Table 1.

Definitions of high, very high, and extreme altitude.

Altitude Meters Feet
High altitude 1,500–3,500 5,000–11,500
Very high altitude 3,500–5,500 11,500–18,000
Extreme altitude above 5,500 above 18,000
RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2011 January; 2(1): e0022. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2011 January 31. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10022.
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