Discover Extreme Points of Earth
Discover Extreme Points of Earth
The highest point accessible by land vehicle is an elevation of 6,688 m (21,942 ft) on Ojos del Salado in Chile, currently a high-altitude record for a four-wheeled vehicle.
Furthermore, with a summit of 6,983 m (22, 615 ft), Ojos del Salado on the Argentine-Chile border is the highest of any volcano on Earth. The unnamed crater lake on Ojos del Salado is also the highest natural lake.
The farthest point on Earth (the point furthest from the axis of Earth) is the summit of Cayambe, in Ecuador. This also means its summit rotates the fastest as Earth spins.
The highest point on Earth’s surface measured from sea level is the summit of Mount Everest, at 8,848 m (29,029 ft).
Khumbu Glacier on the southwest slopes of Mount Everest is the highest glacier, at an elevation of 7,600 to 8,000 m (24,900 to 26,200 ft).
The deepest known cave on Earth is Veryovkina Cave in Abkhazia, Georgia, at 2,212 m (7,257 ft) deep.
The westernmost and easternmost points on Earth can be found anywhere along the 180th meridian (which divides the earth into the Western and Eastern Hemispheres) in Siberia (including Wrangle Island, pictured).
The three islands of Fiji are also bissected by the 180th meridian, which also makes this destination the westernmost and easternmost point on Earth.
The northernmost point on Earth is the North Pole. Pictured: sea ice at the North Pole.
The northernmost point on land is the northern tip of Kaffeklubben Island, north of Greenland.
The westernmost point of land is Attu Island, Alaska. The island was the site of the only World War II land battle fought in the United States.
The southernmost continental point of land outside Antarctica is Cape Froward, located in the Magallanes Region of Chile, along the north shore of the Magellan Strait.
Mount Thor in Auyuittuq National Park on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada boasts the greatest purely vertical drop. Its summit elevation is 1,675 m (5,495 ft).
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