Angel Falls
Angel Falls is a waterfall in Venezuela. It is the world's tallest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 metres, and a plunge of 807 m. The waterfall drops over the edge of the Auyán-tepui mountain in the Canaima National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Gran Sabana region of Bolívar State.
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall in Venezuela; highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world
- Also known as: “Anchelis”, “Anđeoski vodopad”, “Angel falls”, “Angel waterval”, “Angelfall”, “Angelfallet”, “Angelin putous”, “Angelův vodopád”, “Angelwaterval”, “Anqel şəlaləsi”, “Busay Anghel”, “Cascada del ángel”, “Cascata dell’Angelo”, “Catarata Angel”, “Catarata Ángel”, “Catarata del Ángel”, “Cataratas Ángel”, “Cataratas del Angel”, “Cataratas del Ángel”, “Cataratas do anjo”, “Cheru-Meru”, “Cherun Meru”, “Churun Meru”, “Churun Merú”, “Churún Merú”, “Churun-Meru”, “Churun-Merú”, “Chutes Angel”, “Çurum Meru”, “Eindžela ūdenskritums”, “Englafoss”, “Kerepakupai Meru”, “Kerepakupai merú”, “Kerepakupai Vená”, “Kerepakupai-meru”, “Kerepakupai-Meru”, “Kerepakupai-merú”, “Melek Şelalesi”, “Parakupa Vena”, “Parakupá Vená”, “Parekupa-meru”, “Parekupa-Meru”, “Salt Àngel”, “Salt de l’Àngel”, “Salto del ángel”, “Salto del Ángel”, “Salto do anjo”, “Thác nước Angel”, “Thác nước Thiên Thần”, “Ангель”, “Анхель сарқырамасы”, “Ејнџел водопад”, “Керепакупаи-меру”, “Керепакупай меру”, “самый высокий водопад”, “מפל אנג’ל”, “ابشار انجل”, “شلالات أنجل”, “شلالات أنجيل”, “น้ำตกเอนเจิล”, “น้ำตกแองเจิล”, “안헬 폭포”, “앤젤 폭포”, “에인절 폭포”, “엔젤 폭포”, “アンヘル滝”, “エンジェル・フォール”, “エンジェル・フォールズ”, “エンジェルフォールズ”, “エンジェル滝”, “エンゼル・フォール”, “エンゼルフォール”, “エンゼル滝”, “サルト・アンヘル”, “丘伦梅鲁瀑布”, and “安琪兒瀑布”
Angel Falls
- Category: body of water
- Location: Bolívar, Guayana, Venezuela, South America
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Latitude
5.96754° or 5° 58′ 3″ north
Longitude
-62.53554° or 62° 32′ 8″ west
Elevation
1,284 metres (4,213 feet)
Open location code
67QVXF97+2Q
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Angel Falls” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Angel-val”
- Albanian: “Ujëvara Angel”
- Arabic: “شلالات أنخل”
- Armenian: “Անխել”
- Asturian: “Salto Ángel”
- Awadhi: “एन्जेल झरना”
- Azerbaijani: “Anhel şəlaləsi”
- Azerbaijani: “Anxel şəlaləsi”
- Bashkir: “Анхель шарлауығы”
- Basque: “Angel ur-jauzia”
- Basque: “Salto Angel”
- Belarusian: “Анхель”
- Belarusian: “Анхэль”
- Belarusian: “Вадаспад Анхель”
- Bengali: “অ্যাঞ্জেল জলপ্রপাত”
- Bhojpuri: “एंजेल झरना”
- Breton: “Salto Ángel”
- Bulgarian: “Анхел”
- Burmese: “အိန်ဂျယ်လ်ရေတံခွန်”
- Catalan: “Salto Angel”
- Cebuano: “Churún-Merú”
- Central Kurdish: “تاڤگەی ئەنجێل”
- Chinese: “安赫尔瀑布”
- Chinese: “安赫爾瀑布”
- Cornish: “Dowrlam Angel”
