How Tall Is Gocta Falls? 771 m (2,530 ft) to Scale

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Gocta Falls (771 m) drawn to scale beside the Eiffel Tower (330 m) and the Burj Khalifa (828 m) — Drawn to scale, from left to right: Eiffel Tower (330 m), Gocta Falls (771 m) and Burj Khalifa (828 m).

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How big is that, really?

About the same height as the Burj Khalifa
About 2.3× as tall as the Eiffel Tower
About 8.3× as tall as the Statue of Liberty
About 28% of the length of the Golden Gate Bridge
About 7.3× the length of a football (soccer) pitch

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Facts about Gocta Falls

Gocta Falls consists of two major drops in Peru’s Amazonas Region and was widely publicized internationally in 2005.

Source: National Geographic, “Gocta Falls”; Peru Travel, “Gocta Waterfall”

Nature

Name	Size	Compared with Gocta Falls
Ball’s Pyramid	562 m (1,844 ft)	0.73×
Sutherland Falls	580 m (1,903 ft)	0.75×
Pulpit Rock	604 m (1,982 ft)	0.78×
Mount Augustus	717 m (2,352 ft)	0.93×
Yosemite Falls	739 m (2,425 ft)	0.96×
Gocta Falls	771 m (2,530 ft)	this page
Horseshoe Falls	790 m (2,592 ft)	1×
Browne Falls	838 m (2,749 ft)	1.1×
Yumbilla Falls	896 m (2,940 ft)	1.2×
Tugela Falls	948 m (3,110 ft)	1.2×

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Which is bigger: Gocta Falls or Tugela Falls?

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