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title: "Great Wall of China vs Panama Canal lock — size, weight and sp"
description: "Panama Canal lock is 2.6× Great Wall of China on height. Compared on 3 measured properties, with the full range and a source for each."
url: https://atoneplace.net/vs/great-wall-of-china-vs-panama-canal-lock/
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# Great Wall of China vs Panama Canal lock

**Great Wall of China vs Panama Canal lock: Panama Canal lock is larger on height**

Panama Canal lock is 2.6× Great Wall of China on height.

Great Wall of China and a Panama Canal lock can be compared on 3 measures. The figures below are typical adult or full-size values, with the larger of the two in bold.

## Side by side

*Larger value in bold. Ranges reflect genuine variation, not uncertainty.*

|  | Great Wall of China | Panama Canal lock |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Height | 5–8 m | 18.3 m |
| Length | 21,200 km | 427 m |
| Width | 4–9 m | 55 m |

## What the numbers say

- Panama Canal lock is 2.6× Great Wall of China on height.
- Great Wall of China is 50,000× Panama Canal lock on length.
- Panama Canal lock is 11× Great Wall of China on width.

*Height compared.*

- Panama Canal lock: 18.3 m
- Great Wall of China: 5–8 m

## Great Wall of China

A network of fortifications across northern China; a 2012 archaeological survey put the total length at 21,196 km.

## Panama Canal lock

A chamber of the Panama Canal's 2016 expansion, sized to set the Neopanamax limit on world shipping.

> This is a comparison of published measurements, nothing more. It describes how two things differ on measures that have been recorded; it does not predict how they would fare against each other in any situation.

## Common questions

### Which is bigger, Great Wall of China or Panama Canal lock?

Panama Canal lock is 2.6× Great Wall of China on height. Both figures are typical values; the full range for each is in the table above.

### How do Great Wall of Chinas and Panama Canal locks compare on length?

Great Wall of China: 21,200 km. Panama Canal lock: 427 m. Great Wall of China is 50,000× Panama Canal lock on length.

### How do Great Wall of Chinas and Panama Canal locks compare on width?

Great Wall of China: 4–9 m. Panama Canal lock: 55 m. Panama Canal lock is 11× Great Wall of China on width.

## Sources

- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation (https://www.wikidata.org/) [CC0 1.0]