Nature and Earth
86 records
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01 / Mountains 29,032 ft Highest mountain Mount Everest · Nepal and China border See record ↗ -
02 / Weather 302 mph Highest tornado wind speed measured 1999 Bridge Creek-Moore tornado · Bridge Creek, Oklahoma, United States See record ↗ -
03 / Volcanoes and Earthquakes 75,000 km³ Largest active volcano Mauna Loa · Island of Hawaiʻi, Hawaii, United States See record ↗ -
04 / Volcanoes and Earthquakes About 500 to 600 second Longest earthquake shaking recorded 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake · Off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indian Ocean See record ↗ -
05 / Volcanoes and Earthquakes 187,008 ft Highest volcanic plume recorded Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption · Near Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, Tonga, South Pacific See record ↗ -
06 / Volcanoes and Earthquakes 19.6 km³ Largest lava flow in recorded history Eldgjá eruption · Iceland See record ↗ -
07 / Volcanoes and Earthquakes 127 volcanoes Most active volcanoes in a country Indonesia · Indonesia See record ↗ -
08 / Volcanoes and Earthquakes 71,000 deaths Deadliest volcanic eruption Mount Tambora eruption · Sumbawa, Indonesia See record ↗ -
09 / Volcanoes and Earthquakes 820 ft Largest lava lake Mount Nyiragongo lava lake · Mount Nyiragongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo See record ↗ -
10 / Volcanoes and Earthquakes 227,899 deaths Deadliest tsunami 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami · Indian Ocean, especially Sumatra, Indonesia, affecting 14 countries See record ↗ -
11 / Mountains Approximately 20,000 fireworks reported fireworks Most consecutive large-shell fireworks launched Konosu Fireworks Festival · Konosu City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan See record ↗ -
12 / Weather October 8, 2026 date Latest first Atlantic hurricane Hurricane Isaias · Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico See record ↗ -
13 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 426 miles Longest cave system Mammoth Cave System · Kentucky, United States See record ↗ -
14 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 4,160 miles Longest river Nile · Northeastern Africa See record ↗ -
15 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 3.51 million sq mi Largest hot desert Sahara · North Africa See record ↗ -
16 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 2.53 million sq mi Largest tropical rainforest Amazon rainforest · South America (mostly Brazil) See record ↗ -
17 / Mountains 13.42 % Deadliest eight-thousand-metre peak by fatality rate Annapurna I · Nepal Himalaya See record ↗ -
18 / Mountains 28,251 ft Second-highest mountain K2 (Mount Godwin Austen) · Karakoram Range, on the Pakistan-China border in the Kashmir region See record ↗ -
19 / Mountains 4,396 ft Tallest vertical cliff face East face of Great Trango Tower · Baltoro Muztagh, Karakoram, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan See record ↗ -
20 / Mountains 24,836 ft Highest unclimbed mountain Gangkhar Puensum · Bhutan-China border, Himalayas See record ↗ -
21 / Weather 1 in Most rainfall in 12 months Cherrapunji, India · Meghalaya, India See record ↗ -
22 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 4,722 miles Longest continental mountain range Andes · South America See record ↗ -
23 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 3,668 sq mi Largest salt flat Salar de Uyuni · Potosi, Bolivia See record ↗ -
24 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 12,500 ft Highest large navigable lake Lake Titicaca · Peru and Bolivia See record ↗ -
25 / Weather 91 hours of sun a year Sunniest place on Earth Yuma, Arizona · Arizona, United States See record ↗ -
26 / Weather 121.2 mph Fastest hurricane intensification Hurricane Patricia · Eastern North Pacific, southwest of Mexico See record ↗ -
27 / Weather 39.2 °F Strongest El Niño intensity on record El Niño 2026 · Eastern equatorial Pacific (JMA NINO.3 region) See record ↗ -
28 / Mountains 18,510 ft Highest mountain in Europe Mount Elbrus · Caucasus Mountains, southwestern Russia See record ↗ -
29 / Mountains 16,050 ft Highest mountain in Antarctica Vinson Massif (Mount Vinson) · Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, western Antarctica See record ↗ -
30 / Mountains 16,024 ft Highest mountain in Oceania Puncak Jaya (Carstensz Pyramid) · New Guinea, Papua Province, Indonesia See record ↗ -
31 / Mountains 33,481 ft Tallest mountain from base to peak Mauna Kea · Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States See record ↗ -
32 / Mountains 20,308 ft Highest mountain in North America Denali (Mount McKinley) · Alaska Range, Alaska, United States See record ↗ -
33 / Mountains 19,341 ft Highest mountain in Africa Mount Kilimanjaro, Uhuru Peak · Tanzania, East Africa See record ↗ -
34 / Mountains 22,837 ft Highest mountain in South America Aconcagua · Mendoza Province, Argentina, near the Chilean border See record ↗ -
35 / Weather 214.4 mph Highest sustained wind in a tropical cyclone Hurricane Patricia and Typhoon Nancy (tied) · Eastern Pacific Ocean, off Mexico See record ↗ -
36 / Weather −89.9 °F Coldest permanently inhabited place Oymyakon · Sakha Republic, Russia See record ↗ -
37 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 722 ft Deepest river Congo River · Democratic Republic of the Congo See record ↗ -
38 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 31,700 sq mi Largest freshwater lake by area Lake Superior · United States and Canada See record ↗ -
39 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 52 ft Highest tidal range Bay of Fundy · New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Canada See record ↗ -
40 / Volcanoes and Earthquakes 22,615 ft Highest volcano Ojos del Salado · Chile and Argentina See record ↗ -
41 / Weather 1,379 miles Largest tropical cyclone by diameter Typhoon Tip · Western Pacific Ocean See record ↗ -
42 / Volcanoes and Earthquakes 404 ft Tallest active geyser Steamboat Geyser · Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States See record ↗ -
