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It's about one-twenty-thousandth as big as Kangaroo Island
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The size of Kangaroo Island is about 5,268,000,000 square yards.
(a.k.a. Karta) (state of South Australia, Australia)
Kangaroo Island, off the southern coast of Australia, measures 5,268,000,000 square yards in total area. The island is famous for its ligurian bee colonies, exporting over 100 tonnes of honey each year.
It's about one-twenty-thousandth as big as Fort Bliss
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The size of Fort Bliss is about 5,420,000,000 square yards.
(near Las Cruces, New Mexico and El Paso, Texas)
Fort Bliss is the United States Army's second-largest installation with a total area of 5,420,000,000 square yards. It is known as the largest TRADOC (Training and Doctrine Command) site, the Army's largest maneuver area, and the country's largest contiguous tract of open airspace.
It's about one-twenty-thousandth as big as Grand Canyon National Park
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The size of Grand Canyon National Park is about 5,896,937,610 square yards.
(Coconino County and Mohave Counties, Arizona, near Fredonia and Grand Canyon, Arizona)
Containing the 446 km (277 mi) Grand Canyon gorge, Grand Canyon National Park covers 5,896,936,560 square yards.
It's about one-twenty-thousandth as big as Calgary
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The size of Calgary is about 6,111,760,000 square yards.
(Calgary metro) (Canada)
One of the largest cities in Canada, Calgary measures 6,111,760,000 square yards. Calgary has a large parks system, with 800 km of pathways connecting the city's various parks.
It's about one-twenty-five-thousandth as big as Prince Edward Island
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The size of Prince Edward Island is about 6,797,900,000 square yards.
(a.k.a. PEI, a.k.a. P.E.I., a.k.a. Île-du-Prince-Édouard, a.k.a. Eilean a' Phrionnsa, a.k.a. Garden of the Gulf, a.k.a. Birthplace of the Confederation, a.k.a. Île Saint-Jean)
Prince Edward Island, located off Canada's eastern coast in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, measures 6,797,900,000 square yards in total area. Significant among Prince Edward Island's industries is agriculture, with the island producing 1.3 billion kg (1.4 million tons) of potatoes each year — almost 21% the output of the US state of Idaho with 3% as much land.
It's about one-twenty-five-thousandth as big as Tshwane
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The size of Tshwane is about 7,616,000,000 square yards.
(a.k.a. Pretoria, a.k.a. ePitoli, a.k.a. Jacaranda City) (Gauteng, South Africa) (for Tshwane metro area)
Tshwane, South Africa's executive capital, measures 7,616,000,000 square yards in total metro area. The Reserve Bank of South Africa is the city's tallest building at 150 m in height.
It's about one-thirty-thousandth as big as Ottawa
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The size of Ottawa is about 8,093,750,000 square yards.
(a.k.a. Ville d'Ottawa) (Ottawa metropolitan area) (Canada)
The capital and fourth-largest city of Canada, Ottawa measures 8,093,750,000 square yards. For many years, the skyline of Ottawa was dominated by the Peace Tower (la Tour de la Paix), with city ordinances preventing other structures from exceeding its 92.2 m height.
It's about one-forty-five-thousandth as big as Hawaii (Island)
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The size of Hawaii (Island) is about 12,477,200,000 square yards.
(a.k.a. Hawaii, a.k.a. The Big Island) (Hawaii)
The largest of the main Hawaiian Islands and the largest island in the United States, Hawaii measures 12,477,200,000 square yards in total area. It is known for its continuously erupting (for the past two decades, as of 2011) volcano, Kīlauea, and for the black sand beaches formed by the lava flow.
It's about one-fifty-five-thousandth as big as Sydney
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The size of Sydney is about 14,791,600,000 square yards.
(a.k.a. Cadi) (Greater Sydney region) (Australia)
The region of Greater Sydney, the largest city of Oceania, measures 14,791,600,000 square yards. The Royal National Park, in Sutherland Shire, located in the southern part of the city, is the second oldest national park in the world and covers 157,871,000 square yards.
It's about 60,000 times as big as a King Size Bed
The size of a King Size Bed is about 4.820 square yards.
(North American/Australian standard; length; mattress only)
A King-Size mattress measures 4.820 square yards in total area. Although most antique beds were smaller than modern beds, it was not uncommon for beds in the medieval Europe to reach 5.980 square yards for those in positions of wealth or power.
It's about one-seventy-thousandth as big as Brisbane
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The size of Brisbane is about 18,947,000,000 square yards.
(Greater Brisbane region) (Australia)
Brisbane, the most populous city in Australia, measures 18,947,000,000 square yards. Winding through the city is the Brisbane River, which is lined by the 870 m Bisbane Riverwalk.
It's about one-eighty-thousandth as big as Lake Ontario
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The size of Lake Ontario is about 22,680,000,000 square yards.
(a.k.a. Lac Ontario) (surface area)
The smallest of North America's Great Lakes (by surface area), Lake Ontario has a total area of 22,680,000,000 square yards. It borders the cities of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Rochester, New York.
It's about one-ninety-thousandth as big as Wales
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The size of Wales is about 24,795,000,000 square yards.
(a.k.a. Cymru) (total area)
The area of the country of Wales (in the United Kingdom) is 24,795,000,000 square yards. More than 914,570,000 square yards, or about 4% of the country's land area, is made up of the fifty-plus islands in the Irish and Celtic Seas off the coast of the Welsh mainland.
It's about one-one-hundred-thousandth as big as Lake Erie
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The size of Lake Erie is about 30,700,000,000 square yards.
(a.k.a. Lac &ri&) (surface area)
The fourth largest of North America's Great Lakes and the thirteenth largest lake in the world (by surface area), Lake Erie has a total area of 30,700,000,000 square yards. It borders the cities of Cleveland, Ohio and Toledo, Ohio.
It's about one-one-hundred-thousandth as big as Hawaii
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The size of Hawaii is about 33,859,810,000 square yards.
(a.k.a. Moku'āina o Hawai'i) (United States)
The "Aloha State," Hawaii measures 33,859,810,000 square yards in total area. A total of 137 islands make up the Hawaiian archipelago, with the eight principle islands measuring 19,894,700,000 square yards in combined total area.
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