Longest:
1. Longest Bridge - the Akashi Kaikyo
bridge in Japan
2. Longest Beach
- Rio de Janerio (Brazil)
3. Longest Canal - Baltic sea White
Canal
4. Longest Epic - Mahabharata
5. Longest Dictionary -
Oxford English Dictionary
9. Longest Railway Tunnel - Tanna
(Japan) 13 1/2 miles
10. Longest Wall -
Great Wall of China
11. Longest Corridor - Ramanathaswamy
temple, Rameshwaram Corridor
12. Longest Day - June 21
13. Longest Mountain - Andes (South America)
14. Longest Platform - Kharagpur, W. Bengal
(India)
15. Longest River - Nile, Africa
16. Longest River Dam - Hirakud Dam, India
17. Longest Road Tunnel – Laedral Tunnel, Norway
20.Longest Tunnel - Delaware Aqueduct(water tunnel), New York
Largest:
1. Largest Artificial Lake –
Lake Volta, Ghana
2. Largest Animal - Blue Whale,
Recorded length 106 feet,Weight 195 tons
3. Largest land-Animal - African
Elephant
4. Largest Bird - African Ostrich
5. Largest Continent – Asia
6. Largest Cemetery - Leningrad, Russia
7. Largest Church - Belisca of St.
Peter in the Vatican City, Rome.
8. Largest Country (In Area) - Russia
12. Largest Lake (fresh water) - Lake Superior
(USA) (31200 sq.miles)
13. Largest Lake (salt water) - Caspian Sea
14. Largest Mosque - Masjid-ul-Haram,
Mecca
15. Largest Peninsula - India
16. Largest Volcano - Mauna Loa (Hawaii)
17. Largest Stadium by capacity (football)
– Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, North Korea
19. Largest Airport - King Khalid
International Airport (South Arabia)
20. Largest Animal - Blue Bottom whale
21. Largest Archipelago - Indonesia
22. Largest Bay - Hudson Bay, Canada
23. Largest Delta – Sunderbans
25. Largest Gorge - Grand Canyon
(USA)
26. Largest Hotel - Hotel Rossaiya, Moscow
28. Largest Lake - Caspian Sea, CIS Iran
29. Largest Minaret - Sultan Has-san Mosque
(Egypt)
30. Largest Palace - Istana Nurul Iman
31. Largest Park - Northeast Greenland
National park
32. Largest Peninsula – Arabia
33. Largest Platform - Grand Central Terminal,
(Ely. Sta¬tion)New York
(USA)
36. Largest Temple - Angkorwat in Kampuchea
37. Largest Democracy – India
38. Largest Ocean - Pacific
39. Largest River - Amazon
40. Largest Forest - Coniferous Forests
(Northern Russia)
41. Largest Library - United States
Library of Congress
42. Largest City (Population) - Tokyo
(Japan)
46. Largest Strait - Denmark Strait (or
Greenland strait)
47. Largest River Island - Majuli (Assam)
48. Largest Dome - Singapore National Stadium
49. Largest Inland Sea - Caspian Sea
50. Largest City (Population) - Tokyo
(Japan)
51. Largest Cave - Sơn Đoòng Cave, Vietnam
52. Largest Railway Station - Grand
Central Terminal (New York)
53. Largest University Building -
University of Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
56. Largest Planet - Jupiter
57. Largest Carnivorous Mammal - Polar
Bear
58. Largest Bird - Ostrich
59. Largest Sea Bird - Albatross
60. Largest Cold Desert - Gobi (Mongolia)
62. Largest parliament - The National
People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
63. Largest Plateau - Pamir (Tibet)
64. Largest Mountain Range - The Himalaya
67. Largest Natural Satellite -
Ganymede (Jupiter)
69. largest Eggs - Ostrich Eggs
70. largest Flower - Rafflesia
72. largest Telescope - Gran Telescopio
Canaries
73. largest Reptile - Saltwater
Crocodile
74.largest pyramid - Great Pyramid of Giza
75.largest Sea-Port - Ningbo - Zhoushan, China
74.largest pyramid - Great Pyramid of Giza
75.largest Sea-Port - Ningbo - Zhoushan, China
Highest/ Tallest:
1. Highest City/Town - La Rinconada, Peru
2. Highest Country - Tibet (The Pamirs)
3. Highest Mountain Peak Everest
(Nepal) 29028 ft.
4. Highest Mountain Range - The Himalayas
5. Highest Plateau - Pamir (Tibet)
6. Highest Airport - Bangda Airport, Tibet
7. Highest Continent - Antarctica
8. Highest Lake - Titicaca (Bolivia
9. Highest Waterfall - Angel (Venezuela)
10. Highest Road - Khardungla Pass (Leh
Manali, India)
11. Highest Village - Kibber village, Himachal
Pradesh
12. Highest Active Volcano - Ojos del Salado, (Argentina) Chile
13. Highest Volcano - Ojos del Salado,
(Argentina) Chile
14. Highest Railway -
Xining-Golmud- Lhasa
15. Highest Railway Station -
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
16. Highest River Bridge - Sidu River
Bridge
17. Highest Road Bridge - Bailey
bridge built by the Indian Army at Khardungla (Ladakh)
18. Highest Bridge - Millau
Viaduct (France)
19. Highest Capital City - La Paz
(Bolivia)
20. Tallest Animal Giraffe
21. Tallest Dam- Jinping -1 Dam, China
22. Tallest Building - Burj
Khalifa in Dubai
23. Tallest Fountain - King Fahd's Fountain ,
also known as the Jeddah Fountain
24. Tallest Statue - Spring Temple Buddha
25. Tallest Minaret - Great Hassan
II Mosque, Morocco
26. Tallest Tower - Tokyo Skytree
27. Tallest tree - Coast Redwood
Tree
28. Most populated city – Tokyo, Japan
Deepest:
1. Deepest Lake - Baikal (Siberia)
Average depth 2300 feet
2. Deepest Oceans - Pacific Ocean
3. Deepest Point in the Ocean -
Challenger Deep of Mariana Trench in Pacific Ocean
Smallest:
1. Smallest Bird – Humming
Bird
4. Smallest Country - Vatican City
5. Smallest Ocean - Arctic
6. Smallest Plant - Wolffia
Miscellaneous:
1. Busiest Ocean route -North Atlantic Ocean
2. Coldest Place on earth - Vostak Station
3. Fastest running bird - Ostrich
4. Fastest Animal - The peregrine falcon
5. Farthest Planet – Neptune
6. Hottest Place - Al- Aziziyah
7. Driest Place - Atacama desert, Chile
8. Brightest Planet - Venus
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