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WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Asia Records Institute (ASRI) – Al-Ahsa Oasis: World’s largest oasis

(Worldkings.org) The site has become a World Heritage site in 2018. It has also been part of UNESCO Creative Cities Network since December 2015.

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – America Records Institute (AMRI) – Eads Bridge: World’s first steel-truss bridge

(Worldkings.org) The bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark.

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Asia Records Institute (ASRI) – Esquel Group: World’s largest woven shirt maker

(Worldkings.org) Most of the company's manufacturing facilities are in China. It has other facilities in Malaysia, Mauritius, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – America Records Institute (AMRI) – College Park Airport: World’s oldest continuously operated airport

(Worldkings.org) The airport is located south of Paint Branch and Lake Artemesia, east of U.S. Route 1 and the College Park Metro/MARC station and west of Kenilworth Avenue.

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) – Aurubis: World’s largest copper recycler

(Worldkings.org) The core business is the production of copper cathodes from copper concentrates, scrap and recycling materials (copper refining). These are processed within the Group into continuous cast wire rod, shapes, rolled products and strips as well as special wire made of copper and copper alloys.

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – America Records Institute (AMRI) – Irtysh: World’s longest tributary river

(Worldkings.org) The river's source lies in the Mongolian Altai in Dzungaria (the northern part of Xinjiang, China) close to the border with Mongolia.

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Asia Records Institute (ASRI) – Atal Tunnel: World’s longest highway tunnel

(Worldkings.org) The tunnel is at an elevation of 3,100 metres (10,171 ft) whereas the Rohtang Pass is at an elevation of 3,978 metres (13,051 ft). It was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 3 October 2020.

[WORLDKINGS] The Constant World Records Seeking Journey (P.74) – La Rinconada gold mine: The highest gold mine in the world

(Worldkings.org) La Rinconada gold mine lies in the city of La Rinconada, Peru. At 16,732 ft (5,1 km) above sea level, it is the highest gold mine in the world.

[WORLDKINGS] The Constant World Records Seeking Journey (P.72) – Boiling river: The hottest river in the world

(Worldkings.org) Hidden in the dense jungle of the Peruvian Amazon is a percolating, roiling river. The steaming turquoise waters that can reach up to 200 degrees Fahrenheit are guided by ivory-colored stones and guarded by 60-foot walls of lush forest and vegetation. Locals believed the river was sacred and that the hot waters held healing powers, and shamans incorporated it into medicines.

[WORLDKINGS] The Constant World Records Seeking Journey (P.73) – Veryovkina cave: The deepest-known cave on Earth

(Worldkings.org) Veryovkina had only recently been named the world’s deepest cave. During an expedition in March 2018, Demidov and his comrades had reached a terminal sump at the water table—a depth of 7,257 feet (2,212 meters). The low point was a new record, knocking the neighboring Krubera cave, at 7,208 feet (2,197 meters), into second place.

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Australia Records Institute (AURI) – West Mata volcano: World’s deepest undersea volcano

(Worldkings.org) The shard compositions indicated that the erupted material was boninite (an olivine-bronzite andesite with little or no feldspar) which had never been observed from an active volcano.

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