- Deepest Point in the Ocean
Challenger Deep · about 10,935 m · Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench, western Pacific Ocean
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- World's Largest Country by Area
Russia · about 17,098,200 km² square kilometres · Northern Eurasia
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- Deepest lake in the world
Lake Baikal · 1,642 m · South-eastern Siberia, Russia
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- Largest natural satellite in the Solar System by diameter
Ganymede · 5,268 km · Orbiting Jupiter
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- Country with the Most World Heritage Sites
Italy · 62 properties properties · Italy
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- World's Largest Coral Reef System
Great Barrier Reef · about 348,000 sq km sq km · North-east coast of Australia
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- Largest Volcano in the Solar System
Olympus Mons · about 22 km high km · Mars
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- World's Oldest Known Meteorite Impact Structure
Vredefort Dome · about 2,023,000,000 years ago · Vredefort Dome, South Africa
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- Oldest Centre of Civilization in the Americas
Sacred City of Caral-Supe · about 5,000 years old · Supe Valley, Peru
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- World's Longest Novel by Character Count
In Search of Lost Time · about 9,609,000 characters · France
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- World's Largest Known Fungus by Area
Armillaria ostoyae 'Humongous Fungus' · 965 ha · Malheur National Forest, Oregon, United States
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- World's Largest Active Volcano
Mauna Loa · 42,500 km³ · Hawaii, United States
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- World's Largest Island
Greenland · about 2,175,600 km² · Greenland
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- Largest Planet in the Solar System
Jupiter · about 142,984 km · Solar System
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- World's Largest Freshwater Lake by Surface Area
Lake Superior · 81,152 km² · United States–Canada border
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- World's Longest Mountain Range
Global mid-ocean ridge system · 65,000 km · global ocean floor
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- World's Largest Waterfall by Flow
Denmark Strait cataract · over 3,500,000 m³/s · Denmark Strait between Greenland and Iceland
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- Largest Pre-Columbian Urban and Mound Center in North America North of Mexico
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site · more than 1,600 ha · Cahokia, Illinois, United States
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- Largest Existing Imperial Palace-Garden and Temple Complex in China
Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde · 611.2 ha · Chengde, Hebei, China
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- Largest Ziggurat Outside Mesopotamia
Tchogha Zanbil ziggurat · 105.2 m per side m · Tchogha Zanbil, Khuzestan, Iran
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- Only Fifteenth-Century Library Still Intact
Malatesta Novello Library · 15th century · Cesena, Italy
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- World's First Planned University City
University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares · early 16th century · Alcalá de Henares
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- Largest Object in the Asteroid Belt
Ceres · diameter about 952 km · Solar System
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- Smallest Dwarf Planet in the Solar System
Ceres · about 964 km · Solar System
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