By MOOK Scenic Spots Travel & Lifestyle Network Editorial Team
When travel no longer excites you, it’s time to find something new to reignite your motivation to step out the door. To admire views unlike any you’ve seen before, why not try the “world’s most” spectacular scenery—be it the world’s highest peak, deepest cave, or tallest waterfall? Let these breathtaking sights that reach the pinnacle in various aspects rekindle your urge to pack your bags.
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The world’s most spectacular sights are once-in-a-lifetime experiences. (Image source／snowbrains.com)
World’s deepest lake—Lake Baikal (Image source／www.frozy.net)
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The world’s deepest lake by average depth—Lake Baikal, reaches a maximum depth of 1,637 meters. Additionally, Lake Baikal has existed on Earth for over 25 million years, making it the oldest lake in the world.
World’s highest peak—Mount Everest (Image source／www.chinatourguide.com)
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“Mount Everest” means “Goddess Mother of the World” in Tibetan. As the main peak of the Himalayas, Mount Everest stands at an elevation of about 8,848 meters, making it the world’s highest peak.
Farthest mountain from the Earth’s core—Chimborazo (Image source／www.riobamba-official-tourism-guide.com)
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Chimborazo is a dormant volcano with an elevation of about 6,268 meters. Measured from the Earth’s core, the summit of Chimborazo is 6,384 kilometers from the center of the Earth, nearly 3 kilometers farther than Mount Everest’s 6,381 kilometers, making it another kind of world’s highest peak.
World’s highest waterfall—Angel Falls (Image source／tourists360.com)
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Located in South America, Angel Falls, also known as Kerepakupai Merú, is about 150 meters wide and approximately 979 meters high, making it the world’s highest waterfall.
World’s driest—Atacama Desert (Image source／humanandnatural.com)
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Located in northern Chile, the Atacama Desert is extremely dry due to the blocking of moisture from the Atlantic Ocean by the eastern Andes Mountains, coupled with subtropical high-pressure climate conditions that make rainfall scarce. As a result, it is the driest place on Earth.
World’s most remote inhabited island—Tristan da Cunha (Image source／greendune.blogspot.tw)
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Located in the South Atlantic Ocean, Tristan da Cunha is more than 2,800 kilometers from South Africa and about 3,360 kilometers from South America, making it the most remote inhabited island in the world.
World’s deepest cave—Krubera Cave (Image source／traveltripjourney.blogspot.tw)
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Krubera Cave reaches a depth of 2,197 meters and is the only cave in the world with a depth exceeding 2,000 meters.
World’s highest lake—Lake Titicaca (Image source／www.topvisitplaces.com)
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Lake Titicaca is located on the border of Peru and Bolivia, with its surface at an elevation of 3,812 meters, making it the world’s highest-altitude lake.
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