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It's about one-tenth as tall as Aconcagua
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The height of Aconcagua is about 2,855.10 lengths.
(a.k.a. Cerro Aconcagua) (Mendoza, Argentina)
Aconcagua measures 2,855.10 lengths 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 2,132.50 lengths high ridge.
It's about one-tenth as long as Calangute Beach
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The length of Calangute Beach is about 3,000 lengths.
(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 ten times as tall as a Giant Sequoia (tree)
The height of a Giant Sequoia (tree) is about 31 lengths.
(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 31 lengths. 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-tenth as tall as Mount Everest
Flag of China and Flag of Nepal
The height of Mount Everest is about 3,628.960 lengths.
(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 3,628.960 lengths above sea level at its summit. The plate tectonics of the Indian subcontinent continuously alter the mountain's peak — raising it by 0.00164042 lengths and shifting it to the northeast by 0.00184547 lengths each year.
It's about one-tenth as tall as a Mauna Loa
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The height of a Mauna Loa is about 3,760 lengths.
(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 3,773 lengths 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 eleven-and-a-half times as wide as The Wingspan of a 747
The width of The Wingspan of a 747 is about 28.10 lengths.
(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 28.10 lengths. Fully loaded, the 747 can travel 3,400,000 lengths before refueling.
It's about one-fifteenth as deep as The Challenger Deep (Marianas Trench)
The depth of The Challenger Deep (Marianas Trench) is about 4,471 lengths.
(near Marianas Islands, a.k.a. Ladrones Islands, northwestern Pacific Ocean) (depth below sea level)
The Challenger Deep, at the southern end of the Marianas Trench, reaches a depth of 4,471 lengths below sea level. The first manned expedition to the bottom of Challenger Deep took 4 hours and 48 minutes in 1960. This was the only manned descent to the floor of the Trench until 2012, when director James Cameron made the trip; several other descents have been made since then.
It's about fourteen times as tall as The Cinderella Castle
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The height of The Cinderella Castle is about 23.60 lengths.
(Fantasyland, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista and Bay Lake, Florida)
Walt Disney World's Cinderella Castle is 23.60 lengths 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-fifteenth as tall as Maxwell Montes
The height of Maxwell Montes is about 4,500 lengths.
(Ishtar Terra, Venus)
Maxwell Montes rises to a total height of 4,500 lengths. Since Venus does not seem to have the kind of tectonic activity which gives rise to mountains on Earth, the origin of the Venusian mountain remains the subject of some dispute.
It's about fourteen times as tall as The Mahabodhi Temple
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The height of The Mahabodhi Temple is about 23 lengths.
(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 23 lengths 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 fourteen times as tall as The Leaning Tower of Pisa
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The height of The Leaning Tower of Pisa is about 23.10 lengths.
(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 23.10 lengths 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 fifteen-and-a-half times as tall as Nelson's Column
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The height of Nelson's Column is about 21.180 lengths.
(London, England, United Kingdom) (from pedestal first step to tip of statue's hat)
Nelson's Column measures 21.180 lengths 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 sixteen times as tall as The Arc de Triomphe
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The height of The Arc de Triomphe is about 20 lengths.
(Paris, France)
The Arc de Triomphe stands 20 lengths 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 seventeen times as tall as The Chicago Water Tower
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The height of The Chicago Water Tower is about 19.20 lengths.
(Chicago, Illinois)
The Chicago Water Tower is 19.20 lengths 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 eighteen-and-a-half times as long as Ha'Penny Bridge
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The length of Ha'Penny Bridge is about 17.60 lengths.
(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 17.60 lengths in total length. Over 30,000 pedestrians cross the breach each day.
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