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  2. List of U.S. states and territories by elevation - Wikipedia

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    Kingman Reef high point – less than 7 feet (2 m) [92] Midway Atoll, Sand Island high point – 50 feet (15 m) [92] – The highest point of the U.S. minor outlying islands in the Pacific Ocean. Navassa Island high point – 280 feet (85 m) [91] – The highest point of all the U.S. minor outlying islands. Palmyra Atoll high point – 10 feet ...

  3. List of mountains by elevation - Wikipedia

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    Feet Range Location and Notes ... There are 132 mountains between 7,000 and 8,000 metres (22,966 ft and 26,247 ft) ... 1,000: 3,281: Cape Town, South Africa

  4. Cumulative elevation gain - Wikipedia

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    If a climber starts their journey at an elevation of 1,000 feet (300 m), their CAG is 4,000 feet (1,200 m) by the time they reach the first summit (i.e. 5,000 ft less 1,000 ft). They then drop down to the 2,000 feet (610 m) low point between the summits and have to gain another 3,000 feet (910 m) to get to the top of the second summit.

  5. List of cities by elevation - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of the world's major cities (either capitals, more than one million inhabitants or an elevation of over 1,000 m [3,300 ft]) by elevation. In addition, the country , continental region , latitude and longitude are shown for all cities listed.

  6. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    15.24 meters – width of an NBA basketball court (50 feet) 18.44 meters – distance between the front of the pitcher's rubber and the rear point of home plate on a baseball field (60 feet, 6 inches) [125] 20 meters – length of cricket pitch (22 yards) [126] 27.43 meters – distance between bases on a baseball field (90 feet)

  7. Hiker who survived 1,000-foot fall, being stranded for 3 days ...

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    A California man who was stranded for three days at the base of a waterfall after falling 1,000 feet from a Hawaiian hiking trail said on Tuesday that his survival was nothing short of a "miracle."

  8. List of mountain peaks of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Of the 50 most prominent summits of the United States, only Denali exceeds 5000 meters (16,404 feet) of topographic prominence, three peaks exceed 4000 meters (13,123 feet), ten peaks exceed 3000 meters (9843 feet), 45 peaks exceed 2000 meters (6562 feet), and all 50 peaks exceed 1932 meters (6339 feet) of topographic prominence.

  9. List of humorous units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Volume was measured in ngogn (equal to 1000 cubic potrzebies), mass in blintz (equal to the mass of 1 ngogn of halva, which is "a form of pie [with] a specific gravity of 3.1416 and a specific heat of .31416"), and time in seven named units (decimal powers of the average earth rotation, equal to 1 "clarke").