How long is the Trans-Alaska Pipeline?
800 milesAbout 1,287 km · Planet-sized
About 800 miles (1,300 km), from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez.
A red kangaroo would need about 160,000 hops (26 ft, or 8 m, each) to cover it.
🛢️800 miles
🧱Hadrian's Wall
To scale: the Alaska Pipeline is about 11× bigger than Hadrian's Wall.
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Many real things vary in size, so we use a typical or official figure. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected].