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Florence, Oregon, United States--The Sea Lion Caves, a privately owned wildlife preserve and bird sanctuary centrally located just 11 miles north of Florence on the beautiful and rugged Oregon Coast, is a connected system of sea caves and caverns open to the Pacific Ocean; has a chamber 95m (310ft) long, 50m (165ft) wide and around 15m (50ft) high in a wave cut passage 400m 1315ft long, thus setting a world record for being the World's Largest Sea Cave, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
McDermitt Caldera, Oregon-Nevada border, United States--A giant deposit of lithium may have just been discovered inside an ancient US super-volcano that was formed about 16 million years ago, according to a recent study funded by Lithium Americas, that suggests that there could be 20 million to 40 million metric tons of lithium in a bed of clay that is found throughout the inactive volcano; the new deposit sets the world record for being the World’s Largest Lithium Deposit, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Depoe Bay, Oregon, United States--Depoe Bay in Oregon today covers approximately six acres, with a 50-foot wide channel opening – connecting to the Pacific Ocean; it is home to a large charter fishing fleet and sets the world record for being the World’s Smallest Natural Navigable Harbor, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States--Located on the Ararat River near Mt. Airy, North Carolina, the Mount Airy Granite Quarry covers more than 200 acres and is estimated to have enough granite to continue extracting it at the current rate for 500 more years; the quarry sets the world record for being the World's Largest Open-faced Granite Quarry, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Jackson, Mississippi, United States--The Mississippi River Basin Model, a large hydraulic model of the entire Mississippi River basin that covers an area of 210 acres, sits within Buddy Butts Park at McRaven Road in Jackson, Mississippi; the model represented 1.25 million square miles of the Mississippi on a three-dimensional map of half the American continent, which was displayed horizontally on a scale of 1: 2,000, vertically on a scale of 1:100 and covered more than 200 acres and sets the world record for being the World’s Largest Small-Scale Model, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Biloxi, Mississippi, United States--The 42-kilometer beach between Biloxi and Pass Christian, Mississippi, are currently man-aged; the beach is kept clear of encroaching vegetation, groomed, and raked using heavy equipment; it is also graded to maintain a flat beach profile, thus setting the world record for being the World's Largest Man-Made Beach, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States--The Babson Globe, a giant globe located in the campus of Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States, was an idea of Roger Babson, the college's founder; weighing 25 tons and with a diameter of 28 feet (8.5 meters), it sets the world record for being the World's Largest Outdoor Rotating Globe, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Wheaton, Illinois, United States--The Reber Radio Telescope is a historic radio telescope, built in 1937 in Illinois by astronomer Grote Reber, the first purpose-built parabolic radio telescope is now located at the Green Bank Observatory near Green Bank, West Virginia and sets the world record for being the World's First Radio Telescope, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Bethel, Maine, United States--The Maine Mineral and Gem Museum, a geology museum located in Bethel, Maine, United States, displays a collection of rocks, minerals, and meteorites; the museum holds 57,781 specimens, with 37,940 of those being minerals and the largest displays of lunar and Martian meteorites in the world, thus setting the world record for the World's largest collection of lunar and Mars meteorites, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Yarmouth, Maine, United States--Eartha, a 5600 pounds globe, in the headquarters of Garmin in Yarmouth, Maine, has a whopping diameter of 41 feet and was built on a scale of 1:1000,000, in which an inch is equal to 16 miles; Eartha is mounted at a 23.5 degree angle, imitating Earth’s own axial tilt and it can both rotate and revolve, thus setting the world record for being the World's Largest Rotating and Revolving Globe, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Prospect, Maine, United States--The Penobscot Narrows Bridge near Prospect, Maine, United States, is a 2,120-foot-long (650 m) cable-stayed bridge that carries US 1/SR 3 over the Penobscot River and connects Verona Island to Prospect, in the U.S. state of Maine; the 420-foot (128 m) west tower is home to the Penobscot Narrows Observatory, the first bridge observation tower in the United States and the World's tallest public bridge observatory, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Long Lake, Saint Agatha, United States--Volunteers from the Northern Maine Ice Busters cut a big circle in the frozen Long Lake near Saint Agatha, Maine, United States and set it in motion; with a diameter of 1,776 feet (541 meters) the giant piece of ice estimated at 146,000 tons sets the new world record for being the World's Largest Ice Carousel, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Oʻahu, Hawaii, United States--The Makapu’u Light on Oahu’s southeastern most point can be seen from 19 nautical miles away and houses a 12-foot-tall and 8-foot-wide Hyper-radiant Fresnel lens, which sets the world record for being the World's Largest Lighthouse Lens, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Hawaii, United States--Kazumura Cave, a lava tube located on the island of Hawaiʻi on the eastern slope of Kīlauea, has been surveyed at 40.7 miles (65.5 km) long and 3,614 feet (1,102 m) deep, thus setting the world record for being the World's Longest Lava Tube, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
O'ahu, Hawaii, United States--A group of American surfers recently discovered a trapped water body in O'ahu, Hawaii, United States, during their travels; the young surfers decided to create waves in the river by digging a small trench from the ocean to the stable water body; after they dug the trail, they left the rest at the hands of gravity and set the world record for the World’s Largest River Wave, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Hawaii, United States--Mauna Loa volcano, located on the south-central part of the island of Hawaii, Hawaii state, United States, makes up roughly 51% of Hawaiʻi Island and stands 13,681 feet (4,170 m) above sea level; more impressive, however, it rises an astonishing 30,000 feet (9,144 m) from the bottom of the sea, a greater height than Mount Everest; it has erupted 34 times since 1843— averaging once every five years, thus setting the world record for being the World's Largest Active Volcano, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Lituya Bay, Alaska, United States--On July 10, 1958, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake occurred on the Fairweather Fault in southeast Alaska; it caused significant geologic changes in the region, including areas that experienced uplift and subsidence; it also caused a rockfall in Lituya Bay that generated a wave with a maximum height of 1,720 feet, which sets the world record for the World's Tallest Tsunami, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Alaska, United States--Malaspina Glacier, located primarily within Wrangell-St. Elias National Park on the coast, it is about 65 km (40 mi) wide and 45 km (28 mi) long, with an area of some 3,900 km2 (1,500 sq mi), approximately the same size as the state of Rhode Island, thus setting the world record for being the World's Largest Piedmont Glacier, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Wyoming, United States--During its emplacement more than 2000 km3 of Paleozoic sedimentary and Eocene volcanic rocks from The Heart Mountain slid >45 km on a basal detachment surface dipping 2°, making The Heart Mountain the Largest known sub-aerial landslide on Earth, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.