THE SUPERLATIVES ( Miscellaneous )

THE HIGHEST, BIGGEST, LARGEST, LONGEST ETC. IN THE WORLD

Airport	Largest	King Khaled International Airport, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
Animal	Tallest	Giraffe (Average height 6.09m)
	Largest & Heaviest	Blue Whale (190 tonnes)
	Fastest	Cheetah (Approximately 100 km/hr)
Bay	With max. shore line	Hudson Bay
	With max. area	Bay of Bengal
Bridge	HighestSuspension bridge	Over the Royal Gorge of the Arakansas river, Colorado, USA
	LongestCross-sea bridge	Donghai Bridge, China
	Road & Rail Traffic Bridge	Tsing Ma bridge linking HongKong to Lantau island
Building	Highest	Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Canal	Big Ship	Suez Canal
	Busiest	Kiel Canal
Canyon	Deepest	Vicos Gorge (Greece)
	Largest	Grand Canyon (Colarado River)
Church	Largest	Basilica of St. Peter (Vatican City)
Cinema House	Largest	Radio City Music Hall (New York)
City	Largest Population	Mumbai
	Largest Area	Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Continent	Largest	Asia (44.5 million sq km)
	Smallest	Australia (7.7 million sq km)
Coral Formation	Largest	The Great Barrier Reef (Australia)
Country	Largest in Population	China
	Largest in Area	Russia
	With largest electorate	India
	Smallest in Area	Vatican City
	With most Land Frontiers	China
Dam	Largest	Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia River (USA)
	Highest	Rogunskaya dam across river Vakash, Tajakistan
Delta	Largest	Ganges Delta (Sundarban Delta )

Desert	Largest	Sahara desert, Africa
Diamond	Largest	The Cullinan
Dome	Largest	Louisiana Superdome, USA
Epic	Largest	Mahabharata
Fish	Largest fresh water	Plabeuk
	Most abundant	Bristle mouth
	Most venomous	Stone fish
	Most electric	Electric Eel
Film	Longest	Die Zweite Heimat (Germany)
	Most Oscars	Ben Hur and Titanic (11 oscars each)
Fountain	Tallest	Fountain at Fountain Hills ( Arizona, US)
Fruit	Most nutritive	Avocado (Vitamin A,C,E and Proteins)
	Least nutritive	Cucumber
Gulf	Largest	Gulf of Mexico
Hotel	With the most	MGM Grand Las Vegas (Nevada)
	number of rooms
Island	Biggest	Greenland
Lake	Largest	Caspian Sea
	Deepest	Baikal Lake
	Largest fresh water	Lake Superior
Library	Biggest	US Library of Congress (Washinton DC)
	Biggest non statutory	New York Public Library
Mountain	Highest Peak	Mt. Everest (8848 mts)
	Highest Range	Himalayas, Asia
Museum	Largest	American museum of Natural History, New York
Ocean	Largest and Deepest	Pacific Ocean
Peninsula	Largest	Arabian
Park	Largest	National Park of Greenland
Places	Coldest	Antartica
	Driest	Calama, Chile
	Hottest	Dallol, Ethiopia
	Rainiest	Mawsynram near Cherrapunji in Meghalaya
Planet	Biggest	Jupiter
	Brightest, hottest, and nearest to the Earth	Venus
	Farthest from Sun	Neptune/Pluto (Unsolved)
	Nearest to Sun	Mercury
	Most Satellites	Uranus
Plateau	Highest	Tibetan Plateau

Platform (rail)	Longest	Kharagpur, West Bengal
Port	Largest	Port of New York and New Jersey
	Busiest	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Railway Line	Longest	Trans-Siberian Railway
Railway Station	Largest	Grand Central Terminal, New York
	Highest	Condor, Bolivia
Religion	Oldest	Hinduism
	Largest	Christianity
Rivers	Largest	Amazon (6750 km)
Road	Highest	Kang-ti-Suu
	Longest	Pan American Highway (from Alaska to Brasilia)
Sea	Largest	South China Sea
	Largest (inland)	Caspian Sea
Star	Brightest	Sirius A ( dog star)
Swimming course	Longest recognized	English Channel
Telescope	Largest (radio)	at US National Science Foundation
	Largest (solar)	at Kitt Peak National Observatory
	Largest refractor	at Yerkes Observatory
Temple	Largest	Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Tower	Tallest	Burj Dubai
Tunnel	Longest (Railway)	Seikan Rail Tunnel (Japan)
	Largest (Road)	Laerdal Aurland, Norway
Wall	Longest	The Great Wall of China
Waterfall	Highest	Angel Falls in Venezuela
	Widest	Khone Falls in Loas
	Largest	Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Zoo	Largest	Etoha Reserve, Namibia
		Sandiago Zoo
	Largest collection of animals	Berlin Zoo