How Tall Is Makalu? 8,485 m (27,838 ft) to Scale

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Makalu (8,485 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), Makalu (8,485 m) and Mount Everest (8,849 m).

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How big is that, really?

About the same height as Mount Everest
About 3.1× the length of the Golden Gate Bridge
About 10× as tall as the Burj Khalifa
About 20% of the length of a marathon
About 26× as tall as the Eiffel Tower

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Facts about Makalu

Makalu is an isolated, four-sided pyramid about 22 kilometers southeast of Mount Everest.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — Makalu; Himalayan Database — Makalu

Nature

Name	Size	Compared with Makalu
Mount Shishapangma	8,027 m (26,335 ft)	0.95×
Annapurna I	8,091 m (26,545 ft)	0.95×
Nanga Parbat	8,126 m (26,660 ft)	0.96×
Manaslu	8,163 m (26,781 ft)	0.96×
Dhaulagiri I	8,167 m (26,795 ft)	0.96×
Cho Oyu	8,188 m (26,864 ft)	0.96×
Makalu	8,485 m (27,838 ft)	this page
Lhotse	8,516 m (27,940 ft)	same size
Kangchenjunga	8,586 m (28,169 ft)	1×
K2	8,611 m (28,251 ft)	1×

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