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The highest mountain in the world is Mount Everest-29.002 feet high. The largest ocean is the Pacific having a total area of 63.986.000 square miles. The Atlantic Ocean with 28.350.000 square miles comes third. The longest river is the Nile which is more than 4000 miles longer or about twice the distance by air from London to Beirut. The biggest island is Greenland which belongs to Denmark and is about 840000 square miles in extent. The largest lake is the Caspian Sea. Geographers consider it as a lake because it is not connected with any of the great oceans. It has an area of about 170000 square miles. Which is the deepest sea? So far, as we know at present the greatest depth is in the Pacific Ocean near the Philippines and goes down to 37000 feet, which is much more than the height of Everest. The biggest volcano is in Ecuador, South America. It is still active 19612 feet high. There is another one between Argentina and Chile and it is more than 3000 feet higher.