Length of the Kiel Canal

Length of the Kiel Canal (98 km)

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If Length of the Kiel Canal (98 km) was a standard unit ...

  • Distance from the Earth to the Moon (384,000 km)...more would be 4000 x Length of the Kiel Canal
  • Diameter of Neptune (49,200 km)...more would be 500 x Length of the Kiel Canal
  • Diameter of Mercury (4,880 km)...more would be 50 x Length of the Kiel Canal
  • Length of I-90 highway from Boston to Seattle (4,860 km)...more would be 50 x Length of the Kiel Canal
  • Length of Route 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles (3,940 km)...more would be 40 x Length of the Kiel Canal
  • Length of the Tigris River (1,950 km)...more would be 20 x Length of the Kiel Canal
  • Direct distance from Land's End to John o' Groats (970 km)...more would be 10 x Length of the Kiel Canal
  • Length of the Suez Canal (193.3 km)...more would be 2 x Length of the Kiel Canal
  • World record longest flight of an arrow from a bow (2010) (484 m)...more would be 1/200 of Length of the Kiel Canal
  • Length of Tower Bridge over the Thames (244 m)...more would be 1/400 of Length of the Kiel Canal

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