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How wide is the Fish River Canyon?

The Fish River Canyon is about 27 km (16.8 mi) wide.

What is measured: maximum canyon width

Fish River Canyon (27 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 Fish River Canyon (27 km).

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How big is that, really?

  • About 64% of the length of a marathon
  • About 3.1× the height of Mount Everest
  • About 9.9× the length of the Golden Gate Bridge
  • About 33× the height of the Burj Khalifa
  • About 82× the height of the Eiffel Tower

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Facts about Fish River Canyon

Namibia’s Fish River Canyon is Africa’s largest canyon and extends for about 160 kilometers.

Source: Namibia Tourism Board, “Fish River Canyon”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Fish River Canyon”

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Fish River Canyon
Kangchenjunga8,586 m (28,169 ft)0.32×
K28,611 m (28,251 ft)0.32×
Colca Canyon10 km (6.21 mi)0.37×
Ngorongoro Crater21 km (13 mi)0.78×
Olympus Mons21.9 km (13.6 mi)0.81×
Fish River Canyon27 km (16.8 mi)this page
Grand Canyon29 km (18 mi)1.1×
Lake Tanganyika72 km (44.7 mi)2.7×
Lake Baikal79 km (49.1 mi)2.9×
Bering Strait82 km (51 mi)3×

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Which is bigger: Fish River Canyon or Olympus Mons?

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