Geography Hall of Fame
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
| Largest Continent: | Asia, 17,212,000 square miles |
| Smallest Continent: | Australia, 3,132,000 square miles |
| Highest Mountain: | Mount Everest, Himalayan Mountains, Nepal-Tibet, 29,035 feet above sea level |
| Lowest Point on Land: | The Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, water surface 1,349 feet below sea level |
| Deepest Underwater Trench: | Mariana Trench, 200 miles southwest of Guam in the Pacific Ocean, 36,198 feet below the ocean surface |
| Largest Sea: | The Mediterranean Sea, 1,144,800 square miles |
| Highest Lake: | The highest navigable lake is Lake Titicaca in Peru, 12,500 feet above sea level |
| Lowest Lake: | The Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, surface of water 1,349 feet below sea level |
| Largest Lake: | Caspian Sea, 152,239 square miles |
| Largest Freshwater Lake: | Lake Superior, U.S.-Canada, 31,820 square miles |
| Deepest Ocean: | Pacific Ocean, average depth 13,215 feet |
| Largest Ocean: | Pacific Ocean, 60,060,700 square miles |
| Smallest Ocean: | Arctic Ocean, 5,427,000 square miles |
| Largest Gulf: | Gulf of Mexico, 615,000 square miles |
| Largest Bay: | The Bay of Bengal, 1,300,000 square miles |
| Largest Island: | Greenland, 839,999 square miles |
| Largest Peninsula: | Arabia, 1,250,000 square miles |
| Largest Archipelago: | Indonesia, 3,500-mile stretch of 17,000 islands |
| Largest Gorge: | Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Arizona, U.S., 217 miles long, 4–18 miles wide, 1 mile deep |
| Deepest Gorge: | Hells Canyon, Snake River, Idaho, 7,900 feet deep |
| Longest Mountain Range: | The Andes of South America, 5,000 miles |
| Longest River: | The Nile, Africa, 4,180 miles |
| Shortest River: | The Roe, Montana, U.S., 200 feet long |
| Largest River: | The Amazon, South America, basin of 2,500,000 square miles |
| Longest Estuary: | Ob River, Russia, 550 miles long, up to 50 miles wide |
| Largest Lagoon: | Lagoa dos Patos, Brazil, 150 miles long, 4,500 square miles |
| Largest Waterfall: | Angel Falls, Venezuela, 3,212 feet high |
An archipelago is a string of islands.
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