Earth’s Surface Trivia D Mayhew. Earth’s Surface is approximately 1/4 Land & ¾ Water.

Earth’sSurfaceTrivia

D Mayhew

Earth’s Surface is approximately1/4 Land & ¾ Water

The Oceans on Earth contain 97% of Earth’s water

Northernmost Point on Earth: Oodaq, Greenland – tiny island

There is no land at North Pole, only ice, on top of sea.

Some claim the northernmost

point is …

Cape Morris K. Jesup –

located on northeastern tip of Greenland.

What do

you think?

Southernmost Point and Coldest Place on Earth: South Polar Station, AmundsenScott, Antarctica

The South Pole is a high-altitude site and there are 3 south poles.

The population at the South Pole peaks in summer sun, reaching 125.

The number of people at the South Pole during winter of 1993 was 28.

Largest Island

on Earth Greenland,

North America

Unknown ?

Perhaps only

a few islands

covered by

sheet of ice

Mount Everest in India  The "Highest Altitude"

Highest “altitude” Mountain in USA: Mt McKinleyLocated in Alaska – 2 pictures

"Tallest Mountain" on Earth: Mauna Kea, Hawaii

Deepest Place: Marianna Trench (Philippine Sea), Pacific Ocean

  At Mariana Trench …Land is Destroyed Sinks beneath Earth’s Crust

Largest

Lake

on

Earth

By Size and

Volume

CASPIAN

SEA in

Russia

World’s Largest Lake by Surface Volume: Lake Superior in USA

Largest Peninsula on Earth

Arabia

Peninsula

Alaska Peninsula – USA (3rd on Earth)

World's Highest Waterfall

Angel Falls Venezuela

Tallest Waterfall in USA

Yosemite Falls at Yosemite

National Park in California

Oldest Mountains on Earth: Highlands in Scotland – over 400 million years old

Oldest Mountains in USA Appalachian

The birth

of the Appalachian mountains occurred

approximately 480 million years

ago.

That’s old!

Appalachian mountains are located on the Eastern side of United States.

Andes Mountains

are in many countries including Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.

Longest Mountain Range: Andes in South America

Where is the lowest dry point on Earth?

Shores

of the Dead

Sea

Located

in

Israel

Longest River on Earth• The River Nile • is said to be the

longest river… • But the

Amazon River in South America is the longest river according to other sources.

• Picture is of Nile River

Largest Canyon

Grand

What three countries have the greatest number of historically active volcanoes?

Canyon

In

Arizona

In descending order of activity:

#1 Indonesia

#2 Japan

#3 United States.

The Hottest Place on Earth

Dalol, Ethiopia

In Africa

near the

Red Sea

Wow! Did you know there is an active volcano under the Antarctic ice? Surprised?

                                    Above: Mt Erebus, which was previously the only active volcano in Antarcticapicture by Sean Brocklesby