Correction for the height of The Statue of Liberty
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How long is 816 miles?
It's about 15,000 times as tall as The Statue of Liberty
The height of The Statue of Liberty is about 0.05778 miles.
(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 0.05778 miles 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.