Kaieteur Falls

Kaieteur Falls is one of the most powerful single-drop waterfalls in the world. It is located on the in , central Essequibo Territory, .
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  • Type: Waterfall
  • Description: waterfall on the Potaro River in Guyana
  • Also known as: Kaieteur Fall”, “Kaietuk”, and “Old Man’s Fall

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kaieteur International Airport.

Aerodrome
Kaieteur Airport is an airport serving in the region of . The airport is less than 1 kilometre west of Kaieteur Falls, among the largest single-drop waterfalls in the world.

Kaieteur Falls

Latitude
5.17494° or 5° 10′ 30″ north
Longitude
-59.48065° or 59° 28′ 50″ west
Elevation
427 metres (1,401 feet)
Open location code
68Q25GF9+XP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 697380057
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Geo­Names ID
3378105
Wiki­data ID
Q38120
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Satellite Map

Discover Kaieteur Falls from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Kaieteur Falls” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Kaieteur
  • Arabic: شلالات كايتيور
  • Armenian: Կաիետեուր ջրվեժ
  • Basque: Kaieteur ur-jauzia
  • Belarusian: Каетур
  • Bulgarian: Кайетур
  • Catalan: Cascades Kaieteur
  • Cebuano: Kaieteur Falls
  • Chinese: 凯尔图尔瀑布
  • Chinese: 凱厄圖爾瀑布
  • Czech: Kaieteur
  • Dutch: Kaieteur Falls
  • Dutch: Kaieteurwaterval
  • Egyptian Arabic: شلالات كايتيور
  • Finnish: Kaieteur
  • Finnish: Kaietur
  • French: chutes de Kaieteur
  • French: Chutes de Kaieteur
  • German: Kaieteur-Fälle
  • German: Kaieteurfälle
  • Hebrew: מפלי קאיטור
  • Indonesian: Air terjun Kaieteur
  • Indonesian: Air Terjun Kaieteur
  • Italian: cascate Kaieteur
  • Italian: Cascate Kaieteur
  • Japanese: カイエトゥール滝
  • Latvian: Kajetura ūdenskritums
  • Lithuanian: Kaieteuro krioklys
  • Lithuanian: Kajeturo krioklys
  • Macedonian: Каиетеурски водопади
  • Macedonian: Каиетеурски Водопади
  • Mazanderani: ئوشار کائتور
  • Mazanderani: کائتور ئوشار
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kaieteurfallet
  • Norwegian: Kaieteurfallet
  • Persian: آبشار کائتور
  • Persian: ابشار کائتور
  • Polish: Kaieteur
  • Portuguese: Cataradas de kaieteur
  • Portuguese: Cataratas de Kaieteur
  • Russian: Кайетур
  • Serbian: Каиетеурски водопади
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kaieteur
  • Spanish: Cataratas Kaieteur
  • Swedish: Kaieteurfallet
  • Tajik: Каертур
  • Tajik: Обшори Каертур
  • Tajik: Шаршараи Каертур
  • Thai: น้ำตกไกย์เอตูร์
  • Turkish: Kaieteur Şelalesi
  • Ukrainian: Каєтур
  • Urdu: کائتور آبشار
  • Vietnamese: Thác Kaieteur

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kaieteur Falls”. Photo: Sorenriise, CC BY-SA 3.0.