2013-12-01

The Biggest Letters in the Whole Wide World

So, I was watching TV with my daughter the other day and a character in one of the kids programs said they were trying to make "the biggest '9' in the whole wide world".  This got me to thinking, where is the biggest '9' in the world?  For that matter, what about all the other letters?

I'd say the only ground rules are that the letter has to be a physical structure, and that the structure was intended to represent that letter (so an American Football goalpost doesn't count as a 'Y').  For the moment, I'll restrict this to the Latin alphabet

I guess most of them are going to be found on buildings or perhaps ships.  The "HOLLYWOOD" sign might scoop six of the letters, but where are the others?  Some of them may actually be quite small.  Suggestions in the comments ...


  • A
    • "READYMIX" [5] 240 metres tall.
    • "BISMARK" [10] 87 metres tall (estimated).
    • "CASAS BAHIA 1" [7] 71 metres tall (estimated).
    • "Coca Cola" [3] 15.5 metres tall (estimated).
    • "PADDY POWER" [1] 15.2 metres tall.
  • B
    • "BISMARK" [10] 87 metres tall (estimated).
    • "CASAS BAHIA 1" [7] 71 metres tall (estimated).
  • C
    • "LUECKE" [4] 950 metres tall (estimated).
    • "JOSTWINE.COM" [6] 75 metres (estimated).
    • "Coca Cola" [3] 32 metres tall (estimated)
  • D
    • "READYMIX" [5] 240 metres tall.
    • "GOD'S WISDOM" [9] 28 metres tall (estimated).
    • "PADDY POWER" [1] 15.2 metres tall.
    • "HOLLYWOOD" [2] 14 metres tall.
  • E
    • "LUECKE" [4] 950 metres tall (estimated).
    • "READYMIX" [5] 240 metres tall.
    • "JOSTWINE.COM" [6] 75 metres (estimated).
    • "PADDY POWER" [1] 15.2 metres tall.
  • F
    • "FOWL" [11] 55 metres tall (estimated).
  • G
    • "GOD'S WISDOM" [9] 28 metres tall (estimated).
  • H
    • "CASAS BAHIA 1" [7] 71 metres tall (estimated).
    • "HOLLYWOOD" [2] 14 metres tall.
    • Pink suggested a Helipad somewhere?
  • I
    • "READYMIX" [5] 240 metres tall.
    • "BISMARK" [10] 87 metres tall (estimated).
    • "JOSTWINE.COM" [6] 75 metres (estimated).
    • "CASAS BAHIA 1" [7] 71 metres tall (estimated).
  • J
    • "JOSTWINE.COM" [6] 75 metres (estimated).
  • K
    • "LUECKE" [4] 950 metres tall (estimated).
    • "BISMARK" [10] 87 metres tall (estimated).
    • "FOWL" [11] 55 metres tall (estimated).
  • L
    • "LUECKE" [4] 950 metres tall (estimated).
    • "Coca Cola" [3] 32 metres tall (estimated).
    • "HOLLYWOOD" [2] - 14 metres tall.
  • M
    • "READYMIX" [5] 240 metres tall.
    • "BISMARK" [10] 87 metres tall (estimated).
    • "JOSTWINE.COM" [6] 75 metres (estimated).
    • "Platte Mound M" - 73 metres tall.
  • N
    • "JOSTWINE.COM" [6] 75 metres (estimated).
  • O
    • "JOSTWINE.COM" [6] 75 metres (estimated).
    • "FOWL" [11] 55 metres tall (estimated).
    • "GOD'S WISDOM" [9] 28 metres tall (estimated).
    • "Coca Cola" [3] 15.5 metres tall (estimated).
    • "PADDY POWER" [1] 15.2 metres tall.
    • "HOLLYWOOD" [2] 14 metres tall.
  • P
    • "PADDY POWER" [1] 15.2 metres tall.
    • "PLAZA MAYOR" [8] 14 metres tall (estimated).
    • "P&O" Cruise Ships 8 metres tall (estimated)
  • Q
  • R
    • "READYMIX" [5] 240 metres tall.
    • "BISMARK" [10] 87 metres tall (estimated).
    • "PADDY POWER" [1] 15.2 metres tall.
    • "PLAZA MAYOR" [8] 14 metres tall (estimated).
  • S
    • "BISMARK" [10] 87 metres tall (estimated).
    • "JOSTWINE.COM" [6] 75 metres (estimated).
    • "GOD'S WISDOM" [9] 28 metres tall (estimated).
  • T
    • "JOSTWINE.COM" [6] 75 metres (estimated).
  • U
    • "LUECKE" [4] 950 metres tall (estimated).
    • "Block U" 30 metres tall.
  • V
  • W
    • "JOSTWINE.COM" [6] 75 metres (estimated).
    • "FOWL" [11] 55 metres tall (estimated).
    • "GOD'S WISDOM" [9] 28 metres tall (estimated).
    • "PADDY POWER" [1] 15.2 metres tall.
    • "HOLLYWOOD" [2] 14 metres tall.
  • X
    • "READYMIX" [5] 240 metres tall.
  • Y
    • "READYMIX" [5] 240 metres tall.
    • "PADDY POWER" [1] 15.2 metres tall.
    • "HOLLYWOOD" [2] 14 metres tall.
    • "PLAZA MAYOR" [8] 14 metres tall (estimated).
  • Z
    • "PLAZA MAYOR" [8] 14 metres tall (estimated).
  • 0
  • 1
    • "CASAS BAHIA 1" [7] 71 metres tall (estimated).
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9



    • [1]  "PADDY POWER" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/advertising/news/7465528/Worlds-biggest-advertising-sign-built-overlooking-Cheltenham-Racecourse.html

    [2]  "HOLLYWOOD" https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.134029,-118.321611&spn=0.001039,0.002064&sll=34.092809,-118.328661&sspn=0.06653,0.132093&t=h&z=20

    [3]  "Coca Cola" https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=-18.529371,-70.249503&spn=0.00238,0.004128&sll=-18.481898,-70.250197&sspn=0.019049,0.033023&t=h&z=19

    [4]  "LUECKE" https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=30.081684,-97.140995&spn=0.00869,0.016512&sll=52.8382,-2.327815&sspn=12.439947,33.815918&t=h&z=20

    [5]  "READYMIX" https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=-32.21714,125.361149&spn=0.016992,0.033023&sll=52.8382,-2.327815&sspn=12.439947,33.815918&t=h&z=16

    [6]  "JOSTWINE.COM" https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=45.800234,-63.381817&spn=0.003501,0.008256&sll=52.8382,-2.327815&sspn=12.439947,33.815918&t=h&z=18

    [7]  "CASAS BAHIA 1" https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-23.23482,-46.862687&spn=0.004614,0.008256&t=h&z=18

    [8]  "PLAZA MAYOR" https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=36.655336,-4.47956&spn=0.001007,0.002064&sll=36.655314,-4.479591&sspn=0.001007,0.002064&t=h&z=20

    [9]  "GOD'S WISDOM" https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=42.46578,-72.08783&spn=0.001852,0.004128&sll=42.465956,-72.089957&sspn=0.014816,0.033023&t=h&z=19

    [10]  "BISMARK" https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=46.815614,-100.722774&spn=0.001718,0.004128&sll=46.81627,-100.720757&sspn=0.003436,0.008256&t=h&z=19

    [11]  "FOWL" https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=44.829679,-87.905474&spn=0.00178,0.004128&t=h&z=19



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