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Is 85 nautical miles as long as The Great Pyramid of Giza?

It's about 1,000 times as tall as The Great Pyramid of Giza
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The height of The Great Pyramid of Giza is about 0.07 nautical miles.
(a.k.a. Pyramid of Khufu, a.k.a. Pyramid of Cheops) (Cairo, Egypt) (estimated original height)
The Great Pyramid of Giza has an estimated original height (without loss due to erosion) of 0.07 nautical miles. The Pyramid was the tallest structure in the world for almost 4,000 years — from its construction ca. 2551 BCE until it was overtaken by the Lincoln Cathedral in Lincoln, England, built in the year 1300.
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