1 kilometre
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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
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[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[needs citation and date(s) when true]
- 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[1]
- 2.309 km — Axial length of the Three Gorges Dam, the largest dam in the world[citation needed]
- 3.991 km — Length of the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, longest suspension bridge in the world as of December 2008[update][2]
- 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][3]
- 6.1 km — Height of Cerro Aucanquilcha, highest road in the world , located in Chile[needs citation and date(s) when true]
- 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[citation needed]
- 8.848 km — Height of Mount Everest, highest peak on Earth, in Asia
[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.
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[edit] Notes
- ^ Akashi Kaikyo Bridge@Everything2.com, Everything2, 2002-09-09, http://everything2.com/title/Akashi%2520Kaikyo%2520Bridge, retrieved on 2009-04-19
- ^ Jeffrey Friedl (2008-12-09), Supporting the Longest Suspension Bridge in the World, archived from the original on 2009-04-25, http://www.webcitation.org/5gJ2fhJU2, retrieved on 2009-04-19
- ^ New height of world's railway born in Tibet, Xinhua News Agency, 2005-08-24, archived from the original on 2009-04-25, http://www.webcitation.org/5gJ2g3SWw, retrieved on 2009-04-19
