How Tall Is Chimborazo? 6,263 m (20,548 ft) to Scale

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Chimborazo (6,263 m) drawn to scale beside the Golden Gate Bridge (2.74 km) and Mount Everest (8,849 m) — Drawn to scale, from left to right: Golden Gate Bridge (2.74 km), Chimborazo (6,263 m) and Mount Everest (8,849 m).

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How big is that, really?

A little shorter than Mount Everest
About 2.3× the length of the Golden Gate Bridge
About 7.6× as tall as the Burj Khalifa
About 19× as tall as the Eiffel Tower
About 15% of the length of a marathon

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Facts about Chimborazo

Because Earth bulges at the equator, Chimborazo’s summit is farther from Earth’s center than any other mountain summit.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Chimborazo; Instituto Geográfico Militar del Ecuador, Chimborazo

Nature

Name	Size	Compared with Chimborazo
Mount Damavand	5,610 m (18,406 ft)	0.9×
Pico de Orizaba	5,636 m (18,491 ft)	0.9×
Mount Elbrus	5,642 m (18,510 ft)	0.9×
Mount Kilimanjaro	5,895 m (19,341 ft)	0.94×
Cotopaxi	5,897 m (19,347 ft)	0.94×
Mount Logan	5,959 m (19,551 ft)	0.95×
Denali	6,190 m (20,308 ft)	0.99×
Chimborazo	6,263 m (20,548 ft)	this page
Huascarán	6,768 m (22,205 ft)	1.1×
Aconcagua	6,961 m (22,838 ft)	1.1×

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