{{Short description|Comparison of a wide range of volumes}} The table lists various objects and units by the order of magnitude of their volume.
[[File:ALH84001 structures.jpg|thumb|Chain structures in meteorite fragment ALH84001]] [[File:Icosahedral Adenoviruses.jpg|thumb|Electron micrograph of icosahedral adenovirus]] thumb|right|A scanning electron microscope image of normal circulating human blood showing red blood cells, several knobbly white blood cells including lymphocytes, a monocyte, a neutrophil and many small disc-shaped platelets thumb|California poppy seeds thumb|right|Mustard seeds thumb|right|Peas in pods thumb|right|Measuring spoons of {{tbspUS|1}} and 1, {{frac|2}} and {{frac|4}} teaspoon thumb|right|Copper measuring jugs of 1 and {{frac|2}} gill thumb|right|375 mL stubbie of beer thumb|right|A {{frac|2}}-peck apple bag thumb|A standard 200-litre<br/>(55 US or 44 imp gal) drumthumb|A cubic metre of concrete thumb|A TEU container thumb|An Olympic swimming pool thumb|LZ 129 Hindenburg thumb|Great Pyramid of Giza thumb|The Three Gorges Dam thumb|Sydney Harbour thumb|Solar System bodies with Earth volume or less thumb|right|The Cat's Eye Nebula on left (about {{val|3|e=46|u=m3}}) and the dark cloud Barnard 68 at top (about {{val|6|e=46|u=m3}}) are of comparable volumes; the Stingray Nebula between them is smaller with a similar volume as the small yellow light-month radius sphere, about {{val|2|e=45|u=m3}}.<!-- figures are very approximate --> thumb|right|The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) at left with about 520 cubic light years ({{val|4.4|e=50|u=m3}}) dwarfs the Dumbbell Nebula's 12 cubic light years ({{val|1|e=49|u=m3}}) (very approximate figures) [[File:1e17m comparison 100 light years nebula clusters.png|thumb|right|The globular cluster Messier 5 at upper left with about 2 million cubic light years ({{val|1.7|e=54|u=m3}}) dwarfs the much smaller Bubble Nebula at lower right.]]
==Sub-microscopic== {|class=wikitable |- !Volume (m<sup>3</sup>) !Example |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|4.22419|e=-105}} |The Planck volume |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=-90}} |One cubic quectometre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=-81}} |One cubic rontometre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=-72}} |One cubic yoctometre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=-63}} |One cubic zeptometre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=-54}} |One cubic attometre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=-45}} |One cubic femtometre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=~|2.82|e=-45}} |Volume of a proton |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=~|9.4|e=-44}} |Classical volume of an electron |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=-36}} |One cubic picometre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=-33}} |One quectolitre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=-30}} |One cubic ångström or one rontolitre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|7.23|e=-30}} |Volume enclosed by the Van der Waals radius of a hydrogen atom |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3.936|e=-29}} |van der Waals volume of a helium atom |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.91|e=-29}} |volume enclosed by the van der Waals radius of a gold atom |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3.75|e=-29}} |van der Waals volume of a {{chem|link=Hydrogen|H|2}} molecule |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|5.29|e=-29}} |van der Waals volume of a {{chem|link=Oxygen|O|2}} molecule |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=-27}} |One cubic nanometre or one yoctolitre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=-24}} |One zeptolitre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|5|e=-23}} |Typical volume of structures on the Martian meteorite ALH84001 |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=-21}} |One attolitre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|4|e=-21}} |Volume of hypothesised nanobacteria |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|5|e=-21}} |Volume of a typical virus |}
==Microscopic== {|class=wikitable |- !Volume (m<sup>3</sup>) !Example |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=-18}} |One cubic micrometre or one femtolitre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|9|e=-18}} |Average volume of a platelet |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|9|e=-17}} |Normal volume of a human red blood cell |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2|e=-16}} |Average volume of a lymphocyte |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3.3|e=-16}} |Mean volume of a neutrophil granulocyte |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|4.2|e=-16}} |Volume of an average monocyte |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=-15}} |One picolitre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=2–|9|e=-15}} |One drop from a high resolution colour inkjet printer |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.3|e=-13}} |a very fine grain of sand (0.063 mm diameter, 3 micrograms) |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=-12}} |One nanolitre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|6.2|e=-11}} |A medium grain of sand (0.5 mm diameter, 1.5 milligrams) |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|5|e=-10}} |Volume of a poppy seed of 1-millimetre diameter<ref>{{cite book |author=Gerald H. Ristow |title=Pattern Formation in Granular Materials |publisher=Springer |year=2000 |isbn=3-540-66701-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4x8MGJD3nMQC |accessdate=3 November 2008|page=193 }}</ref> |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=-9}} |One cubic millimetre or one microlitre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|4|e=-9}} |Volume of a mustard seed of 2-millimetre diameter |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2|e=-8}} |Volume of a small grain of rice 2 mm wide by 5 mm long |}
