Length of Manhattan Island

Length of Manhattan Island (21.6 km)

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Length of Manhattan Island (21.6 km)

  • is 1/1000 of Circumference of Mars (21,340 km)...more
  • is 1/500 of Length of the Trans-Siberian Highway from St Petersburg to Vladivostok (11,000 km)...more
  • is 1/500 of Circumference of Earth's Moon (10,920 km)...more
  • is 1/400 of Length of the West-East gas pipeline in China (8,710 km)...more
  • is 1/400 of Length of North America (North to South) (8,600 km)...more
  • is 1/250 of Length of Yellow River (Huang He) in China (5,460 km)...more
  • is 1/200 of Length of the Mekong River (4,350 km)...more
  • is 1/200 of Length of the Vic-Maui yacht race (4,270 km)...more
  • is 1/200 of Length of Chile - North-South (4,270 km)...more
  • is 1/25 of Distance from London to Edinburgh (535 km)...more
  • is 2/5 of Full length of Broadway (53 km)...more
  • is 25 x Length of Tiananmen square in Beijing (880 m)...more
  • is 200 x Length of an American Football field (110 m)...more
  • is 250 x Length overall of the Cutty Sark sailing ship (85.4 m)...more
  • is 2000 x Penalty distance in (soccer) football (10.97 m)...more

If this was a standard unit ...

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

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