World's Most Remote Island — Bouvet Island

Most Remote Island — Bouvet Island

Bouvet IslandThis small uninhabited Norwegian island in the South Atlantic Ocean is almost 1,000 miles from Antarctica and nearly 1,500 miles from South Africa.
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Most Remote Continental Point — Antarctic Pole Of Inaccessibility

Antarctic Pole Of InaccessibilityA pole of inaccessibility is the point on a continent that is farthest from any ocean. Of the seven continents Antarctica’s is the most remote and yes that is a statue of Lenin you see there.

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 Flattest Place — Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

Salar de Uyuni, BoliviaFormed out of several dried up lake beds, the world’s largest salt flat is 4,086 sq mi (10,582 sq km).

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Largest Freshwater Lake — Lake Superior

Lake SuperiorThe largest body of freshwater in the world is found between the United States and Canada with a size of 31,820 square miles.
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Windiest Place — Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica

Commonwealth BayWith winds that regularly exceed 240 kilometres (150 mi) per hour and an average annual wind speed of 80 kilometres (50 mi) per hour, Commonwealth Bay is the windiest spot on Earth.

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Greatest Vertical Drop — Mount Thor, Canada

Mount ThorAt 1,250 m (4,101 ft), with an average angle of 105 degrees, this drop makes Thor a favorite among climbers.
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Driest Place — Atacama Desert, Chile

Atacama Desert, ChileIt is so dry here that between October 1903 to January 1918 not a single drop of rain fell on the desert town of Arica which is the longest rainless period ever recorded.

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Rainiest Place — Chocó, Colombia

Chocó, ColombiaThis region in Colombia receives 11,770 cm (463.4 inches, or 38 ft, 6 inches) of rain per year making it the world’s rainiest lowland.