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Highest, Largest, Longest, Smallest and Tallest in the World
List of Highest, Largest, Longest, Smallest and Tallest in the World.
Highest in the World
| Highest Airport | Lhasa Airport (Tibet) |
| Highest Bridge | Milau (France) |
| Highest Capital City | La Paz (Bolivia) |
| Highest Continent | Antartica |
| Highest Lake | Titicaca (Bolivia) |
| Highest Mountain | Himalaya |
| Highest Mountain Peak | Mount Everest (Nepal) |
| Highest Plateau | Tibet |
| Highest Railway station | Condor Station (Bolivia) |
| Highest Rail Tunnel | Qinghai Tibet |
| Highest River Bridge | Royal Gorge (Colorado) |
| Highest Road Bridge | Bailey bridge built by the Indian Army at Khardungla (Ladakh) |
| Highest Town | Wenchuan (Tibet) |
| Highest Volcano | Cotopaxy (Ecuador) |
| Highest Active Volcano | Guayathiri (Chile) |
| Highest Waterfall | Angel Falls (Venezuela) |
Largest in the World
| Largest Animal | Blue whale |
| Largest Airforce | USA |
| Largest Airport | King Khalid International Airport at Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) |
| Largest Auditorium | Municipal Auditorium (Atlantic City) |
| Largest Archipelago | Indonesia |
| Largest Army | China |
| Largest Bank | World bank (Washington) |
| Largest Bay | Hudson Bay (North Canada) |
| Largest Bird | Ostrich |
| Largest Sea bird | Albatross |
| Largest Book Publishing Company | Mc Graw Hill (New York) |
| Largest Canal | Keil Canal in Germany |
| Largest Car Manufacturer | General Motors(Detroit, America) |
| Largest Carnivorous Mammal | Polar Bear |
| Largest Cave | Mammoth Cave Kentucky (USA) |
| Largest Cemetery | Leningrad (Russia) |
| Largest Church | St.Peter’s Basilica (Rome) |
| Largest City (population) | Tokyo (Japan) |
| Largest Continent | Asia |
| Largest country (in area) | Russia |
| Largest country (in population) | China |
| Largest Dam | Three Gorges (China) |
| Largest Delta | Sundarbans (India & Bangladesh) |
| Largest Democracy | India |
| Largest Desert | Sahara (Africa) |
| Largest Diamond Mine | Kimberley (South Africa) |
| Largest Dome | Gol Gumbaz (India) |
| Largest Cold Desert | Gobi (Mongolia) |
| Largest Diamond | The Cullinan |
| Largest Dome in the World | Astrodome, in Housten (U.S.A) |
| Largest Eectorate | India |
| Largest Eggs | Ostrich Eggs |
| Largest Embassy | Russian Embassy (Beijing) |
| Largest Epic | Mahabharat |
| Largest Flower | Rafflesia |
| Largest Forest | Coniferous Forests of Northern Russia |
| Largest Gorge | Grand Canyon (USA) |
| Largest Gulf | Gulf of Mexico |
| Largest Hotel | MGM Grand Hotel and Casino,Las Vegas (USA) |
| Largest Inland sea | Mediterranean sea |
| Largest Island | Greenland |
| Largest Lake (Artificial) | Lake Mead at Hoover Dam,(Originally known as Boulder) |
| Largest Lake (Fresh Water) | Superior Lake |
| Largest Lake (Salt Water) | Caspian sea |
| Largest Landmass | The Eurasian Landmass |
| Largest Land animal | The African Bush Elephant |
| Largest Library | United States Library of Congress |
| Largest lizard | Komodo Dragons |
| Largest Mosque | Sha Faisal Mosque (Islamabad) |
| Largest Mountain Range | The Himalaya |
| Largest Museum | American Museum of Natural History (New York) |
| Largest Navy | USA |
| Largest North to South Stretch of Land | America |
| Largest Ocean | Pacific |
| Largest Park | Northeast Greenland National Park |
| Largest Parliament | The National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China |
| Largest Passenger Ship | Queen Elizebeth II |
| Largest Peninsula | Arabia |
| Largest Planet | Jupiter |
| Largest Plateau | Pamir (Tibet) |
| Largest Port | New Jersey |
| Largest Railway Station | Grand Central Terminal (New York) |
| Largest Reef | Great Barrier Reef (Australia) |
| Largest Reptile | Saltwater Crocodile |
| Largest River | Amazon |
| Largest River Basin | Amazon |
| Largest River Island | Majuli (Assam) |
| Largest Natural Satellite | Ganymede (Jupiter) |
| Largest Sea | South China sea |
