Earth's Circumference at the Equator: 24,901.55 miles (40,075.16 km)
Earth's Circumference Between the North and South Poles: 24,859.82 miles (40,008 km)
Earth's Diameter at the Equator: 7,926.28 miles (12,756.1 km)
Earth's Diameter at the Poles: 7,899.80 miles (12,713.5 km)
Average Distance from the Earth to the Sun: 93,020,000 miles (149,669,180 km)
Average Distance from the Earth to the Moon: 238,857 miles (384,403.1 km)
Highest Mountain in Australia
Kosciusko: 7310 feet / 2228 meters
Highest Mountain in Europe
Elbrus, Russia (Caucasus): 18,510 feet / 5642 meters
Highest Mountain in Western Europe
Mont Blanc, France-Italy: 15,771 feet / 4807 meters
Highest Mountain in Oceania
Puncak Jaya, New Guinea: 16,535 feet / 5040 meters
Highest Mountain in North America
McKinley (Denali), Alaska: 20,320 feet / 6194 meters
Lowest Point in Europe
Caspian Sea shore, Russia-Iran-Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan: 92 feet / 28 meters below sea level
Lowest Point in Western Europe
Tie: Lemmefjord, Denmark and Prins Alexander Polder, Netherlands: 23 feet / 7 meters below sea level
Lowest Point in North America
Death Valley, California: 282 feet / 86 meters below sea level
Lowest Point in South America
Laguna del Carbon (located between Puerto San Julian and Comandante Luis Piedra Buena in the province of Santa Cruz): 344 feet / 105 meters below sea level
Lowest Point in Antarctica
The Bentley Subglacial Trench is approximately 2540 meters (8,333 feet) below sea level but is covered with ice; if Antarctica's ice were to melt, exposing the trench, it would be covered by sea so it is a quasi-lowest point and if one ignores the reality of the ice, it is the lowest point "on land" on the earth.
Deepest Point in the Indian Ocean
Java Trench: 23,376 feet / 7125 meters
Deepest Point in the Southern Ocean
Southern end of the South Sandwich Trench: 23,736 feet / 7235 meters

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