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The Kola Superdeep Borehole SG-3 (Russian: Кольская сверхглубокая скважина СГ-3, romanized: Kol'skaya sverkhglubokaya skvazhina SG-3) is the deepest human-made hole on Earth (since 1979), which attained maximum true vertical depth of 12,262 metres (40,230 ft; 7.619 mi) in 1989. [1]
Including Kafia Kingi [note 3] border with South Sudan south of Kurmuk, Blue Nile State: 08°41′N 09°30′N China (James Shoal, claimed 03°58′N) Cuarteron Reef (disputed) Southern tip of Hainan (undisputed) Hai'an, Guangdong (mainland) 08°51′N 18°10′N 20°14′N Burkina Faso: Border with Côte d'Ivoire, Kpuere, Noumbiel Province: 09 ...
4.3 Farthest-apart cities. 5 Centre. 6 Geophysical extremes. ... The Tanggula railway station is the world's highest railway station at 5,068 m (16,627 ft).
The longest confirmed kill in World War II was by German sniper Matthäus Hetzenauer at 1,100 metres (1,200 yd). The science of long-range sniping came to fruition in the Vietnam War. US Marine Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock held the record from 1967 to 2002 at 2,286 m (2,500 yd). [12] He recorded 93 official kills.
GN-z11 is a high-redshift galaxy found in the constellation Ursa Major.It is among the farthest known galaxies from Earth ever discovered. [5] [6] The 2015 discovery was published in a 2016 paper headed by Pascal Oesch and Gabriel Brammer (Cosmic Dawn Center).
Its ring shape of only about 3 mm (0.12 in) thickness [1] makes the Aerobie lighter and more stable in flight than a disc. [2] It can be bent to tune it for straighter flight. [3] Since it has very low drag and good stability, it can be thrown much further than a flying disc. The Aerobie was used to set two former world records for thrown objects.
Rick Smith Jr. (born 5 March 1981) is a professional illusionist and card thrower from Cleveland, Ohio.Having derived his throwing skills from his time as an NCAA Division I pitcher at Cleveland State University, Smith currently holds three world records: farthest throw of a playing card, [3] highest throw of a playing card, [4] and most playing cards consecutively thrown into a horizontal ...
3 3 Brazil: 1,119 km (695 mi) Suriname: 600 km (370 mi) Venezuela: 743 km (462 mi) Haiti: 360 220 1 1 Dominican Republic: 360 km (220 mi) Honduras: 1,520 940 3 3 Guatemala: 256 km (159 mi) El Salvador: 342 km (213 mi) Nicaragua: 922 km (573 mi) Hong Kong [ac] 30 19 1 1 People's Republic of China: 30 km (19 mi) Hungary