==Human measures== {|class=wikitable |- !Volume (m<sup>3</sup>) !Example |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|5.92|e=-8}} |One imperial minim |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|6.16|e=-8}} |One US minim |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|7|e=-8}} |Volume of a large grain of rice 3 mm wide by 12 mm long |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2|e=-7}} |Average volume of a pea |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=-6}} |One cubic centimetre or one millilitre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.18|e=-6}} |One imperial fluid scruple |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.23|e=-6}} |One US fluid scruple |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.80|e=-6}} |One ''sai'' |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3.55|e=-6}} |One imperial fluid drachm |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3.70|e=-6}} |One US fluid dram |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=3–|5|e=-6}} |Average human ejaculation<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.everydayhealth.com/mens-health/can-less-semen-mean-low-testosterone.aspx|title = Does Low Sperm Volume Mean Low Testosterone?|website=Everyday Health|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621170059/https://www.everydayhealth.com/mens-health/can-less-semen-mean-low-testosterone.aspx|archive-date=2024-06-21}}</ref> |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=3.55–|5|e=-6}} |One teaspoon |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.14|e=-5}} |One ''ligula'' |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=1.42–|2.0|e=-5}} |One tablespoon |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.639|e=-5}} |One cubic inch |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.80|e=-5}} |One ''shaku'' |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2.84|e=-5}} |One imperial fluid ounce |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2.96|e=-5}} |One US fluid ounce |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3.5|e=-5}} |Average amount of blood lost by a woman during menstruation |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|4.5|e=-5}} |One ''cyathus'' |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|6.8|e=-5}} |One ''acetabulum'' |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=-4}} |Maximum volume of non-exempt liquids, gels, and aerosols allowed in a U.S. air traveler's carry-on luggage |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.18|e=-4}} |One US gill |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.36|e=-4}} |One ''quartarius'' |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.42|e=-4}} |One imperial gill |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.80|e=-4}} |One ''gō'' (a common size for serving sake) |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2.73|e=-4}} |one Roman ''hemina'' or ''cotyla'' |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=3.3–|3.75|e=-4}} |Volume of stubby or steinie of beer (Europe–330 mL, Canada–341 mL, Japan–350 mL, US–355 mL, Australia–375 mL) |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|4|e=-4}} |Rough volume of the human urinary bladder |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|4.73|e=-4}} |One US liquid pint |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|5.46|e=-4}} |One ''sextarius'' |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|5.51|e=-4}} |One US dry pint |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|5.68|e=-4}} |One imperial pint |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|7.5|e=-4}} |The most common volume for wine and liquor bottles, also the size of an Australian long neck of beer; sometimes called a 'fifth' in the United States for its approximation to the once-common one-fifth-gallon bottle |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|9.46|e=-4}} |One US liquid quart |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=-3}} |One cubic decimetre or one litre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.000028|e=-3}} |Volume of 1 kilogram of distilled water (at the temperature of maximum density ({{convert|3.98|C|disp=or}}) and standard atmospheric pressure (101.325 kPa)) |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.10|e=-3}} |One US dry quart |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.14|e=-3}} |One imperial quart |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=1.0–|8.2|e=-3}} |Typical range of automobile engine displacements |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.4|e=-3}} |Human