Absolute Location: The Statue of Liberty is located at 40 degrees North longitude and 74 degrees West latitude.
Relative Location: The Statue of Liberty is located on Liberty Island and is next to Ellis Island and Liberty State Park.
Distance From My Home:The Statue of Liberty, located in New York, New York, is 929 miles from Winthrop, Iowa.
My Place is Famous for: The Statue of Liberty is Famous for its human characteristics because it symbolizes freedom and democracy.
Description: The Statue of Liberty is 150 feet tall, and and its pedestal is 152 feet tall, with a total of 302 feet tall. It also weighs 225 tons, and is made of copper.
Five Interesting Facts
- The outer metal of the flame is real gold.
- The Statue of Liberty's face is said to be the face of Fredric Bartholdi's mother.
- There are 25 windows in the crown that symbolize the 25 gemstones found on Earth.
- If you were to climb 354 stairs, the lines would mean it would take you 3 hours to get back down.
- Fredric Bartholdi built the Statue of Liberty and brought it in from France in 1884, and it was finished in 1886.
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