Height (statue + pedestal)93 m
596Dollar bills
1,755Matchbox lengths
8.45London double-decker buses
From ground to torch tip
Photo by Brandon Mowinkel on Unsplash
Statue of Liberty
Lady Liberty, the copper colossus of New York Harbor/Statues & Monuments
A gift from France in 1886, the Statue of Liberty is made of 300 copper sheets just 2.4 mm thick, attached to an iron framework designed by Gustave Eiffel (yes, that Eiffel). She was originally copper-colored but oxidized to her famous green patina within 20 years. Her crown has seven rays representing the seven continents and oceans, and she wears size 879 sandals.
Measurements
Height of statue alone46 m
23,000Ant body lengths
43.1Hurdle heights
6.28Soccer goal widths
From feet to torch
Total mass (copper and steel)204,000 kg
8.2 billionRice grain weights
2 millionSlices of New York pizza
Copper sheeting: 27,000 kg; iron/steel framework: 113,000 kg
Copper thickness2.4 thousandths m
2.6 thousandthsWalking canes
3.2 hundredthsHat brim widths
80 millionthsBlue whale lengths
2.4 mm, about the thickness of two pennies
Torch height above sea level93 m
310 billionthsLight-seconds
3.5 tenthsTitanic lengths
705 sextillionthsMagellanic Cloud widths
Index finger length2.44 m
8.13Bread loaves
4.4 tenthsKing cobras
244Tooth lengths
Head height (chin to cranium)5.26 m
92.3House keys
526Thumb tack lengths
Waist thickness10.7 m
5.83Vending machine heights
1.1 millionDust particles
7.7 billionthsSun diameters
35-foot waistline