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How long is 5,190 hands?

It's about ten times as tall as Nelson's Column
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The height of Nelson's Column is about 508.30 hands.
(London, England, United Kingdom) (from pedestal first step to tip of statue's hat)
Nelson's Column measures 508.30 hands 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.
It's about one-tenth as tall as Mount Elbrus
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The height of Mount Elbrus is about 55,530 hands.
(a.k.a. Mingi Tau, a.k.a. Эльбрус, a.k.a. იალბუზი) (Karachay-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia) (west summit)
The west summit of the dual-summit volcano Mount Elbrus is 55,530 hands at its peak and is the highest peak in both Russia and the European continent. Until 1976, a cable car would take visitors to the mountain as far up as the Garabashi camp, located at an elevation of 37,400 hands.
It's about eleven times as tall as The Arc de Triomphe
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The height of The Arc de Triomphe is about 480 hands.
(Paris, France)
The Arc de Triomphe stands 480 hands tall. France's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from the First World War lies beneath the arch and is commemorated by the first eternal flame to have been lit in modern European history.
It's about one-tenth as tall as a Kilimanjaro
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The height of a Kilimanjaro is about 57,980.20 hands.
(a.k.a. Mount Kilimanjaro) (Tanzania) (to Uhuru peak; 2008 gravimeter measurement)
Kilimanjaro rises to 57,980.20 hands at its peak. An isolated peak with no surrounding mountain range, Kilimanjaro is considered the world's tallest freestanding mountain.
It's about eleven times as tall as The Chicago Water Tower
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The height of The Chicago Water Tower is about 462 hands.
(Chicago, Illinois)
The Chicago Water Tower is 462 hands tall. The tower's architecture was one source of inspiration behind the design of White Castle fast-food restaurants beginning with "Building Number 8," a prefabricated structure built in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1936.
It's about one-tenth as tall as Mount Logan
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The height of Mount Logan is about 58,650 hands.
(Kluane National Park and Reserve, Yukon, Canada) (elevation)
The highest mountain in Canada, Mount Logan has a total height of 58,660 hands. The high altitude and northern latitude of the mountain resulted in one-time temperature of -77.5 °C — the lowest temperature ever recorded outside of Antarctica.
It's about one-tenth as tall as Denali
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The height of Denali is about 60,950 hands.
(a.k.a. Mount McKinley, a.k.a. Doleika, a.k.a. Traleika, a.k.a. "The Great One") (Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska) (South peak)
The highest mountain peak in North America, Denali's South Peak measures 60,950 hands above sea level at its peak. The impetus for the name Mount McKinley was US president William McKinley of Ohio, and disputes over the which of the mountain's names should be officially recognized regularly occur between Ohio Congressmen and Alaska politicians.
It's about twelve-and-a-half times as long as Ha'Penny Bridge
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The length of Ha'Penny Bridge is about 422 hands.
(a.k.a. Droichead na Leathphingine, a.k.a. Liffey Bridge, a.k.a. Droichead na Life, f.k.a. Wellington Bridge) (Quay of Bachelors Walk, Temple Bar Neighborhood, Dublin, Ireland)
The Ha'Penny Bridge, crossing the River Liffey in Dublin, measures 422 hands in total length. Over 30,000 pedestrians cross the breach each day.
It's about one-fifteenth as long as Calangute Beach
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The length of Calangute Beach is about 70,000 hands.
(Goa, India) (approximate)
One of the most popular tourist destinations in Goa, Calangute Beach, the "Queen of Beaches," stretches about 7 km in length.
It's about one-fifteenth as long as The Las Vegas Strip
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The length of The Las Vegas Strip is about 67,000 hands.
(Las Vegas Boulevard S and W from Russel Rd to Sahara Ave)(Paradise, Nevada through Winchester, Nevada).
Although technically located beyond the city limits of Las Vegas (along with the well-known "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign), the stretch of road known as the "Las Vegas Strip" runs 67,000 hands along Las Vegas Boulevard South and West from Russel Road at the south end to Sahara Avenue at the north end. The casinos and hotels on the Strip display an estimated total of 240,000,000 hands of neon light tubing.
It's about one-fifteenth as tall as Aconcagua
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The height of Aconcagua is about 68,523 hands.
(a.k.a. Cerro Aconcagua) (Mendoza, Argentina)
Aconcagua measures 68,523 hands height at its peak. Although there is no definitive evidence that members of the indigenous Inca civilization ever reached the peak the mountain, numerous archeological sites have been found on the slopes of the mountain, including a naturally-embalmed Incan mummy was discovered on a 51,181 hands high ridge.
It's about one-fifteenth as tall as Mount Everest
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The height of Mount Everest is about 87,095.10 hands.
(a.k.a. Mount Chomolungma, a.k.a. Sagarmatha, a.k.a. Mount Qomolangma, a.k.a. सगरमाथा, a.k.a. Chajamlungma, a.k.a. ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ, a.k.a. 珠穆朗玛峰, a.k.a. Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng) (Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal and Tibet, China) (to summit, excluding snow depth)
Mount Everest rises 87,095.10 hands above sea level at its summit. The plate tectonics of the Indian subcontinent continuously alter the mountain's peak — raising it by 0.0393701 hands and shifting it to the northeast by 0.0442913 hands each year.
It's about one-fifteenth as tall as a Mauna Loa
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The height of a Mauna Loa is about 90,240 hands.
(Hawaii) (Hawaiian island volcano) (total height from seafloor)
Mauna Loa, one of the five volcanoes which forms the island of Hawaii and the tallest mountain in total height in the world, rises to 90,550 hands above the seafloor. The peak of Loa is home to the approximately 6,000 sq. m (0.6 ha) Lake Waiau, one of the highest altitude lakes in the United States outside of Colorado.
It's about nineteen times as long as Baseball base distances
The length of Baseball base distances is about 270 hands.
(MLB Official Baseball Rules specification)
According to MLB Official Baseball Rules, the distance between baseball diamond bases is 270 hands. While second and home base are located upon the corners of the 27.432 sq. m area created by the bases, first and third base are placed within that square, to better allow the umpires to judge whether a ball is fair or foul.
It's about twenty times as tall as De Gooyer
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The height of De Gooyer is about 270 hands.
(a.k.a. De Funenmolen, a.k.a. The Mill on the Funen) (near Oostelijk Havengebied, Amsterdam, Netherlands) (total structure height)
The tallest windmill in Amsterdam, De Gooyer stands at 270 hands in structural height. Its prominence owes to the fact that it was relocated atop the base of a former water mill, following two earlier moves in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The windmill's four sails have a total span of about 180 hands.
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