How big is 15,890,000,000 square yards?
It's about one-twenty-fifth as big as The Great Barrier Reef
The size of The Great Barrier Reef is about 416,000,000,000 square yards.
(a.k.a. Barrier Reef) (Coral Sea, off Queensland, Australia) (approximate)
The Great Barrier Reef, the largest such reef in the world, covers about 416,000,000,000 square yards. Reefs, such as the Great Barrier, grow in diameter at a rate of 1 to 3 cm per year.
It's about one-thirtieth as big as Montana
The size of Montana is about 455,478,540,000 square yards.
(United States)
The "Treasure State," Montana measures 455,478,540,000 square yards in total area. The northwest corner of Montana is home to Flathead Lake, the largest freshwater lake in the continental United States with a surface area of 593,211,060 square yards.
It's about thirty times as big as San Jose
The size of San Jose is about 542,000,000 square yards.
(a.k.a. Capital of Silicon Valley) (California)
The third-largest city in California as of 2009, San Jose measures 542,000,000 square yards in total area. The city is known for its large technology industry.
It's about one-thirtieth as big as California
The size of California is about 507,063,400,000 square yards.
(United States)
The "Golden State," California measures 507,063,400,000 square yards in total area. California is home to both the highest point — Mt. Whitney at 4,421 m (14,505 ft) — and lowest point — Death Valley at 85.5 m (282 ft) below sea level — in the continental United States, the two of which are separated by just 123 km (76 mi).
It's about thirty times as big as The Isle of Wight
The size of The Isle of Wight is about 464,000,000 square yards.
(England, United Kingdom)
The Isle of Wight, located in the English Channel, just off the English mainland, measures 464,000,000 square yards in total area. The Island hosts the world's largest and longest-running regular regatta — Cowes Week — which has brought over 1,000 yachts to the island each August since 1812.
It's about forty times as big as Detroit
The size of Detroit is about 430,000,000 square yards.
(Michigan)
The largest city in Michigan as of 2009, Detroit measures 430,000,000 square yards in total area. The city is known for its automotive industry and its popular music legacies in the soul, hip hop, pop, and rhythm & blues genres
It's about forty times as big as Philadelphia
The size of Philadelphia is about 418,500,000 square yards.
(a.k.a. Philly, a.k.a. The City of Brotherly Love) (Pennsylvania)
The largest city in Pennsylvania as of 2009 and at one time the second-largest city in the British Empire, Philadelphia measures 418,500,000 square yards in total area. The city is known as a center of great historical importance and as the one-time capital of the United States.
It's about 40 times as big as Dublin
The size of Dublin is about 379,700,000 square yards.
(a.k.a. Baile Átha Cliath) (Leinster, Ireland) (for metro Dublin City)
The city of Dublin and its surrounding metro areas measure 379,700,000 square yards. Dublin is home to the Spire of Dublin, a stainless steel monument built in 2003 that rises to 121.2 m in height.
It's about 50 times as big as Edinburgh
The size of Edinburgh is about 316,000,000 square yards.
(a.k.a. Edinburgh, a.k.a. Dùn Èideann, a.k.a. Edinburgum) (Scotland, United Kingdom)
Edinburgh, Scotland's capital, measures 316,000,000 square yards. Edinburgh Castle, atop Castle Rock, is the centerpiece of the city and has been continuously-occupied for over 1,800 years.
It's about one-fiftieth as big as Texas
The size of Texas is about 831,955,950,000 square yards.
(United States)
The "Lone Star State," Texas measures 831,955,950,000 square yards in total area. Texas covers so much area that Texarkana — a city in the state's northeastern corner — is about 30 km closer to Chicago, Illinois, than it is to El Paso — in the western corner of Texas.
It's about 60 times as big as Abel Tasman National Park
The size of Abel Tasman National Park is about 269,500,000 square yards.
(Tasman District, South Island, New Zealand)
New Zealand's Abel Tasman National Park measures about 269,500,000 square yards in total area. The size of the park has increased over the years as donated parcels of land have been added to it, with the last expansion in 2008 adding 9,448,000 square yards.
It's about 75 times as big as Washington, D.C.
The size of Washington, D.C. is about 212,000,000 square yards.
(formally the District of Columbia, a.k.a. Washington, a.k.a. the District, a.k.a. DC) (United State)
The United States' capital and only federal district, Washington, D.C. is a 212,000,000 square yards area located between the states of Virginia and Maryland. Washington, D.C. is known as the center of each of the three branches of the United States federal government and as home to many of the nation's monuments, museums, and foreign embassies.
It's about 100 times as big as Hilton Head
The size of Hilton Head is about 130,198,000 square yards.
(a.k.a. Hilton Head Island) (South Carolina)
Hilton Head Island measures 130,195,000 square yards in total land area. The island (and city of the same name) is located in the Atlantic Ocean and is known as popular vacation destination.
It's about one-one-hundred-fiftieth as big as Alaska
The size of Alaska is about 2,054,536,600,000 square yards.
(United States)
The "Last Frontier," Alaska measures 2,054,536,600,000 square yards in total area. Alaska is home to over 100,000 glaciers — half of the world's total — including the Bering Glacier complex near the southeastern border of Alaska, which covers 6,972,622,000 square yards.
It's about 150 times as big as Disney World
The size of Disney World is about 121,000,000 square yards.
(a.k.a. Walk Disney World Resort, a.k.a. Walt Disney World, a.k.a. WDW) (Lake Buena Vista and Bay Lake, Florida) (total site)
Disney World currently occupies 121,000,000 square yards. Part of the former total area of 144,000,000 square yards now comprises the Disney planned community of Celebration, Florida.