Most Extreme Places on the World

[Bhagya Viduranga]

Coldest reported temperature ever

Antarctica is the land of extremes.Yes, the Antarctic has the coldest temperatures on the earth. Coldest reported temperature ever was -89.4°C/-129°F. What most people don’t know is that the South Pole has the clearest, calmest weather anywhere on earth. Most of the wickedly high winds that everyone associates with the cold and the ice of the Antarctic are around the edges of the continent at the shores. These winds are so fast and so fierce they are world-famous and they have a special name, too – katabatic winds – and they can blow with hurricane force up to 304kmh/190 mph!.

The Driest Place on Earth

The Atacama, Chile is probably also the driest desert in the world. While some areas of the Atacama along the coast have succulent plants like cacti, the more arid parts of the desert have no vegetation. These parched regions do not even have cyanobacteria – green photosynthetic microorganisms that live in rocks or under stones in most other deserts

The Most Precipitated Place

Lloró is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia. It holds the world record for highest average annual precipitation, measured at 523.6 inches (13,300 mm) which makes it the wettest place in the world.The Spanish verb llorar “to cry” can also be used as a metaphor for rain, and so lloró can mean “It rained”. However, this is not the origin of the name; the town is named for Gioró, a pre-Columbian indigenous chief.

The highest wind gust measured at the Earth’s surface

Mount Washington is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States at 6,288 ft. It is famous for its dangerously erratic weather, and long held the record for the highest wind gust directly measured at the Earth’s surface, 231 mph (372 km/h) (or 103 m/s), on the afternoon of April 12, 1934.It was known as Agiocochook, or “Home of the Great Spirit”, before European settlers arrived.

Highest Point on Earth

At 29,029 feet (8848 meters), Mt. Everest is famed as the highest peak on earth. And that’s true. It’s also not true. It all depends on how one looks at it. Technically, Mt. Everest’s rocky peak is the highest bit of land from sea level. But because the earth isn’t a perfect sphere, certain lower points are in effect “higher” in space. Mt. Everest is less close to the moon and stars than another mountain which is relatively unknown. And that is Mt. Chimborazo in Ecuador. It’s just over 20,000 feet high, so while it’s not as tall as Mt. Everest, it is actually closer to outer space due to the shape of the earth.

Hottest place on Earth

Where is the hottest place on Earth? Temperature records from weather stations give that distinction to El Azizia, Libya, which hit a sweltering 57.8 degrees Celsius (136 F) on September 13, 1922. there were other places hundreds of miles away that were even hotter. In all likelihood, this record temperature has been exceeded since then in many places on earth, but we have no official records of the temperatures.

The Deepest Part of the World

The Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the world's oceans, and the lowest
elevation of the surface of the Earth's crust. It is currently estimated to be
up to 10,971 m (35,994 ft) deep. It is located in the western Pacific Ocean, to
the east of the Mariana Islands. If Mount Everest, were set in the deepest part of the Mariana Trench, there would be 2,076 metres (6,811 ft) of water left above it.

The most remote spots on Earth

To determine whether a location qualifies as “remote,” you should consider the inaccessibility of the place (how difficult it is to reach the spot) and its isolation (the distance from the nearest inhabited location). In terms of inaccessibility, the point farthest from sea is the Eurasian Pole of Inaccessibility, which is located more than 1,553 miles (2,500 kilometers) from any ocean and is located in northern China. The point farthest from land is Point Nemo, which is in the South Pacific, more than 1,553 miles (2,500 kilometers) from any land mass. Neither of these locations are inhabited by humans. 

The most remote inhabited location on Earth

What’s the most remote inhabited location on Earth? A place called Tristan da Cunha. The approximately 270 residents of this archipelago see a mail ship only once a year. It is located at 37 South and 12 West, 1,739.8 miles (2,800 kilometers) from the nearest mainland, the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
But how did people come to inhabit this remote island chain? While today’s Tristan is off the international political radar, it was at the center of the strategic military scene during the early 1800s. On Aug. 14, 1816, the British military took possession of the island to prevent the French from using Tristan to rescue the deposed emperor Napoleon who was imprisoned on St. Helena, about 1,242 miles (2,000 kilometers) away. Despite this initial political interest in Tristan, the British military soon lost interest in its strategic importance and began to gradually abandon the island in 1817. However, some of Tristan’s original residents stayed on the island, and, in addition to a few shipwreck survivors, they continued to populate the island. Many of their descendants still live on this remote island in the middle of the South Atlantic.
The island is financially self-supporting, and residents earn most of their income from fishing and, oddly, the sale of postage stamps.

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