The following is an incomplete list of cliffs of the world.
Africa Above Sea •
Anaga's Cliffs, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, above Atlantic Ocean •
Cape Hangklip, Western Cape, South Africa, above False Bay, Atlantic Ocean •
Cape Point, Western Cape, South Africa, above Atlantic Ocean •
Chapman's Peak, Western Cape, South Africa, above Atlantic Ocean •
Karbonkelberg, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, above
Hout Bay, Atlantic Ocean •
Kogelberg,
Western Cape, South Africa, above
False Bay,
Atlantic Ocean •
Los Gigantes,
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, above Atlantic Ocean •
Table Mountain,
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, above Atlantic Ocean
Above Land • Innumerable peaks in the
Drakensberg mountains of South Africa are considered cliff formations. The Drakensberg Range is regarded, together with Ethiopia's
Simien Mountains, as one of the two finest erosional mountain ranges on Earth. Because of their near-unique geological formation, the range has an extraordinarily high percentage of cliff faces making up its length, particularly along the highest portion of the range. This portion of the range is virtually uninterrupted cliff faces, ranging from to in height for almost . Of all, the "Drakensberg Amphitheatre" (mentioned above) is most well known. Other notable cliffs include the
Trojan Wall,
Cleft Peak,
Injisuthi Triplets,
Cathedral Peak,
Monk's Cowl,
Mnweni Buttress, etc. The cliff faces of the
Blyde River Canyon, technically still part of the Drakensberg, may be over , with the main face of the Swadini Buttress approximately tall. •
Drakensberg Amphitheatre, South Africa above base, long. The
Tugela Falls, the world's second tallest waterfall, falls over the edge of the cliff face. • Karambony, Madagascar, above base. •
Mount Meru, Tanzania Caldera Cliffs, • Tsaranoro, Madagascar, above base
Americas North ,
Baffin Island,
Nunavut, Canada, commonly regarded as the highest vertical drop on Earth at sunset west face in
Tasermiut, Greenland Several big granite faces in the
Arctic region vie for the title of 'highest vertical drop on Earth', but reliable measurements are not always available. The possible contenders include (measurements are approximate):
Mount Thor,
Baffin Island, Canada; 1,370 m (4,500 ft) total; top 480 m (1600 ft) is overhanging. This is commonly regarded as being the largest vertical drop on Earth #
Ketil's and its neighbor
Ulamertorsuaq's west faces in
Tasermiut,
Greenland have been reported as over 1,000 m high. Another relevant cliff in Greenland is
Agdlerussakasit's
Thumbnail. Other notable cliffs include: • Ättestupan Cliff, northern side of
Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord, Greenland •
Big Sandy Mountain, east face buttress, Wind River Range, Wyoming, 550 m •
Calvert Cliffs along the
Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, U.S. 25 m •
Cap Éternité of
Saguenay River, Quebec, Canada, 347 m • All faces of
Devils Tower, Wyoming, United States, 195 m •
Doublet Peak, southwest face,
Wind River Range, Wyoming, United States, 370 m •
El Capitan,
Yosemite Valley, California, United States; 900 m (3,000 ft) •
Grand Teton, north face
Teton Range, Wyoming • Northwest Face of
Half Dome, near El Capitan, California, United States; 1,444 m (4,737 ft) total, vertical portion about 610 m (2,000 ft) •
Longs Peak Diamond,
Rocky Mountain National Park,
Colorado, United States, 400 m •
Mount Asgard,
Baffin Island, Canada; vertical drop of about 1,200 m (4,000 ft). •
Mount Siyeh,
Glacier National Park (U.S.) north face, • The North Face of
North Twin Peak,
Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada, 1,200 m • The west face of
Notch Peak in the
House Range of southwestern Utah, U.S.; a
carbonate rock pure vertical drop of about 670 m (2,200 ft), with from the top of the cliff to valley floor (bottom of the canyon below the notch) • Painted Wall in
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado, United States; 685 m (2,250 ft) • Raftsmen's Acropolis, a rock face of the
Montagne des Érables, Quebec, Canada, 800 m • Rockwall,
Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada, 30 km of mostly unbroken cliffs up to 900 m •
Royal Gorge cliffs, Colorado, United States, 350 m • Faces of
Shiprock, New Mexico, United States, 400 m • All walls of the
Stawamus Chief,
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada, up to 500 m • Temple Peak, east face, Wind River Range, Wyoming, 400 m • Temple Peak East, north face, Wind River Range, Wyoming, 450 m •
Toroweap (a.k.a. Tuweep),
Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States; 900 m (3,000 ft) •
Uncompahgre Peak, northeast face,
San Juan Range, Colorado, 275 m (550 m rise above surrounding plateau) • East face of the West Temple in
Zion National Park, Utah, United States believed to be the tallest sandstone cliff in the world, 670 m
South from
Isla Ratón, Venezuela.] • All faces of
Auyan Tepui, along with all other
Tepuis, Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana, Auyan Tepui is about 1,000 m (location of
Angel Falls) (the falls are 979 m, the highest in the world) • All faces of
Cerro Chalten (Fitz Roy), Patagonia, Argentina-Chile, 1200 m • All faces of
Cerro Torre,
Patagonia, Chile-Argentina •
Pão de Açúcar/Sugar Loaf, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 395 m • Pared de
Gocta, Peru, 771 m • Pared Sur Cerro Aconcagua.
