What is the total height of Angel Falls in meters?

The total height of Angel Falls is 979 meters. Located in Venezuela's Canaima National Park, the waterfall plunges from the edge of Auyán-tepui, a dramatic flat-topped mountain known as a tepui.

Angel Falls is famous for its uninterrupted drop of 807 meters, but that is not the same as its total height. The 979-meter figure includes the main vertical plunge, sloping cascades and rapids, and a smaller downstream drop. This distinction explains why quizzes sometimes show both 979 meters and 807 meters as possible answers.

The falls became widely known internationally after American aviator Jimmie Angel flew over them in 1933. In 1937, he crash-landed his aircraft on Auyán-tepui; the plane and the waterfall both became associated with his name. The falls are also known by the Indigenous Pemón name Kerepakupai Merú. Because of their remote jungle location, visitors usually reach them through Canaima and then travel by river and trail.