Recording humanity Understanding the world / GLOBAL RECORDS DATABASE
Timeline events
2019
2019-01-01
Hyperion · 116.07 m · Redwood National Park, California, USA
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2011
2011-01-01
Antarctic Ice Sheet · about 14,000,000 km² · Antarctica
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1960
1960-05-22
1960 Valdivia earthquake · 9.5 Mw · Chile
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1913
1913-07-10
Death Valley · 56.7 °C degrees Celsius · Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California, USA
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Time not specified
Challenger Deep · about 10,935 m · Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench, western Pacific Ocean
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Lake Baikal · 1,642 m · South-eastern Siberia, Russia
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Great Barrier Reef · about 348,000 sq km sq km · North-east coast of Australia
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Vredefort Dome · about 2,023,000,000 years ago · Vredefort Dome, South Africa
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Armillaria ostoyae 'Humongous Fungus' · · Malheur National Forest, Oregon, United States