Las Heras,
Mendoza, Argentina, 2,700 m •
Pedra Azul,
Pedra Azul State Park,
Espírito Santo, Brazil, 540 m • Scratched Stone (Pedra Riscada),
São José do Divino/MG,
Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1,480 m • Faces of the
Torres del Paine group, Patagonia, Chile, up to 900 m
Asia Above Sea • Mont Lesquin,
Île de l'Est,
Crozet Islands,
France, 1012 m above
Indian Ocean. •
Qingshui Cliff,
Xiulin Township,
Hualien County, Taiwan averaging 800 m above Pacific Ocean. The tallest peak, Qingshui Mountain, rises 2408 m directly from the Pacific Ocean. •
Ra's Sajir,
Oman, above the
Arabian Sea •
Theoprosopon, between
Chekka and
Selaata in north Lebanon jutting into the Mediterranean. •
Tōjinbō,
Sakai,
Fukui prefecture, Japan 25 m above Sea of Japan
Above Land • Various cliffs in the Ak-Su Valley of Kyrgyzstan are high and steep. •
Baintha Brakk (The Ogre),
Panmah Muztagh, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, 2,000 m •
Gyala Peri, southeast face,
Namcha Barwa Himal,
Mêdog County,
Tibet, China, 4,600 m •
Hunza Peak south face, Karakoram, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, 1,700 m •
K2 west face, Karakoram, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, 2900m •
The Latok Group, Panmah Muztagh, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, 1,800 m •
Lhotse northeast face, Mahalangur Himal, Nepal, 2,900 m •
Lhotse south face,
Mahalangur Himal, Nepal, 3,200 m •
Mount Everest east face, Mahalangur Himal, Tibet, China, 3,350 m •
Dhaulagiri south face,
Dhaulagiri Himal, Nepal, 4,000 m •
Dhaulagiri west face, Dhaulagiri Himal, Nepal, 4,700 m •
Gurja Himal south face, Dhaulagiri Himal, Nepal, 4,000 m •
Annapurna south face,
Annapurna Himal, Nepal, 3,000 m •
Annapurna Fang southwest face, Annapurna Himal, Nepal, 4,900 m •
Meru Peak,
Uttarakhand, India, 1,200 m •
Nanga Parbat, Rupal Face,
Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, 4,600 m •
Qingshui Cliff,
Xiulin Township,
Hualien County, Taiwan averaging 800 m above Pacific Ocean. The tallest peak, Qingshui Mountain, rises 2408 meters directly from the Pacific Ocean. •
Ramon Crater, Israel, 400 m •
Shispare Sar southwest face, Karakoram, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, 3,200 m •
Spantik northwest face, Karakoram, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, 2,000 m •
Trango Towers: East Face Great Trango Tower,
Baltoro Muztagh, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, 1,340 m (near vertical headwall), 2,100 m (very steep overall drop from East Summit to Dunge Glacier). Northwest Face drops approximately 2,200 m to the Trango Glacier below, but with a taller slab topped out with a shorter overhanging headwall of approximately 1,000 m. The Southwest "Azeem" Ridge forms the group's tallest steep rise of roughly 2,286 m (7,500 ft) from the Trango Glacier to the Southwest summit. •
Uli Biaho Towers,
Baltoro Glacier, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan •
Ultar Sar southwest face, Karakoram,
Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, 3,000 m •
World's End, Horton Plains, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka. It has a sheer drop of about 4000 ft (1200 m) • Various cliffs in
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Hunan Province, China. The cliffs can get to around 1,000 ft (300 m).
