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How long is 1.8 leas?

It's about one-and-nine-tenths times as wide as The Wingspan of a 747
The width of The Wingspan of a 747 is about 0.9360 leas.
(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 0.9360 leas. Fully loaded, the 747 can travel 113,000 leas before refueling.
It's about two-fifths as long as The QE2
The length of The QE2 is about 4.02 leas.
(a.k.a. RMS Queen Elizabeth 2)
The QE2 has a total length of 4.02 leas. During its voyaging lifetime from 1969 through 2008, it travelled more than 131,000,000 leas, the furthest cumulative distance by any ship in modern history.
It's about two-and-a-half times as tall as The Cinderella Castle
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The height of The Cinderella Castle is about 0.7870 leas.
(Fantasyland, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista and Bay Lake, Florida)
Walt Disney World's Cinderella Castle is 0.7870 leas 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 two-and-a-half times as tall as The Leaning Tower of Pisa
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The height of The Leaning Tower of Pisa is about 0.7710 leas.
(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 0.7710 leas 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 two-and-a-half times as tall as The Mahabodhi Temple
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The height of The Mahabodhi Temple is about 0.750 leas.
(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 0.750 leas 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 two-fifths as tall as The Eiffel Tower
The height of The Eiffel Tower is about 4.430 leas.
(a.k.a. La Tour Eiffel) (Paris, France) (to flagpole peak)
The Eiffel Tower stands 4.430 leas 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 0.5060 leas or less.
It's about two-and-a-half times as tall as Nelson's Column
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The height of Nelson's Column is about 0.70590 leas.
(London, England, United Kingdom) (from pedestal first step to tip of statue's hat)
Nelson's Column measures 0.70590 leas 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 two-and-a-half times as tall as The Arc de Triomphe
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The height of The Arc de Triomphe is about 0.670 leas.
(Paris, France)
The Arc de Triomphe stands 0.670 leas 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 three times as tall as The Chicago Water Tower
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The height of The Chicago Water Tower is about 0.6410 leas.
(Chicago, Illinois)
The Chicago Water Tower is 0.6410 leas 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-third as tall as The Empire State Building
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The height of The Empire State Building is about 5.20850 leas.
(New York City, New York) (to top of building)
The Empire State Building stands 5.20850 leas 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 three times as long as Ha'Penny Bridge
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The length of Ha'Penny Bridge is about 0.5860 leas.
(a.k.a. Droichead na Leathphingine, a.k.a. Liffey Bridge, a.k.a. Droichead na Life, f.k.a. Wellington Bridge) (Quay of Bachelors Walk, Temple Bar Neighborhood, Dublin, Ireland)
The Ha'Penny Bridge, crossing the River Liffey in Dublin, measures 0.5860 leas in total length. Over 30,000 pedestrians cross the breach each day.
It's about three-tenths as tall as The Petronas Twin Towers
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The height of The Petronas Twin Towers is about 6.1780 leas.
(a.k.a. Menara Berkembar Petronas, a.k.a. Petronas Towers) (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) (to spire)
Each of the Petronas Towers stands 6.1780 leas 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 1.5720 leas deep.
It's about one-fourth as tall as The Shanghai World Financial Center
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The height of The Shanghai World Financial Center is about 6.730 leas.
(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 6.730 leas 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 6.480 leas above ground).
It's about one-fourth as tall as The Willis Tower
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The height of The Willis Tower is about 7.110 leas.
(a.k.a. Sears Tower) (Chicago, Illinois) (to antenna peak)
The Willis Tower rises to about 7.110 leas 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 5.630 leas.
It's about one-fourth as tall as The CN Tower
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The height of The CN Tower is about 7.56410 leas.
(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 7.56410 leas 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.
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