How Tall Is Mount Paektu? 2,744 m (9,003 ft) to Scale

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Mount Paektu (2,744 m) drawn to scale beside the Golden Gate Bridge (2.74 km) and Mount Everest (8,849 m) — Drawn to scale, from left to right: Golden Gate Bridge (2.74 km), Mount Paektu (2,744 m) and Mount Everest (8,849 m).

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How big is that, really?

About the length of the Golden Gate Bridge
About 31% of the height of Mount Everest
About 3.3× as tall as the Burj Khalifa
About 8.3× as tall as the Eiffel Tower
About 30× as tall as the Statue of Liberty

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Facts about Mount Paektu

Mount Paektu contains a spectacular crater lake called Heaven Lake, shared by North Korea and China.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Paektu-san”; Global Volcanism Program, “Paektusan”

Nature

Name	Size	Compared with Mount Paektu
Mendenhall Glacier	2.4 km (1.49 mi)	0.87×
Mount Taranaki	2,518 m (8,261 ft)	0.92×
Mount St. Helens	2,549 m (8,363 ft)	0.93×
Iguazu Falls	2.7 km (1.68 mi)	0.98×
Mount Paektu	2,744 m (9,003 ft)	this page
Mount Roraima	2,810 m (9,219 ft)	1×
Mount Tambora	2,850 m (9,350 ft)	1×
Mount Merapi	2,910 m (9,547 ft)	1.1×
Mount Olympus (Greece)	2,918 m (9,573 ft)	1.1×
Cerro Torre	3,128 m (10,262 ft)	1.1×

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