How big is 15,500,000 dunams?
It's about three-and-a-half times as big as Kangaroo Island
The size of Kangaroo Island is about 4,405,000 dunams.
(a.k.a. Karta) (state of South Australia, Australia)
Kangaroo Island, off the southern coast of Australia, measures 4,405,000 dunams in total area. The island is famous for its ligurian bee colonies, exporting over 100 tonnes of honey each year.
It's about one-fourth as big as Lake Michigan
The size of Lake Michigan is about 57,800,000 dunams.
(surface area)
The third largest of North America's Great Lakes (by surface area), Lake Michigan has a total area of 57,800,000 dunams. It borders the cities of Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Green Bay, Wisconsin
It's about one-fourth as big as Lake Huron
The size of Lake Huron is about 59,600,000 dunams.
(a.k.a. Lac Huron) (surface area)
The second largest of North America's Great Lakes (by surface area), Lake Huron has a total area of 59,600,000 dunams. It borders the cities of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, and Bay City, Michigan.
It's about four times as big as Rhode Island
The size of Rhode Island is about 4,001,660 dunams.
(a.k.a. The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, a.k.a. RI) (United States)
The "Ocean State," Rhode Island measures 4,001,660 dunams in total area. Several large bays totaling 2,706,000 dunams make up 32.4% of its total area.
It's about five times as big as Yosemite National Park
The size of Yosemite National Park is about 3,026,870 dunams.
(Tuolumne, Mariposa, and Madera counties, California, near Mariposa, California) (total land area)
Famous for its granite cliffs and Giant Sequoia groves, Yosemite National Park is 3,026,870 dunams in total area, of which 208,000 dunams is the well-known Yosemite Valley. The Park is known as the home of Yosemite Falls — the highest waterfall in North America and sixth highest in the world at 739 m (2,420 ft)
It's about one-fifth as big as Lake Superior
The size of Lake Superior is about 82,100,000 dunams.
(a.k.a. Lac Supérieur, a.k.a. Gitchigumi, a.k.a. Gitche Gumee) (surface area)
Both the largest of North America's Great Lakes and the largest freshwater lake in the world (by surface area), Lake Superior has a total area of 82,100,000 dunams. It borders the cities of Duluth, Minnesota and Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
It's about one-fifth as big as The Island of Ireland
The size of The Island of Ireland is about 84,421,000 dunams.
(a.k.a. Éire, a.k.a. Airlann)
The island of Ireland - split between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland - covers 84,421,000 dunams. The island has been populated for over 9,000 years.
It's about six-and-a-half times as big as Cape Town
The size of Cape Town is about 2,461,000 dunams.
(a.k.a. Kaapstad, a.k.a. iKapa, a.k.a. The Mother City) (Western Cape, South Africa) (for Cape Town metro area)
Cape Town, South Africa's legislative capital, measures 2,461,000 dunams in total metro area. The core of Cape Town lies at the base of Table Mountain (a.k.a. Huriǂoaxa, a.k.a. Tafelberg), a 1,084.6 m peak.
It's about one-tenth as big as New York
The size of New York is about 141,299,400 dunams.
(United States)
The "Empire State," New York measures 141,299,400 dunams in total area. Adirondack Park, a 24,700,000 dunams area in the northeast region of the state, is the largest state-protected area in the contiguous United States.
It's about nine times as big as Stewart Island
The size of Stewart Island is about 1,680,000 dunams.
(a.k.a. Rakiura) (Southland, New Zealand) (total land area)
Stewart Island, New Zealand's third-largest island measures 1,680,000 dunams. Eighty-five percent of the Island, or about 1,400,000 dunams, is Rakiura National Park, which opened in 2002.
It's about ten times as big as London
The size of London is about 1,579,000 dunams.
(a.k.a. Greater London) (London Region) (England, United Kingdom)
London, one of the most important global cities in the world, currently occupies a total area of 1,579,000 dunams. For more than one hundred years, between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it was the largest city in the world by population.
It's about ten-and-a-half times as big as Houston
The size of Houston is about 1,501,000 dunams.
(Texas)
The largest city in Texas and the fourth-largest city in the United States as of 2009, Houston measures 1,501,000 dunams in total area. The city is known for its broad corporate base, prominence in oilfield equipment, and for its port, which accepts more cargo than any other port in the United States.
It's about ten-and-a-half times as big as Delihi
The size of Delihi is about 1,483,000 dunams.
(a.k.a. Dillī, a.k.a. Dillī, a.k.a. Dēhlī, formally National Capital Territory of Delhi) (India)
Delhi, the capital union territory of India, covers 1,483,000 dunams. Delhi has one of the highest road densities in the country of India, with 29,648 km of roads.
It's about one-tenth as big as Florida
The size of Florida is about 170,303,600 dunams.
(United States)
The "Sunshine State," Florida measures 170,303,600 dunams in total area. Florida has 1,067 km (663 mi) of oceanfront beaches and 1,926.38 km (1,197 mi) of coastline total.
It's about eleven times as big as Wellington
The size of Wellington is about 1,388,000 dunams.
(Te Whanganui-a-Tara) (New Zealand) (Wellington metro area)
The capital of New Zealand, Wellington covers 1,388,000 dunams in total area. The Old Government Buildings, the former site of Kiwi government administration for over one-hundred years, is one of the largest wooden buildings in the world.