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How tall is Mount Roraima?

Mount Roraima rises about 2,810 m (9,219 ft) above sea level.

What is measured: summit elevation above sea level

Mount Roraima (2,810 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 Roraima (2,810 m) and Mount Everest (8,849 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • About 32% of the height of Mount Everest
  • About the length of the Golden Gate Bridge
  • About 3.4× as tall as the Burj Khalifa
  • About 8.5× as tall as the Eiffel Tower
  • About 30× as tall as the Statue of Liberty

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Facts about Mount Roraima

Mount Roraima is a flat-topped tepui whose cliffs inspired the setting of Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Mount Roraima; UNESCO, Canaima National Park

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Mount Roraima
Mount Taranaki2,518 m (8,261 ft)0.9×
Mount St. Helens2,549 m (8,363 ft)0.91×
Iguazu Falls2.7 km (1.68 mi)0.96×
Mount Paektu2,744 m (9,003 ft)0.98×
Mount Roraima2,810 m (9,219 ft)this page
Mount Tambora2,850 m (9,350 ft)1×
Mount Merapi2,910 m (9,547 ft)1×
Mount Olympus (Greece)2,918 m (9,573 ft)1×
Cerro Torre3,128 m (10,262 ft)1.1×
Haleakalā Summit Depression3.2 km (1.99 mi)1.1×

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