How Wide Is Grand Canyon? 29 km (18 mi) Compared

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Grand Canyon (29 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 Grand Canyon (29 km).

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How big is that, really?

About 69% of the length of a marathon
About 3.3× the height of Mount Everest
About 11× the length of the Golden Gate Bridge
About 35× the height of the Burj Khalifa
About 88× the height of the Eiffel Tower

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Facts about Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon was carved mainly by the Colorado River and exposes nearly two billion years of geological history.

Source: U.S. National Park Service, Grand Canyon geology; Encyclopaedia Britannica, Grand Canyon

Nature

Name	Size	Compared with Grand Canyon
Kangchenjunga	8,586 m (28,169 ft)	0.3×
K2	8,611 m (28,251 ft)	0.3×
Colca Canyon	10 km (6.21 mi)	0.34×
Ngorongoro Crater	21 km (13 mi)	0.72×
Olympus Mons	21.9 km (13.6 mi)	0.76×
Fish River Canyon	27 km (16.8 mi)	0.93×
Grand Canyon	29 km (18 mi)	this page
Lake Tanganyika	72 km (44.7 mi)	2.5×
Lake Baikal	79 km (49.1 mi)	2.7×
Bering Strait	82 km (51 mi)	2.8×

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Which is bigger: Grand Canyon or Olympus Mons?

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