1 hectometre

To compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 100 metres and 1000 metres (1 kilometre).

Conversions

100 metres (sometimes termed a hectometre) is equal to:

328 feet

one side of a 1 hectare square

a fifth of a modern li, a Chinese unit of measurement

the approximate distance travelled by light in 300 nanoseconds

100 metres – wavelength of the highest mediumwave radio frequency, 3 MHz

100 metres – spacing of location marker posts on British motorways

138.8 metres – height of the Great Pyramid of Giza (Pyramid of Cheops)

139 metres – height of the world's tallest roller coaster, Kingda Ka

187 metres– shortest wavelength of the broadcast radio AM band, 1600 kHz

202 metres – length of the Széchenyi Chain Bridge connecting Buda and Pest

320.75 metres – height of the Eiffel Tower(including antenna)

328 metres – height of Auckland's Sky Tower, the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere

341 metres – height of the world's tallest bridge, the Millau Viaduct

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