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How tall is Gullfoss?

Gullfoss has a vertical drop of about 32 m (105 ft).

What is measured: combined vertical drop of the waterfall

Gullfoss (32 m) drawn to scale beside a city bus (12 m) and the Statue of Liberty (93 m)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: City bus (12 m), Gullfoss (32 m) and Statue of Liberty (93 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • About 34% of the height of the Statue of Liberty
  • About 1.3× the length of a tennis court
  • About 64% of the length of an Olympic swimming pool
  • About 2.7× the length of a city bus
  • About 30% of the length of a football (soccer) pitch

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Facts about Gullfoss

Gullfoss is a two-tiered waterfall on Iceland's Hvítá River, where the water turns sharply into a narrow canyon.

Source: Visit Iceland, “Gullfoss”; Icelandic Environment Agency, “Gullfoss”

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Gullfoss
Fingal’s Cave16 m (52 ft)0.5×
Jōmon Sugi25.3 m (83 ft)0.79×
Giant bamboo30 m (98 ft)0.94×
Gullfoss32 m (105 ft)this page
Árbol del Tule35 m (115 ft)1.1×
Tower Fall40 m (131 ft)1.3×
Wollemi pine40 m (131 ft)1.3×
Old Faithful56 m (184 ft)1.8×
Skógafoss60 m (197 ft)1.9×
Rainbow eucalyptus60 m (197 ft)1.9×

Test your sense of scale

Which is bigger: Gullfoss or Tower Fall?

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