This is a list of Taiwanese superlatives.
| Geography | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Holder | Location | Coordinates/ Measurement | References | |
| Northernmost tip (Main island) | Cape Fugui | Shimen District, New Taipei City | 25° 18' 20" N | [1] | |
| Northernmost tip (Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu) | Beigu Reef (北固礁) | Dongyin Township, Lienchiang County | 26° 23' N | [2] | |
| Northernmost tip (Exclude Fujian and claims on Senkaku) | Pengjia Islet | Zhongzheng District, Keelung | 25° 37' 46" N | ||
| Southernmost tip (Mainland) | Eluanbi | Hengchun Township, Pingtung County | 21° 53' 50" N | [3] | |
| Easternmost tip (Main island) | Cape of San Diego | Gongliao District, New Taipei City | 121° 59' 15" E | ||
| Southernmost tip (Islands close to Taiwan Island) | Qixingyan (Taiwan) | Pingtung County | 21° 45' 32" N | ||
| Easternmost tip (Including Islands) | Pingfong Rock (Chinese: 屏風岩), east of Mien-hwa Islet | Zhongzheng District, Keelung | 122° 06' 25" E | [4] | |
| Easternmost tip (Including claims on Senkaku) | Taishō-tō (claimed as Chiwei Isle (赤尾嶼)[5]) | Senkaku Islands (claimed as part of Toucheng Township, Yilan County) | 124° 34' E | ||
| Westernmost tip (Islands close to Taiwan Island; excluding Penghu/Pescadores) | Wai San Ding Alluvion (Chinese: 外傘頂洲) | Kouhu Township, Yunlin County | 120° 4' 0" E | ||
| Westernmost tip (exclude Spratly Islands) | Pratas Island | Cijin District, Kaohsiung | 116° 42' 0" E | ||
| Westernmost tip & Southernmost tip (Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu) | Taiping Island | Cijin District, Kaohsiung | 114° 21' 57" E | disputed | |
| Highest mountain | Mount Yu | 3,952 m | |||
| Longest river | Zhuoshui River | Nantou County, Chiayi County, Changhua County, Yunlin County | 186 km | ||
| Largest lake | Sun Moon Lake | Yuchi Township, Nantou County | 8.4 km2 | ||
| Largest plain | Chianan Plain | Yunlin County, Chiayi County, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Changhua County | 2,500 km2 | [6] | |
| Biology | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Holder | Location | Statistics | References | |
| Longest-living elephant in captivity | Lin Wang | Taipei Zoo | 86 years old | [7] | |
| Oldest alligator fossil | Penghu Malayan gharial fossil | Penghu | approx. 14 million years old | ||
| Oldest domesticated dog fossil | Dabenkeng culture dog fossil | Archaeological Site, Nanguan Village, Shanhua District, Tainan | approx. 5,000 years old | ||
| Oldest trees | Hiyama Chinmoku (檜山神木 Guishan Shenmu) | Wufeng Township, Hsinchu County and Tai'an Township, Miaoli County | approx. 4,600 years old | ||
| People | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Holder | Location | Statistics | References | |
| Richest person | Tsai Eng-meng | Taiwan | US$10.6 billion | May 30, 2013 | |
| Longest human chain | 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally | Heping Island, Keelung to Jiadong Township, Pingtung County | approx. 500 km | [8] | |
| Demography | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Holder | Statistics | References | |
| Largest-scale public march | 2005 anti-China march | approx. 1 million people | [9] | |
| Sports | ||||
| Record | Holder | Date | References | |
| First MLB player from Taiwan | Chin-Feng Chen | September 14, 2002 | [10] | |
| First MLB pitcher from Taiwan | Chin-hui Tsao | July 25, 2003 | [11] | |
| Architecture | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Holder | Statistics | References | |
| Tallest building | Taipei 101 | 509.2 m | ||
| Transportation | ||||
| Record | Holder | Statistics | References | |
| Longest tunnel | Taipei Metro Bannan Line | 28.2 km | ||
| Longest tunnel (mountain) | Xueshan Tunnel | 12.9 km | [12] | |
| Longest bridge | THSR Changhua–Kaohsiung Viaduct | 157.317 km | ||
| Longest bridge (crossing waterbody) | Penghu Great Bridge | 5,541 m | ||