Longest Hotspot Volcanic and Seamount Chain
about 6,100 km
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Immersive view| No. | Thumbnail | Record | Value | Holder | Year | Category | Open |
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| #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 |
Fastest Seasonal Ocean Current
about 12.8 km/h
Location with Most Reported Rainy Days in a Year
up to 350 days/year
Fastest Satellite-Measured Outlet Glacier Flow
over 46 m/day
Highest Commercially Navigable Lake
about 3,810 m
World's Longest Strait
about 1,600 km
World's Oldest Lake
about 25 million years
Largest Confirmed Terrestrial Impact Structure
about 250–300 (reconstructed range)