However, when the elevation measurement is taken from the center of Earth, the story changes. In this case, the summit of Mount Chimborazo is 3.966,8 miles away from Earths center point, while that of Mount Everest is not as far and lies 3.965,5 miles away.
Carteret Atoll. Carteret Atoll, also known as The Carteret Islands are part of Papua New Guinea located 86 kilometres northeast of Bougainville in the South Pacific at 4Â°45âS, 155Â°24âE.he islands were named after the British navigator Philip Carteret who discovered them in the sloop Swallow in 1767. In 1896 a Samoan-American woman, known locally as âQueenâ Emma Coe, bought the island for four axes and 4.5 kg of tobacco.
Others you definitely want to avoid. But all pique the imagination, reminding us of the bizarre nooks and crannies that exist in our world. Here are the top 10 islands filled with wild animals: 10 Islands Teeming With Wild Animals. There is an island in eastern Bahamas populated not with humans, but with pigs. Nicknamed Pig Beach, the island contains at least two dozen pigs and piglets, as well as a few other small mammals.