Mount Fuji is 3.776 kilometres (3,776 metres) high

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To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 1 kilometre and 10 kilometres (10³ and 10⁴ metres).

Distances shorter than 1 kilometre

[edit] Conversions

1 kilometre (abbreviated as km) is equal to:

• 1,000 metres
• 0.621371 miles
• 1,093.61 yards
• 3,280.84 feet
• Side of a square of area 1 km².
• Radius of a circle of area π km².

[edit] Human-defined scales and structures

• 1 km — Wavelength of the highest long wave radio frequency, 300 kHz
• 1.085 km — Height of Matsunoki Touge, highest point of highway in Japan^[1]
• 1.852 km — 1 nautical mile, equal to 1 arc minute of latitude at the surface of the earth
• 1.991 km — Span of the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge^[2]
• 2.309 km — Axial length of the Three Gorges Dam, the largest dam in the world^[3]
• 3.991 km — Length of the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, longest suspension bridge in the world as of December 2008^[update][4]
• 5.072 km — Height of Tanggula Mountain Pass, below highest peak in the Tanggula Mountains, highest railway pass in the world as of August 2005^[update][5]
• 5.727 km — Height of Cerro Aucanquilcha, highest road in the world , located in Chile^[6]
• 10 km — Wavelength of the lowest long wave radio frequency, 30 kHz

[edit] Nature

• 1.637 km — Depth of Lake Baikal in Russia, the world's largest fresh water lake.
• 2.228 km — Height of Mount Kosciuszko, highest point in Australia
• 4.810 km — Height of Mont Blanc, highest peak in the Alps
• 4.884 km — Height of Carstensz Pyramid, highest peak in Oceania
• 5.604 km — Height of Mount Damavand, highest peak in Iran
• 5.642 km — Height of Mount Elbrus, highest peak in Europe
• 5.895 km — Height of Mount Kilimanjaro, highest peak in Africa
• 6.081 km — Height of Mount Logan, highest peak in Canada
• 6.194 km — Height of Mount McKinley, highest peak in North America
• 6.959 km — Height of Aconcagua, highest peak in South America
• 7.5 km — Depth of Cayman Trench, deepest point in the Caribbean Sea^[7]
• 8.848 km — Height of Mount Everest, highest peak on Earth, in China

[edit] Astronomical

• 1 km — Very approximate size of the smallest known moons of Jupiter
• 1.4 km — Diameter of Dactyl, the first confirmed asteroid moon
• 8 km — Diameter of Themisto, one of Jupiter's moons

Distances longer than 10 kilometres

[edit] See also

Click on the thumbnail image to jump to the desired Human-scale order of length magnitude article: top-left is 1E-6m, lower-right is 1E5m.

[edit] Notes