Geography of Guinea - Terrain

Terrain

Its terrain is generally flat coastal plain, hilly to mountainous interior. The country's lowest point is the Atlantic Ocean (0 m), and highest is Mont Nimba (1752 m).

This is a list of the extreme points of Guinea, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

• Northern-most point – the northern section of the border with Senegal, Boké Region*
• Eastern-most point – the confluence of the Gben river and the Férédougouba river on the border with Cote d'Ivoire, Nzérékoré Region
• Southern-most point – unnamed location on the border with Liberia immediately south of the village of Gonon, Nzérékoré Region
• Western-most point – Ile du Noufrage, Boké Region
• Western-most point (mainland) – the point at which the border with Guinea-Bissau enters the Rio Compony estuary

• *Note: Guinea does not have a northern-most point, this section of the border being formed by a straight latitudinal line