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How tall is Shiprock?

Shiprock is about 482 m (1,581 ft) tall.

What is measured: rise above surrounding plain

Shiprock (482 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), Shiprock (482 m) and Burj Khalifa (828 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • A little taller than the Eiffel Tower
  • About 58% of the height of the Burj Khalifa
  • About 5.2× as tall as the Statue of Liberty
  • About 4.6× the length of a football (soccer) pitch
  • About 18% of the length of the Golden Gate Bridge

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Facts about Shiprock

Shiprock is the eroded volcanic neck of a much larger volcano that formed roughly 30 million years ago.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — Ship Rock; New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources — Shiprock

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Shiprock
Great Blue Hole318 m (1,043 ft)0.66×
Big Daddy Dune325 m (1,066 ft)0.67×
Uluru348 m (1,142 ft)0.72×
Bridal Veil Falls365 m (1,198 ft)0.76×
Parícutin volcano424 m (1,391 ft)0.88×
Shiprock482 m (1,581 ft)this page
Ball’s Pyramid562 m (1,844 ft)1.2×
Sutherland Falls580 m (1,903 ft)1.2×
Pulpit Rock604 m (1,982 ft)1.3×
Mount Augustus717 m (2,352 ft)1.5×

Test your sense of scale

Which is bigger: Shiprock or Sutherland Falls?

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