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I once climbed to the top of the not-too-impressive highpoint of the District of Columbia. It’s even subway accessible<\/a>, and you know I’m all about easy highpointing. The District highpoint is kind-of equivalent to a state highpoint — some lists include it and others do not — and that was a convenient loophole to add another location to my list. So I thought about that recently. Then I wondered whether it might be possible to replicate my feat in another nation with a similar capital district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That required a mashup of two separate lists. There weren’t very many situations like DC although I found a few in Wikipedia’s List of Federal Capitals<\/a>. I cross-referenced that to the peak lists<\/a> available on Peakbagger.com<\/a>. It was sort-of hit or miss, actually. I discovered most nations did not have a separate list of state, provincial and\/or territorial highpoints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lists depended upon the good graces of individual contributors to develop them. For example Abuja, Nigeria was a Federal district and would be a great option. However, nobody ever posted a list of individual Nigerian states so I couldn’t feature it. I wouldn’t even be able to do that for Russia unless loyal 12MC reader “January First-of-May” just happened to have the highpoint coordinates available for the Federal City of Moscow. I just don’t have the data to determine these places on my own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately I found online information about several places and I’ll list them from lowest to highest elevation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Argentina<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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El Palacio de Aguas Corrientes, Buenos Aires<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The summit<\/a> of the Ciudad Aut\u00f3noma de Buenos Aires might be a fair comparison to Washington’s highpoint. It’s a diminutive 38 meters (125 feet) within an urban area. However, Buenos Aires had a much more impressive water tower that DC. The spectacular Palacio de Aguas Corrientes — the Palace of Flowing Waters crowned its summit. This is an ornate structure that contained a pumping station, water company offices, and even a museum<\/a> dedicated to water and sanitation. As described by Welcome Argentina<\/a>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Down C\u00f3rdoba Avenue, those who catch a glimpse of this building realize at once that it belongs to another time. Extravagant and ridiculous for some, fascinating for others, the Palacio de Aguas Corrientes… has been a symbol of the pomp of the generation of 1880 and at the same time a key piece for the health of a developing city.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Peakbagger even included an Ascent Trip Report<\/a>, albeit a bit tongue-in-cheek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brazil<\/h2>\n\n\n\n