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World's tallest indoor waterfall. Cloud Forest Indoor Waterfall: 35 metres (115 ft) Cloud Forest, Gardens by the Bay: Singapore: Previously the world's tallest indoor waterfall. Jurong Falls: 30 metres (98 ft) Jurong Bird Park: Singapore: Previously the world's tallest indoor waterfall. Viktoriapark Waterfall: 24 metres (79 ft) [67 ...
Location. Shackleton Coast, Antarctica. Parent range. Queen Elizabeth Range. Mount Markham (82°51′S 161°21′E) is a twin-peaked massif surmounting the north end of the Markham Plateau in the Queen Elizabeth Range of Antarctica. The peaks have elevations of 4,350 metres (14,270 ft) and 4,280 metres (14,040 ft).
Mount Vinson is the highest peak in Antarctica, at 4,892 metres (16,050 ft). [6] It lies in the north part of Vinson Massif's summit plateau in the south portion of the main ridge of the Sentinel Range about 2 kilometres (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 mi) north of Hollister Peak. [5] It was first climbed in 1966 by an American team led by Nicholas Clinch.
Taylor Glacier. The Taylor Glacier (77°44′S 162°10′E) is a glacier in Antarctica about 35 nautical miles (65 km; 40 mi) long, flowing from the plateau of Victoria Land into the western end of Taylor Valley, north of the Kukri Hills. [1] It flows to the south of the Asgard Range.
Blood Falls, 2006 Blood Falls, at the toe of Taylor Glacier, 2013. Blood Falls is an outflow of an iron(III) oxide–tainted plume of saltwater, flowing from the tongue of Taylor Glacier onto the ice-covered surface of West Lake Bonney in the Taylor Valley of the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Victoria Land, East Antarctica.
Aerial view of Dragon Falls (Churún Merú), a waterfall 10 km south of Angel Falls at 5°52′32″N62°32′07″W5.87556°N 62.53528°W. Angel Falls (Spanish: Salto Ángel; Pemon: Kerepakupai Merú or Parakupá Vená) is a waterfall in Venezuela. It is the world's tallest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 metres (3,212 ft), and a ...
Mount Kirkpatrick. Mount Kirkpatrick (84°20′S166°25′E84.333°S 166.417°E) is a lofty, generally ice-free mountain in Queen Alexandra Range 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of Mount Dickerson. At 4,528 metres (14,856 ft) it is the highest point in the Queen Alexandra Range, Antarctica. [ 1 ]
Tugela Falls. Tugela Falls (uThukela in Zulu [citation needed]) is a complex of seasonal waterfalls located in the Drakensberg (Dragon's Mountains) of Royal Natal National Park in KwaZulu-Natal Province, Republic of South Africa. According to some measurements, it is the world's tallest waterfall. A revisited validation of waterfall ...