Nature · #99 biggest of 1,014
How big is K2?
8.61 km
K2 measures 8.61 km. That's about 26 Eiffel Towers lined up end to end.
By the numbers
- That's 8.61 km, or about 5.35 miles.
- It's about 5,065 times taller than an average adult (1.7 m).
- Roughly 26 Eiffel Towers could line up across it.
- Walking nonstop, you'd need about 1.71 hours to travel its length.
- Out of all 1,014 things in this collection, it ranks #99 by size.
Size comparison
How K2 stacks up against things of a similar size. Tap any bar to explore it.
Deimos (moon)
12.3 km
Halley's Comet nucleus
11 km
Mariana Trench (depth)
10.994 km
Mount Everest
8.849 km
K2
8.611 km
Kangchenjunga
8.586 km
Lhotse
8.516 km
Makalu
8.485 km
Cho Oyu
8.188 km
Bars use a logarithmic scale so everything fits — real differences are even more extreme!
Fun fact
Standing beside it, an average person (1.7 m tall) would reach only about 0.02% of its height.
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