Mount Kilimanjaro (Earth)
5,895 m (19,341 ft)
Summit height above sea level
Africa's highest mountain, measured above sea level. 5,895 m above sea level: the world's tallest free-standing mountain.
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How big is that?
5,895 m is 18 times the Eiffel Tower and 67% of Mount Everest.
Mount Kilimanjaro is the 12th smallest of the 39 Cosmic Scale objects, and the 28th largest of the 109 objects across all three SizeItUp games.
Closest in size from the other games: Burj Khalifa (Classic), 828 m tall.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: Mount Kilimanjaro in orange beside the Cosmic Scale objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs Mount Kilimanjaro |
|---|---|---|
| Starship (Full stack)SpaceX's giant rocket: the Ship on top of the Super Heavy booster. | 124 m tall | 2% of the size |
| Bennu (Asteroid)The spinning-top asteroid NASA's OSIRIS-REx brought samples back from. | 484 m across | 8% of the size |
| Mount Kilimanjaro (Earth) | 5,895 m tall | – |
| Mount EverestEarth's highest mountain, measured above sea level. | 8,848.86 m tall | 1.5× bigger |
| Halley's Comet (Nucleus)The icy core of the famous comet, measured along its longest side. | 15 km long | 2.5× bigger |
In other units
| Metres | 5,895 |
|---|---|
| Kilometres | 5.895 |
| Feet | 19,340 |
| Yards | 6,447 |
| Miles | 3.663 |
How it's measured
Summit height above sea level. Tanzania National Parks.
Mountains are measured from sea level, not from the surrounding land, which is often already high.
Sources
- tanzaniaparks.go.tz: Standing at 5,895 meters (19,341 feet).
Checked against the source on .
Could you have guessed it by eye?
Mount Kilimanjaro is one of the objects in Cosmic Scale, a daily size comparison game: you stretch a shape to the size you think is right beside one you know.