brain cavity |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.80|e=-3}} |One ''shō'' (formerly a common sake-bottle size) |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3.8|e=-3}} |One US liquid gallon |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|4.36|e=-3}} |One ''semimodius'' |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|4.40|e=-3}} |One US dry gallon |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|4.5|e=-3}} |One imperial gallon |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|5|e=-3}} |Approximate volume of the blood in one adult human |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|6|e=-3}} |Average total volume of the lungs of a male human |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|8.81|e=-3}} |One US peck |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|9.09|e=-3}} |One imperial peck |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.31|e=-2}} |One ''urna'' |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.80|e=-2}} |One ''to'' |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=1.85–|3.6|e=-2}} |One Ancient Greek amphora |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2.62|e=-2}} |One Roman amphora |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3.4|e=-2}} |One French amphora |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2.83|e=-2}} |One cubic foot |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3.52|e=-2}} |One US bushel |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3.64|e=-2}} |One imperial bushel |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=3.7–|4.2|e=-2}} |One firkin |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|6.0|e=-2}} |Gasoline fuel tank in a car (Volvo 240)<ref>{{cite web |title=Volvo 240 Fuel Tank - Free Shipping - Replacement, Spectra, Dorman |date= |publication-date= |accessdate=2016-04-18 |url=http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/shop_parts/fuel_tank/volvo/240.html?redirect=1 |quote=Specifications: * 16 gallons/60 liters * 18 x 38 x 16 in. * Without lock ring, seals, and filler neck}}</ref> |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=6.8–|6.9|e=-2}} |One rundlet |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|7.1|e=-2}} |Average volume of an adult human |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=7.4–|8.3|e=-2}} |One kilderkin |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|9.55|e=-2}} |One US barrel for cranberries |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.16|e=-1}} |One US dry barrel |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.17|e=-1}} |One US beer barrel, 31 US gallons |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.19|e=-1}} |One US fluid barrel (apart from oil or beer), 31.5 US gallons |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.59|e=-1}} |One oil barrel, 42 US gallons, about one tierce (158–160 L) |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.64|e=-1}} |One imperial barrel, 36 imperial gallons |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.80|e=-1}} |One ''koku'' |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2|e=-1}} |Standard drum size used for shipping bulk cargo |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=2.2–|2.5|e=-1}} |One hogshead |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=3.1–|3.2|e=-1}} |One puncheon or tertian |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=4.7–|4.9|e=-1}} |One butt (an old unit for beer and wine) |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|5.24|e=-1}} |One ''culeus'' |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|7.65|e=-1}} |One cubic yard |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=9.5–|9.8|e=-1}} |One tun (an old unit for beer and wine) |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=0}} |One cubic metre, one kilolitre or one stère—volume of a large domestic fridge-freezer (external dimensions) |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3.85|e=1}} |External volume of a standard 20-foot ("TEU") cargo container, which has a capacity of 33.1 cubic metres |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|7.7|e=1}} |External volume of a standard 40-foot ("FEU") cargo container, which has a capacity of 67.5 cubic metres |}
==Terrestrial== {|class=wikitable |- !Volume (m<sup>3</sup>) !Example |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.05|e=2}} |Volume of a rear-engine Leyland Titan London double-decker bus |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.49|e=2}} |Volume of any A Division New York City Subway car |- |align=right valign=top|{{convert|1|e3m3|abbr=on|cuft km3}} <!