How Tall Is Ball’s Pyramid? 562 m (1,844 ft) to Scale

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Ball’s Pyramid (562 m) drawn to scale beside the Eiffel Tower (330 m) and the Burj Khalifa (828 m) — Drawn to scale, from left to right: Eiffel Tower (330 m), Ball’s Pyramid (562 m) and Burj Khalifa (828 m).

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How big is that, really?

A little shorter than the Burj Khalifa
About 1.7× as tall as the Eiffel Tower
About 6× as tall as the Statue of Liberty
About 21% of the length of the Golden Gate Bridge
About 5.4× the length of a football (soccer) pitch

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Facts about Ball’s Pyramid

Ball’s Pyramid is a steep volcanic sea stack in the Pacific Ocean, east of Lord Howe Island.

Source: Australian Government, Australian Marine Parks, “Lord Howe Marine Park”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Ball’s Pyramid”

Nature

Name	Size	Compared with Ball’s Pyramid
Parícutin volcano	424 m (1,391 ft)	0.75×
Shiprock	482 m (1,581 ft)	0.86×
Ball’s Pyramid	562 m (1,844 ft)	this page
Sutherland Falls	580 m (1,903 ft)	1×
Pulpit Rock	604 m (1,982 ft)	1.1×
Mount Augustus	717 m (2,352 ft)	1.3×
Yosemite Falls	739 m (2,425 ft)	1.3×
Gocta Falls	771 m (2,530 ft)	1.4×
Horseshoe Falls	790 m (2,592 ft)	1.4×
Browne Falls	838 m (2,749 ft)	1.5×

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