Magnitude (area)

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This is a compilation of areas of different sizes for comparison purposes. The information is often to be understood as “typical values”; the converted values ​​are rounded.

The basic unit of the meter unit derived the surface in the international system of units is 1  square meter ( unit symbol ), the symbols A .

Further units used below:

  • 1 mm² (square millimeter) = 0.000001 m²
    (1,000,000 mm² = 1 m²)
  • 1 cm² (square centimeter) = 0.0001 m²
    (10,000 cm² = 1 m²)
  • 1 a ( Ar ) = 100 m²
  • 1 ha ( hectare ) = 100 a = 10,000 m²
  • 1 km² ( square kilometers ) = 100 ha = 1,000,000 m²

Areas smaller than 1 mm²

1 μm² (square micrometer) corresponds to = 1,000,000 nm² (square nanometer)

  • 0.05 μm² - surface area of ​​a flu virus
  • 0.20 μm² - limit of visibility light microscope
  • 500 μm² - surface of a bacterium

1 mm² (square millimeter) corresponds to = 1,000,000 μm² (square micrometer)

  • 0.01 mm² - smallest particle visible to the naked eye
  • 0.15 mm² - surface of a human egg cell
  • 0.196 mm² - cross-sectional area of ​​the lead of a mechanical pencil (0.5 mm)

1 mm² to 100 mm² (1 cm²)

  • 1 mm² box on graph paper
  • 2 to 50 mm² - pupil of a person, depending on the incidence of light
  • 25 mm² box on normal-checked paper (5 mm grid)
  • 49 mm² - boxes on large squared paper (7 mm grid)
  • 55 mm² - average human eardrum (pars tensa)

1 cm² to 10 cm²

  • 1.77 cm² - center hole of a CD
  • 2.07 cm² - 1 euro cent coin
  • 3.89 cm² - 20 euro cent coin
  • 4.25 cm² - 1 euro coin
  • 5.21 cm² - 2 euro coin
  • 6.4516 cm² - 1 square inch (square inch)

10 cm² to 100 cm²

100 cm² to 1000 cm²

  • 107.80 cm² - 50 euro banknote (140 mm × 77 mm)
  • 113 cm² - size of a compact disc
  • 126.68 cm² - surface of a tennis ball
  • 240.53 cm² - single (7 ″) (including the area of ​​the hole)
  • 312.5 cm² - sheet of paper ( A5 format )
  • 625 cm² - sheet of paper (A4 format)
  • 729 cm² - long-playing record
  • 910 cm² - screen area of ​​a 17-inch computer monitor (calculated value with a screen diagonal of 17 inches [corresponds to 43.18 cm] and an aspect ratio of 5: 4)
  • 929.0304 cm² - 1 square foot (square feet)

1000 cm² to 10,000 cm² (1 m²)

  • 1090 cm² - surface of a handball
  • 1250 cm² - sheet of paper (A3 format)
  • 1403.4 cm² - image area of ​​a 22-inch computer monitor (calculated value with a screen diagonal of 22 inches [corresponds to 55.88 cm] and an aspect ratio of 16:10)
  • 1560 cm² - surface of a soccer ball
  • 2500 cm² - sheet of paper (format A2)
  • 2827 cm² - surface of a globe Ø 30 cm
  • 4070 cm² - " Mona Lisa " by Leonardo da Vinci
  • 5000 cm² - sheet of paper (A1 format)
  • 6270 cm² - unrolled tape roll (19 mm × 33 m)
  • 8361.2736 cm² - 1 square yard
  • 9600 cm² - area of ​​a transport pallet according to EN 13698-1

1 m² to 10 m²

10 m² to 100 m² (1 a)

  • 12.5 m² - parking space (5.0 m × 2.5 m)
  • 17.86 m² - football goal (7.32 m × 2.44 m)
  • 37.16 m² - boxing ring
  • 25 to 80 m² - typical living space in a small city apartment
  • 81.74 m² - badminton court

100 m² (1 a) to 1000 m² (10 a)

1000 m² (10 a) to 10,000 m² (1 ha)

10,000 m² (1 ha) to 100,000 m² (10 ha)

100,000 m² (10 ha) to 1 km² (100 ha)

1 km² to 10 km²

10 km² to 100 km²

  • 10.8 km² - Ossiacher See , Carinthia
  • 19.0 km² - Hiddensee , German Baltic Sea island
  • 21.3 km² - Republic of Nauru , Oceania
  • 25.2 km² - Königsforst , North Rhine-Westphalia
  • 30.7 km² - Borkum , East Frisian island
  • 46.2 km² - Attersee , Salzkammergut / Austria
  • 59.5 km² - Manhattan , New York City
  • 79.9 km² - Chiemsee , the largest lake in Bavaria
  • 99.1 km² - Sylt , North Frisian island

100 km² to 1000 km²

1000 km² to 10,000 km²

10,000 km² to 100,000 km²

100,000 km² to 1,000,000 km²

1,000,000 km² to 10,000,000 km²

10 million km² to 100 million km²

  • 10.18 million km² - Europe (continent)
  • 13.20 million km² - Antarctica (continent)
  • 13.20 million km² - expansion of the former Arab World Empire ( Umayyad Caliphate ) around 750
  • 13.50 million km² - expansion of the former French colonial empire around 1919
  • 13.70 million km² - expansion of the former Spanish colonial empire around 1740
  • 14.09 million km² - Arctic Ocean
  • 17.08 million km² - Russia (largest country in the world)
  • 17.84 million km² - South America
  • 17.95 million km² - surface of Pluto
  • 23.02 million km² - surface of Triton , Neptune's largest moon
  • 24.46 million km² - expansion of the former Russian Empire until 1866
  • 24.93 million km² - North America
  • 29.18 million km² - African Union
  • 30.30 million km² - Africa
  • 33.00 million km² - expansion of the former British Empire around 1921 and the Mongol Empire around 1274
  • 37.93 million km² - the surface of the moon
  • 44.61 million km² - Asia
  • 73.43 million km² - Indian Ocean (excluding tributaries)
  • 74.76 million km² - surface of Mercury
  • 82.40 million km² - Atlantic Ocean (excluding secondary seas)
  • 83.32 million km² - the surface of Titan , Saturn's largest moon
  • 85.00 million km² - Africa-Eurasia (largest contiguous land mass on earth)
  • 87.18 million km² - the surface of Ganymede , the largest moon in the solar system

100 million km² to 1 billion km²

  • 144.6 million km² - surface of Mars
  • 149.1 million km² - land area of ​​the earth
  • 166.2 million km² - Pacific Ocean (excluding tributaries)
  • 361.1 million km² - the surface of the earth's water
  • 460.2 million km² - surface of Venus
  • 510.1 million km² - surface of the earth

1 billion km² to 10 billion km²

  • 7.620 billion km² - surface of Neptune
  • 8.083 billion km² - surface of Uranus

10 billion km² to 100 billion km²

  • 42.61 billion km² - surface of Saturn
  • 61.42 billion km² - the surface of Jupiter

100 billion km² to 1 trillion km²

  • 463.2 billion km² - the area of ​​the disk formed by the moon's orbit around the earth

Areas larger than 1 billion km²

  • 6.087 trillion km² (6.09 · 10 18 m²) - the surface of the sun
  • 70.31 quadrillion km² (7.03 · 10 22 m²) - the area of ​​the disk formed by the earth's orbit around the sun
  • 106.2 trillion km² (1.06 · 10 26 m²) - the area of ​​the disk formed by Pluto's orbit around the sun

Individual evidence

  1. Dimensions and numbers , koelner-dom.de

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