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Please answer these questions!
We love to visit them, but what’s the correct definition of an archipelago?
Which is the largest continent (by area)?
Do you know (roughly) the equatorial circumference of Earth?
Speaking of the equator, how many countries sit along it?
Brazil shares a border with every South American country, bar two. Can you name those two?
Do you know the name (and location) of the world’s deepest lake?
This one’s tough. Do you know the world’s largest inland body of water?
Which country’s territory is geographically closest to the North Pole?
Which city was considered 'the southernmost city in the world' until 2019?
In Iceland, you can walk across two tectonic plates, side by side. Which ones, exactly?


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Answer:

1.An archipelago, sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands.

2.Asia is the largest continent on Earth by size. It is approximately 44,614,000 square kilometres (17,226,200 square miles).

3.Today we know our planet's circumference is roughly 40,000 kilometers (24,850 miles).

4.The Equator passes through 13 countries: Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Sao Tome & Principe, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Maldives, Indonesia and Kiribati.

5.Ecuador and Peru

6.Lake Baikal is the largest freshwater lake in the world (by volume) and the world's deepest lake. Somewhat crescent shaped, it is in the southern Siberia area of Russia. In 1996 it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

7.Caspian Sea, Russian Kaspiyskoye More, Persian Darya-ye Khezer, world's largest inland body of water. It lies to the east of the Caucasus Mountains and to the west of the vast steppe of Central Asia.

8.Nunavut

The Canadian territory of Nunavut lies closest to the North Pole. Greenland, the world's largest island and an independent country within the Kingdom of Denmark, is also close to the pole. The North Pole is much warmer than the South Pole.

9.Puerto Williams

Lifestyle. SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Puerto Williams, a growing hamlet draped in snow-covered peaks on the remote southern tip of the South American continent, has been upgraded to the category of “city” by Chilean authorities, making it the world's southernmost city

10.You are welcome to walk alongside both of these plates.