Earth's Geographically Extreme Places

Earth has all the extreme places that could be described with an adjective owing to its protective atmosphere, magnetic field and all the elements of nature. Not all of these come with habitable conditions and are the fairer aspects of nature. Some occur due to the movement of tectonic plates, erosion and even make life difficult for those who live there. The most extreme geographical locations are 

World's Highest Point - Mt. Everest

29,029 feet above sea level, Mt. Everest is the highest peak on Earth. That doesn't make it closer to the moon, owing to the surface of the earth not being similar in all places. Only very few have been able to reach the peak and come back safe.

World's Lowest Point - Dead Sea

The Dead Sea is so low that it is 1,378 feet below sea level. It is located on the border of Jordan and Israel. It is famous for the immense amount of salts present in it making it inhabitable.

World's Coldest Place - Vostok Station, Antarctica

At -89.2°C, the Vostok Station on Antarctica recorded the coldest temperature ever on Earth on July 21, 1983. It is an old Soviet Union outpost in the middle of Antarctica.

World's Hottest Place - Death Valley, California

At 56.6°C, the Death Valley scorched in the heat breaking all records. It was recorded by the World Meteorological Organisation in 1913 as the hottest place officially ever recorded.

World's Windiest Place - Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica

Winds blow at such a speed here, especially in winters, that the wind gusts have a speed up to 150 mph. The concentrated flow of freezing air here is known as katabatic wind.

World's Driest Place - Atacama Desert, Chile

The Atacama Desert in Chile is so dry that in 37 years it has had rainfall only 4 times.

World's Wettest Place - Mawsynram, India

It receives an annual rainfall of 467 inches!

World's Snowiest Place - Paradise, Washington

According to the National Park Service, the Paradise has an annual snowfall of approximately 93.5 feet annually.

World's Most Active Volcano - Mt. Kilauea, Hawaii

Ever since it erupted on the southern part of the island in 1983, Mt. Kilauea has not stopped. It is responsible for having destroyed 200 homes but also has created over 544 acres of land.

Deepest Point in the Ocean - Marianas Trench

Off of Guam in the Pacific Ocean, the Marianas Trench is the deepest point in the ocean with a depth of more than 36,000 feet.

World's Deepest Point - Bentley Subglacial Trench

Located in Antarctica, the Bentley Subglacial Trench has 8,383 feet of deep, thick ice. It is also the lowest point on Earth that is not covered by ocean.

World's Flattest Place - Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

The salt flat covers around 4,000 square miles that contain about 10 billion tons of salt.