Persian Gulf size comparison: how tall is the Persian Gulf?
Persian Gulf: 90 m · 295 ft tall
Area 251,000 km² · avg depth 50 m · deepest 90 m (Strait of Hormuz approaches) · shown as a water column of its max depth
Persian Gulf is 90 m · 295 ft tall. That is about 53× 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.
Persian Gulf in other units
| Unit | Size |
|---|---|
| Metres | 90 m |
| Feet | 295 ft |
| Yards | 98 yd |
| Kilometres | 0.09 km |
How many people tall is it?
You would need to stack about 53 average men (171 cm each) to be as tall as Persian Gulf. With 3 m per storey, that is roughly the height of a 30-floor building.
What is about the same size as Persian Gulf?
| Compared with | Size | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Big Ben (Elizabeth Tower) (Towers & bridges) | 96 m · 315 ft | 6 m taller (6.7%) |
| Statue of Liberty (Statues) | 93 m · 305 ft | 3 m taller (3.3%) |
| Great Buddha of Thailand (Statues) | 92 m · 302 ft | 2 m taller (2.2%) |
| United States Capitol (Monuments & mosques) | 88 m · 289 ft | 2 m shorter (2.2%) |
| Flatiron Building (Skyscrapers) | 87 m · 285 ft | 3 m shorter (3.3%) |
| The Motherland Calls (Statues) | 85 m · 279 ft | 5 m shorter (5.6%) |
More in Seas & gulfs
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- 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