You probably know the tallest point on Earth. That would be Mount Everest, or Sagarmāthā, as it stretches to a high point of 29,032 feet. You might even know the hottest point on Earth, or the coldest. But what about the second hottest, the windiest, or the lowest point? These are just a few of the Earth’s geographic limits explored in the video below.
The Geographic Limits of Earth
Earth’s Extremes:
Warmest Places (Surface Temperature)
- Hottest: Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California, USA – 93.9°C.
- Second Hottest: Port Sudan, Sudan – 84°C.
- Third Hottest: Lut Desert, Iran – 70.7°C.
Coldest Places
- Coldest: Vostok Station, Antarctica – -89.2°C.
- Second Coldest: Klinck Weather Station, Greenland – -69.6°C.
- Third Coldest: Oymyakon, Russia – -67.7°C (coldest settlement).
- Coldest City: Yakutsk, Russia – -64.4°C.
Lowest Points on Land
- Lowest: Shores of the Dead Sea, Israel/Jordan – 430 meters below sea level.
- Second Lowest: Lake Assal, Djibouti.
- Lowest (under ice): Bentley Subglacial Trench, Antarctica – 2,540 meters below sea level.
Deepest Caves
- Deepest: Located in Abkhazia, Georgia (specific name not provided, but noted as the deepest cave).
- Second and Third Deepest: Also in Abkhazia, Georgia (specific names not provided).
Deepest Lakes
- Deepest: Lake Baikal, Russia – 1,642 meters.
- Second Deepest: Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania/DR Congo/Zambia/Burundi – 1,470 meters.
