Top 10 Most EXTREME Places On Earth - 2020

Top 10 Most Extreme Places In The World

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Here is a list of 10 extreme locations on Earth, some are dangerous and some are fascinating:

10. Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic Ocean – Most Remote Inhabited Island

Tristan da Cunha is a group of volcanic islands located in South Atlantic ocean. The main island within this group also known as Tristan da Cunha, only habitable island in the archipelago. This remote island is a part of British overseas territory. As by 2009 the total population of Tristan da Cunha is 275. All land of this island is communally owned. Outsiders won’t able to buy land in Tristan da Cunha. The economy of Tristan da Cunha is mainly based on farming and fishing. They also runs a small tourism industry within the island.

9. Angel Falls, Venezuela – Highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world.

Angel falls in Venezuela is the highest waterfall in the world with height of 979 meter. This waterfall is roughly fifteen times as higher than that of Niagara falls. It is located in Canaima national park of Venezuela, The largest national park in the country.

8. Mount Thor, Nunavut, Canada – The greatest vertical drop in the world

Mount Thor also known as Thor Peak located in Baffin Island of Nunavut, Canada. It is a part of Baffin mountain which is made of granite. Mount Thor is the tallest vertical drop on Earth. The drop at Mount Thor measures 1250 meter and have an inward angle of 105 degree, making more overhanging. It makes Mount Thor as a popular destination for mountain climbers.

7. Dead Sea, Between Israel and Jordan – The lowest point on Earth Surface

Dead sea also called as salt sea located in bordering of Jordan and Israel. The surface of this salt rich lake is 423 meter below sea level making it as lowest point on Earth surface. It is one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world with 34.2% salinity. This hypersaline lake have a depth of 377 meter, contains significant concentration of minerals.

6. Salar De Uyuni, Bolivia – The flattest place on Earth

Salar De Uyuni is the largest salt flat in the world, located in Southwest of Bolivia. It contain 10 billion tons of salt across 10,582 kilometers of area. When covered with water Salar De Uyuni becomes largest natural mirror in the world.

5. Dallol, Ethiopia – The Hottest inhabited place in the world

Dallol in Northern Ethiopia is the hottest inhabited place in the world. Between the years 1960 and 1966 the record high annual temperature of 35 degree Celsius for inhabited place marked in Dallol. The daytime temperature in Dallol rise up to 46 degree Celsius in daily basis. Other than Sun the boiling acids from hot spring and natural exhaust of Earth gases makes Dallol to hottest occupied area in the world.

4. Atacama Desert, South America : Most driest place in the world

Atacama desert stretches over 1,000 kilometers in the Pacific coast of South America. It is the most driest non-polar place on Earth. Temperature in Atacama desert ranges between 0 to 25 degree Celsius. The annual rainfall in this desert is less than 1mm/year and 50 times drier than that of death valley.

3. Oymyakon, Russia – Most coldest inhabited Place in the world

The remote town of Oymyakon in Northeast Russia is the most coldest inhabited place in the world. On 6th February temperature of minus 67.7 degree Celsius recorded in Oymyakon. It is the lowest recorded temperature in any occupied places in the world. The average temperature in Oymyakon for January, February and March is -50 degree Celsius.

2. Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean – The lowest Point On Earth

Challenger deep is the deepest point on Earth with a depth of 7 miles. It is located in Mariana trench, a 2,550 kilometers long trench in Western Pacific ocean. In fact challenger deep is much deeper than that of height of Mount Everest.

1. Mount Everest, Border between Tibet and Nepal – The highest point on Earth

The highest mountain in the world at height of 8,848 meter, located in Mahalangur section, the border between Nepal and Tibet. The extreme conditions at mount Everest makes harsh environment where animals and plants can’t survive. Also attitude above 8,000 meter considered as death zone because humans struggle to survive at such heights.

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