The hottest and coldest places on Earth
Vostok Station, Ellesmere Island, Oymyakon Village, Bangkok City, Death Valley . are famous landmarks with low temperatures and record highs.Please join us in the face of the hottest and coldest places in the world via the article below
The coldest places on earth
Vostok station, Russia
Vostok Station, currently used by Russian, French and American experts, is located at 1.25 km south of the pole and 1,260 km from the nearest coast. Vostok is located at an altitude of 3,500m above sea level and has a thickness of 3,700m on the ice.
In 1983, the record low temperature ever recorded here was -89.2 degrees Celsius. It was also the low temperature on the planet that the station measured since it was founded.
Although the winter here is not warm, the summer temperature does not exceed -21 degrees Celsius. The weather here is terrible all year round, but there are always people working at Vostok: 13 people do winter jobs and 25 people working in the summer.
, Canada
Ellesmere is a large, tenth largest island in the world but it is not a tropical paradise but instead is a stretch of ice deserts.
The average temperature here is -20 degrees Celsius. In winter, it drops to about -40 degrees Celsius. Despite its huge area, according to 2005 statistics, the island has only 170 inhabitants. Resident.
There are 3 castles on Ellesmere Island including Alert (Earth's northernmost point) Eureka and Grice-Fjord. However, no tourists want to come or reach this place when the cost of a flight to here is 20,000 USD.
, Russia
Oymyakon is the name of a village located in Yakutia, 350km south of the Arctic Circle. In 1926, the lowest temperature recorded here was -71.2 degrees C. The average temperature in Oymyakon, Russia and some other areas in Yakutia in January every year is -47 degrees C. In winter It sometimes drops to -50 degrees Celsius. This is considered one of the coldest places in the Northern Hemisphere, along with Greenland.
Verkhoyansk, Siberia
Verkhoyansk is an area of Siberia, which is just a gathering place of skin and fur, reindeer breeding. Verkhoyansk was founded in 1638 until 1971, it became a place full of political prisoners. Interestingly, apart from being the third coldest region in the world, Verkhoyansk is also the third smallest city in Russia.
Snag, Yukon Territory, Canada
Snag is the region with the lowest temperature in North America since humans began to record temperature. This site was built on a valley-shaped valley near the White River. The name Snag began to be called since 1898.
The record low temperature appeared here in 1947. Residents living here are mainly aboriginal people, fur trade traders or meteorologists.
Prospect Creek, Alaska (USA)
Prospect Creek is about 290 km north of Fairbanks and about 40 km southeast of Bettles (Alaska). This is also the region with the lowest temperature in the United States. In January 1971, the temperature at Prospect Creek was unprecedented (- 62 degrees C). Today, the weather in this region is even tougher. The coldest time is February.
The hottest places on earth
El Azizia, Libya
El Azizia is considered the hottest place on the planet. On September 13, 1922, a local weather station noted that the temperature was 57.8 degrees Celsius. Even when measured in the shade at a height of 5 meters above the ground, the actual temperature was recorded. of that day was 66 degrees C.
Dallol, Ethiopia
Dallol is a settlement in northern Ethiopia located at 50m above sea level. Currently, Dallol is the place with the highest average temperature in the world. In the 1960-1966 period, the average temperature here was recorded as 34 degrees C.
Death Valley, United States
Death Valley is located in California. In 1913, the highest temperature in the western hemisphere was recorded at 56.7 degrees Celsius. The average temperature in July here was 46 degrees during the day and decreased to 31 degrees at night.
, Thailand
The International Meteorological Organization was awarded the Thai capital with the title of the hottest city in the world. The average annual temperature in this city is 28 degrees C. The hottest time is from March to May, when the thermometer reaches 34 degrees and humidity reaches 90%.
Lut Desert, Iran
Infrared data from US geographic survey satellite, Lansat, proved that the Iranian Lut desert was the hottest land on Earth with temperatures of up to 70.7 degrees Celsius (in 2005) - heat levels 'Stunned' scientific world. In particular, in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2009, such high heat levels remained in this desert.
Oasis of Ghadames desert, Libya
This desert oasis is famous as one of the hottest places in the world, with a temperature of 55 degrees C. Ghadames has high temperatures all year round. The average temperature here is 41 degrees Celsius and the peak temperature is 55 degrees C. From May to September is the most "hot" Ghadames of the year.
Kebili, Tunisia
July in the hottest Kebili in the year, the record temperature here was measured at 55 degrees C. By 2004, the population in Kebili was 18,693 people. Kebili is Tunisia's main tourist destination. The economy here mainly on the production of dates.
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