Area65.6 billion m2
405 millionVolleyball courts
133Lake Tahoe surfaces
65,610 square kilometers
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Sri Lanka
The teardrop-shaped island nation off India's southern coast/Islands
Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, is a teardrop-shaped island nation in the Indian Ocean covering 65,610 square kilometers, separated from India by the narrow Palk Strait (just 35 km wide). The island has been a crossroads of maritime trade for millennia, known for spices, tea, gemstones, and its strategic position on Indian Ocean shipping lanes. Its diverse landscape includes tropical beaches, ancient ruins (such as the 5th-century rock fortress of Sigiriya), lush hill country, and one of Asia's highest biodiversity levels per unit area.
Measurements
Length (N-S)432,000 m
864,000Tree stump diameters
4.5 millionSoftball diameters
48.8Mount Everests
Maximum north-south extent
Width (E-W)224,000 m
18,667T-Rex body lengths
1,014Hoover Dam heights
56,000High jump bar lengths
Maximum east-west extent
Highest point2,524 m
24Soccer pitches
2,524Belt lengths
276RV lengths
Pidurutalagala
Coastline1.3 million m
151Mount Everest heights
3.7 trillionthsOrion Nebula diameters
13.4 millionHarmonica lengths
Total shoreline
Palk Strait width35,000 m
70 millionTardigrade body lengths
648,148Credit card widths
292 billionCoronaviruses
Distance from India