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.
Jekyll Island, at 5,700 acres, is the smallest of Georgia's barrier islands. The island is located in Glynn County, just southeast of the city of Brunswick, south of St. Simons Island, and north of Cumberland Island.n 1886 Finney, as a representative of the newly formed Jekyll Island Club, purchased the island from the DuBignons for $125,000. Ground was broken on the clubhouse building in mid-August 1886, and the club officially opened its doors in January 1888.