How Tall Is Cho Oyu? 8,188 m (26,864 ft) to Scale

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Cho Oyu (8,188 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), Cho Oyu (8,188 m) and Mount Everest (8,849 m).

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How big is that, really?

About the same height as Mount Everest
About 3× the length of the Golden Gate Bridge
About 9.9× as tall as the Burj Khalifa
About 19% of the length of a marathon
About 25× as tall as the Eiffel Tower

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Facts about Cho Oyu

Cho Oyu is the world's sixth-highest mountain and lies on the China–Nepal border in the Himalayas.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Cho Oyu”; The Himalayan Database, expedition records

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Name	Size	Compared with Cho Oyu
Nanda Devi	7,816 m (25,643 ft)	0.95×
Mount Shishapangma	8,027 m (26,335 ft)	0.98×
Annapurna I	8,091 m (26,545 ft)	0.99×
Nanga Parbat	8,126 m (26,660 ft)	0.99×
Manaslu	8,163 m (26,781 ft)	same size
Dhaulagiri I	8,167 m (26,795 ft)	same size
Cho Oyu	8,188 m (26,864 ft)	this page
Makalu	8,485 m (27,838 ft)	1×
Lhotse	8,516 m (27,940 ft)	1×
Kangchenjunga	8,586 m (28,169 ft)	1×

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