1 kilometre
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
Conversions
1 kilometre (abbreviated as km) is equal to:
Human-defined scales and structures
Nature
- 1.637 km — deepest dive of Lake Baikal in Russia, the world's largest fresh water lake.[8]
- 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
- 8.848 km — Height of Mount Everest, highest peak on Earth, on the border between Nepal and China
Astronomical
Distances longer than 10 kilometres
See also
Notes
- ^ "long wave". Oxford Dictionaries. http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/long+wave. Retrieved 12 March 2011. "wavelength above one kilometre (and a frequency below 300 kHz)"
- ^ "nautical mile". Merriam Webster. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nautical%20mile. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ^ Akashi Kaikyo Bridge @ Everything2.com, Everything2, 2002-09-09, http://everything2.com/title/Akashi%2520Kaikyo%2520Bridge, retrieved 2009-04-19
- ^ [1]
- ^ 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 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 2009-04-19
- ^ [2]
- ^ "Russians in landmark Baikal dive". BBC News. 29 July 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7530230.stm. Retrieved 12 March 2011. "current record of 1,637m was set in Lake Baikal in the 1990s"