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It's about one-one-hundredth as long as The Amazon River
The length of The Amazon River is about 6,437,000,000,000 microns.
(from Nevado Mismi, Arequipa, Peru through near Marajó, Brazil) (approximate distance)
The Amazon River has an approximate distance of 6,437,000,000,000 microns. Although by most measures it is the largest and one of the most significant rivers in the world, the region surrounding the Amazon is mostly sparsely populated and the river itself has no bridges across it at any point.
It's about 100 times as tall as The CN Tower
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The height of The CN Tower is about 553,330,000 microns.
(a.k.a. La Tour CN, a.k.a. Canadian National Tower, a.k.a. Canada's National Tower) (Toronto, Canada) (to spire)
The CN Tower measures 553,330,000 microns tall at its spire. Used only in emergencies and for charitable climbing events, the 2,579-step staircase to the top is the longest metal staircase in the world.
It's about 100 times as tall as The Willis Tower
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The height of The Willis Tower is about 520,000,000 microns.
(a.k.a. Sears Tower) (Chicago, Illinois) (to antenna peak)
The Willis Tower rises to about 520,000,000 microns to the top of its tallest antenna. The bathrooms on the 103rd floor are said to be the highest in the western hemisphere at about 412,000,000 microns.
It's about 100 times as tall as The Shanghai World Financial Center
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The height of The Shanghai World Financial Center is about 492,000,000 microns.
(上海环球金融中 上海環球金融中心, Shànghǎi huánqiú jīnróng zhōngxīn) (a.k.a. SWFC) (Shanghai, China) (to spire)
The Shanghai World Financial Center is 492,000,000 microns tall to its roof. It is home to both the world's highest hotel (on its 79th through 93rd floors) and the world's tallest observation deck (on its 100th floor, approximately 474,000,000 microns above ground).
It's about 150 times as tall as The Petronas Twin Towers
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The height of The Petronas Twin Towers is about 451,900,000 microns.
(a.k.a. Menara Berkembar Petronas, a.k.a. Petronas Towers) (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) (to spire)
Each of the Petronas Towers stands 451,900,000 microns to their spires. Holding the record as the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004, the towers continue to hold the record for the deepest foundation barrettes — up to 115,000,000 microns deep.
It's about one-one-hundred-fiftieth as long as The Great Wall of China (total)
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The length of The Great Wall of China (total) is about 8,850,000,000,000 microns.
(长城, 長城, Chángchéng, a.k.a. 万里长城, 萬里長城, Wànlǐ Chángchéng) (a.k.a. "The long wall of 10,000 Li") (from Shanhaiguan through Lop Nur, China) (total length, all branches)
The Great Wall of China, including all branches and trenches, is 8,850,000,000,000 microns. Built and maintained in multiple sections over about eleven centuries, the Great Wall is currently suffering the effects of erosion, especially in the older sections made primarily out of mud.
It's about 150 times as tall as The Empire State Building
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The height of The Empire State Building is about 381,010,000 microns.
(New York City, New York) (to top of building)
The Empire State Building stands 381,010,000 microns to its architectural peak. The spire emerging from the top of the building was originally intended to be a mooring mast for blimps whose passengers could disembark onto a landing platform on the 102nd floor of the building.
It's about 200 times as tall as The Eiffel Tower
The height of The Eiffel Tower is about 324,000,000 microns.
(a.k.a. La Tour Eiffel) (Paris, France) (to flagpole peak)
The Eiffel Tower stands 324,000,000 microns tall, including its flagpole. The Tower is the largest structure in Paris as most other buildings are governed by a zoning restriction limiting them to a height of 37,000,000 microns or less.
It's about 200 times as long as The QE2
The length of The QE2 is about 294,000,000 microns.
(a.k.a. RMS Queen Elizabeth 2)
The QE2 has a total length of 294,000,000 microns. During its voyaging lifetime from 1969 through 2008, it travelled more than 9,600,000,000,000,000.000000000000000000 microns, the furthest cumulative distance by any ship in modern history.
It's about one-two-hundredth as long as The Diameter of Earth
The length of The Diameter of Earth is about 12,756,273,000,000 microns.
(Equatorial)
The Earth — not a perfect sphere, but rather an oblate spheroid with bulged middle — has a diameter of approximately 12,756,273,000,000 microns at the Equator. The first complete view of Earth's diameter was in a photograph taken from a V-2 rocket launched in 1946 by the United States Army, which reached an altitude of 104,607,360,000 microns.
It's about 250 times as tall as The Golden Gate Bridge
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The height of The Golden Gate Bridge is about 227,000,000 microns.
(San Francisco, California and Marin County, California) (height above water)
The height of each tower of Golden Gate Bridge is 227,000,000 microns above the surface of the San Francisco Bay. One of the key designers of the bridge, Charles Ellis, had no engineering degree when he began working on the project, but would later go on to write what became a standard textbook on structural engineering, and would ultimately be forced to complete his calculations on the bridge by working without pay for five months.
It's about 350 times as tall as The Space Needle
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The height of The Space Needle is about 184,000,000 microns.
(Seattle, Washington) (to aircraft warning beacon at peak)
Built for a 1962 World's Fair, the Space Needle stands 184,000,000 microns tall. With a track-and-wheel design inspired by railroad mechanics and a precisely-configured balance, the restaurant near the top of the space needle requires just a 1.5 hp motor to rotate at speeds of about 0.053 kph (0.033 mph).
It's about 350 times as tall as St. Paul's Cathedral
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The height of St. Paul's Cathedral is about 174,000,000 microns.
(London, England, United Kingdom)
St. Paul's Cathedral measures 174,000,000 microns to its peak. The southwest tower of the Cathedral contains the bell known as "Great Paul," which is the largest bell in Great Britain at 15,000 kg (16.5 tons), outweighing the more iconic Big Ben bell by about 3,000 kg (3 tons).
It's about 350 times as tall as The Washington Monument
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The height of The Washington Monument is about 169,290,000 microns.
(Washington, D.C.)
The Washington Monument measures 169,290,000 microns tall, with some discrepancy due to the fact that the Monument's base is slightly below the surrounding ground. Interrupted in its construction by the American Civil War, it was almost 36 years between groundbreaking and the completion of construction.
It's about 350 times as tall as The Singapore Flyer (Ferris wheel)
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The height of The Singapore Flyer (Ferris wheel) is about 165,000,000 microns.
(a.k.a. 新加坡摩天观景轮, a.k.a. சிங்கப்பூர் ஃப்ளையர், a.k.a. Pelayang Singapura) (Marina Centre, Singapore)
The Singapore Flyer has a height of 165,000,000 microns. Based on recommendations from Feng Shui masters, the wheel was re-engineered to spin in the opposite direction five months after it began operating.
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