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How tall is Wave Rock?

Wave Rock is about 15 m (49 ft) tall.

What is measured: height of the granite formation

Wave Rock (15 m) drawn to scale beside a city bus (12 m) and the Statue of Liberty (93 m)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: City bus (12 m), Wave Rock (15 m) and Statue of Liberty (93 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • About 1.3× the length of a city bus
  • About 63% of the length of a tennis court
  • About 16% of the height of the Statue of Liberty
  • About 7.5× as tall as a doorway
  • About 2.5× the length of a 20-foot shipping container

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Facts about Wave Rock

Wave Rock is a curved granite cliff shaped by long-term weathering and erosion near Hyden, Western Australia.

Source: Government of Western Australia, Wave Rock; Encyclopaedia Britannica, Wave Rock

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Wave Rock
Durdle Door10 m (33 ft)0.67×
Dragon blood tree10 m (33 ft)0.67×
Huka Falls11 m (36 ft)0.73×
Giant’s Causeway basalt column12 m (39 ft)0.8×
Naica giant crystal12 m (39 ft)0.8×
Saguaro cactus12 m (39 ft)0.8×
Joshua tree12 m (39 ft)0.8×
Delicate Arch14 m (46 ft)0.93×
Wave Rock15 m (49 ft)this page
Fingal’s Cave16 m (52 ft)1.1×

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Which is bigger: Wave Rock or Giant’s Causeway basalt column?

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