Answers to Geography Extremes

1. Mt. Everest, Nepal - China border; 29,035 feet
2. Dead Sea, Israel –Jordan Border; 1,348 feet below sea level
3. Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean; 35,838 feet (6.8 miles) below the ocean’s surface
4. Greenland; 840,000 square miles (Continents not included)
5. Nile River, Africa; 4,160 miles
6. Caspian Sea, Asia; 143,244 square miles
7. Lake Superior, United States-Canada; 31,700 square miles
8. Lake Baikal, Russia; 5,315 feet deep
9. Angel Falls, Venezuela; 3,212 feet
10. Great Barrier Reef, Australia; 1,250 miles
11. Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada; 43.5 feet difference between high and low tides
12. Sahara Desert, Africa; 3.5 million square miles
13. Russia; 6,592,850 square miles
14. Vatican City, Europe; less than 1 square mile (108.7 acres)
15. Lake Titicaca, Peru –Bolivia; 12,507 feet
16. Al’Aziziyah, Libya, Africa; 139 degrees F
17. Vostok Station, Antarctica; - 128 degrees F
18. Verkhoyansk, Russia; 183 degrees difference. Highest: 93.5 degrees; Lowest: -89.7 degrees
19. Atacama Desert, Chile; Trace precipitation .03 inches
20.Waialeale, Hawaii; 460 inches per year
21. Cherrapunji, India; 1,042 inches (1861)
22. Andes Mountains, South America; 1,500 miles
23. Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Atlantic Ocean floor; 22,000 miles
24. Taipei 101–Taipei, Taiwan (2004); 1,670 feet
25. Akashi Kaiko - Japan; 6,570 feet
26. Asia - Mount Everest 29,035 ft.
S. America - Aconcagua 22,841 ft.
N. America - Mount McKinley 20,320 ft.
Africa - Mt. Kilimanjaro 19,563 ft.
Europe - Mount Elbrus 18,481 ft.
Australia/Oceania - Puncak Jaya (Carstensz Pyramid); 16,502 ft.
Antarctica - Vinson Massif; 16,066 ft.
27. Asia - Dead Sea; -1,348 ft.
Africa - Lake Assal; -512 ft.
N. America - Death Valley; -282 ft.
Antarctica - Deep Lake; -184 ft.
S. America - Valdes Peninsula; -131 ft.
Europe - Caspian Sea; -92 ft.
Australia - Lake Eyre; -52 ft.