tuvalu
5 m
137 m
Vatican City
75 m
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33 Comments
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Level 78
Jan 26, 2025
Great idea.
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Level 86
Jan 26, 2025
Thanks!
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Level 48
Jan 26, 2025
UAE?
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Level 86
Jan 26, 2025
Its highest point is more than twice the height of its highest building.
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Level 72
Mar 5, 2025
The UAE has some respectably tall mountains in the eastern part along the border with Oman.
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Level 99
Jan 26, 2025
Denmark (excluding Greenland and Faroe) should be included. Its highest point on land is 171m, its tallest man made structure, the Great Belt Bridge is 254m.
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Level 86
Jan 26, 2025
A reasonable point, but falls outside my definition of "building" for the quiz. I'll add a clarification to the instructions.
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Level 88
Mar 6, 2025
What's your definition of "mountain"?
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Level 69
Mar 24, 2025
I guess, it's the highest point on land in that country. By this definition, there is a mountain on the Maldives. Congrats, Maldives!
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Level 74
Mar 25, 2025
so Norway didn't have to give Finland a mountain after all.
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Level 63
Mar 23, 2025
If Trump buys or annexes Greenland, that might work, but it is currently part of Denmark.
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Level 27
Mar 23, 2025
give it two days and this will be his excuse for invading 😂
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Level 63
Mar 5, 2025
Could I translate this to Spanish?
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Level 73
Mar 5, 2025
What's the definition of a mountain again?

Guess I missed it.

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Level 86
Mar 6, 2025
at least 5 m tall I guess
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Level 63
Mar 6, 2025
They do call those 5.1 m in the Maldives Mount Villingili. Hilli Villingili would have been funny.
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Level 69
Mar 24, 2025
That would have been silli
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Level 86
Mar 5, 2025
Good idea. It would be helpful to have a source.

Also, definitions of 'mountain' differ, but I think it's fair to say that the word does strongly imply something significantly taller than 5m. At the very least I'd include a caveat acknowledging that many people wouldn't consider some of these (or even any) to be mountains in the normal sense of the word.

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Level 74
Mar 25, 2025
sure, but the height is given as a clue, so it's clear we are not looking for alpine countries.

Also if a mountain is defined as a landform over 610m, there are only 4 buildings in the world tall enough to be taller than any mountain.

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Level 84
Mar 6, 2025
Great idea, I've learned (arbitrary) definition of a mountain stating its tallest peak has to have an elevation of at least 500 meters. Yet, arbitrary definitions are rarely of any importance in quizzes like this one.
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Level 75
Mar 24, 2025
The height is highly subjective. The Rock of Gilbraltar for example is less than 500 meters, but looks way more like a mountain than a lot of 3000+ meters hills on the Altiplano
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Level 88
Mar 8, 2025
Changing the title to "Highest peak" would make far more sense when you're trying to convince me that 5 meters = a mountain.
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Level 78
Mar 17, 2025
5 meters = a mountain sure makes the Game of Thrones character seem a lot less imposing.
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Level 68
Mar 23, 2025
Excellent idea, really enjoyed it!
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Level 61
Mar 23, 2025
could this be more organized?
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Level 86
Mar 24, 2025
In what way?
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Level 61
Dec 10, 2025
By order of height
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Level 27
Mar 23, 2025
5 meters qualifies as a mountain?
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Level 12
Mar 24, 2025
disliked
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Level 61
Sep 30, 2025
why
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Level 66
Mar 24, 2025
I would change the description from "tallest mountain" to highest terrain elevation.
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Level 73
Mar 24, 2025
What a great idea!
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Level 71
Oct 9, 2025
Unfortunate that the quiz doesn't imply that the building is taller than the highest mountain. I understand why you did it this way but it would have been a more satisfying logic