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How tall is Mount St. Helens?

Mount St. Helens rises about 2,549 m (8,363 ft) above sea level.

What is measured: summit elevation above sea level

Mount St. Helens (2,549 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 St. Helens (2,549 m) and Golden Gate Bridge (2.74 km).

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How big is that, really?

  • About 3.1× as tall as the Burj Khalifa
  • About the length of the Golden Gate Bridge
  • About 29% of the height of Mount Everest
  • About 7.7× as tall as the Eiffel Tower
  • About 27× as tall as the Statue of Liberty

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Facts about Mount St. Helens

The 1980 eruption removed about 400 metres from Mount St. Helens’ summit, leaving its present horseshoe-shaped crater.

Source: USGS — Mount St. Helens: From the 1980 Eruption to the Present; USGS — Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Mount St. Helens
Mount Kosciuszko2,228 m (7,310 ft)0.87×
Mount Bromo2,329 m (7,641 ft)0.91×
Mendenhall Glacier2.4 km (1.49 mi)0.94×
Mount Taranaki2,518 m (8,261 ft)0.99×
Mount St. Helens2,549 m (8,363 ft)this page
Iguazu Falls2.7 km (1.68 mi)1.1×
Mount Paektu2,744 m (9,003 ft)1.1×
Mount Roraima2,810 m (9,219 ft)1.1×
Mount Tambora2,850 m (9,350 ft)1.1×
Mount Merapi2,910 m (9,547 ft)1.1×

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