Angel Falls is the world’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall, with a total height of 979 metres.
The waterfall is located in Venezuela’s Canaima National Park, where water plunges from the summit of Auyán-tepui, a flat-topped sandstone mountain known as a tepui. The main uninterrupted drop is about 807 metres, while the full vertical descent includes additional cascades.
The falls are named after Jimmie Angel, a United States aviator who flew over them in 1933. Angel later crash-landed on Auyán-tepui in 1937 while searching for a gold-ore site. The aircraft remained on the mountain for decades and helped draw further international attention to the location.
Angel Falls is sometimes confused with Victoria Falls or Niagara Falls because those are much wider and more famous tourist destinations. Victoria Falls is often described as the world’s largest sheet of falling water, but Angel Falls holds the height record.