How Tall Is Big Daddy Dune? 325 m (1,066 ft) to Scale

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Big Daddy Dune (325 m) drawn to scale beside the Statue of Liberty (93 m) and the Eiffel Tower (330 m) — Drawn to scale, from left to right: Statue of Liberty (93 m), Big Daddy Dune (325 m) and Eiffel Tower (330 m).

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How big is that, really?

About the same height as the Eiffel Tower
About 39% of the height of the Burj Khalifa
About 3.5× as tall as the Statue of Liberty
About 3.1× the length of a football (soccer) pitch
About 6.5× the length of an Olympic swimming pool

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Facts about Big Daddy Dune

Big Daddy is one of the tallest dunes in the world and rises above the white clay pan of Deadvlei in Namibia’s Namib Desert.

Source: Namib-Naukluft National Park — Sossusvlei and Big Daddy; Atlas Obscura — Big Daddy Dune

Nature

Name	Size	Compared with Big Daddy Dune
Detian Falls	200 m (656 ft)	0.62×
Kaieteur Falls	226 m (741 ft)	0.7×
Baatara Gorge Waterfall	255 m (837 ft)	0.78×
Wallaman Falls	268 m (879 ft)	0.82×
Great Blue Hole	318 m (1,043 ft)	0.98×
Big Daddy Dune	325 m (1,066 ft)	this page
Uluru	348 m (1,142 ft)	1.1×
Bridal Veil Falls	365 m (1,198 ft)	1.1×
Parícutin volcano	424 m (1,391 ft)	1.3×
Shiprock	482 m (1,581 ft)	1.5×

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Which is bigger: Big Daddy Dune or Wallaman Falls?

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