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How tall is Cerro Torre?

Cerro Torre rises about 3,128 m (10,262 ft) above sea level.

What is measured: summit elevation above sea level

Cerro Torre (3,128 m) drawn to scale beside the Golden Gate Bridge (2.74 km) and Mount Everest (8,849 m)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: Golden Gate Bridge (2.74 km), Cerro Torre (3,128 m) and Mount Everest (8,849 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • About 35% of the height of Mount Everest
  • About the length of the Golden Gate Bridge
  • About 3.8× as tall as the Burj Khalifa
  • About 9.5× as tall as the Eiffel Tower
  • About 34× as tall as the Statue of Liberty

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Facts about Cerro Torre

Cerro Torre's summit is capped by a spectacular ice mushroom formed by the area's fierce Patagonian winds.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — Cerro Torre; Argentina.gob.ar — Parque Nacional Los Glaciares

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Cerro Torre
Mount Paektu2,744 m (9,003 ft)0.88×
Mount Roraima2,810 m (9,219 ft)0.9×
Mount Tambora2,850 m (9,350 ft)0.91×
Mount Merapi2,910 m (9,547 ft)0.93×
Mount Olympus (Greece)2,918 m (9,573 ft)0.93×
Cerro Torre3,128 m (10,262 ft)this page
Haleakalā Summit Depression3.2 km (1.99 mi)1×
Mount Etna3,357 m (11,014 ft)1.1×
Mount Fitz Roy3,405 m (11,171 ft)1.1×
Mount Nyiragongo3,470 m (11,385 ft)1.1×

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