Length of a football pitch

Length of a football pitch (105 m)

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If Length of a football pitch (105 m) was a standard unit ...

  • Distance from London to Edinburgh (535 km)...more would be 5000 x Length of a football pitch
  • Length of the Monaco Formula 1 motor race (260 km)...more would be 2500 x Length of a football pitch
  • Full length of Broadway (53 km)...more would be 500 x Length of a football pitch
  • Length of a Marathon race (42.2 km)...more would be 400 x Length of a football pitch
  • World record javelin throw (104.8 m)...more would be about as big as Length of a football pitch
  • Length overall of the `Mayflower` sailing ship (26 m)...more would be 1/4 of Length of a football pitch
  • Length overall of a `Nacra 17` racing catamaran (5.25 m)...more would be 1/20 of Length of a football pitch
  • Length of a Nile crocodile (4.2 m)...more would be 1/25 of Length of a football pitch
  • Length overall of a `Laser` racing dinghy (4.2 m)...more would be 1/25 of Length of a football pitch
  • Maximum length of a baseball bat (1.067 m)...more would be 1/100 of Length of a football pitch

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