Extreme Places on Earth – Coordinates & Locations

Explore some of Earth's most extreme geographic locations, including remote, high, low, hot, cold and record-setting places.

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About Extreme Places

Earth contains locations defined by geographic extremes — from exceptional elevation and temperature to extraordinary isolation and unusual physical conditions. This collection highlights extreme locations while keeping the focus on geography: where each place is located, its coordinates and the geographic characteristics that make it notable.

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Geographic Point Featured

Point Nemo

South Pacific Ocean
Latitude -48.876667
Longitude -123.393333
Nearest Land Approximately 2,688 km away

Point Nemo is the location in the South Pacific Ocean that is farther from land than any other point on Earth.

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Mountain Featured

Mount Everest

Nepal–China border, Himalayas
Latitude 27.988056
Longitude 86.925
Summit Elevation 8,848.86 m

Mount Everest is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, with its summit on the border between Nepal and China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

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Oceanic Deep Featured

Challenger Deep

Mariana Trench, western Pacific Ocean
Latitude 11.373333
Longitude 142.591667
Maximum Depth About 10,935 m below sea level

Challenger Deep is the deepest known part of Earth's seabed, located at the southern end of the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean.

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Lake Featured

Dead Sea

Jordan Rift Valley, Middle East
Latitude 31.520556
Longitude 35.484444
Surface Elevation About 441 m below sea level

The Dead Sea is a hypersaline lake in the Jordan Rift Valley bordered by Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories.

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Sinkhole

Great Blue Hole

Lighthouse Reef, Belize
Latitude 17.315986
Longitude -87.534697
Type Marine sinkhole

The Great Blue Hole is a large circular marine sinkhole within Lighthouse Reef off the coast of Belize.

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Crater

Darvaza Gas Crater

Karakum Desert, Turkmenistan
Latitude 40.25258
Longitude 58.43933
Known As Door to Hell

Darvaza Gas Crater is a burning natural-gas crater in the Karakum Desert of Turkmenistan, commonly known as the Door to Hell.

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Waterfall

Victoria Falls

Zambia–Zimbabwe border, southern Africa
Latitude -17.92453
Longitude 25.85539
Countries Zambia & Zimbabwe

Victoria Falls is a major waterfall on the Zambezi River forming part of the international border between Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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Waterfall

Angel Falls

Canaima National Park, Bolívar, Venezuela
Latitude 5.970056
Longitude -62.536222
Location Canaima National Park

Angel Falls is a very high waterfall in Canaima National Park in Venezuela's Bolívar region.

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Island

Surtsey

Vestmannaeyjar archipelago, Iceland
Latitude 63.30393
Longitude -20.60422
Protection Strictly protected scientific reserve

Surtsey is a young volcanic island in Iceland's Vestmannaeyjar archipelago that formed during volcanic eruptions in the 1960s.

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