--{{val|1|e=3}}--> |One cubic decametre or one megalitre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.233|e=3}} |One acre-foot |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2.5|e=3}} |Volume of an Olympic size swimming pool of minimal depth {{nowrap|(50 m × 25 m × 2 m)}}. |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3.054|e=3}} |Volume of each of the nine spheres of the Atomium in Brussels |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.13|e=4}} |Gas volume in the first zeppelin ''LZ 1'' |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.1866|e=4}} |Amount of concrete in Trbovlje Chimney |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.56|e=4}} |Quebec's 2001 output of maple syrup |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|5.0|e=4}} |Typical volume of a large gasometer |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=8.5–|9.9|e=4}} |Volume of the Royal Albert Hall auditorium<ref>{{cite book |last=Atwood|first=Robert |year=2006 |title=Bears Can't Run Downhill, and 200 Dubious Pub Facts Explained |publisher=Ebury Press |page=124 |isbn=0-09-191255-5 }}</ref> |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.84|e=5}} |Volume of gas in the USS ''Macon'' (ZRS-5) zeppelin |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2.11890|e=5}} |Volume of gas in the ''Hindenburg'' zeppelin |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|6.50|e=5}} |Volume of crude oil that can be carried aboard the ''Knock Nevis'' supertanker |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|9.66|e=5}} |Volume of Taipei 101's gross floor space<ref>{{val|198000}} square metres floor space from [http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0004823 Structurae] multiplied by the "Slab to Slab Height" of 4.20 metres from [http://www.taipei-101.com.tw/en/tower/leasing/standard.asp taipei-101.com.tw] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705232851/http://www.taipei-101.com.tw/en/tower/leasing/standard.asp |date=2008-07-05 }} gives {{val|831600}} cubic metres. Floors one to eight can be approximated as {{val|4300}} square metres (from [http://www.taipei-101.com.tw/en/tower/leasing/floor.asp] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705232049/http://www.taipei-101.com.tw/en/tower/leasing/floor.asp |date=2008-07-05 }}) times 8 times 4.2 metres, or an additional {{val|134400}} cubic metres, giving an estimated {{val|966000}} cubic metres.</ref> |- |align=right valign=top| {{convert|1|e6m3|cuyd km3|abbr=on}} <!--{{val|1|e=6}}--> |One cubic hectometre, one gigalitre or one kilostère |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.4|e=6}} |Volume the 1910 Lakeview Gusher oil spilt (the biggest oil gusher in US history) |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.5644|e=6}} |Volume of concrete in the Panama Canal Locks |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2.6006|e=6}} |Volume of stone in the Great Pyramid of Giza |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3|e=6}} |Approximately amount of mud and clay that slid into the South Nation River valley as a landslide on 20 June 1993 |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3.33|e=6}} |Volume of concrete in Hoover Dam |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3.664883|e=6}} |Volume of the NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|8|e=6}} |Volume of chalk excavated in the construction of the Channel Tunnel |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=7}} |Volume of Chagan Lake, artificial lake created by nuclear explosion |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.7|e=7}} |Volume of material in the Gatun Dam, completed in 1913 |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2.8|e=7}} |Volume of concrete in the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest concrete structure |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|4.3|e=7}} |Volume of Aswan Dam |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|9|e=7}} |Volume of gas required per day by India in 2005 |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.01|e=8}} |Volume of the Grimsel reservoir |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.73|e=8}} |Volume of Lake Baldegg, Switzerland |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2.05|e=8}} |Volume of material excavated in the construction of the Panama Canal |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2.2|e=8}} |Volume of Lac de la Gruyère, Switzerland |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2.85|e=8}} |Volume of Lake Halwill, Switzerland |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=3.20–|3.35|e=8}} |Volume of the Great Wall of China |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=3–|5|e=8}} |Volume of all humans alive on the planet (based on an average mass of 40–70 kg per human) |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|4|e=8}} |Predicted volume of natural gas required per day by India in 2025 |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|5|e=8}} |One sydharb—volume of Sydney Harbour, Australia<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.awa.asn.au/Content/NavigationMenu/Information/UnitsofMeasurement.pdf| title=Australian Conventional Units of Measurement in Water| publisher=Australian Water Association| accessdate=10 March 2006|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20051030001225/http://www.awa.asn.au/Content/NavigationMenu/Information/UnitsofMeasurement.pdf|archivedate =30 October 2005}}</ref> |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|6.93|e=8}} |Volume of Lake Murten, Switzerland |- |align=right valign=top|{{convert|1|e9m3|cuyd km3|abbr=on}} <!