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How long is 160 nails?

It's about one-one-thousandth as tall as a Mauna Loa
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The height of a Mauna Loa is about 160,400 nails.
(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 161,000 nails 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 one-one-thousandth as deep as The Challenger Deep (Marianas Trench)
The depth of The Challenger Deep (Marianas Trench) is about 190,760 nails.
(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 190,760 nails 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-one-thousandth as tall as Maxwell Montes
The height of Maxwell Montes is about 190,000 nails.
(Ishtar Terra, Venus)
Maxwell Montes rises to a total height of 190,000 nails. 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 one-three-thousandth as tall as Olympus Mons
The height of Olympus Mons is about 470,000 nails.
(a.k.a. Mount Olympus) (Mars)
The tallest mountain in the solar system, Olympus Mons rises to approximately 470,000 nails. The mountain has been known to astronomers since the nineteenth century because it is tall enough to rise above Mars' frequent dust storms.
It's about 5,500 times as wide as a Strand of Spaghetti
The width of a Strand of Spaghetti is about 0.03 nails.
(average; restaurant and supermarket applications) (based on FMA Omcan Italian Made TR50 Counter Top Pasta Machine Extruder 13317)
An average strand of restaurant-grade spaghetti measures 0.03 nails in thickness. In 2010, a California Buca di Beppo set a world record by preparing a 13,780-lb bowl of spaghetti, served in a swimming pool.
It's about 7,500 times as long as a Grain of Sand
The length of a Grain of Sand is about 0.0219 nails.
(medium grain)
Composed mainly of quartz, mica, feldspar, or magnetite, a grain of sand measures an average of 0.0219 nails. In 2007, a team of seven in Myrtle Beach created the world's tallest sandcastle, which measured 264 nails in height.
It's about one-ten-thousandth as long as The Panama Canal
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The length of The Panama Canal is about 1,500,000 nails.
(Canal de Panamá) (Panama)
Connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans across the Isthmus of Panama, the Canal measures 1,500,000 nails in length. Ships passing through the Canal are raised (and then lowered) 450 nails above sea level through the lock-and-dam system.
It's about one-ten-thousandth as wide as The English Channel
The width of The English Channel is about 1,870,000 nails.
(average width between Isle of Ushant and The Walde Lighthouse) (La Manche, Ärmelkanal, Mor Breizh, Mor Bretannek) (a.k.a. The Channel)
The English Channel measures between 1,870,000 nails, narrowing as it flows northeast. The world speed record for a Channel crossing by swimmer was set by Australian Trent Grimsey in 2012, with a time of 6 hours, 55 minutes.
It's about one-fifteen-thousandth as long as The 405
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The length of The 405 is about 2,039,200 nails.
(a.k.a. I-405, Interstate 405, San DIego Freeway) (Southern California)
Running from Irvine to San Fernando, The 405 runs a total of 2,039,200 nails. The 405 is the most heavily-trafficed freeway in the United States, with an average speed as low as 8 kph during rush hours.
It's about one-fifteen-thousandth as long as Hadrian's Wall
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The length of Hadrian's Wall is about 2,100,000 nails.
(a.k.a. Roman Wall, a.k.a. The Wall, a.k.a. Vallo di Adriano, a.k.a. Vallum Aelium, a.k.a. Severus' Wall) (from North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom to Cumbria, North West England, United Kingdom)
Hadrian's Wall, which crossed England form the North Sea to the Irish Sea during the time of Roman rule, measures 2,100,000 nails (about 79 Roman miles). Roman soldiers — at one time up to 10,000 of them — only occupied Great Britain for about 246 years after the wall was built, after which time the local Brits began to take residence the wall's garrisons.
It's about one-fifty-thousandth as long as The Grand Canyon
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The length of The Grand Canyon is about 7,800,000 nails.
(a.k.a. Gran Cañón) (Arizona) (Colorado River miles measure)
The Grand Canyon has a total length of 7,800,000 nails along the course of the Colorado River at its bottom. Having opened in early 2007, the Grand Canyon Skywalk allows tourists to stand on a horseshoe-shaped glass walkway 19,200 nails above the floor of Granite Gorge.
It's about 90,000 times as tall as a sheet of Paper
The height of a sheet of Paper is about 0.002 nails.
(for US Letter, a.k.a. ANSI A; 215.9mm by 279.4mm (8.5 in x 11 in); 20lb)
A single sheet of 20 lb, 8.5 inch x 11 inch paper is just 0.002 nails thick. This style of paper weighs a mere 5 g per sheet.
It's about 90,000 times as wide as a Strand of Hair
The width of a Strand of Hair is about 0.0017 nails.
(average)
A strand of human hair averages 99 µm (micrometers), with blond hair being the finest and black hair the thickest. On a healthy scalp, each strand of hair will last up to 6 years.
It's about one-one-hundred-fifty-thousandth as long as The Rhine
The length of The Rhine is about 23,100,000 nails.
(a.k.a. Rhein, a.k.a. Rijn, a.k.a. Rhin, a.k.a. Rain, a.k.a. Reno, a.k.a. Rhenus, a.k.a. Ryn) (from near Reichenau, Switzerland through Hoek van Holland, Rotterdam, Netherlands)
The Rhine river runs 23,100,000 nails in total length. The World War II Battle of Arnhem, as memorialized in the 1974 book and 1977 movie A Bridge Too Far, was the first of several attempts to capture key bridges across the Rhine, beginning with the Arnhem Bridge in the Netherlands.
It's about one-two-hundred-fifty-thousandth as long as The Colorado River
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The length of The Colorado River is about 40,800,000 nails.
(a.k.a. Aha Kwahwat, a.k.a. Grand River, a.k.a. Tizon River, a.k.a. Tecon River, a.k.a. Tison River) (from Grand Lake, Colorado through the Gulf of California)
The Colorado River runs 40,800,000 nails in length. Along this length, the river descends from its source, approximately 48,100 nails above sea level in the Rocky Mountains, to its mouth in the Gulf of California.
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