How Wide Is Dettifoss? 100 m (328 ft) Compared | Magnitudle

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Dettifoss (100 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), Dettifoss (100 m) and Eiffel Tower (330 m).

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How big is that, really?

About the length of a football (soccer) pitch
About the height of the Statue of Liberty
About 2× the length of an Olympic swimming pool
About 30% of the height of the Eiffel Tower
About 4.2× the length of a tennis court

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Facts about Dettifoss

Dettifoss is one of Europe's most powerful waterfalls, fed by glacial meltwater from Iceland's Vatnajökull ice cap.

Source: Visit Iceland, Dettifoss; Icelandic Environment Agency, Jökulsárgljúfur

Nature

Name	Size	Compared with Dettifoss
Great Waterfall of Plitvice	78 m (256 ft)	0.78×
General Sherman Tree	84.8 m (278 ft)	0.85×
Rainbow Bridge	88 m (289 ft)	0.88×
Giant sequoia tree	95 m (312 ft)	0.95×
Dettifoss	100 m (328 ft)	this page
Kalandula Falls	105 m (344 ft)	1.1×
Grand Prismatic Spring	110 m (361 ft)	1.1×
Dune du Pilat	110 m (361 ft)	1.1×
Hyperion	116 m (380 ft)	1.2×
Waimoku Falls	122 m (400 ft)	1.2×

Test your sense of scale

Which is bigger: Dettifoss or Waimoku Falls?

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