WORLD'S EXTREMES

Coldest Place Polus Nedostupnosti, pole of Antarctica
Largest Landmass The Eurasian Land
Smallest Landmass The Australian Mainland
Biggest Continent Asia
Smallest Continent Australia
Largest Island Greenland (considering Australia as a con­tinentallandmass)
Largest Gulf The Gulf of Mexico
Largest Single Country Brazil
Country with the Largest Population China
Lowest Body of Water Dead Sea
Largest Ocean Pacific
Largest Sea The South China Sea
Largest Bay Hudson Bay
Highest Mountain Peak Mt. Everest (Nepal)
Largest Desert Sahara in Africa
Largest Forest Coniferous forests of northern Russia
Tallest Tree The redwood near the Californian coast
Highest Waterfall Salto Angel Falls in Venezuela
Highest Dam Rogunsky earthfill dam in Tajikistan.
Largest Wall The Great Wall of China
Tallest Office Building Sears Tower (Chicago, USA)
Tallest Tower CN Tower (Toronto, Canada)
Largest Stadium Strahov (Czech Republic)
Longest Bridge New River Gorge Bridge (W.Virginia, USA)
Longest Road Tunnel St. Gotthard Road Tunnel (Switzer­land)
Longest Rail Line 9438km on Trans-Siberian line (Russia)
Longest Railway Tunnel Seikan Rail Tunnel Oapan)
Biggest Railway Statian Grand Central Terminal (New York, USA)
Largest Sea Port Port of New York and New Jersey Busiest Port and Harbour Rotterdam Europort (The Neth­erlands)
Largest Airport King Khalia International Airport (Saudi Arabia)
Busiest Airport Chicago O'Hare International Airport
Largest Animal Blue or Sulphur-bottom Whale.
Tallest Animal The Giraffe
Fastest Moving Creature The Peregrine Falcon
Fastest Land Animal over Short Distance The Cheetah or
Hunting Leopard
Largest Land Anim!,l The African Bush Elephant.
Biggest Dam Grand Be (USA)
Highest Airport Lhasa (Tibet)
Biggest Country (in area) Russia
Largest Archipelago Indonesia (3,000 islands)
Biggest City (in area) Mount Isa, Queensland (AI. 41,225 sq. km)
Largest Bird Ostrich
Largest Electorate India
Largest Delta Sundarbans (India)
Highest Waterfall Angel (Venezuela)
Highest Road Leh Nobra Road (India)
Highest City Wenchuan (China)
Highest Datn The Grands (Switzerland)
Largest Railway Platform Kharagpur, West Bengali
largest Zoo Etosha Reserve (South West Africa)
Longest Epic Mahabharata
Longest Mountain Range Andes (South America)
Smallest Country (in area) Vatican City
Tallest Minaret Sultan Hassan Mosque (Egypt)
Tallest Minaret (Free Standing) Qutab Minar (India)
Smallest Bird Humming Bird
Longest River The Nile
Hottest Place Azizia (Libya)
Driest Place Death Valley (California)
Rainiest Place Cherrapunji (India)
Fastest Bird Swift
Tallest Fountain Fountain Hills (Arizona)
Largest Peninsula Arabia (Area: 3,250,000 sq.km)
Largest Mosque Jama Masjid (India)
Biggest Museum American Museum of Natural Hi! New York
Biggest Palace Vatican (Italy)
Biggest Dome Gol Gmubaz (India)
Largest Satellite Titan (Satellite of Saturn)
Tallest Statue Motherland, Volgograd (Russia)
Brightest Planet Venus