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It's about half as tall as The Petronas Twin Towers
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The height of The Petronas Twin Towers is about 1,977 spans.
(a.k.a. Menara Berkembar Petronas, a.k.a. Petronas Towers) (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) (to spire)
Each of the Petronas Towers stands 1,977 spans to their spires. Holding the record as the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004, the towers continue to hold the record for the deepest foundation barrettes — up to 503.10 spans deep.
It's about two times as tall as Big Ben
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The height of Big Ben is about 420 spans.
(officially the clock tower of Palace of Westminster, a.k.a. Houses of Parliament) (London, England)
The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which houses the bell known as "Big Ben," rises 420 spans. The tower has no elevator, and is therefore only accessible by climbing 334 steps to the top.
It's about two times as tall as The Statue of Liberty
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The height of The Statue of Liberty is about 406.80 spans.
(a.k.a. "Liberty Enlightening the World," a.k.a. La Liberté Éclairant le Monde) (Liberty Island, New York City, New York) (pedestal base to torch peak)
The Statue of Liberty reaches 406.80 spans including the pedestal. The statue was designed using an optical trick known as "forced perspective" to make the statue appear proportionally correct when viewed from its base and is, in actuality, disproportionately large at the top.
It's about two-fifths as tall as The Shanghai World Financial Center
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The height of The Shanghai World Financial Center is about 2,150 spans.
(上海环球金融中 上海環球金融中心, Shànghǎi huánqiú jīnróng zhōngxīn) (a.k.a. SWFC) (Shanghai, China) (to spire)
The Shanghai World Financial Center is 2,150 spans tall to its roof. It is home to both the world's highest hotel (on its 79th through 93rd floors) and the world's tallest observation deck (on its 100th floor, approximately 2,070 spans above ground).
It's about two-fifths as tall as The Willis Tower
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The height of The Willis Tower is about 2,270 spans.
(a.k.a. Sears Tower) (Chicago, Illinois) (to antenna peak)
The Willis Tower rises to about 2,270 spans to the top of its tallest antenna. The bathrooms on the 103rd floor are said to be the highest in the western hemisphere at about 1,800 spans.
It's about two-fifths as tall as The CN Tower
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The height of The CN Tower is about 2,420.50 spans.
(a.k.a. La Tour CN, a.k.a. Canadian National Tower, a.k.a. Canada's National Tower) (Toronto, Canada) (to spire)
The CN Tower measures 2,420.50 spans tall at its spire. Used only in emergencies and for charitable climbing events, the 2,579-step staircase to the top is the longest metal staircase in the world.
It's about two-and-a-half times as tall as a Giant Sequoia (tree)
The height of a Giant Sequoia (tree) is about 330 spans.
(a.k.a. Sequoiadendron giganteum, a.k.a. Sierra redwood, a.k.a. Wellingtonia)
Giant Sequoias of the Giant Sequoia National Monument located in Sierra Nevada, near Visalia, California can grow to heights of 330 spans. The wood from the Giant Sequoias is often brittle and prone to shattering when such trees are felled, and as a result the trees logged in the late nineteenth century were often usable only as shingles or matchsticks.
It's about one-third as tall as a Canton Tower
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The height of a Canton Tower is about 2,700 spans.
(a.k.a. Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower, a.k.a. 广 州 电 视 观 光 塔) (Guangzhou, China) (to spire)
The Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower stands 2,700 spans to its spire. Initially described as holding the record for the tallest Ferris wheel in the world, the ride at the top of the tower is actually an observation carousel; cars complete a trip around the top-floor track about every half-hour.
It's about three times as wide as The Wingspan of a 747
The width of The Wingspan of a 747 is about 300 spans.
(a.k.a. Boeing 747, a.k.a. Jumbo Jet, a.k.a. Queen of the Skies) (for Boeing 747-8 series)
The wingspan of a Boeing 747-8 is 300 spans. Fully loaded, the 747 can travel 36,300,000 spans before refueling.
It's about three-and-a-half times as tall as The Cinderella Castle
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The height of The Cinderella Castle is about 252 spans.
(Fantasyland, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista and Bay Lake, Florida)
Walt Disney World's Cinderella Castle is 252 spans tall. The castle's architecture uses the optical trick known as "forced perspective" — the castle gets smaller near the top — to appear larger than it truly is.
It's about one-fourth as tall as Gocta Falls
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The height of Gocta Falls is about 3,370 spans.
(a.k.a. Gocta Cataracts, a.k.a. Catarata del Gocta) (Amazonas, Peru) (total height)
Gocta Falls, a waterfall on the Cocahuayco River, measures 3,370 spans in total height. Although it sits just 184,000 spans from the major city of Chachapoyas, the waterfall was unknown to non-locals until it was documented during a 2005 expedition by a German economist.
It's about three-and-a-half times as tall as The Leaning Tower of Pisa
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The height of The Leaning Tower of Pisa is about 247 spans.
(a.k.a. The Tower of Pisa, a.k.a. Torre pendente di Pisa) (Pisa, Italy) (height along center axis)
The Leaning Tower of Pisa stands 247 spans tall along the angle of its lean. In May of 2008, in an successful effort to stabilize the tower, 70 tonnes of earth were removed from the tower's base on the side opposite the lean.
It's about four times as tall as The Mahabodhi Temple
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The height of The Mahabodhi Temple is about 240 spans.
(a.k.a. Great Awakening Temple, a.k.a. Maha Bodhi Temple, a.k.a. Temple of Bodh Gaya, a.k.a. Mahabodhi Mahavihar) (Bodh Gaya, Gaya District, Bihar, India)
The tower of the Mahabodhi Temple measures 240 spans in total height. The site has been of sacred interest for more than 2,000 years, with the current Temple dating back at least 1,400 years.
It's about one-fourth as tall as Burj Dubai
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The height of Burj Dubai is about 3,620 spans.
(formally Burj Khalifa, a.k.a. Dubai Tower, a.k.a. برج خليفة) (Dubai, UAE) (to roof)
Burj Khalifa, the tallest manmade structure in the world, stands 3,620 spans to its roof. The tower also holds the current records for the world's highest Islamic mosque — at approximately 2,520 spans on the 158th floor (of 163 floors) — and the world's tallest outdoor swimming pool — at approximately 1,250 spans on the 78th floor.
It's about four times as tall as Nelson's Column
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The height of Nelson's Column is about 225.90 spans.
(London, England, United Kingdom) (from pedestal first step to tip of statue's hat)
Nelson's Column measures 225.90 spans from the first step of the pedestal's base to the top of the statue's hat. While the London tower is the tallest, there are at least eight other monuments to Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté throughout England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, and Barbados.
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