How Tall Is Mount St. Elias? 5,489 m (18,009 ft) to Scale

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Mount St. Elias (5,489 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), Mount St. Elias (5,489 m) and Mount Everest (8,849 m).

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How big is that, really?

About 62% of the height of Mount Everest
About 2× the length of the Golden Gate Bridge
About 6.6× as tall as the Burj Khalifa
About 17× as tall as the Eiffel Tower
About 13% of the length of a marathon

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Facts about Mount St. Elias

Mount St. Elias rises from near sea level on the Gulf of Alaska, giving it one of the world's greatest vertical reliefs.

Source: National Park Service, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve; Encyclopaedia Britannica, Mount Saint Elias

Nature

Name	Size	Compared with Mount St. Elias
Mount Ararat	5,137 m (16,854 ft)	0.94×
Mount Shkhara	5,193 m (17,037 ft)	0.95×
Mount Kenya	5,199 m (17,057 ft)	0.95×
Mount St. Elias	5,489 m (18,009 ft)	this page
Mount Damavand	5,610 m (18,406 ft)	1×
Pico de Orizaba	5,636 m (18,491 ft)	1×
Mount Elbrus	5,642 m (18,510 ft)	1×
Mount Kilimanjaro	5,895 m (19,341 ft)	1.1×
Cotopaxi	5,897 m (19,347 ft)	1.1×
Mount Logan	5,959 m (19,551 ft)	1.1×

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