| Largest Stadium | Strahove (Czech Republic) |
| Largest Cricket Stadium | Melbourne (Australia) |
| Largest Football Stadium | Marakana (Brazil) |
| Largest Statue | Statue of liberty |
| Largest Steel Plant | Nippon Steel plant (Japan) |
| Largest Temple | Angkorwat (Cambodia) |
| Largest Town | Mt. Isa (Queensland) |
| Largest Open University | Indira Gandhi National Open University (New Delhi) |
| Largest University Building | University of Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) |
| Largest Active Volcano | Mauna lao on Hawaii |
| Largest Wall | The Great Wall (China) |
| Largest War plane | Mirage (France) |
| Largest Water fall | Guaira (Brazil) |
| Largest Wingspan | Albatross |
| Largest Zoo | Krugal National Park (South Africa) |
Longest in the World
| Longest Airport | Dallas (USA) |
| Longest Beach | Rio de Janerio (Brazil) |
| Longest Bridge | Second Lake Pontchartrain Causeway |
| Longest Corridor | Rameswaram Temple (India) |
| Longest day | June 21 |
| Longest Dam | Hirakud (Orissa) |
| Longest Dictionary | Oxford English Dictionary |
| Longest Drought | Atacama Desert (North Chile) |
| Longest Estuary | Obeestuary (Russia) |
| Longest Fresh Water Lake | Lake Tanganyika |
| Longest Mountain range | Andes (South America) |
| Longest Railway Bridge | Lower Zambezi (Africa) |
| Longest Railway Line | Trans-Siberian Railway (Russia) |
| Longest Railway Platform | Kharagpur, (West Bengal) |
| Longest Railway Tunnel | Seikan Rail Tunnel (Japan) |
| Longest River | Nile (Egypt) |
| Longest Road | Pan American Highway |
| Longest Road Tunnel | St. Gothard Road Tunnel (Switzerland) |
| Longest Ship Canal | Suez Canal |
| Longest Shipping Canal | Baltic White Sea Canal |
| Longest Swimming Canal | English Canal |
| Longest Snake | Python |
| Longest Non-Stop Train | Flying Scotsman |
| Longest Throughfare | Broadway (New York) |
| Longest Wall | Great Wall of China |
Smallest in the World
| Smallest Birdddd | Humming Bird |
| Smallest Colonyddd | Gibraltar |
| Smallest Continentddd | Australia |
| Smallest Countryddd | Vatican City |
| Shortest Dayddd | 22 December |
| Smallest Desertddd | Carcross Desert |
| Smallest Flowering Plantddd | Wolfia |
| Smallest Landmassddd | The Australian Mainland |
| Smallest Mountainddd | Mount Wycheproof |
| Smallest Museumddd | Arizona US |
| Smallest Oceanddd | Arctic |
| Smallest PCddd | Space Cube |
| Smallest Planetddd | Mercury |
| Smallest Republicddd | Nauru |
Tallest in the World
| Tallest Animal | Giraffe |
| Tallest Bridge | Royal Gorge Arkansas, America |
| Tallest Building | Burj Khalifa (Dubai) |
| Tallest Active Geyser | Steam Boat Geyser Yellowstone National Park, (USA) |
| Tallest Free Standing Structure (Tower) | CN Tower Toronto (Canada) |
| TallestFountain | Fountain Hills, Arizona |
| Tallest Minaret | Sultan Hassan Mosque (Egypt) |
| Tallest Office Building | Petronas Twin Tower ( Malaysia) |
| Tallest Railwayline | Quin – Hai – Tibet (China) |
| Tallest Road | Khardungla Pass (Leh Manali, India) |
| Tallest Statue | Statue of Motherland (USSR) |
| Tallest Tree | The Redwood Tree |
Deepest in the World
| Deepest Gorge | Hell's Canyon, (USA) |
| Deepest Lake | Lake Baikal, (Siberia) |
| Deepest Ocean | Pacific Ocean |
| Deepest Point in the Ocean | Challenger Deep of Mariana Trench in Pacific Ocean |
Miscellaneous
| Busiest Airport | Chicago O'Hare International Airport |
| Coldest Place | Vostok (Antarctica) |
| Coldest Planet | Neptune |
| Fastest Bird | Swift |
| Fastest Land Animal | Cheetah |
| Fastest Planet | Mercury |
| Hottest Planet | Venus |
| Lowest Point on Earth | Dead Sea |
| Lowest Temperature | Absolute Zero (-273oC) |
| Least Populous City | Vatican |
| Oldest Capital City | Damascus |
| Oldest National Flag | Denmark |
| Oldest Plant | Rose |
| Most Poisonous Fish | Puffer Fish |
| Oldest Religion | Hinduism |
| Shortest River | Roe (Montana) |
| Strongest Natural Fibre | Silk |
| Widest Bridge | Sydney Harbour Bridge |
| Widest Waterfall | Khone Falls |