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Mount Everest
≈161,932,476,090 tonnes
≈357,000B pounds
Mount Everest weighs about **357 trillion pounds**. This number doesn’t even include the ice and snow at the …
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Kiloton-scale giants
Objects above 1,000 tonnes, from towers to mountains.
Weight span 1,134–161,932,476,090 tonnes
Buildings & Structures
Great Pyramid of Giza
≈5,750,000 tonnes
≈12.7B pounds
The oldest of the Seven Wonders, built from millions of stone blocks.
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Pyramid of Khufu
≈5,216,312 tonnes
≈11.5B pounds
Pyramids are known to be constructed from impossibly heavy stones, and The Pyramid of Khufu in The Greater Ca…
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Palace of Parliament
3,628,739 tonnes
8B pounds
Our heavyweight champion building of the world is in Bucharest, Romania. The Palace of Parliament is over 4 m…
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New Century Global Center
≈2,086,525 tonnes
≈4.6B pounds
Chengdu, China, is home to the largest building in terms of square footage at almost 19 million sq ft! Over 4…
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Storm Cloud
≈1,088,622 tonnes
≈2.4B pounds
A storm cloud carries much more water than a cumulous cloud. A Stormcloud measuring about 10 times longer and…
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Great Mosque of Mecca
771,107 tonnes
1.7B pounds
Mosques are typically some of the largest structures around. The Great Mosque of Mecca can hold up to 4 milli…
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Shanghai Tower
771,107 tonnes
1.7B pounds
The Shanghai Tower is not only one of the tallest mega skyscrapers in the world, but also hold a top record f…
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Lotte World Tower
680,389 tonnes
1.5B pounds
Seoul, South Korea, is the home of the 1,821-foot tall skyscraper. This structure weighs in at over 750,000 t…
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Hibernia
635,937 tonnes
1.4B pounds
This is the heaviest oil rig in the world as it has a 660,000 ton gravity base structure and a 41,000 ton top…
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Pentagon
635,029 tonnes
1.4B pounds
A record-holding structure for the largest office building in the world, The Pentagon in Arlington, VA, is al…
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Troll A
620,151 tonnes
1.37B pounds
This is a concrete gravity-based structure off the West Coast of Norway. It is a natural gas platform and wei…
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Burj Khalifa
≈500,000 tonnes
≈1.1B pounds
The world's tallest skyscraper, in Dubai.
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St. Peter’s Basilica
453,592 tonnes
1000M pounds
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, as it is formally known, is located in the Vatican for bein…
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Pioneering Spirit
365,906 tonnes
807M pounds
Gross Weight: 403,342 tons The Pioneering Spirit is a crane vessel that is, quite literally, the heaviest shi…
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Empire State Building
≈365,000 tonnes
≈805M pounds
A 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in New York City.
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Batillus and Bellamya
249,719 tonnes
551M pounds
Gross Weight: 275,268 tons The Batillus and the Bellamya are both Batillus class supertankers that share the …
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Pierre Guillaumat and Prairial
249,329 tonnes
550M pounds
Gross Weight: 274,838 tons The Pierre Guillaumat and the Prairial are both Batillus class supertankers that s…
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Seawise Giant
236,722 tonnes
522M pounds
Gross Weight: 260,941 tons The Seawise Giant is a supertanker. She has been known by many names – Happy Giant…
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Esso Atlantic
235,443 tonnes
519M pounds
Gross Weight: 259,532 tons The Esso Atlantic is an Esso Atlantic class supertanker. This ULCC is the other me…
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Colosseum
≈230,000 tonnes
≈507M pounds
A vast Roman amphitheatre in Rome.
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Icon of the Seas
≈227,522 tonnes
≈502M pounds
Gross Weight: 250,800 tons The Icon of the Seas is not your average run-of-the-mill cruise ship. It is the fi…
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Esso Pacific
224,220 tonnes
494M pounds
Gross Weight: 247,160 tons The Esso Pacific is an Esso Atlantic class supertanker. This ULCC is one of the tw…
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Sea World
222,351 tonnes
490M pounds
Gross Weight: 245,100 tons The Sea World is a supertanker. She held the title of the widest ship ever built f…
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Taipei 101
≈217,724 tonnes
≈480M pounds
This mega skyscraper was constructed with a 728-ton damper. In addition to the massive damper, there are 101 …
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Globtik Tokyo
216,120 tonnes
476M pounds
Gross Weight: 238,232 tons The Globtik Tokyo is a Globtik Tokyo class supertanker. This oil tanker is the lar…
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Globtik London
216,098 tonnes
476M pounds
Gross Weight: 238,207 tons The Globtik London is a Globtick Tokyo class supertanker. This crude oil tanker se…
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Wonder of the Seas
213,733 tonnes
471M pounds
Gross Weight: 235,600 tons With the recent launch of Icon of the seas in January 2024, Wonder of the seas has…
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Nissei Maru
212,542 tonnes
469M pounds
Gross Weight: 234,287 tons The Nissei Maru is a Globtik Tokyo class supertanker. When this ultra large crude …
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MSC Gulsun, MSC Samar, and MSC Leni
211,027 tonnes
465M pounds
Gross Weight: 232,618 tons The Gulsun , Samar , and Leni are all MSC Megamax-24 container ships that share th…
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MSC Mina, MSC Isabella, and MSC Marina
207,510 tonnes
457M pounds
Gross Weight: 228,741 tons The Mina , Isabella , and Ma rina are all MSC Megamax-24 container ships that shar…
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Symphony of the Seas
206,912 tonnes
456M pounds
Gross Weight: 228,081 tons The Symphony of the Seas is a Royal Caribbean Oasis class cruise ship. This incred…
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Harmony of the Seas
205,897 tonnes
454M pounds
Gross Weight: 226,963 tons The Harmony of the Seas is a Royal Caribbean Oasis class cruise ship. This luxurio…
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Container ship
≈200,000 tonnes
≈441M pounds
A large container cargo ship.
