Length of Manhattan Island

Length of Manhattan Island (21.6 km)

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If Length of Manhattan Island (21.6 km) was a standard unit ...

  • Circumference of Mars (21,340 km)...more would be 1000 x Length of Manhattan Island
  • Length of the Trans-Siberian Highway from St Petersburg to Vladivostok (11,000 km)...more would be 500 x Length of Manhattan Island
  • Circumference of Earth's Moon (10,920 km)...more would be 500 x Length of Manhattan Island
  • Length of the West-East gas pipeline in China (8,710 km)...more would be 400 x Length of Manhattan Island
  • Length of North America (North to South) (8,600 km)...more would be 400 x Length of Manhattan Island
  • Length of Yellow River (Huang He) in China (5,460 km)...more would be 250 x Length of Manhattan Island
  • Length of the Mekong River (4,350 km)...more would be 200 x Length of Manhattan Island
  • Length of the Vic-Maui yacht race (4,270 km)...more would be 200 x Length of Manhattan Island
  • Length of Chile - North-South (4,270 km)...more would be 200 x Length of Manhattan Island
  • Distance from London to Edinburgh (535 km)...more would be 25 x Length of Manhattan Island
  • Full length of Broadway (53 km)...more would be 2.5 x Length of Manhattan Island
  • Length of Tiananmen square in Beijing (880 m)...more would be 1/25 of Length of Manhattan Island
  • Length of an American Football field (110 m)...more would be 1/200 of Length of Manhattan Island
  • Length overall of the Cutty Sark sailing ship (85.4 m)...more would be 1/250 of Length of Manhattan Island
  • Penalty distance in (soccer) football (10.97 m)...more would be 1/2000 of Length of Manhattan Island

Is That A Big Number? - The Book

Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.

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