Angel Falls is the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall, in Venezuela’s Guiana Highlands.
The waterfall drops 979 metres in total, including a 807-metre uninterrupted plunge. It falls from the summit of Auyán-tepui, one of the flat-topped sandstone mountains known as tepuis, in Canaima National Park.
The falls are named after American aviator Jimmie Angel, whose plane landed on Auyán-tepui in 1937. Local Pemón people call the waterfall Kerepakupai Merú, a name commonly translated as “waterfall of the deepest place.”
Victoria Falls is wider and Iguazu Falls has a much larger system of cascades, but neither is the highest uninterrupted drop. Tugela Falls is often cited as a rival, though its claimed height and measurement method remain debated.