# The most extreme places on Earth

The planet's records: the hottest and coldest temperatures ever measured, the driest and wettest places, the highest and the deepest. Which would you dare to visit?

- 68 votes · 16 items
- Jun 30, 2023 · dev_bristol
- https://even.best/en/l/1707/the-most-extreme-places-on-earth

## Top 16

1. **Oymyakon (Russia)** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — The coldest permanently inhabited place: around −67.7 °C was recorded in 1933.
2. **Lut Desert (Iran)** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — Satellites have measured its ground at around 70 °C, the hottest surface on the planet.
3. **Death Valley (United States)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — The official hottest air temperature on record: 56.7 °C, in 1913.
4. **Vostok Station (Antarctica)** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — The lowest temperature ever measured by a weather station: −89.2 °C, in 1983.
5. **La Rinconada (Peru)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — The highest permanent settlement in the world, at over 5,000 metres.
6. **Challenger Deep (Pacific Ocean)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — The deepest known point of the ocean, almost 11,000 metres down in the Mariana Trench.
7. **Atacama Desert (Chile)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — The driest non-polar desert: some weather stations have never recorded rain.
8. **Dead Sea shore** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — The lowest dry land on Earth, more than 400 metres below sea level.
9. **Dallol (Ethiopia)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — The highest average annual temperature ever recorded for an inhabited place.
10. **Commonwealth Bay (Antarctica)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Considered the windiest place at sea level, with constant katabatic gales.
11. **Tristan da Cunha** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — The most remote inhabited archipelago, over 2,400 km from the nearest mainland.
12. **Mount Everest** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The highest point on Earth, at 8,848 metres above sea level.
13. **Lake Baikal (Russia)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The deepest lake in the world, at about 1,640 metres, and the oldest.
14. **Mawsynram (India)** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — The wettest place on Earth, with nearly 12 metres of rain a year.
15. **Point Nemo (Pacific Ocean)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — The point in the ocean farthest from any land.
16. **Kola Superdeep Borehole (Russia)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — The deepest hole ever drilled by humans: 12,262 metres.

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