How Wide Is Colca Canyon? 10 km (6.21 mi) Compared

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Colca Canyon (10 km) 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), Mount Everest (8,849 m) and Colca Canyon (10 km).

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How big is that, really?

About the height of Mount Everest
About 3.7× the length of the Golden Gate Bridge
About 4 would fit end to end along a marathon
About 12× the height of the Burj Khalifa
About 30× the height of the Eiffel Tower

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Facts about Colca Canyon

Colca Canyon in southern Peru is famous for Andean condors soaring above its deep valley.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Colca Canyon”; Peru Travel, “Colca Canyon”

Nature

Name	Size	Compared with Colca Canyon
Annapurna I	8,091 m (26,545 ft)	0.81×
Nanga Parbat	8,126 m (26,660 ft)	0.81×
Manaslu	8,163 m (26,781 ft)	0.82×
Dhaulagiri I	8,167 m (26,795 ft)	0.82×
Cho Oyu	8,188 m (26,864 ft)	0.82×
Makalu	8,485 m (27,838 ft)	0.85×
Lhotse	8,516 m (27,940 ft)	0.85×
Kangchenjunga	8,586 m (28,169 ft)	0.86×
K2	8,611 m (28,251 ft)	0.86×
Colca Canyon	10 km (6.21 mi)	this page

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