Important GK

NICKNAME PLACE
Granite City Aberdeen
Dark Continent Africa
Herring Pond Atlantic Ocean
Land of the Golden Fleece Australia
Land of the Kangaroo Australia
Gateway of Tears Bab-el-mandab
Island of Pearls Bahrain
Cockpit of Europe Belgium
White City Belgrade
Land of Thunderbolt Bhutan
Land of Lilies Canada
Land of Maple Canada
Windy City Chicago
Pearl of Antilles Cuba
Sugar Bowl of the World Cuba
Gift of the Nile Egypt
Land of Thousand Lakes Finland
Key of the Mediterranean Gibraltar
Pillars of Hercules Gibraltar
Land of the Eskimos Greenland
Emerald Island Ireland
Pink City Jaipur
Land of the Rising Sun Japan
Garden of England Kent
Hermit Kingdom Korea
Land of Morning Calm Korea
Port of Five Seas Moscow
Land of the Golden Pagoda Myanmar
Land of Canals Netherlands
Land of Tulips Netherlands
 Land of Windmills Netherlands
City of Skyscrapers New York
Empire City New York
Land of the Midnight Sun Norway
City of Dreaming Spires Oxford
Holy Land Palestine
City of Brotherly Love Philadelphia
Quaker City Philadelphia
City of Seven Hills Rome
Eternal City Rome
City of the Golden Gate San Francisco
Land of Cakes Scotland
Venice of the North Stockholm
Playground of Europe Switzerland
Land of the White Elephant Thailand
World's Loneliest Island Tristan da Cunha
Sick Man of Europe Turkey
City of Canals Venice
Queen of the Adriatic Venice
City of Magnificent Distances Washington DC
Island of Cloves Zanzibar
Europe

1. Albania Land of the Eagles

2. Belarus The White Rus

3. England Land of Hope and Glory

4. Finland Land of a Thousand Lakes

5. France Lhexagone

6. Iceland Land of Fire and Ice

7. Ireland The Emerald Isle

8. Italy The Boot

9. Slovenia The Sunny Side of the Alps

10. Switzerland Land of Milk and Honey

11. Ukraine The Bread Basket of Europe

Americas

12. Brazil Pindorama (Land of the Palms)

13. Canada The Great White North

14. Chile Land of Poets

15. Guyana Land of Many Waters

16. Paraguay The Island Surrounded by Land

17. Peru Land of the Incas

18. USA - Uncle Sam

19. Venezuela Land of Grace

20. Bhutan Land of the Thunder Dragon

21. China The Red Dragon

22. Indonesia The Emerald of the Equator

23. Japan Land of the Rising Sun

24. Mongolia Land of the Blue Sky

25. North Korea The Hermit Kingdom

26. Philippines The Pearl of the Orient Seas

27. South Korea Land of the Morning Calm

28 Sir Lanka Indias Teardrop

29. Thailand Land of Smiles

Middle East

30. Afghanistan Graveyard of Empires

31. Israel The Holy Land

32. Lebanon Switzerland of the Middle East

Australasia
33. Australia Land Down Under (sometimes also used for New Zealand)

34. New Zealand Land of the Long White Cloud

Africa

35. Burkina Faso Land of the Upright Men

36. Egypt The Gift of the Nile

37. Lesotho The Kingdom In The Sky

38. Madagascar The Red Island

39. Rwanda Land of a Thousand Hills

40. South Africa - Rainbow Nation

List of World's largest and smallest things in the world. General Knowledge questions and
Answers from World GK

World's Largest & Smallest Country, Place etc...

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Largest Country - Russia (17,075,200 km2 (6,591,027 mi2)

Smallest Country - Vatican City Size: 0.17 sq. mi. (0.44 km)Rome, Italy -Europe

Largest Continent - Asia, 17,212,2000 square miles

Smallest Continent - Australia,312,2000 square miles

Largest Gulf - Gulf of Mexico, 615,000 square miles

Largest Bay - The Bay of Bengal, 1,300,000 square miles

Largest Island - Greenland, 839,999 square miles

Largest peninsula - Arabia.

Largest bay - Hudson Bay, Canada.

World's Largest & Smalllest Rivers, Sea, Ocean, Mountains, Waterfall etc...

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Longest River - The Nile, Africa, 4,180 miles

Shortest River - The Roe, Montana, US, 200 feet long

Largest River - The Amazon, South America, basin of 2,500,000 square miles

Largest Sea - The Mediterranean Sea, 1,144,800 square miles

Largest Ocean - Pacific Ocean, 60,060,700 square miles

Deepest Ocean - Pacific Ocean, average depth 13,215 feet

Smallest Ocean - Arctic Ocean, 5,427,000 square miles

Largest Lake - Caspian Sea, 152,239 square miles

Largest Freshwater Lake - Lake Superior, US-Canada, 31,820 square miles

Highest Lake - Titicaca in Peru, 12,500 feet above sea level

Lowest Lake - The Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, surface of water 1,349 feet below sea
level

Larget Lagoon - Lagoa dos Patos, Brazil, 150 miles long, 4,500 square miles

Largest Waterfall - Angel Falls, Venezuela, 3,212 feet high

Deepest Underwater Trench - Marina Trench, 200 miles southwest of Guam in the Pacific
Ocean,36,198 feet below the ocean surface

Highest Mountain - Mount Everest, Himalayan Mountains, Nepal-Tibet, 29,035

feet above sea level

The lowest mountain range - Buena Bhaile.

Longest Mountain Range - The Andes of South America, 5,000 miles

Lowest Point on land - The Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, water surface 1,349 feet below
sea level

Largest Gorge - Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Arizona, US, 217 miles
long, 4-18 miles wide, 1 mile deep
Deepest Gorge - Hells Canyon, Snake River, Idaho, 7,900 feet deep

World's Largest & Smallest Places, Buildings etc...

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Largest museum - American Museum of Natural History.

Tallest tower - C. N. Tower, Toronto, Canada.

Largest airport - King Khalid International Airport, Saudi Arabia.

Largest church - Basilica of St. Peter, Vatican City, Rome.

Tallest statue - Spring Temple Buddha, China -153 m (502 ft) total monument height

Largest railway tunnel - Seikan Tunnel, Japan - Once completed in 2016, the Gotthard Base
Tunnel (Switzerland) will be the longest railway tunnel in the world.

The largest cinema - Fox theatre, Detroit, USA.

Tallest office building - Sears Tower, Chicago.

Largest Archipelago - Indonesia, 3,500-mile stretch of 17,000 islands