Europe Above Sea •
Beachy Head, England, 162 m above the English Channel •
Beinisvørð, Faroe Islands, 470 m above North Atlantic •
Belogradchik Rocks, Bulgaria - up to 200 m high
sandstone towers •
Benwee Head Cliffs,
Erris,
County Mayo, Ireland, 304 m above Atlantic Ocean •
Cabo Girão,
Madeira, Portugal, 589 m above Atlantic Ocean •
Cap Canaille, France, 394 m above Mediterranean sea is the highest sea cliff in France •
Cape Enniberg,
Faroe Islands, 750 m above North Atlantic • Conachair,
St Kilda, Scotland 427 m above Atlantic Ocean, highest sea cliff in the UK •
Croaghaun,
Achill Island, Ireland, 688 m above Atlantic Ocean •
Dingli Cliffs, Malta, 250 m above Mediterranean sea • Dvuglav,
Rila Mountain,
Bulgaria 460 m (south face) •
Étretat, France, 84 m above the English Channel • Faneque,
Gran Canaria, Spain, 1027 m above Atlantic Ocean •
Hangman cliffs,
Devon 318 m above
Bristol Channel is the highest sea cliff in England • High Cliff, between
Boscastle and
St Gennys, 223 m above
Celtic Sea •
Hornelen, Norway, 860 m above Skatestraumen •
Hvanndalabjarg,
Ólafsfjörður, Iceland, 630 m above Atlantic Ocean •
Jaizkibel, Spain, 547 m above the
Bay of Biscay •
Kaliakra cliffs,
Bulgaria, more than 70 m above the
Black Sea • The Kame,
Foula,
Shetland, 376 m above the North Atlantic, second highest sea cliff in the UK •
Le Tréport, France, 110 m above the English Channel •
Cliffs of Moher, Ireland, 217 m above Atlantic Ocean •
Møns Klint, Denmark, 143 m above Baltic Sea •
Monte Solaro,
Capri, Italy, 589 m above the Mediterranean Sea •
Ontika Limestone cliff,
Estonia, 55 m above Baltic Sea. •
Preikestolen, Norway, 604 m above
Lysefjorden •
Slieve League, Ireland, 601 m above Atlantic Ocean •
Snake Island, Ukraine, 41 m above the Black Sea •
Vixía Herbeira, Northern
Galicia, Spain, 621 m above Atlantic Ocean •
White cliffs of Dover, England, 100 m above the
Strait of Dover Above Land •
The six great north faces of the Alps (
Eiger 1,500 m,
Matterhorn 1,350 m,
Grandes Jorasses 1,100 m,
Petit Dru 1,000 m, and
Piz Badile 850 m,
Cima Grande di Lavaredo 450 m) •
Giewont (north face),
Tatra Mountains, Poland, 852 m above
Polana Strążyska glade •
Kjerag,
Norway 984 m. •
Mięguszowiecki Szczyt north face rises to 1,043 m above
Morskie Oko lake level,
High Tatras, Poland •
Troll Wall, Norway 1,100 m above base •
Vihren peak north face,
Pirin Mountain,
Bulgaria 460 m to the (
Golemiya Kazan) •
Torre Cerredo west face rises to 2,200 m above
Cares river,
Picos de Europa, Spain •
Naranjo de Bulnes west face rises 550 vertical metres above Vega Urriellu,
Picos de Europa, Spain •
Vârful Coștila, Munții Bucegi peretele Văii Albe,
Bucegi Mountains,
Romania 450 m vertical cliff and 1,600 m above
Bușteni •
Vratsata,
Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park,
Bulgaria 400 m
Submarine •
Bouldnor Cliff - the waters of the coast of the
Isle of Wight Oceania Above Sea •
Ball's Pyramid, a sea stack 562m high and only 200m across at its base • The Elephant, New Zealand, has cliffs falling approx 1180m into Milford Sound, and a 900m drop in less than 300 m horizontally •
Great Australian Bight •
Kalaupapa, Hawaii, 1,010 m above Pacific Ocean • The Lion, New Zealand, 1,302 m above Milford Sound (drops from approx 1280m to sea level in a very short distance) • Lovers Leap, Highcliff, and The Chasm, on
Otago Peninsula, New Zealand, all 200 to 300 m above the Pacific Ocean •
Mitre Peak, New Zealand, 1,683 m above
Milford Sound •
Tasman National Park, Tasmania, has 300m
dolerite sea cliffs dropping directly to the ocean in columnar form •
The Twelve Apostles (Victoria). A series of sea stacks in Australia, ranging from approximately 50 to 70 m above the
Bass Strait •
Zuytdorp Cliffs in Western Australia
Above Land •
Mount Banks in the
Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales, Australia: west of its saddle there is a 490 m fall within 100 M horizontally. ==As habitat ==