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How tall is Mount Augustus?

Mount Augustus is about 717 m (2,352 ft) tall.

What is measured: elevation above surrounding plain

Mount Augustus (717 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), Mount Augustus (717 m) and Burj Khalifa (828 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • A little shorter than the Burj Khalifa
  • About 2.2× as tall as the Eiffel Tower
  • About 7.7× as tall as the Statue of Liberty
  • About 26% of the length of the Golden Gate Bridge
  • About 6.8× the length of a football (soccer) pitch

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Facts about Mount Augustus

Mount Augustus is an immense isolated rock formation in Western Australia that rises about 717 meters above the surrounding plain.

Source: Western Australian Government — Mount Augustus National Park; Australian Geographic — Mount Augustus

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Mount Augustus
Ball’s Pyramid562 m (1,844 ft)0.78×
Sutherland Falls580 m (1,903 ft)0.81×
Pulpit Rock604 m (1,982 ft)0.84×
Mount Augustus717 m (2,352 ft)this page
Yosemite Falls739 m (2,425 ft)1×
Gocta Falls771 m (2,530 ft)1.1×
Horseshoe Falls790 m (2,592 ft)1.1×
Browne Falls838 m (2,749 ft)1.2×
Yumbilla Falls896 m (2,940 ft)1.2×
Tugela Falls948 m (3,110 ft)1.3×

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Which is bigger: Mount Augustus or Sutherland Falls?

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