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It's about one-tenth as tall as Denali
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The height of Denali is about 5,418 ells.
(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 5,418 ells 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 ten-and-a-half 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 ten-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 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 eleven 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.
It's about one-tenth as long as Calangute Beach
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The length of Calangute Beach is about 6,000 ells.
(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-tenth as long as The Las Vegas Strip
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The length of The Las Vegas Strip is about 5,900 ells.
(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 5,900 ells 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 21,000,000 ells of neon light tubing.
It's about one-tenth as tall as Aconcagua
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The height of Aconcagua is about 6,090.90 ells.
(a.k.a. Cerro Aconcagua) (Mendoza, Argentina)
Aconcagua measures 6,090.90 ells 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 4,549.40 ells high ridge.
It's about eleven-and-a-half times as tall as Nelson's Column
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The height of Nelson's Column is about 45.180 ells.
(London, England, United Kingdom) (from pedestal first step to tip of statue's hat)
Nelson's Column measures 45.180 ells 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 twelve times as tall as The Arc de Triomphe
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The height of The Arc de Triomphe is about 43 ells.
(Paris, France)
The Arc de Triomphe stands 43 ells 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 thirteen times as tall as The Chicago Water Tower
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The height of The Chicago Water Tower is about 41 ells.
(Chicago, Illinois)
The Chicago Water Tower is 41 ells 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 fourteen times as long as Ha'Penny Bridge
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The length of Ha'Penny Bridge is about 37.50 ells.
(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 37.50 ells in total length. Over 30,000 pedestrians cross the breach each day.
It's about one-fifteenth as tall as Mount Everest
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The height of Mount Everest is about 7,741.780 ells.
(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 7,741.780 ells above sea level at its summit. The plate tectonics of the Indian subcontinent continuously alter the mountain's peak — raising it by 0.00349956 ells and shifting it to the northeast by 0.00393701 ells 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 8,021 ells.
(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 8,049 ells 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 one-twentieth as deep as The Challenger Deep (Marianas Trench)
The depth of The Challenger Deep (Marianas Trench) is about 9,538.10 ells.
(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 9,538.10 ells 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 one-twentieth as tall as Maxwell Montes
The height of Maxwell Montes is about 9,600 ells.
(Ishtar Terra, Venus)
Maxwell Montes rises to a total height of 9,600 ells. 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.
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