43 / Volcanoes and Earthquakes 9.2 magnitude Largest earthquake in the United States Great Alaska earthquake · Prince William Sound, Alaska, United States See record ↗ -
44 / Weather 94.3 °F Hottest inhabited place by average temperature Dallol, Ethiopia · Afar Region, Ethiopia See record ↗ -
45 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 132,974 sq mi Largest coral reef system Great Barrier Reef · Queensland, Australia See record ↗ -
46 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 2.2 million sq mi Largest sea Philippine Sea · Western Pacific Ocean See record ↗ -
47 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 2,194 miles Longest river in Europe Volga · Russia See record ↗ -
48 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 2,341 miles Longest river in the United States Missouri River · United States See record ↗ -
49 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 1,359,614,668 cu ft Largest cave by volume Hang Son Doong · Quang Binh, Vietnam See record ↗ -
50 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 7,257 ft Deepest cave Veryovkina Cave · Arabika Massif, Abkhazia, Georgia See record ↗ -
51 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 5.48 million sq mi Largest desert overall Antarctic Desert · Antarctica See record ↗ -
52 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 270 miles Longest glacier Lambert Glacier · East Antarctica See record ↗ -
53 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 5.41 million sq mi Largest ice sheet Antarctic ice sheet · Antarctica See record ↗ -
54 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 14,764 ft Highest and largest plateau Tibetan Plateau · Tibet, China See record ↗ -
55 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers -17,314.2 in Lowest point on land Dead Sea shore · Israel, Jordan and West Bank See record ↗ -
56 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 19,715 ft Deepest canyon on land Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon · Tibet, China See record ↗ -
57 / Volcanoes and Earthquakes 1,720 ft Tallest tsunami wave 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami · Lituya Bay, Alaska, United States See record ↗ -
58 / Weather 36 days Longest-lasting tropical cyclone Tropical Cyclone Freddy · South Indian Ocean See record ↗ -
59 / Weather 25.69 inHg Lowest sea-level air pressure Typhoon Tip · Western North Pacific See record ↗ -
60 / Weather 12 in Most rainfall in one hour Holt, Missouri · Holt, Missouri, United States See record ↗ -
61 / Weather 62 ft Highest wave height measured by a buoy UK Met Office buoy K5, North Atlantic · North Atlantic, between Iceland and the UK See record ↗ -
62 / Weather 219 miles Longest tornado path 1925 Tri-State tornado · Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, United States See record ↗ -
63 / Weather 253.2 mph Highest recorded wind gust Tropical Cyclone Olivia, Barrow Island · Barrow Island, Western Australia See record ↗ -
64 / Weather 515 miles Longest lightning flash Megaflash over the US Great Plains · Eastern Texas to near Kansas City, United States See record ↗ -
65 / Weather 8 in Largest hailstone in the US (diameter) Vivian, South Dakota · Vivian, South Dakota, United States See record ↗ -
66 / Weather 71.9 in Most rainfall in 24 hours Foc-Foc, La Réunion (Tropical Cyclone Denise) · La Réunion, Indian Ocean See record ↗ -
67 / Weather 172 months Longest period without rain Arica, Chile · Atacama Desert, Chile See record ↗ -
68 / Weather 1,300 deaths Deadliest tornado Daulatpur-Saturia tornado · Manikganj, Bangladesh See record ↗ -
69 / Weather 95 ft Most snowfall in one season (US) Mount Baker Ski Area, Washington · Mount Baker, Washington, United States See record ↗ -
70 / Volcanoes and Earthquakes 7 on the VEI scale Largest volcanic eruption in recorded history Mount Tambora · Sumbawa, Indonesia See record ↗ -
71 / Volcanoes and Earthquakes 9.5 magnitude Largest earthquake recorded 1960 Valdivia earthquake · Valdivia, Chile See record ↗ -
72 / Weather 17.102 s Longest-lasting lightning flash Megaflash over Uruguay and northern Argentina · Uruguay and Argentina See record ↗ -
73 / Weather 32 inHg Highest sea-level air pressure Agata, Russia · Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia See record ↗ -
74 / Weather 300,000 deaths Deadliest tropical cyclone 1970 Bhola cyclone · Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) See record ↗ -
75 / Weather 2.25 lb Heaviest hailstone Gopalganj district, Bangladesh · Gopalganj, Bangladesh See record ↗ -
76 / Volcanoes and Earthquakes 830,000 deaths Deadliest earthquake 1556 Shaanxi earthquake · Shaanxi, China See record ↗ -
77 / Weather 2.6 miles Widest tornado 2013 El Reno tornado · El Reno, Oklahoma, United States See record ↗ -
78 / Weather 134.1 °F Highest recorded air temperature Furnace Creek, Death Valley · California, United States See record ↗ -
79 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 63.8 million sq mi Largest ocean Pacific Ocean · Between Asia, Australia and the Americas See record ↗ -
80 / Weather −128.6 °F Lowest recorded air temperature Vostok Station · Antarctica See record ↗ -
81 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 836,330 sq mi Largest island Greenland · North Atlantic and Arctic See record ↗ -
82 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 35,876 ft Deepest point in the ocean Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench · Western Pacific Ocean See record ↗ -
83 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 5,387 ft Deepest lake Lake Baikal · Siberia, Russia See record ↗ -
84 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 3,212 ft Highest waterfall Angel Falls · Canaima National Park, Venezuela See record ↗ -
85 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 143,244 sq mi Largest lake Caspian Sea · Central Asia and Eastern Europe See record ↗ -
86 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 6.6 million sq mi Largest country Russia · Eastern Europe and Northern Asia See record ↗
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