Nature

How tall is Hyperion?

Hyperion is about 116 m (380 ft) tall.

What is measured: height of living coast redwood

Hyperion (116 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), Hyperion (116 m) and Eiffel Tower (330 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • A little taller than the Statue of Liberty
  • About 35% of the height of the Eiffel Tower
  • About the length of a football (soccer) pitch
  • About 14% of the height of the Burj Khalifa
  • About 2.3× the length of an Olympic swimming pool

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Facts about Hyperion

Hyperion is the tallest known living tree, a coast redwood whose exact location is kept secret to protect it.

Source: Guinness World Records — Tallest tree (living); Redwood National and State Parks — Hyperion

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Hyperion
Rainbow Bridge88 m (289 ft)0.76×
Giant sequoia tree95 m (312 ft)0.82×
Dettifoss100 m (328 ft)0.86×
Kalandula Falls105 m (344 ft)0.91×
Grand Prismatic Spring110 m (361 ft)0.95×
Dune du Pilat110 m (361 ft)0.95×
Hyperion116 m (380 ft)this page
Waimoku Falls122 m (400 ft)1.1×
Rhine Falls150 m (492 ft)1.3×
Son Doong Cave150 m (492 ft)1.3×

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Which is bigger: Hyperion or Giant sequoia tree?

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