--{{val|1|e=9}}--> |One cubic kilometre or one teralitre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.2|e=9}} |Approximate volume of rock ejected during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.3|e=9}} |volume of Lake Biel, Switzerland |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2.5|e=9}} |volume of Lake Walen, Switzerland |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3.2|e=9}} |volume of Lake Zug |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3.9|e=9}} |Volume of Lake Zürich |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|4.168|e=9}} |One cubic mile |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|5|e=9}} |Volume of crude oil consumed by the world in a year |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|5.17|e=9}} |volume of Lake Brienz |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|5.2|e=9}} |Volume of the artificial Gatun Lake (Panama Canal) |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|6.5|e=9}} |Volume of Lake Thun |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|6.5|e=9}} |volume of Lake Lugano |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=10}} |Estimated volume of rock ejected during the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.4|e=10}} |volume of Lake Neuchâtel |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.45|e=10}} |Volume of Lake Lucerne |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3.52|e=10}} |Volume of Lake Mead, the reservoir of the Hoover Dam |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3.7|e=10}} |Volume of Lago Maggiore |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|5.5|e=10}} |Volume of Lake Constance |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|8.89|e=10}} |Volume of Lake Geneva |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=11}} |Estimated volume of rock exploded in eruption of Mount Tambora volcano on 12 April 1815 |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.33|e=11}} |Volume of Lake Nasser |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.44|e=11}} |Volume of Fedchenko Glacier and its tributaries |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2|e=11}} |Estimated volume of the annual net inflow of seawater to the Black Sea (from the Mediterranean Sea via the Bosporus) |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2.8|e=11}} |Volume of Lake Onega |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=~|3|e=11}} |Volume of crude oil on Earth |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3.2|e=11}} |Estimated volume of the annual inflow of freshwater to the Black Sea |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|4.84|e=11}} |Volume of Lake Erie |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|8.37|e=11}} |Volume of Lake Ladoga |- |align=right valign=top|{{convert|1|e12m3|cuyd km3|abbr=on}} <!--{{val|1|e=12}}--> |One petalitre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.1|e=12}} |Volume of the Aral Sea in 1960 |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2.76|e=12}} |Volume of Lake Victoria |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2.8|e=12}} |Volume of magma erupted by the Toba supervolcano {{val|74000}} years ago |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|4.918|e=12}} |Volume of Lake Michigan |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|5|e=12}} |Volume of the Fish Canyon Tuff erupted by the La Garita Caldera |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|5.5|e=12}} |Volume of the asteroid 433 Eros |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.2232|e=13}} |Volume of Lake Superior |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.84|e=13}} |Volume of Lake Tanganyika |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2.36|e=13}} |Volume of Lake Baikal |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|5.5|e=14}} |Volume of the Black Sea |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=15}} |One exalitre |- |align=right valign=top|{{convert|1|e15m3|cuyd km3|abbr=on}} <!--{{val|1|e=15}}--> |Volume of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean, which contains the deepest point on the Earth's surface |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2.6|e=15}} |Volume of Greenland ice cap |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3.7|e=15}} |Volume of the Mediterranean Sea |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.54|e=16}} |Volume of water contained in the rings of Saturn (rough estimate) |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3|e=16}} |Volume of water contained in the Antarctic ice sheet (rough estimate) |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3|e=17}} |Volume of the Atlantic Ocean and volume of the Indian Ocean (rough estimates) |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|4.5|e=17}} |Volume of Ceres |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=18}} |One cubic megametre or one zettalitre—volume of the Pacific Ocean (rough estimate) |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.335|e=18}} |Volume of all oceans on Earth |}
