Geography Extremes

Physical Geography Extremes

What is the highest point on earth?

• The highest point on earth is Mount Everest, Nepal - Tibet, China with a recorded height of 8,848 m (29,029 ft) (measured as height above sea level).

What is the lowest point on earth?

• The lowest measured point on earth is theDead Sea shore, Israel/Jordan.

What is the hottest place on earth?

• The hottest place on earth is Al ‘Aziziyah, Libya which recorded a temperature of 57.8 °C (136.0 °F) on 13 September 1922.
  Source: Global Weather & Climate Extremes ~ World Meteorological Organization

What is the coldest place on earth?

• The coldest place on earth is Vostok Station in Antarctica which had a recorded low of -89.2 °C (-129 °F) on 21 July 1983.
  Source: Global Weather & Climate Extremes ~ World Meteorological Organization

Vostok Station

What is the northernmost point on land?

• The northernmost point on land is Kaffeklubben Island, east of Greenland (83°40?N 29°50?W).  There are various shifting gravel bars that lie further north, the most famous being Oodaaq (83°40?N 30°40?W).

What is the southernmost point on land?

• The southernmost point on land is geographic South Pole (90°S) which is located on the continent of  Antarctica.

Urban Geography Extremes

What is the Tallest Building in the World?

• The world’s tallest building is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Completed in January 2010 with 160 stories which gives it a height of 2,716 feet (828 meters). To learn more about the tallest buildings in the world, visit The Thirteen Tallest Buildings in the World.

Burj Khalifa, Tallest Bulding in the World.

The tallest building in each country has been painstakingly mapped for each country.  The KML file is available for downloading from Google Earth Hacks.  User blackdogprod describes his effort:

I have fanatically spent the last year thoroughly studying EVERY COUNTRY in the world to find the correct building. I’ve used every resource available on the internet to find and verify the tallest building in every country, with the most accurate height available. These are all buildings, NOT observation towers.