The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is a United States scientific research station at the South Pole, the southernmost place on the Earth. The station is located on the high plateau of Antarctica at an elevation of 2,835 metres (9,301 feet) above sea level and is administered by the Division of Polar Programs within the National Science Foundation under the United States Antarctic Program (USAP).
Dome Argus is located on the massive East Antarctic Ice Sheet, and is the highest ice feature of Antarctica. Dome A is a lofty ice prominence, the highest rooftop of the Antarctic Plateau, and the elevation visually is not noticeable.
Denali (/ d ɪ ˈ n ɑː l i /) (also known as Mount McKinley, its former official name) is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of 20,310 feet (6,190 m) above sea level.
9. North Ice, Greenland -66C. North Ice was a research station of the British North Greenland Expedition (1952 to 1954) on the inland ice of Greenland. The station recorded the lowest temperature ever in North America on January 9th 1954. 3/10. 8. Klinck research station, Greenland -69.4C. The Klinck research station is located within the Arctic Circle.
Yakutsk (Russian: Якутск, IPA: ; Sakha: Дьокуускай, D'okuuskay, pronounced [ɟokuːskaj]) is the capital city of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located about 450 kilometers (280 mi) south of the Arctic Circle.
5. North Ice, Greenland. Located on the inland ice of Greenland. The North Ice was a research station of the British North Greenland Expedition. This is at No. 5 in the list of coldest places in the world. The lowest temperatures recorded are -86.8 °F and -66°C .
As Snag, Yukon, locals stepped outside, their breath hissed as it froze mid-air before falling to the ground as white dust. It was -62.8 C in the tiny village exactly 67 years ago today — the coldest day in Canadian history.
Dudinka, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia Located above the Arctic Circle, Dudinka is a town along the Yenisei River in Russia's Siberian territory. Home to more than 20,000 citizens, Dudinka is one of the northernmost cities in the world and thus faces extreme winter conditions.
Harbin (Chinese: 哈尔滨 Hā'ěrbīn) is the capital of Heilongjiang province, and largest city in the northeastern region of the People's Republic of China. Holding sub-provincial administrative status, Harbin has direct jurisdiction over nine metropolitan districts, two county-level cities and seven counties.
Coldest Canadian Cities in Winter. ... Winnipeg, Manitoba has the coldest winter weather of any ... Daytime highs at Canada's coldest cities average less than -4 ...
Yellowknife (English: / ˈ j ɛ l oʊ n aɪ f /) is the capital and only city, as well as the largest community, in the Northwest Territories (NT or NWT), Canada. It is located on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, approximately 400 km (250 mi) south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the outlet of the Yellowknife River.
Death Valley is a desert valley located in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert bordering the Great Basin Desert. It is one of the hottest places in the world at the height of summertime along with deserts in the Middle East.
‘Aziziya (Anglicized: / ə ˈ z iː z iː ə /; Arabic: العزيزية al-ʿAzīziyyah / al-ʻAzīzīyah / al-ʿazīzīya), sometimes spelled El Azizia, is a small town and it was the capital of the Jafara district in northwestern Libya, 41 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of the capital Tripoli.
Dallol (Amharic: ዳሎል) is a locality in the Dallol woreda of northern Ethiopia. Located in Administrative Zone 2 of the Afar Region in the Afar Depression, it has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of about 130 metres (430 ft) below sea level.
In 2005 a museum and interactive Nubian village were planned for Wadi Halfa but by 2014 nothing had been done. Climate. Wadi Halfa has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh) typical of the Nubian Desert.
Dasht-e Lut. The Lut Desert, widely referred to as Dasht-e Lut (Persian: دشت لوت, "Emptiness Plain"), is a large salt desert located in the provinces of Kerman and Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran. It is the world's 27th-largest desert, and was inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List on July 17, 2016.
Tirat Zvi (Hebrew: טִירַת צְבִי , lit. Zvi Castle) is a religious kibbutz in the Beit She'an Valley, ten kilometers south of the city of Beit She'an, Israel, just west of the Jordan River and the Israel-Jordan border. It falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council. In 2016 it had a population of 792.
The word "Timbuktu" (or Timbuctoo or Tombouctou) is used in several languages to represent a far-away place but Timbuktu is an actual city in the African country of Mali. Where Is Timbuktu? Located near the edge the Niger River, Timbuktu is situated near the middle of Mali in Africa.
Kebili (Arabic: ڨبلي Gbillī) is a town in the south of Tunisia and one of the main cities in the Nefzaoua region. It is located south of the Chott el-Jerid.It is the capital of the Kebili Governorate