==Astronomical== {|class=wikitable |- !Volume (m<sup>3</sup>) !Example |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3|e=18}} |Estimated volume of Europa's oceans |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|6.4|e=18}} |Volume of Pluto |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2.2|e=19}} |Volume of the Moon |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|6.1|e=19}} |Volume of planet Mercury |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.6|e=20}} |Volume of planet Mars |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|9.28|e=20}} |Volume of planet Venus |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=21}} |One yottalitre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.08|e=21}} |Volume of planet Earth |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2.25|e=21}} |Volume of all the rocky planets in the Solar System |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|6.38|e=22}} |Volume of planet Neptune |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|7.02|e=22}} |Volume of planet Uranus |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|9.23|e=23}} |Volume of planet Saturn |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=24}} |One ronnalitre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.53|e=24}} |Volume of planet Jupiter |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2.59|e=24}} |Total volume of all the planets in the Solar System |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=27}} |One cubic gigametre or one quettalitre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.41|e=27}} |Volume of the Sun |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=~|1|e=30}} |volume of Alcyone, brightest star in the Pleiades<ref>Kaler, Jim, [http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/alcyone.html ''Alcyone''], retrieved 18 November 2008: "radius nearly 10 solar"</ref> |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=~|1.7|e=31}} |Volume of Arcturus, brightest star in Boötes<ref>Mozurkewich, David; Armstrong, J. Thomas; Hindsley, Robert B.; Quirrenbach, Andreas; Hummel, Christian A.; Hutter, Donald J.; Johnston, Kenneth J.; Hajian, Arsen R.; Elias II, Nicholas M.; Buscher, David F.; and Simon, Richard S.; ''Angular diameters of stars from the Mark III optical interferometer'', '''Astronomical Journal''', 126, 2502–2520 (2003)</ref> |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3.4|e=32}} |Volume of Rigel, the brightest star in Orion<ref>Its radius is 70 times the Sun's</ref> |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=~|5|e=32}} |Volume of a red giant the same mass as the Sun |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.4|e=33}} |Volume of γ Crucis, a red giant in Crux<ref>Its radius is 113 times the Sun's.</ref><ref>= 11488.213 * 9.4605284 × 10(power of 15) X 1,000,000,000 meters long (appr)</ref> |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=~|1|e=34}} |Volume of Deneb, a white supergiant in Cygnus<ref name="ReferenceA">Its radius is estimated to be 200 to 300 times the Sun's</ref> |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|6.4|e=34}} |Volume of η Carinae, a white supergiant in Cygnus<ref name="ReferenceA"/> |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.3|e=35}} |Estimated volume of S Orionis<ref>[http://webviz.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-5?-out.add=.&-source=II/224/cadars&recno=9107 VizeR page for Antares], retrieved 18 November 2009: "5.1e+02 solRad"</ref> |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.5|e=35}} |Volume of Antares, a slow irregular variable in Scorpius<ref>[http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-5?-out.add=.&-source=II/224/cadars&recno=2512 VizeR page for S Orionis], retrieved 18 November 2009: "5.3e+02 solRad"</ref> |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=~|2.75|e=35}} |Volume of Betelgeuse |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=36}} |One cubic terametre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|4|e=36}} |Possible volume of μ Cephei (estimates vary) |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|8|e=36}} |Estimated volume of VY Canis Majoris, a red hypergiant star<ref>Humphreys, Roberta M.; [https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0610433 ''VY Canis Majoris: The Astrophysical Basis of its Luminosity''], arxiv.org, 13 October 2006, page 3, retrieved 18 November 2009: "1800 to 2100 R⊙"</ref> |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3.9|e=38}} |Volume of a sphere which would enclose the orbit of Neptune |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=6–|10|e=39}} |Possible volume of the Heliosphere inside the termination shock |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.1|e=41}} |Daily increase in volume of the Cat's Eye Nebula<ref name="Cat calc"/> |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|4|e=43}} |Annual increase in volume of the Cat's Eye Nebula<ref name="Cat calc">{{frac|4|3}}''πr''<sup>3</sup>; core radius ''r'' = distance times sin({{frac|2}} angular diameter) = 0.2 light year. Distance = 3.3 ± 0.9 kly; angular diameter = 20 arcseconds; expands 10 milliarcseconds per year.{{Harv|Reed|Balick|Hajian|Klayton|1999}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Reed | first1 = Darren S. | last2 = Balick | first2 = Bruce | last3 = Hajian | first3 = Arsen R. | last4 = Klayton | first4 = Tracy L. | last5 = Giovanardi | first5 = Stefano | last6 = Casertano | first6 = Stefano | last7 = Panagia | first7 = Nino | last8 = Terzian | first8 = Yervant | title = Hubble Space Telescope Measurements of the Expansion of NGC 6543: Parallax Distance and Nebular Evolution | journal = Astronomical Journal | year = 1999 | volume = 118 | issue = 5 | pages = 2430–2441 | bibcode = 1999AJ....118.2430R | doi = 10.1086/301091 |arxiv = astro-ph/9907313 | s2cid = 14746840 }}</ref> |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=45}} |One cubic