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How tall is Mount Pinatubo?

Mount Pinatubo rises about 1,486 m (4,875 ft) above sea level.

What is measured: summit elevation above sea level

Mount Pinatubo (1,486 m) drawn to scale beside the Burj Khalifa (828 m) and the Golden Gate Bridge (2.74 km)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: Burj Khalifa (828 m), Mount Pinatubo (1,486 m) and Golden Gate Bridge (2.74 km).

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How big is that, really?

  • About 1.8× as tall as the Burj Khalifa
  • About 4.5× as tall as the Eiffel Tower
  • About 54% of the length of the Golden Gate Bridge
  • About 17% of the height of Mount Everest
  • About 16× as tall as the Statue of Liberty

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Facts about Mount Pinatubo

Mount Pinatubo’s 1991 eruption produced one of the twentieth century’s largest volcanic eruptions.

Source: U.S. Geological Survey — Pinatubo 1991: The Largest Eruption of the Twentieth Century; Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program — Pinatubo

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Mount Pinatubo
Niagara Falls1.2 km (3,937 ft)0.81×
Kīlauea1,247 m (4,091 ft)0.84×
Mount Vesuvius1,281 m (4,203 ft)0.86×
Mount Pelée1,397 m (4,583 ft)0.94×
Half Dome1,450 m (4,757 ft)0.98×
Mount Pinatubo1,486 m (4,875 ft)this page
Mount Tai1,545 m (5,069 ft)1×
Sněžka1,603 m (5,259 ft)1.1×
Mount Thor1,675 m (5,495 ft)1.1×
Mount Washington1,917 m (6,289 ft)1.3×

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Which is bigger: Mount Pinatubo or Niagara Falls?

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