Geography Hall of FameLargest Continent: | Asia, 17,212,000 square miles | Smallest Continent: | Australia, 3,132,000 square miles | Highest Mountain: | Mount Everest, Himalayan Mountains, Nepal-Tibet, 29,035 feet above sea level | Lowest Point on Land: | The Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, water surface 1,349 feet below sea level | Deepest Underwater Trench: | Mariana Trench, 200 miles southwest of Guam in the Pacific Ocean, 36,198 feet below the ocean surface | Largest Sea: | The Mediterranean Sea, 1,144,800 square miles | Highest Lake: | The highest navigable lake is Lake Titicaca in Peru, 12,500 feet above sea level | Lowest Lake: | The Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, surface of water 1,349 feet below sea level | Largest Lake: | Caspian Sea, 152,239 square miles | Largest Freshwater Lake: | Lake Superior, U.S.-Canada, 31,820 square miles | Deepest Ocean: | Pacific Ocean, average depth 13,215 feet | Largest Ocean: | Pacific Ocean, 60,060,700 square miles | Smallest Ocean: | Arctic Ocean, 5,427,000 square miles | Largest Gulf: | Gulf of Mexico, 615,000 square miles | Largest Bay: | The Bay of Bengal, 1,300,000 square miles | Largest Island: | Greenland, 839,999 square miles | Largest Peninsula: | Arabia, 1,250,000 square miles | Largest Archipelago: | Indonesia, 3,500-mile stretch of 17,000 islands | Largest Gorge: | Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Arizona, U.S., 217 miles long, 4–18 miles wide, 1 mile deep | Deepest Gorge: | Hells Canyon, Snake River, Idaho, 7,900 feet deep | Longest Mountain Range: | The Andes of South America, 5,000 miles | Longest River: | The Nile, Africa, 4,180 miles | Shortest River: | The Roe, Montana, U.S., 200 feet long | Largest River: | The Amazon, South America, basin of 2,500,000 square miles | Longest Estuary: | Ob River, Russia, 550 miles long, up to 50 miles wide | Largest Lagoon: | Lagoa dos Patos, Brazil, 150 miles long, 4,500 square miles | Largest Waterfall: | Angel Falls, Venezuela, 3,212 feet high |
An archipelago is a string of islands.
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