How thick is Earth's crust under the oceans?
7,000 mAbout 22,966 ft · Land-sized
About 7 km on average, much thinner than under the continents.
A red kangaroo would need about 880 hops (8 m each) to cover it.
🌍7,000 m
🗼the Tokyo Skytree
To scale: ocean crust is about 11× bigger than the Tokyo Skytree.
Things about the same size
- How tall is Mont Blanc?4,806 m
- How tall is Mount Kilimanjaro?5,895 m
- How tall is Denali?6,190 m
- How long is the Las Vegas Strip?6,800 m
- How tall is Aconcagua?6,961 m
- How tall is K2?8,611 m
- How tall is Mount Everest?8,849 m
- How wide was the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs?10,000 m
Many real things vary in size, so we use a typical or official figure. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected].