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The Golden Gate Bridge is about 8,981 feet (2,737 m) long from abutment to abutment, or roughly 1.7 miles. Its main span between the two towers is 4,200 feet (1,280 m), which was the longest suspension span in the world when the bridge opened in 1937. The towers rise 746 feet (227 m) above the … Read more
Mount Fuji is 3,776.24 m (about 12,389 ft) tall, the highest mountain in Japan.
Lake Tahoe is 1,645 feet (501 meters) deep at its deepest point, making it the second-deepest lake in the United States after Crater Lake in Oregon. The lake sits at about 6,225 feet (1,897 m) above sea level on the California and Nevada border, and it is the largest alpine lake in North America. Source: … Read more
Strictly, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh; broader usage adds Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives.
Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania stands 5,895 meters (19,341 feet) above sea level, making it the highest mountain in Africa. It is also the tallest free-standing mountain in the world, rising about 4,900 meters (16,100 feet) above its surrounding plateau. Kilimanjaro is a dormant stratovolcano, and its summit, Uhuru Peak, sits on the Kibo cone. Source: … Read more
Greenland is the largest island in the world, with a main-island area of about 2.1 million square kilometers (roughly 814,000 square miles). It lies between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans and is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. Australia is larger but is classified as a continent rather than an island; Greenland is … Read more
The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is generally considered the driest place on Earth outside the polar regions. It averages only about 15 millimeters (0.6 inches) of rain per year, some spots get just 1 to 3 millimeters, and some weather stations there have never recorded rain at all. Its extreme dryness comes from a … Read more
Lake Baikal in southern Siberia, Russia, is the deepest lake in the world, reaching a maximum depth of 1,642 meters (5,387 feet). Its surface sits about 455 meters above sea level, so its floor lies roughly 1,187 meters below sea level. Because it is so deep, Baikal is also the largest freshwater lake by volume, … Read more
The Caspian Sea is the world’s largest lake by surface area, covering about 371,000 square kilometers (143,244 square miles), roughly the size of Japan. It is an endorheic basin with no outflow to the ocean, lying between Europe and Asia and bordered by Kazakhstan, Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Turkmenistan. Despite its name, it is classed … Read more
Angel Falls (Salto Ángel) in Venezuela is the world’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall, with a total height of 979 meters (3,212 feet) and a single main plunge of 807 meters (2,648 feet). It drops off the edge of the Auyán-tepui table mountain in Canaima National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bolívar State. The 979-meter … Read more