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Is Majorca an ISO Standard Unit of Journalism across the pond? How many Rhode Islands is a Majorca?
by shalmanese 5y ago
Is Majorca an ISO Standard Unit of Journalism across the pond? How many Rhode Islands is a Majorca?
- chinathrow 5y agoGlad you asked! Rhode Island (US) is 0.86 times as big as Mallorca Island https://mapfight.xyz/map/mallorca/#us.ri https://mapfight.xyz/map/mallorca/#us.ri
- simonh 5y agoIceberg B-15 was widely reported as being one Jamaica in size, which works out at a bit over two Majorcas, or four Rohode Islands.
- spaetzleesser 5y agothe international standard is football fields. smaller icebergs are measured in tennis courts.
- mnw21cam 5y agoIt makes a change from the microWales.
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- ben_w 5y agoBy sheer coincidence, one microWales is about the same area as one kiloKillerWhales — 20,000 m^2 (Skin area of a killer whale approximated as open ended cylinder 6.6 m long 0.92 m diameter: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28area+wales+in+square+meters%29%2F1e6%2C+%280.92m*pi*6.6m%29*1000 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28area+wales+in+squar... )
- yesenadam 5y agoHmm no mention of Majorca yet on this fascinating page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_units_of_measurement#Countries,_regions,_and_cities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_units_of_measu...
- rycomb 5y agoIt's interesting that DW would choose that reference. Germans... they surely love the Balearic islands.
- etxm 5y agoMallorca is one of my favorites places, but it does seem odd as a unit of measurement. I’d like to know how many Nissan Altima’s it is.
- ghostDancer 5y agoYou only need to convert it firs to football fields International|American or (probably exist too) Imperial ones. ;)