1 hectometre
To compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 100 metres and 1000 metres (1 kilometre).
Distances shorter than 100 metres
Conversions
100 metres (sometimes termed a hectometre) is equal to:
Human-defined scales and structures
- 100 metres — wavelength of the highest mediumwave radio frequency, 3 MHz
- 100 metres — Spacing of location marker posts on British motorways.
- 138.8 metres — height of the Great Pyramid of Giza (Pyramid of Cheops)
- 139 metres — height of the world's tallest roller coaster, Kingda Ka[1]
- 187 metres— shortest wavelength of the broadcast radio AM band, 1600 kHz
- 202 metres — length of the Széchenyi Chain Bridge connecting Buda and Pest
- 320.75 metres — height of the Eiffel Tower(including antenna) [2]
- 328 metres — height of Auckland's Sky Tower, the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere
- 341 metres — height of the world's tallest bridge, the Millau Viaduct
- 390 metres — height of the Empire State Building
- 400–800 metres — approximate heights of the world's tallest skyscrapers of the past 80 years.
- 458 metres — length of the Knock Nevis, the world's largest supertanker
- 555 metres — longest wavelength of the broadcast radio AM band, 540 kHz
- 630 metres — height of the KVLY-TV mast, second tallest structure in the world
- 646 metres — height of the Warsaw radio mast, the world's tallest structure until its collapse in 1991
- 828 metres — height of Burj Khalifa, world's tallest structure on 17 January 2009[3]
- 1000 metres — wavelength of the lowest mediumwave radio frequency, 300 kHz
Sports
Nature
- 115.5 metres — height of the world's tallest tree in 2007, the Hyperion sequoia
- 310 metres — maximum depth of Lake Geneva
- 340 metres — distance sound travels in air at sea level in one second; see speed of sound
- 979 metres — height of the Salto Angel, the world's highest free-falling waterfall (Venezuela)
Astronomical
Distances longer than 1 kilometre
See also
Notes