GK - List of Longest, Largest, Highest, Tallest and Smallest Places around the World

 GK - List of Longest, Largest, Highest, Tallest and Smallest Places around the World

Below is a list of some of the most important Longest, Largest, Highest, Tallest, Smallest and others places around the World. 

GK - List of Longest, Largest, Highest, Tallest and Smallest Places around the World

Around the World: Longest around the World:

S.No.	Type	Place
1.	Longest Railway Bridge	Herey P.Long Bridge, USA.
2.	Longest Canal	Beloye Baltic Canal, CIS.
3.	Longest Mountain Range	Andes, South America. Length = 5500m.
4.	Longest Railway Tunnel	Secken Tunnel, Japan.
5.	Longest Road	St. Gothard Tunnel, Switzerland.
6.	Longest River	Nile (6690 km.).
7.	Longest Railway	Trans-Siberian Railway.
8.	Longest Road Tunnel	Laedal Tunnel, Norway (24.51 km long).
9.	Longest Railway Platform	Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh, India).
10.	Longest Ship Canal	St. Laurence Seaway (USA and Canada).
11.	Longest River Dam	Hirakud Dam, Odisha, India.
12.	Longest Wall	Wall of China.
13.	Longest Day	June 21 (in Northern Hemisphere).
14.	Longest Desert (World)	Sahara, Africa (84, 00,000a sq. km.).
15.	Longest Big Ship Canal	Seuz Canal (Linking red sea & Mediterranean).
16.	Longest Animal	Blue Whale, (recorded length 106 ft.  Weight - 195 tons).

 

Around the World: Largest around the World:

S.No.	Type	Place
1.	Largest Archipelago	Indonesia.
2.	Largest Library	United State Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
3.	Largest Dome	Astradome, Houston, Texas, USA.
4.	Largest Gulf	Gulf of Mexico.
5.	Largest Museum	American Museum of Natural History, New York City.
6.	Largest Railway Station	Grand Central Terminus, New York City.
7.	Largest Continent	Asia.
8.	Largest Solar Plant	Yanchi Solar Park, China.
9.	Largest Sea Bird	Albatross.
10.	Largest Peninsula	Arabian Peninsula.
11.	Largest Dam	Three Gorges Dam (spans the Yangtze River in China).
12.	Largest Delta	Ganges Delta (consists of Bangladesh and the state of West Bengal, India).
13.	Largest Island	Greenland.
14.	Largest Desert	Sahara Desert (covers a surface area of 3.5 million square miles).
15.	Largest city in population	Tokyo, Japan.
16.	Largest Solar Telescope	Kit Peak National Observatory, Arizona, USA.
17.	Largest Coral Formation	The Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
18.	Largest Bird	Ostrich.
19.	Largest country (in area)	Russia.
20.	Largest Zoo	Kruger National Park, South Africa.
21.	Largest Mammal	Whale.
22.	Largest Diamond	The Cullinan (over 1 ½ 1b.).
23.	Largest Palace	Imperial Palace (Gugong), Beijing (China).
24.	Largest Lake (Artificial)	Lake mead (Bouler).
25.	Largest Mosque	Jama Masjid, Delhi, (area 10,000 sq. ft.).
26.	Largest Park	Yellow stone National Park (USA).
27.	Largest Temple	Angkor Vat (Combodia).
28.	Largest Church	Basilica of St. Peter, Vatican city, Rome Italy.
29.	Largest Bell (World)	Greatest Bell of Moscow (Russia).
30.	Largest Volcano	Mauna Lao (Hawaii).

 

Around the World: Highest around the World:

S.No.	Type	Place
1.	Highest Mountain Peak	Mt. Everest.
2.	Highest Mountain Range	Greater Himalayas.
3.	Highest Building	Burj Khalifa/Burj Dubai (828 m.).
4.	Highest City	Wenchuan, China.
5.	Highest Dam	Three Gorges Dam, China.
6.	Highest Plateau	Pamir Tibet (Roof of World).
7.	Highest Lake	Lake Titicaca.
8.	Highest Fall	Angel Falls (Venezuela, located on a tributary of the Rio Caroni).
9.	Metal with highest Melting and Boiling Point	Tungsten.
10.	Highest Railway Station	Tanggula Railway station.
11.	Highest Capital City	La Paz (Bolivia).
12.	Highest Capital	Lhasa, Tibet.
13.	Highest Valley	Andean, Chile.
14.	Highest Volcano	Cotopaxi, Andes range, Ecuador.
15.	Highest Waterfall	Salto Angel (Venezuela).

 

Around the World: Tallest, Smallest, Biggest and others around the World:

S.No.	Type	Place
1.	Biggest Palace	Vatican City.
2.	Biggest Country by Area	Russia.
3.	Biggest Planetarium	Tsukuba, Japan.
4.	Biggest Ocean	Pacific Ocean.
5.	Biggest Planet	Jupiter.
6.	Biggest Cinema House	Roxy (New York).
7.	Biggest Museum	British Museum (London).
8.	Biggest Library	National Kiev Library, Moscow & Library of the Congress, Washington).
9.	Biggest City in (area)	Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia (41225 sq. km.).
10.	Biggest Clock (World)	Big Ben (London).
11.	Biggest Flower	Raffesia  (Java).
12.	Smallest Water body	Dead Sea, Jordon.
13.	Smallest Planet	Mercury.
14.	Smallest Bird	Humming Bird.
15.	Smallest Continent	Australia.
16.	Smallest country	Vatican City.
17.	Tallest Animal	Giraffe.
18.	Tallest Statue	Statue of Unity, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Sardar Sarovar Dam, Kevadiya, Narmada District, Gujarat, India. (182 m.).
19.	Tallest Building	Burj Khalifa (828 m).
20.	Tallest Tower	Skytree, Tokyo,japan.(634m).
21.	Tallest Monument	Gateway Arch (USA).
22.	Deepest Lake	Baikal (Siberia).
23.	Deepest and Biggest Ocean	Pacific Ocean.
24.	Driest Place	Death Valley, California.
25.	Hottest Place	Death Valley, California, USA.
26.	Costliest City in the World	Singapore.
27.	Brightest Star	Sirius.
28.	Fastest Bird	Swift.
29.	Fastest Animal	Cheetah (Leopard ) 70 m.p.h.

 

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