Top 10 Smallest Countries in the World

Rank	Country	Area (sq. miles)
1.	Vatican City	0.17
2.	Monaco	0.75
3.	Nauru	8.11
4.	Tuvalu	10.04
5.	San Marino	23.63
6.	Liechtenstein	61.78
7.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	100.77
8.	Maldives	115.83
9.	Malta	122.01
10.	Grenada	132.82

Top 10 Deadliest Volcanic Eruptions

Volcano	Year	Deaths	Major Cause of Deaths
Tambora, Indonesia	1815	92,000	Starvation
Krakatau, Indonesia	1883	36,417	Tsunami
Mount Pelee, Martinique	1902	29,025	Ash flows
Ruiz, Colombia	1985	25,000	Mudflows
Unzen, Japan	1792	14,300	Volcano collapse, tsunami
Laki, Iceland	1783	9,350	Starvation
Kelut, Indonesia	1919	5,110	Mudflows
Galunggung, Indonesia	1882	4,011	Mudflows
Vesuvius, Italy	1631	3,500	Mudflows, lava flows
Vesuvius, Italy	1779	3,360	Ash flows, falls

Top 10 Largest Lakes of the World

Name and Location	Area(sq mi.)	Length(mi)	Depth(m)
Caspian Sea (Azerbaijan-Russia-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran)	152,239	745	946
Superior (U.S.-Canada)	31,820	383	406
Victoria (Tanzania-Uganda)	26,828	200	82
Huron (U.S.-Canada)	23,010	247	229
Michigan (U.S.)	22,400	321	281
Aral (Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan)	13,000	266	68
Tanganyika (Tanzania-Congo)	12,700	420	1,435
Baikal  (Russia)	12,162	395	1,741
Great Bear (Canada)	12,000	232	82
Nyasa, Malawi-Mozambique-Tanzania)	11,600	360	706

Top 10 Largest Islands of the World

Island	Location and political affiliation	sq. mi.
Greenland	North Atlantic (Danish)	839,999
New Guinea	Southwest Pacific (Indonesia)	309,000
Borneo	West mid-Pacific (Indonesian, South part Brunei and Malaysian)	287,300
Madagascar	Indian Ocean (Malagasy Republic)	227,000
Baffin	North Atlantic (Canadian)	195,926
Sumatra	Northeast Indian Ocean (Indonesian)	182,859
Honshu	Sea of Japan–Pacific (Japanese)	89,176
Great Britain	Off coast of NW Europe (England, Scotland and Wales)	88,795
Victoria	Arctic Ocean (Canadian)	83,896
Ellesmere	Arctic Ocean (Canadian)	75,767