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It's about 350 times as long as The Seventeenth hole of Pebble Beach
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The length of The Seventeenth hole of Pebble Beach is about 142 ells.
(fully Pebble Beach Golf Links) (Pebble Beach; Monterey, California) (from Blue Tee)
The seventeenth hole on Pebble Beach Golf Links is a par 3 measuring 142 ells from the blue tee. This hole was the site of professional golfer Jack Nicklaus' 1972 U.S. Open win, which included a 1-iron shot that bounced off the hole's flag and resulted in a birdie.
It's about 400 times as tall as Blackpool Tower
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The height of Blackpool Tower is about 138 ells.
(Blackpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom) (height to peak)
Blackpool Tower, part of an entertainment complex in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, measures 138 ells to its peak. Under ideal conditions, visitors to the highest accessible point of the tower can see as far as the Isle of Man — 84,000 ells to the northwest.
It's about 400 times as tall as The Spring Temple Buddha
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The height of The Spring Temple Buddha is about 134 ells.
(a.k.a. 中原大佛, a.k.a. 鲁山大佛, a.k.a. 魯山大佛) (Fodushan Scenic Area, Lushan County, Henan, China) (including base)
The tallest statue in the world, the Spring Temple Buddha in Henan, China stands at 134 ells tall from its base. The Buddha is located in the 47,300,000-sq. m (11,700-acre) Fodushan Scenic Area near Mount Yao
It's about 400 times as long as The Shambles
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The length of The Shambles is about 130 ells.
(a.k.a. Maze of Twisting, a.k.a. The Great Flesh Shambles) (York, England, United Kingdom) (approximate)
The Shambles, a historic shopping street in York, stretches about 130 ells. Several of the buildings along the street are over seven hundred years old.
It's about 450 times as tall as The Great Pyramid of Giza
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The height of The Great Pyramid of Giza is about 110 ells.
(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 110 ells. 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.
It's about 550 times as long as a Football field
The length of a Football field is about 96 ells.
(American) (total distance; per NFL regulation)
According to NFL specifications, an American football field should measure 96 ells from end to end. Because each team's goalpost is located at the far end of the scoring area (end zone), a ball on a scoring play may need to travel as many as 8 ells farther when kicked into the scoring area than when run (rushed) or passed into it.
It's about 550 times as long as a Football (Soccer) Pitch
The length of a Football (Soccer) Pitch is about 91.90 ells.
(a.k.a. Football Field, a.k.a. Soccer Field) (field length, a.k.a. touchline distance)
According to the Laws of the Game, a football pitch should measure between 91.90 ells (when the Laws were originally, they used imperial measurements of 92 ells, and later converted to the metric units used today). The goal markess were defined as part of the pitch by the original rules of the game in the late 16th century, but it was not until the mid 19th century that the crossbar and the net were added
It's about 600 times as tall as Big Ben
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The height of Big Ben is about 84 ells.
(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 84 ells. The tower has no elevator, and is therefore only accessible by climbing 334 steps to the top.
It's about 650 times as tall as The Statue of Liberty
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The height of The Statue of Liberty is about 81.360 ells.
(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 81.360 ells 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 one-six-hundred-fiftieth as long as The Circumfrence of Earth
The length of The Circumfrence of Earth is about 35,061,255 ells.
(Equatorial)
The Earth — not a perfect sphere, but rather an oblate spheroid with bulged middle — has an Equatorial circumference of approximately 35,061,255 ells. The first airplane trip around the circumference of the Earth (with a few stops along the way), was completed in 1924 by the United States Army Air Service, and took 175 days.
It's about 800 times as tall as a Giant Sequoia (tree)
The height of a Giant Sequoia (tree) is about 66 ells.
(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 66 ells. 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 900 times as wide as The Wingspan of a 747
The width of The Wingspan of a 747 is about 59.90 ells.
(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 59.90 ells. Fully loaded, the 747 can travel 7,250,000 ells before refueling.
It's about 1,000 times as tall as The Cinderella Castle
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The height of The Cinderella Castle is about 50.40 ells.
(Fantasyland, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista and Bay Lake, Florida)
Walt Disney World's Cinderella Castle is 50.40 ells 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 1,000 times as tall as The Leaning Tower of Pisa
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The height of The Leaning Tower of Pisa is about 49.30 ells.
(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 49.30 ells 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 1,000 times as tall as The Mahabodhi Temple
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The height of The Mahabodhi Temple is about 48 ells.
(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 48 ells 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.
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