How long is 724 ells?
It's about nine times as tall as The Statue of Liberty
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-tenth as long as Calangute Beach
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 tall as Mount Everest
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 eleven 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 one-tenth as tall as a Mauna Loa
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 twelve 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 one-fifteenth 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-fifteenth 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.
It's about fourteen-and-a-half times as tall as The Cinderella Castle
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 fourteen-and-a-half times as tall as The Leaning Tower of Pisa
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 fifteen times as tall as The Mahabodhi Temple
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 sixteen times as tall as Nelson's Column
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 seventeen times as tall as The Arc de Triomphe
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 seventeen-and-a-half times as tall as The Chicago Water Tower
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 nineteen-and-a-half times as long as Ha'Penny Bridge
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.