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How wide is Fingal’s Cave?

Fingal’s Cave is about 16 m (52 ft) wide.

What is measured: entrance width

Fingal’s Cave (16 m) drawn to scale beside a city bus (12 m) and the Statue of Liberty (93 m)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: City bus (12 m), Fingal’s Cave (16 m) and Statue of Liberty (93 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • About 1.3× the length of a city bus
  • About 67% of the length of a tennis court
  • About 2.6× the length of a 20-foot shipping container
  • About 3 would fit end to end along an Olympic swimming pool
  • About 17% of the height of the Statue of Liberty

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Facts about Fingal’s Cave

Fingal’s Cave is formed from regularly jointed basalt columns, like those found at Northern Ireland’s Giant’s Causeway.

Source: National Trust for Scotland, “Fingal’s Cave”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Fingal’s Cave”

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Fingal’s Cave
Durdle Door10 m (33 ft)0.63×
Huka Falls11 m (36 ft)0.69×
Giant’s Causeway basalt column12 m (39 ft)0.75×
Naica giant crystal12 m (39 ft)0.75×
Saguaro cactus12 m (39 ft)0.75×
Joshua tree12 m (39 ft)0.75×
Delicate Arch14 m (46 ft)0.88×
Wave Rock15 m (49 ft)0.94×
Fingal’s Cave16 m (52 ft)this page
Jōmon Sugi25.3 m (83 ft)1.6×

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Which is bigger: Fingal’s Cave or Giant’s Causeway basalt column?

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