How long is 0.01 nautical miles?
It's about one-fifteenth as tall as The Empire State Building
The height of The Empire State Building is about 0.205730 nautical miles.
(New York City, New York) (to top of building)
The Empire State Building stands 0.205730 nautical miles to its architectural peak. The spire emerging from the top of the building was originally intended to be a mooring mast for blimps whose passengers could disembark onto a landing platform on the 102nd floor of the building.
It's about fifteen times as tall as Napoleon
The height of Napoleon is about 0.00092 nautical miles.
(a.k.a. Napoleon Bonaparte; a.k.a. Napoleon I, a.k.a. Napoleone di Buonaparte) (1759-1821) (French leader)
Despite his frequent characterizations as much shorter than average, Napoleon was a period-average height of approximately 0.00092 nautical miles. The mis-characterizations have been attributed to British propaganda and to the confusion between French and British units of measurements used at the time.
It's about seventeen times as tall as Danny DeVito
The height of Danny DeVito is about 0.00081 nautical miles.
(a.k.a. Daniel Michael DeVito, Jr.) (1944-) (actor)
Danny DeVito, best known for his role as Louie De Palma in the 1978-83 television series Taxi, is 0.00081 nautical miles tall. After graduating from high school, DeVito became a licensed cosmetician and it was out of interest in cosmetology that he first enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and later began to study acting.
It's about one-fifteenth as tall as The Petronas Twin Towers
The height of The Petronas Twin Towers is about 0.2440 nautical miles.
(a.k.a. Menara Berkembar Petronas, a.k.a. Petronas Towers) (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) (to spire)
Each of the Petronas Towers stands 0.2440 nautical miles to their spires. Holding the record as the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004, the towers continue to hold the record for the deepest foundation barrettes — up to 0.0621 nautical miles deep.
It's about one-twentieth as tall as The Shanghai World Financial Center
The height of The Shanghai World Financial Center is about 0.2660 nautical miles.
(上海环球金融中 上海環球金融中心, Shànghǎi huánqiú jīnróng zhōngxīn) (a.k.a. SWFC) (Shanghai, China) (to spire)
The Shanghai World Financial Center is 0.2660 nautical miles tall to its roof. It is home to both the world's highest hotel (on its 79th through 93rd floors) and the world's tallest observation deck (on its 100th floor, approximately 0.2560 nautical miles above ground).
It's about nineteen times as tall as Gary Coleman
The height of Gary Coleman is about 0.00076 nautical miles.
(a.k.a. Gary Wayne Coleman) (1978-2009) (actor)
Gary Coleman, most famous for his role as Arnold Jackson on the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes was 0.00076 nautical miles tall. His small stature was a result of a congenital kidney disease. Coleman worked as a security guard since following his career as an actor.
It's about twenty times as tall as Matt Roloff
The height of Matt Roloff is about 0.0007 nautical miles.
(1961-) (actor and reality television star)
Matt Roloff, most famous for his role on the reality television show Little People, Big World, is an LP with a height of 0.0007 nautical miles. In 1985, Roloff stared as an Ewok — one of the small, woodland creatures from the Star Wars franchise — in the movie Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
It's about one-twentieth as tall as The Willis Tower
The height of The Willis Tower is about 0.2810 nautical miles.
(a.k.a. Sears Tower) (Chicago, Illinois) (to antenna peak)
The Willis Tower rises to about 0.2810 nautical miles to the top of its tallest antenna. The bathrooms on the 103rd floor are said to be the highest in the western hemisphere at about 0.2220 nautical miles.
It's about one-twentieth as tall as The CN Tower
The height of The CN Tower is about 0.298770 nautical miles.
(a.k.a. La Tour CN, a.k.a. Canadian National Tower, a.k.a. Canada's National Tower) (Toronto, Canada) (to spire)
The CN Tower measures 0.298770 nautical miles tall at its spire. Used only in emergencies and for charitable climbing events, the 2,579-step staircase to the top is the longest metal staircase in the world.
It's about twenty times as tall as Hervé Villechaize
The height of Hervé Villechaize is about 0.00065 nautical miles.
(a.k.a. Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize) (1943-1993) (actor)
Hervé Villechaize, most famous for his role as Tattoo on the 1978-84 television series Fantasy Island, was an LP with a height of 0.00065 nautical miles. Villechaize's form of dwarfism, spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia-brachydactyly and distinctive speech (SED-BDS), is also known as "Tattoo dysplasia" or "Fantasy Island syndrome."
It's about one-twenty-fifth as tall as a Canton Tower
The height of a Canton Tower is about 0.330 nautical miles.
(a.k.a. Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower, a.k.a. 广 州 电 视 观 光 塔) (Guangzhou, China) (to spire)
The Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower stands 0.330 nautical miles to its spire. Initially described as holding the record for the tallest Ferris wheel in the world, the ride at the top of the tower is actually an observation carousel; cars complete a trip around the top-floor track about every half-hour.
It's about twenty times as tall as Kenny Baker
The height of Kenny Baker is about 0.00059 nautical miles.
(a.k.a. Kenneth George Baker) (1934-2016) (actor)
Kenny Baker, most famous for his role as R2-D2 in the Star Wars film franchise, was an LP with a height of 0.00059 nautical miles. Baker and his wife, Eileen, both made brief appearances as the small, woodland creatures known as Ewoks in the 1984 Star Wars movie, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (a.k.a. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi).
It's about thirty times as tall as General Tom Thumb
The height of General Tom Thumb is about 0.00049 nautical miles.
(a.k.a. Charles Sherwood Stratton) (1838-1883) (circus performer; height at death)
General Tom Thumb was an LP with a height (at his death) of 0.00049 nautical miles. Thumb stopped growing at 0.00035 nautical miles when he was five years old, but resumed growth in his teens which continued through the remainder of his life.
It's about one-thirtieth as tall as Gocta Falls
The height of Gocta Falls is about 0.4160 nautical miles.
(a.k.a. Gocta Cataracts, a.k.a. Catarata del Gocta) (Amazonas, Peru) (total height)
Gocta Falls, a waterfall on the Cocahuayco River, measures 0.4160 nautical miles in total height. Although it sits just 22.70 nautical miles from the major city of Chachapoyas, the waterfall was unknown to non-locals until it was documented during a 2005 expedition by a German economist.
It's about one-thirtieth as tall as Burj Dubai
The height of Burj Dubai is about 0.4470 nautical miles.
(formally Burj Khalifa, a.k.a. Dubai Tower, a.k.a. برج خليفة) (Dubai, UAE) (to roof)
Burj Khalifa, the tallest manmade structure in the world, stands 0.4470 nautical miles to its roof. The tower also holds the current records for the world's highest Islamic mosque — at approximately 0.3120 nautical miles on the 158th floor (of 163 floors) — and the world's tallest outdoor swimming pool — at approximately 0.1540 nautical miles on the 78th floor.