Longest Hotspot Volcanic and Seamount Chain
about 6,100 km
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110 records
| No. | Thumbnail | Record | Value | Holder | Year | Category | Open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #00519 | Longest Hotspot Volcanic and Seamount Chain Evidence-backed | about 6,100 km | Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain | — | Nature | ||
| #00517 | Fastest Seasonal Ocean Current Evidence-backed | about 12.8 km/h | Somali Current | — | Nature | ||
| #00516 | Greatest Recorded Secchi-Disk Visibility in Seawater Verified | 79 m | Weddell Sea | 1986 | Nature | ||
| #00512 | Location with Most Reported Rainy Days in a Year Evidence-backed | up to 350 days/year | Mount Waiʻaleʻale | — | Nature | ||
| #00511 | Smallest Documented Sexually Mature Vertebrate Individual Verified | 6.2 mm | Photocorynus spiniceps | — | Nature | ||
| #00506 | Fastest Satellite-Measured Outlet Glacier Flow Evidence-backed | over 46 m/day | Jakobshavn Isbræ (Sermeq Kujalleq) | 2012 | Nature | ||
| #00505 | Highest Commercially Navigable Lake Verified | about 3,810 m | Lake Titicaca | — | Nature | ||
| #00503 | World's Longest Strait Evidence-backed | about 1,600 km | Mozambique Channel | — | Nature | ||
| #00500 | World's Oldest Lake Evidence-backed | about 25 million years | Lake Baikal | — | Nature | ||
| #00499 | Largest Confirmed Terrestrial Impact Structure Evidence-backed | about 250–300 (reconstructed range) | Vredefort Dome | — | Nature |
about 6,100 km
about 12.8 km/h
up to 350 days/year
over 46 m/day
about 3,810 m
about 1,600 km
about 25 million years
about 250–300 (reconstructed range)