In Geography
- It takes about 173 years for all the water in Lake Superior to be changed
- The Arizona State Prison in Safford, Arizona, is 173 miles (278 km) southeast of Phoenix
- Florence Marina State Park is a 173-acre (0.70 km2) Georgia state park near Omaha, Georgia
- Wailua Falls is a 173-foot (53 m) waterfall located in Kauai, Hawaii that feeds into the Wailua River
- Marks & Spencer's Oxford Street Pantheon at 173 Oxford Street, London
- 173rd meridian east and 173rd meridian west
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