Geography records
27 world records, each with its own page. Guess them before reading the answer.
- Passengers in a year Busiest airport in the world 106,302,208 passengers · Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- Depth Deepest lake in the world 1,642 m · Lake Baikal
- World record Deepest point of the ocean (Challenger Deep) 11.034 km · Challenger Deep
- World record Farthest point from an ocean (Eurasian Pole of Inaccessibility) 2,645 km · Eurasian Pole of Inaccessibility
- World record Highest mountain in Europe (Elbrus) 5,642 m · Mount Elbrus
- World record Highest mountain in mainland Australia 2,228 m · Mount Kosciuszko
- World record Highest mountain in North America 6,194 m · Denali
- World record Highest mountain in South America 6,961 m · Aconcagua
- Altitude Highest mountain on Earth 8,849 m · Mount Everest
- World record Highest peak of Oceania (Carstensz Pyramid) 4,884 m · Puncak Jaya
- World record Highest permanent human settlement 5,100 m · La Rinconada
- World record Highest volcano summit (Ojos del Salado) 6,893 m · Ojos del Salado
- Built-up area Largest built-up urban area in the world 11,344 km² · New York
- Area Largest desert on Earth 14,200,000 km² · Antarctic Desert
- Area Largest hot desert 9,200,000 km² · Sahara
- Area Largest island in the world 2,108,459.47 km² · Greenland
- Area Largest lake in the world 389,000 km² · Caspian Sea
- Length Longest border between two countries 8,894 km · Canada and the United States
- World record Longest continuous east-west distance on land 10,726 km
- World record Longest continuous north-south distance on land 7,590 km
- World record Longest continuous straight-line (great circle) path over land 13,588 km
- Length Longest river in the world 6,650 km · Nile
- Depth below sea level Lowest point on dry land 439.78 m · Dead Sea shore
- Inhabitants (UN estimate) Most populous city in the world 41,913,860 inhabitants · Jakarta
- Width at its narrowest Narrowest street in the world 31 cm · Spreuerhofstraße, Reutlingen (Germany)
- Area Smallest country in the world 0.44 km² · Vatican City
- Height Tallest volcano measured from its base on the ocean floor 10.203 km · Mauna Kea