Buildings & Structures
Berkut
181,437 tonnes
400M pounds
It weighs 200,000 tons and is located in the Sea of Okhotsk on the Russian Pacific Coast just north of Japan.…
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Malbork Castle
≈167,829 tonnes
≈370M pounds
The Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork is the world’s largest castle. Located in Malbork, Poland, and bu…
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USS Nimitz
104,000 tonnes
229M pounds
The USS Nimitz is the lead of the great Nimitz Class made of ten nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. The ship …
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USS Gerald R. Ford
≈100,000 tonnes
≈220M pounds
Ford of the Ford Class was built to replace the Nimitz class. She weighs around 100,000 tonnes and features a…
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USS Enterprise
≈93,300 tonnes
≈206M pounds
The USS Enterprise CVN-65 , like the Nimitz CVN-68, was redesigned from CVN-65. She is the first aircraft car…
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NASA Vehicle Assembly Building
89,439 tonnes
197M pounds
This building is used for the construction of rockets. It covers 8 acres and took 98,590 tons of steel to con…
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Kitty Hawk
≈80,000 tonnes
≈176M pounds
The Kitty Hawk CV-63 was nicknamed Battle Cat and weighed around 80,000 tonnes. She also holds the third-long…
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Taj Mahal
≈80,000 tonnes
≈176M pounds
A white marble mausoleum in Agra.
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Musashi
71,000 tonnes
157M pounds
Musashi was in the Yamato Class with her sister Yamato. She was the largest battleship ever made at the time …
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Bullwinkle
69,853 tonnes
154M pounds
This fixed steel oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico weighs 77,000 tons. It was installed in 1988 and was init…
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SSCV Sleipnir
65,317 tonnes
144M pounds
The SSCV Sleipnir is the world’s biggest floating vessel crane after the SSCV Thialf. The machine has a lengt…
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HMS Queen Elizabeth
65,000 tonnes
143M pounds
The HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) is the lead ship of Queen Elizabeth Class of two, sister of the HMS Prince of W…
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Shandong
55,000 tonnes
121M pounds
Shandong is the second aircraft carrier and the largest warship wholly built in China. She weighs 55,000 tonn…
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Petronius
45,813 tonnes
101M pounds
This deepwater compliant tower oil platform is located in the Gulf of Mexico. It is operated by Chevron and w…
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USS Iowa
45,000 tonnes
99.2M pounds
The USS Iowa (BB-61) is the Iowa class’s lead ship. She’s the only ship in the Iowa class to have served in t…
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Tirpitz
42,900 tonnes
94.6M pounds
Tirpitz was the second warship in her Bismarck class. She was modified and became more massive than Bismarck,…
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Ekibastuz to Urals Coal Train
39,372 tonnes
86.8M pounds
It transports coal from Kazakhstan to the mountain range in Russia. The train in 1986 reached up to 43,400 tons.
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Baldpate
35,108 tonnes
77.4M pounds
It is an offshore compliant tower platform near the coast of Louisiana that is owned and operated by the Hess…
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Makkah Clock Tower
32,659 tonnes
72M pounds
This amazing clock tower is the biggest and tallest in the world and is located in Saudi Arabia. You can see …
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Fortescue – Australia
31,751 tonnes
70M pounds
Iron ore is transported across the Pilbara region of Western Australia along many rail lines. Fortescue pulls…
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USS Zumwalt
15,656 tonnes
34.5M pounds
The USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) is one of the most technologically advanced warships in the world. She’s the lead …
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Eiffel Tower
≈10,000 tonnes
≈22M pounds
A wrought-iron lattice tower in Paris.
Nature & Materials
Pando aspen
≈6,000 tonnes
≈13.2M pounds
A massive clonal aspen colony.
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Quaking Aspen (Pando)
5,987 tonnes
13.2M pounds
At 6,600 tons and 80,000 years old, Pando (consisting of 47,000 trees) could easily be the Earth’s heaviest l…
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Mammoet PTC 200 DS
≈5,557 tonnes
≈12.2M pounds
Mammoet PTC 200 DS is one of the heaviest cranes in the world, weighing nearly 6,125 tons. The crane has also…
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Demag CC 8800-1 TWIN
2,903 tonnes
6.4M pounds
The Demag CC 8800-1 TWINis a twin crane with a two boom system fixed onto the carrier and weighs 3,200 tons. …
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ALE AL.SK350
2,722 tonnes
6M pounds
Since its launch in 2013, the AL.SK350 has held the title for the largest capacity land-based crane in the wo…
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Manitowoc 3100
2,087 tonnes
4.6M pounds
The Manitowoc 3100 stands at 209 meters high with 2,500 tons and is the biggest crane ever built by an Americ…
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Giant sequoia
≈2,000 tonnes
≈4.41M pounds
A giant sequoia tree.
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Oxygen Produced by 100 Trees
1,814 tonnes
4M pounds
A mature tree produces around 20 liters of oxygen per day, and it is enough oxygen to save approximately 50 p…
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Demag CC 8800-1
1,134 tonnes
2.5M pounds
The Demag CC 8800-1 is one of the heaviest cranes weighing an impressive 1250 tons, standing at the height of…