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However, the False Creek Tunnel, part of the Canada Line rail-based transit system in Vancouver, at 29 m (95 ft) below sea level, is the lowest publicly accessible point in Canada. [16] Parts of Richmond, British Columbia are below sea-level, though behind dikes. [citation needed]
Flight levels [3] are described by a number, which is the nominal altitude, or pressure altitude, in hundreds of feet, and a multiple of 500 ft.Therefore, a pressure altitude of 32,000 ft (9,800 m) is referred to as "flight level 320".
Canada has at least 35 urban communities at elevations of 1,000 m (3,300 ft) or greater above sea level. ... High River: Alberta: 1,040 m (3,410 ft) [2]
Barrie, Ontario: 305 m (1,000 ft) 1978 10 tie CHEX Television Tower Peterborough, Ontario: 305 m (1,000 ft) 11 CKCO-42 Television Tower Oil Springs, Ontario: 303 m (994 ft) 1975 12 tie CHCH-51 Television Tower Alvinston, Ontario: 300 m (980 ft) 1998 12 tie Communication Hill, CBC Tower [34] London, Ontario: 300 m (980 ft) [31] 12 tie
Mount Logan in the Saint Elias Mountains of Yukon is the highest peak of Canada. The following sortable table comprises the 150 highest mountain peaks of Canada with at least 500 metres (1640 feet) of topographic prominence. [a] The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
1960-08-16: 31.333 km (102,800 ft); Testing a high-altitude parachute system, Joseph Kittinger of the U.S. Air Force parachuted from the Excelsior III balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 ft (31,300 m). He set world records for: high-altitude jump; freefall diving by falling 26 km (16 mi) before opening his parachute; and fastest speed achieved ...
This may be significantly higher than 500 feet or 1,000 feet. 500 ft rule An aircraft must maintain an altitude of 500 feet above the surface, except over open water or sparsely populated areas. In those cases, the aircraft may not be operated closer than 500 feet to any person, vessel, vehicle, or structure. 1000 ft rule
In aviation (particularly in air navigation), lowest safe altitude (LSALT) is an altitude that is at least 500 feet above any obstacle or terrain within a defined safety buffer region around a particular route that a pilot might fly. The safety buffer allows for errors in the air by including an additional area that a pilot might stray into by ...