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The KVLY-TV mast is the tallest structure in the United States, at 2,063 ft (629 m) tall Galesville,Wisconsin WKBT-DT tower. list of the tallest structures in the US that are at least 350 meters, ordered by height.
The table below lists the highest 100 summits with at least 500 m (1,640 ft) prominence, approximating a 7% relative prominence. A drawback of a prominence-based list is that it may exclude well-known or spectacular mountains that are connected via a high ridge to a taller summit, such as Eiger, Nuptse or Annapurna IV. A few such peaks and ...
This is a list of the tallest people, verified by Guinness World Records or other reliable sources. According to Guinness World Records, Robert Wadlow of the United States (1918–1940) was the tallest person in recorded history , measuring 272 cm (8 ft 11 in) at the time of his death.
The highest-altitude plant species is a moss that grows at 6,480 m (21,260 ft) on Mount Everest. [83] The sandwort Arenaria bryophylla is the highest flowering plant in the world, occurring as high as 6,180 m (20,280 ft).
5.895 km – height of Mount Kilimanjaro, highest peak in Africa; 6.081 km – height of Mount Logan, highest peak in Canada; 6.190 km – height of Denali, highest peak in North America; 6.959 km – height of Aconcagua, highest peak in South America; 7.5 km – depth of Cayman Trench, deepest point in the Caribbean Sea; 8.611 km – height of ...
These lists include structures with a minimum height of 500 metres (1640 feet). The lists of tallest structures from 400 to 500 metres and from 300 to 400 metres include shorter structures. For all structures, the pinnacle height is given, so the height of skyscrapers may differ from the values at List of skyscrapers.
This is an incomplete list of notable mountains on Earth, sorted by elevation in metres above sea level. For a complete list of mountains over 7200 m high, with at least 500 m of prominence, see List of highest mountains. See also a list of mountains ranked by prominence.
The list of peaks that follows is not complete, but the peaks are all notable. Island high points (whose prominence is equal to their elevation) can be found at the List of islands by highest point; hence most are not included below. Some well-known peaks listed here do not score highly by prominence.