Cool geography

[callie8]

What places on earth do you think are cool?
I'm intrigued by the 4 corners of the country, the only place where 4 states borders meet, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah.

Although it's been a massive methane hotspot, the worst in the entire world, for over 6 months now, supposedly because of fracking or such.... but I still find the 4 corners phenomenon interesting that at one point on the ground you can be in 4 states at once

 

[callie8]

Also I'm interested in extreme points on the earth....

Below is from Wikipedia. I'm a complete geek....

"

• The northernmost point of Earth is the geographic North Pole, in the Arctic Ocean.
• The northernmost point on land isKaffeklubben Island, north of Greenland(83°40′N 29°50′W), which lies slightly north of Cape Morris Jesup, Greenland (83°38′N 32°40′W). Various shiftinggravel bars lie farther north, the most famous being Oodaaq.
• The southernmost point of the world and the southernmost point on land is the geographic South Pole, which is on the continent of Antarctica.
• The southernmost point off land is on Pippin Bay of Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf at the coast of Antarctica (83°S59°W) about 100 km south of Berkner Island, the southernmost island of the world.
• The westernmost and easternmost points of the world, based on the normal practice of using longitude, can be found anywhere along the 180th meridian in Siberia (including Wrangel Island), Antarctica, or the three islands of Fiji through which the 180th meridian passes (Vanua Levu's eastern peninsula, the middle of Taveuni, and the western part of Rabi Island).
• The westernmost point on land, according to the path of theInternational Date Line, is Attu Island,Alaska.
• The easternmost point on land, according to the path of the International Date Line, is Caroline Island, Kiribati1.

1A 1995 realignment of the International Date Line ([1]) moved all of Kiribati to the Asian side of the Date Line, causing Caroline Island to be the easternmost. However, if the previous Date Line were followed, the easternmost point would be Tafahi Niuatoputapu, in the Tonga Islands chain."

 

[DrLeftover]

It is a fascinating topic, we could include:

Most Active Volcano... which... Depends.

either

Stromboli in Italy

OR

Kilauea, Hawaii

 

[callie8]

It is a fascinating topic, we could include:

Most Active Volcano... which... Depends.

either

Stromboli in Italy

OR

Kilauea, Hawaii

They both are fascinating! Scary asallhell but definitely fascinating!

 

[DrLeftover]

Another extreme not on your list.

Tallest Mountain, which also Depends.

Most say:

But there is reasonable and fairly convincing argument for:

Depending on HOW measured, and to some degree, even WHEN measured, either Everest (top) or K2 (bottom) is the tallest from Sea Level on Earth.

 

[callie8]

Beautiful

 

[DrLeftover]

Perhaps you prefer something drier?

Death Valley, California.
http://www.nps.gov/deva/index.htm
It is NOT the driest place on Earth.
North America? Yes, by far, and has a podium finish in the larger contest.

But this:

Atacma Desert of South America leads it by a fair stretch....

BUT then again, These:

The Dry Valleys of Antarctica beat even the Atacama.

 

[callie8]

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