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  2. Kalalau Trail - Wikipedia

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    Kalalau Trail. Coordinates: 22°12′01″N 159°37′13″W. Along the Kalalau Trail. The Kalalau Trail is a trail along Nā Pali Coast of the island of Kauai in the state of Hawaii. The trail runs approximately 11 miles (18 km) along the island's north shore from Keʻe Beach to the Kalalau Valley. The trail has been named one of the most ...

  3. Li (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Li (Chinese: 里, lǐ, or 市里, shìlǐ), also known as the Chinese mile, [citation needed] is a traditional Chinese unit of distance. The li has varied considerably over time but was usually about one third of an English mile and now has a standardized length of a half- kilometer (500 meters or 1,640 feet or 0.311 miles ).

  4. Naismith's rule - Wikipedia

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    The original Naismith 's rule from 1892 says that one should allow one hour per three miles on the map and an additional hour per 2000 feet of ascent. [ 1 ][ 4 ] It is included in the last sentence of his report from a trip. [ 1 ][ 8 ] Today it is formulated in many ways. Naismith's 1 h / 3 mi + 1 h / 2000 ft can be replaced by:

  5. Medieval weights and measures - Wikipedia

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    foot; perch, used variously to measure length or area; acre and acre's breadth; furlong; mile; The best-attested of these is the perch, which varied in length from 10 to 25 feet, with the most common value (16 1 ⁄ 2 feet or 5.03 m) remaining in use until the twentieth century. [1] Later development of the English system continued in 1215 in ...

  6. List of mountains by elevation - Wikipedia

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    (Some people have claimed there are six more 8,000m peaks in Nepal, making for a total of 20. [1]) All are in the two highest mountain ranges in the world, the Himalayas and the Karakoram. Mount Everest - 8,848 m (29,029 ft) K2 - 8,611 m (28,251 ft) Kanchenjunga - 8,586 m (28,169 ft)

  7. List of highest communities in the United States - Wikipedia

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    2,868. 35.1 °F (1.7 °C) Colorado. Blue River. 10,020 ft (3,054 m) 921. No Data. Note: Alma, Colorado is the highest when considering only areas with permanent residents. Using administrative boundaries as a measure, not settled areas, in 2006 Winter Park, Colorado became the highest incorporated town due to its annexation of a ski area.

  8. Mile - Wikipedia

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    nautical units. ≈ 0.868 98 nmi [n 1] The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of length; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English feet, or 1,760 yards. The statute mile was standardised between the ...

  9. Yojana - Wikipedia

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    1 náriká ~ 91.5 cm (36 inches / 3 feet) 2 nárikás 1 dhanu ~ 183 cm (72 inches / 6 feet) 1 paurusa a man's height with arms and fingers uplifted (standing reach) [14] ~ 192 cm (75 inches) 2,000 dhanus [15] 1 gavyuti or gorutam (distance at which a cow's call or lowing can be heard) 4 gavyutis 1 yojana 3.3 to 15 kilometers [3]