North Sea size comparison: how tall is the North Sea?
North Sea: 700 m · 2,297 ft tall
Area 575,000 km² · avg depth 95 m · deepest 700 m (Norwegian Trench) · shown as a water column of its max depth
North Sea is 700 m · 2,297 ft tall. That is about 409× the height of an average man (171 cm). Compare it side by side with people, animals, buildings and more on the board above — drag, zoom, switch cm / ft, or export an image.
North Sea in other units
| Unit | Size |
|---|---|
| Metres | 700 m |
| Feet | 2,297 ft |
| Yards | 766 yd |
| Kilometres | 0.7 km |
How many people tall is it?
You would need to stack about 409 average men (171 cm each) to be as tall as North Sea. With 3 m per storey, that is roughly the height of a 233-floor building.
What is about the same size as North Sea?
| Compared with | Size | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Caspian Sea (Seas & gulfs) | 1,025 m · 3,363 ft | 325 m taller (46.4%) |
| Mount Vesuvius (Europe) | 1,281 m · 4,203 ft | 581 m taller (83%) |
| Table Mountain (Africa & Oceania) | 1,085 m · 3,560 ft | 385 m taller (55%) |
| Burj Khalifa (Skyscrapers) | 828 m · 2,717 ft | 128 m taller (18.3%) |
| Merdeka 118 (Skyscrapers) | 679 m · 2,228 ft | 21 m shorter (3%) |
| Tokyo Skytree (Towers & bridges) | 634 m · 2,080 ft | 66 m shorter (9.4%) |
| Shanghai Tower (Skyscrapers) | 632 m · 2,073 ft | 68 m shorter (9.7%) |
| Barents Sea (Seas & gulfs) | 600 m · 1,969 ft | 100 m shorter (14.3%) |
More in Seas & gulfs
- Philippine Sea — 10,540 m · 34,580 ft
- Coral Sea — 9,140 m · 29,987 ft
- Arabian Sea — 4,652 m · 15,262 ft
- South China Sea — 5,016 m · 16,457 ft
- Caribbean Sea — 7,686 m · 25,217 ft
- Mediterranean Sea — 5,267 m · 17,280 ft
- Tasman Sea — 5,943 m · 19,498 ft
- Bering Sea — 4,151 m · 13,619 ft
- Bay of Bengal — 4,694 m · 15,400 ft
- Sea of Okhotsk — 3,372 m · 11,063 ft
- Gulf of Mexico — 4,384 m · 14,383 ft
- Barents Sea — 600 m · 1,969 ft