SortStack #461 — 2027-09-13
By size · Order from shortest to longest.
- A tower of the Golden Gate Bridge 227 m
The bridge's 'International Orange' colour was chosen partly because it stays visible in San Francisco's thick fog.
- The RMS Titanic 269 m
When launched she was the largest moving man-made object on Earth, longer than most city blocks of the day.
- The Burj Khalifa, Dubai 828 m
It is so tall that people on the ground floor can watch the sunset, then ride up and watch it set a second time.
- The Millau Viaduct, France 2.5 km
The tallest bridge in the world, its deck sometimes sits above the clouds that fill the valley below.
- Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania 5.9 km
You can walk from tropical jungle to arctic glaciers on its slopes, passing through five climate zones in days.
- Lake Baikal (length) 636 km
The world's deepest lake holds about a fifth of all the planet's unfrozen fresh water.