Extremes on Earth in each continent


 Extremes Earth Extreme elevations

ContinentHighestLowest
Africa 5,895 metres (19,340 ft)
Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
-156 metres (-512 ft)
Lake Asal, Djibouti
North America6,194 metres (20,320 ft)
Mount McKinley(Denali), Alaska, U.S.A.
-86 metres (-282 ft)
Death Valley, California, U.S.A.
South America 6,962 metres (22,841 ft)
Aconcagua, Mendoza, Argentina
-105 metres (-344 ft)
Laguna del Carbón, Argentina
Antarctica 4,897 metres (16,066 ft) Vinson Massif-2,555 meters (-8,383 ft) Bentley Subglacial Trench
Asia 8,848 metres (29,028 ft) Mount Everest, Nepal- Tibet, China-418 metres (-1,371 ft)
Dead Seashore, Israel- Jordan
Australia 2,228 metres (7,310 ft)
Mount Kosciuszko, New South Wales
-12 metres (-52 ft)
Lake Eyre, South Australia
Europe 5,642 metres (18,506 ft) Mount Elbrus, Russia-28 metres (-92 ft) Caspian Seashore, Russia- Iran- Turkmenistan- Azerbaijan
Oceania 4,884 metres (16,023 ft)
Carstensz Pyramid(Puncak Jaya), New Guinea
Sea level

 Extremes temperatures per continent

 HighestLowest
Africa

57.7 °C (135.9 °F)

Libya, 13 September 1922

-23.9 °C (-11.0 °F) Ifrane, Morocco
11 February 1935
North America56.7 °C (134.0 °F) Death Valley, California, U.S.A.
10 July 1913
-63.0 °C (-81.4 °F) Snag, Yukon, Canada 3 February 1947
-66 °C (-87 °F) Northice, Greenland 9 January 1954
South America48.9 °C (120.0 °F) Rivadavia, Argentina
11 December 1905
-33.0 °C (-27.4 °F) Sarmiento, Argentina 1 June 1907
Antarctica14.6 °C (58.3 °F) Vanda Station
5 January 1974
-89.2 °C (-128.6 °F) Vostok
21 July 1983
Asia53.9 °C (129.0 °F)
Tirat Tsvi, Israel
21 June 1942
-67.8 °C (-90.0 °F) Measured
Verkhoyansk, Siberia, Russia
7 February 1892
-71.2 °C (-96.16 °F) Extrapolated
Oymyakon, Siberia, Russia
26 January 1926
Australia53.1 °C (128.0 °F)
Cloncurry, Queensland
16 January 1889
-23.0 °C (-10.4 °F)
Charlotte Pass, New South Wales
29 June 1994
Europe50.0 °C (122.0 °F)
Seville, Sevilla, Spain
4 August 1881
-55.0 °C (-67.0 °F) Ust-Shchugor, Russia
January (no exact date available)
Oceania42.4 °C (108.3 °F)
Awatere Valley and Rangiora, New Zealand
7 February 1973
-21.6 °C (-6.9 °F)
Ophir, New Zealand
3 July 1995

Coldest and hottest inhabited places

Hottest Dallol, Ethiopiaaverage temperature is 34 °C (93.2 °F)
Coldest Eureka, Nunavut, Canadadaily average temperature is -19.7 °C (- 3.46 °F)

Greatest oceanic depths

Atlantic Ocean8,648 metres (28,374 ft)
Milwaukee Deep, Puerto Rico Trench
Arctic Ocean5,450 metres (17,881 ft)
Litke Deep, Eurasia Basin
Indian Ocean8,047 metres (26,401 ft)
Diamantina Deep, Diamantina Trench,South East Indian Basin
Mediterranean Sea5,267 metres (17,280 ft)
Calypso Deep, Ionian Basin
Pacific Ocean10,924 metres (35,840 ft)
Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench
Southern Ocean7,235 metres (23,690 ft)
South Sandwich Trench

Greatest vertical drop

Greatest purely vertical drop 1,250 metres (4,100 ft)
Mount Thor, Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada
Greatest nearly vertical drop 1,340 metres (4,400 ft)
Great Trango Tower, Pakistan(summit elevation 6,286 metres / 20,608 ft)
Subterranea
Deepest cave2,140 metres (7,021 ft)
Voronya Cave, Arabika Massif, West Caucasus, Abkhaziaregion
Deepest pitch(single vertical drop)603 metres (1,978 ft)
Vrtoglavica Cave, Slovenia
Northern and southernmost points of land on Earth
Northernmost point on EarthKaffeklubben Island, east of Greenland 83°40'N 29°50'W)
Southernmost point on Earth geographic South Pole
Northern and southernmost capitals
Northernmost capitalReykjavík, Iceland
Southernmost capitalWellington, New Zealand

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