Shipping container (20 ft)
6.058 m (19.88 ft)
External length
A standard intermodal container seen on ships, trains and trucks. Length: 6.058 m.
Published
How big is that?
6.058 m is 3.5 times an adult man and 22% of a blue whale.
Shipping container is the 19th largest of the 39 Classic objects, and the 44th smallest of the 109 objects across all three SizeItUp games.
Closest in size from the other games: Pteranodon (Wings spread) (Prehistoric Giants), 6 m wingtip to wingtip and Apollo Lunar Module (Cosmic Scale), 7.04 m tall.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: Shipping container in orange beside the Classic objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs Shipping container |
|---|---|---|
| A4 sheet of paper (Portrait)The standard office paper size used across most of the world. | 29.7 cm | 5% of the size |
| Bowling pin (Ten-pin)A regulation pin for ten-pin bowling. | 38.1 cm tall | 6% of the size |
| Shipping container (20 ft) | 6.058 m long | – |
| Football goal (Full size)A regulation goal for 11-a-side association football. | 7.32 m | 1.2× bigger |
| Shipping container (40 ft)The long version of the standard intermodal container. | 12.192 m long | 2× bigger |
In other units
| Centimetres | 605.8 |
|---|---|
| Metres | 6.058 |
| Inches | 238.5 |
| Feet | 19.88 |
| Yards | 6.625 |
How it's measured
External length. ISO 668 type 1C (20 ft), upper limit of a 0/-6 mm tolerance.
This is the largest size the rules allow.
Sources
- cdn.standards.iteh.ai: Official preview of ISO 668:2020, Table 2: 1C external length 6 058 mm.
Checked against the source on .
Could you have guessed it by eye?
Shipping container is one of the objects in Classic, a daily size comparison game: you stretch a shape to the size you think is right beside one you know.