Top 10 List:
The World's Coldest Places
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Here are the top most coldest places on earth. These are places where official temperatures are recorded. As a comment below noted, not all of these places are inhabited, and rightly so. I would not want to live in one of the coldest palces on earth.
Feeling the cold in SwitzerlandIn order to have some variety, only a maximum of two places per country/region is listed - otherwise this would just be a list of ten places in Antartica!
| Location | Lowest Temperature | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Vostok, Antartica | -89.2 °C | -138.6 °F |
| 2. | Plateau Station, Antartica | -84.0 | -129.2 |
| 3. | Oymyakon, Russia | -71.1 | -96.0 |
| 4. | Verkhoyansk, Russia | -67.7 | -90.0 |
| 5. | Northice, Greenland | -66.0 | -87.0 |
| 6. | Eismitte, Greenland | -64.9 | -85.0 |
| 7. | Snag, Yukon, Canada | -63.0 | -81.4 |
| 8. | Prospect Creek, Alaska, USA | -62.1 | -79.8 |
| 9. | Fort Selkirk, Yukon, Canada | -58.9 | -74.0 |
| 10. | Rogers Pass, Montana, USA | -56.5 | -69.7 |
See also the World's Hottest Places
Comments
- Antarctica is not the coldest place in the world a kiropractic room is in there its lower than 160 degreses celsius very cold your only aloud in there for 2 mins or ur saliva will froze and u will die (from jay, Dec 2012)
- How is it possible to be that cold 138.6 f below (from steven, Oct 2012)
- Worlds coldest places : Baker lake Nunavut Canada -68c (from Daniel, April 2012)
- Thanks for the list.
Drass in India is confirmed to be the second coldest inhabited place on earth. Antarctica is not considered as "inhabited" place. Drass's temperature has been recorded to be -68 and lower. (from Prodyot, March 2012)
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