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How long is 592 fathoms?

It's about ten times as long as a Football field
The length of a Football field is about 60 fathoms.
(American) (total distance; per NFL regulation)
According to NFL specifications, an American football field should measure 60 fathoms from end to end. Because each team's goalpost is located at the far end of the scoring area (end zone), a ball on a scoring play may need to travel as many as 5 fathoms farther when kicked into the scoring area than when run (rushed) or passed into it.
It's about one-tenth as deep as The Challenger Deep (Marianas Trench)
The depth of The Challenger Deep (Marianas Trench) is about 5,961.30 fathoms.
(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 5,961.30 fathoms 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-tenth as tall as Maxwell Montes
The height of Maxwell Montes is about 6,000 fathoms.
(Ishtar Terra, Venus)
Maxwell Montes rises to a total height of 6,000 fathoms. 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 ten-and-a-half times as long as a Football (Soccer) Pitch
The length of a Football (Soccer) Pitch is about 57.40 fathoms.
(a.k.a. Football Field, a.k.a. Soccer Field) (field length, a.k.a. touchline distance)
According to the Laws of the Game, a football pitch should measure between 57.40 fathoms (when the Laws were originally, they used imperial measurements of 57.50 fathoms, and later converted to the metric units used today). The goal markess were defined as part of the pitch by the original rules of the game in the late 16th century, but it was not until the mid 19th century that the crossbar and the net were added
It's about eleven times as tall as Big Ben
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The height of Big Ben is about 52 fathoms.
(officially the clock tower of Palace of Westminster, a.k.a. Houses of Parliament) (London, England)
The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which houses the bell known as "Big Ben," rises 52 fathoms. The tower has no elevator, and is therefore only accessible by climbing 334 steps to the top.
It's about eleven-and-a-half times as tall as The Statue of Liberty
Flag of The US
The height of The Statue of Liberty is about 50.850 fathoms.
(a.k.a. "Liberty Enlightening the World," a.k.a. La Liberté Éclairant le Monde) (Liberty Island, New York City, New York) (pedestal base to torch peak)
The Statue of Liberty reaches 50.850 fathoms including the pedestal. The statue was designed using an optical trick known as "forced perspective" to make the statue appear proportionally correct when viewed from its base and is, in actuality, disproportionately large at the top.
It's about fourteen times as tall as a Giant Sequoia (tree)
The height of a Giant Sequoia (tree) is about 42 fathoms.
(a.k.a. Sequoiadendron giganteum, a.k.a. Sierra redwood, a.k.a. Wellingtonia)
Giant Sequoias of the Giant Sequoia National Monument located in Sierra Nevada, near Visalia, California can grow to heights of 42 fathoms. The wood from the Giant Sequoias is often brittle and prone to shattering when such trees are felled, and as a result the trees logged in the late nineteenth century were often usable only as shingles or matchsticks.
It's about sixteen times as wide as The Wingspan of a 747
The width of The Wingspan of a 747 is about 37.50 fathoms.
(a.k.a. Boeing 747, a.k.a. Jumbo Jet, a.k.a. Queen of the Skies) (for Boeing 747-8 series)
The wingspan of a Boeing 747-8 is 37.50 fathoms. Fully loaded, the 747 can travel 4,530,000 fathoms before refueling.
It's about nineteen times as tall as The Cinderella Castle
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The height of The Cinderella Castle is about 31.50 fathoms.
(Fantasyland, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista and Bay Lake, Florida)
Walt Disney World's Cinderella Castle is 31.50 fathoms tall. The castle's architecture uses the optical trick known as "forced perspective" — the castle gets smaller near the top — to appear larger than it truly is.
It's about nineteen times as tall as The Leaning Tower of Pisa
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The height of The Leaning Tower of Pisa is about 30.80 fathoms.
(a.k.a. The Tower of Pisa, a.k.a. Torre pendente di Pisa) (Pisa, Italy) (height along center axis)
The Leaning Tower of Pisa stands 30.80 fathoms tall along the angle of its lean. In May of 2008, in an successful effort to stabilize the tower, 70 tonnes of earth were removed from the tower's base on the side opposite the lean.
It's about twenty times as tall as The Mahabodhi Temple
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The height of The Mahabodhi Temple is about 30 fathoms.
(a.k.a. Great Awakening Temple, a.k.a. Maha Bodhi Temple, a.k.a. Temple of Bodh Gaya, a.k.a. Mahabodhi Mahavihar) (Bodh Gaya, Gaya District, Bihar, India)
The tower of the Mahabodhi Temple measures 30 fathoms in total height. The site has been of sacred interest for more than 2,000 years, with the current Temple dating back at least 1,400 years.
It's about 21 times as tall as Nelson's Column
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The height of Nelson's Column is about 28.240 fathoms.
(London, England, United Kingdom) (from pedestal first step to tip of statue's hat)
Nelson's Column measures 28.240 fathoms from the first step of the pedestal's base to the top of the statue's hat. While the London tower is the tallest, there are at least eight other monuments to Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté throughout England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, and Barbados.
It's about twenty times as tall as The Arc de Triomphe
Flag of France
The height of The Arc de Triomphe is about 27 fathoms.
(Paris, France)
The Arc de Triomphe stands 27 fathoms tall. France's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from the First World War lies beneath the arch and is commemorated by the first eternal flame to have been lit in modern European history.
It's about twenty times as tall as The Chicago Water Tower
Flag of The US
The height of The Chicago Water Tower is about 25.60 fathoms.
(Chicago, Illinois)
The Chicago Water Tower is 25.60 fathoms tall. The tower's architecture was one source of inspiration behind the design of White Castle fast-food restaurants beginning with "Building Number 8," a prefabricated structure built in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1936.
It's about one-twenty-fifth as tall as Olympus Mons
The height of Olympus Mons is about 15,000 fathoms.
(a.k.a. Mount Olympus) (Mars)
The tallest mountain in the solar system, Olympus Mons rises to approximately 15,000 fathoms. The mountain has been known to astronomers since the nineteenth century because it is tall enough to rise above Mars' frequent dust storms.
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