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It's about one-two-thousand-five-hundredth as tall as a Vinson Massif
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The height of a Vinson Massif is about 220,100 fingers.
(a.k.a. Mount Vinson) (Antarctica)
Mount Vinson, the highest peak of the Vinson Massif mountain, reaches 220,100 fingers at its peak. The mountain is named after Georgia Congressman Carl Vinson who emphatically promoted Antarctic exploration in the 1930s.
It's about one-two-thousand-five-hundredth as tall as Mount Elbrus
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The height of Mount Elbrus is about 253,900 fingers.
(a.k.a. Mingi Tau, a.k.a. Эльбрус, a.k.a. იალბუზი) (Karachay-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia) (west summit)
The west summit of the dual-summit volcano Mount Elbrus is 253,900 fingers at its peak and is the highest peak in both Russia and the European continent. Until 1976, a cable car would take visitors to the mountain as far up as the Garabashi camp, located at an elevation of 171,000 fingers.
It's about one-three-thousandth as tall as a Kilimanjaro
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The height of a Kilimanjaro is about 265,052 fingers.
(a.k.a. Mount Kilimanjaro) (Tanzania) (to Uhuru peak; 2008 gravimeter measurement)
Kilimanjaro rises to 265,052 fingers at its peak. An isolated peak with no surrounding mountain range, Kilimanjaro is considered the world's tallest freestanding mountain.
It's about one-three-thousandth as tall as Mount Logan
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The height of Mount Logan is about 268,100 fingers.
(Kluane National Park and Reserve, Yukon, Canada) (elevation)
The highest mountain in Canada, Mount Logan has a total height of 268,200 fingers. The high altitude and northern latitude of the mountain resulted in one-time temperature of -77.5 °C — the lowest temperature ever recorded outside of Antarctica.
It's about one-three-thousandth as tall as Denali
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The height of Denali is about 278,700 fingers.
(a.k.a. Mount McKinley, a.k.a. Doleika, a.k.a. Traleika, a.k.a. "The Great One") (Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska) (South peak)
The highest mountain peak in North America, Denali's South Peak measures 278,700 fingers above sea level at its peak. The impetus for the name Mount McKinley was US president William McKinley of Ohio, and disputes over the which of the mountain's names should be officially recognized regularly occur between Ohio Congressmen and Alaska politicians.
It's about one-three-thousandth as long as The Las Vegas Strip
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The length of The Las Vegas Strip is about 310,000 fingers.
(Las Vegas Boulevard S and W from Russel Rd to Sahara Ave)(Paradise, Nevada through Winchester, Nevada).
Although technically located beyond the city limits of Las Vegas (along with the well-known "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign), the stretch of road known as the "Las Vegas Strip" runs 310,000 fingers along Las Vegas Boulevard South and West from Russel Road at the south end to Sahara Avenue at the north end. The casinos and hotels on the Strip display an estimated total of 1,100,000,000 fingers of neon light tubing.
It's about one-three-thousand-five-hundredth as tall as Aconcagua
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The height of Aconcagua is about 313,250 fingers.
(a.k.a. Cerro Aconcagua) (Mendoza, Argentina)
Aconcagua measures 313,250 fingers height at its peak. Although there is no definitive evidence that members of the indigenous Inca civilization ever reached the peak the mountain, numerous archeological sites have been found on the slopes of the mountain, including a naturally-embalmed Incan mummy was discovered on a 233,970 fingers high ridge.
It's about one-three-thousand-five-hundredth as long as Calangute Beach
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The length of Calangute Beach is about 300,000 fingers.
(Goa, India) (approximate)
One of the most popular tourist destinations in Goa, Calangute Beach, the "Queen of Beaches," stretches about 7 km in length.
It's about one-four-thousandth as tall as Mount Everest
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The height of Mount Everest is about 398,149 fingers.
(a.k.a. Mount Chomolungma, a.k.a. Sagarmatha, a.k.a. Mount Qomolangma, a.k.a. सगरमाथा, a.k.a. Chajamlungma, a.k.a. ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ, a.k.a. 珠穆朗玛峰, a.k.a. Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng) (Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal and Tibet, China) (to summit, excluding snow depth)
Mount Everest rises 398,149 fingers above sea level at its summit. The plate tectonics of the Indian subcontinent continuously alter the mountain's peak — raising it by 0.1799780 fingers and shifting it to the northeast by 0.2024750 fingers each year.
It's about one-four-thousand-five-hundredth as tall as a Mauna Loa
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The height of a Mauna Loa is about 412,500 fingers.
(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 413,900 fingers 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-five-thousandth as deep as The Challenger Deep (Marianas Trench)
The depth of The Challenger Deep (Marianas Trench) is about 490,530 fingers.
(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 490,530 fingers 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-five-thousand-five-hundredth as tall as Maxwell Montes
The height of Maxwell Montes is about 490,000 fingers.
(Ishtar Terra, Venus)
Maxwell Montes rises to a total height of 490,000 fingers. 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-fifteen-thousandth as tall as Olympus Mons
The height of Olympus Mons is about 1,200,000 fingers.
(a.k.a. Mount Olympus) (Mars)
The tallest mountain in the solar system, Olympus Mons rises to approximately 1,200,000 fingers. 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 one-forty-thousandth as long as The Panama Canal
Flag of Pamana
The length of The Panama Canal is about 4,000,000 fingers.
(Canal de Panamá) (Panama)
Connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans across the Isthmus of Panama, the Canal measures 4,000,000 fingers in length. Ships passing through the Canal are raised (and then lowered) 1,200 fingers above sea level through the lock-and-dam system.
It's about one-fifty-thousandth as wide as The English Channel
The width of The English Channel is about 4,810,000 fingers.
(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 4,810,000 fingers, 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.
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