petametre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=~|1.7|e=45}} |Approximate volume of the Stingray Nebula<ref>''r'' = 0.08 light years; {{frac|4|3}}''πr''<sup>3</sup> = {{val|1.86|e=45|u=m3}}</ref> |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=~|2.7|e=46}} |Volume of the bright inner nebula of the Cat's Eye Nebula<ref name="Cat calc"/> |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|5.5|e=46}} |The volume of a Bok globule like Barnard 68<ref name="Szpir">{{cite web |author=Michael Szpir |title=Bart Bok's Black Blobs |url=http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/14678 |date=May–June 2001 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030629033609/http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/14678 |archivedate=29 June 2003|publisher=American Scientist |quote=Bok globules such as Barnard 68 are only about half a light-year across and weigh in at about two solar masses |accessdate=19 November 2008}}</ref><ref name="Bok sizes">their size varies: a globule one quarter light year in radius has {{val|5.5|e=46|u=m3}}, one a half light year in radius has {{val|4.4|e=47|u=m3}}, one a light year in radius has {{val|3.5|e=48|u=m3}}</ref> |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|4.4|e=47}} |The volume of a Bok globule one light year across<ref name="Szpir"/><ref name="Bok sizes"/> |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|8.47|e=47}} |One cubic light-year |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=~|1.7|e=48}} |Volume of the Oort Cloud, assuming a radius of {{val|50000|u=AU}} |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=~|1.6|e=49}} |Volume of the Dumbbell Nebula |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2.94|e=49}} |One cubic parsec |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|4.4|e=50}} |Approximate volume of the Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) (assuming a radius of 5 light years, sources differ)<ref name="APOD2006">{{Cite APOD |title=NGC 7635: The Bubble |date=October 18, 2006 |access-date=}}</ref><ref>Hubble Site, 2000. [http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2000/04/image/a/ An Expanding Bubble in Space]. "diameter of 6 light-years".</ref><ref>{{Cite APOD | title = NGC 7635: The Bubble | date = 18 October 2006 | access-date = }}</ref> |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=54}} |One cubic exametre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3|e=55}} |Estimated volume of a small dwarf galaxy like NGC 1705 |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3.3|e=55}} |Estimated volume of the Local Bubble, assuming a radius of 100 parsecs (~39 million cubic light years) |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3|e=58}} |Estimated volume of a dwarf galaxy like the Large Magellanic Cloud |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2.94|e=58}} |One cubic kiloparsec |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=~|3.3|e=61}} |Volume of a galaxy like the Milky Way |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=63}} |One cubic zettametre—approximate volume of whole Milky Way including Globes |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=~|5|e=68}} |Volume of the Local Group |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|6.7|e=71}} |Volume of the Gemini Void |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=72}} |One cubic yottametre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1.2|e=72}} |Volume of the Local Void (about {{val|1.4|e=24}} cubic light years)<ref name="atlas">An Atlas of the Universe. [http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/nearsc.html The Nearest Superclusters]. Retrieved 19 November 2008</ref> |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3.5|e=72}} |Volume of the Virgo Supercluster<ref>assuming it is a sphere of 100 million light year radius</ref> |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=73}} |Volume of the Sculptor Void (about {{val|1.1|e=25}} cubic light years)<ref name="atlas"/> |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|2|e=73}} |Least volume of the Southern Local Supervoid (about {{val|2.2|e=25}} cubic light years)<ref>{{Citation | last = Einasto | first = M | title = The Structure of the Universe Traced by Rich Clusters of Galaxies | journal = Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume = 269 |date=1994-07-15 | issue = 2 | bibcode = 1994MNRAS.269..301E | doi=10.1093/mnras/269.2.301 | pages=301–322 | doi-access = free }}</ref> |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|3.4|e=80}} |Volume of the Observable Universe |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=81}} |One cubic ronnametre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|7.1|e=81}} |Lower bound on the volume of the universe based on analysis of WMAP<ref>https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0605709v2 How Many Universes Do There Need To Be?</ref> |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|1|e=90}} |One cubic quettametre |- |align=right valign=top|{{val|p=~|1|e=113}} |rough upper bound on the physical size of the present universe, a result of the maximum number of Hubble volumes.<ref>https://arxiv.org/pdf/1208.2924v1.pdf "On Cosmological Implications of Holographic Entropy Bound" p.4</ref> |}
== Notes and references == {{Reflist}}
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