- Cornish: “Dowrlamm Angel”
- Croatian: “Angelovi slapovi”
- Czech: “Kerepakupai Merú”
- Czech: “Salto Angel”
- Danish: “Angelvandfaldet”
- Danish: “Salto del Angel”
- Dhivehi: “އޭންޖެލް ފޯލް”
- Dutch: “Ángelwaterval”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شلالات آنجل”
- Esperanto: “Salto Angel”
- Esperanto: “Salto Ángel”
- Estonian: “Angeli juga”
- Finnish: “Angelin putoukset”
- Finnish: “Angelinputous”
- French: “Salto Angel”
- French: “Salto Ángel”
- Georgian: “ანხელი”
- German: “Salto Ángel”
- Greek: “Καταρράκτες Έιντζελ”
- Hebrew: “מפל אנחל”
- Hindi: “एन्जिल जलप्रपात”
- Hungarian: “Angel-vízesés”
- Icelandic: “Englafossar”
- Ido: “Salto Ángel”
- Indonesian: “Air terjun Angel”
- Indonesian: “Air Terjun Angel”
- Italian: “Salto Angel”
- Japanese: “エンジェルフォール”
- Javanese: “Grojogan Angel”
- Kabiyè: “Salto Anjɛɛlɩ lɩmfalɩyɛ”
- Kabiyè: “Salto Anjɛɛlɩ”
- Kannada: “ಏಂಜಲ್ ಜಲಪಾತ”
- Kazakh: “Анхель”
- Kirghiz: “Анхель шаркыратмасы”
- Korean: “앙헬 폭포”
- Latin: “Angel”
- Latvian: “Anhela ūdenskritums”
- Lithuanian: “Anchelio krioklys”
- Low German: “Angel-Waterfall”
- Luxembourgish: “Salto Ángel”
- Macedonian: “Ангелски Водопад”
- Malay: “Air terjun Angel”
- Malay: “Air Terjun Angel”
- Malayalam: “എയ്ഞ്ചൽ വെള്ളച്ചാട്ടം”
- Mazanderani: “آنجل”
- Mingrelian: “ანხელი”
- Mingrelian: “ანხელიშ წყარგელაფუ”
- Mongolian: “Анхель хүрхрээ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Angelfossen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Angelfossen”
- Norwegian: “Angelfossen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Salto Angel”
- Panjabi: “ਏਂਜਲ ਝਰਨਾ”
- Persian: “آبشار آنجل”
- Polish: “Salto Angel”
- Portuguese: “Salto Ángel”
- Romanian: “Cascada Angel”
- Russian: “Анхель”
- Scots: “Angel Falls”
- Serbian: “Анђеоски водопад”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Anđelov vodopad”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Angelov vodopad”
- Slovak: “Angelov vodopád”
- Slovenian: “Angelov slap”
- Spanish: “Salto Ángel”
- Sundanese: “Curug Angel”
- Swedish: “Angelfallen”
- Tajik: “Анхел”
- Tamil: “ஏஞ்சல் அருவி”
- Tatar: “Эйнджел шарлавыгы”
- Telugu: “ఏంజెల్ జలపాతం”
- Telugu: “ఏంజెల్ ఫాల్స్”
- Thai: “น้ำตกเอนเจล”
- Turkish: “Angel Şelalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Анхель”
- Ukrainian: “Водоспад Анхель”
- Urdu: “اینجل آبشار”
- Uzbek: “Anxel”
- Vietnamese: “Thác nước Ángel”
- Waray (Philippines): “Busay Angel”
- Western Frisian: “Ángelwetterfal”
- Western Panjabi: “اینجل چھبر”
- Western Panjabi: “اینجل چھمبر”
- Wu Chinese: “安赫尔瀑布”
- Yue Chinese: “天使瀑布”
- “Salto Ángel”
- “एंजेल झरना”
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Places to explore: Guarimba and Mayjucupai.
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Highlights: Auyán - Tepui Massif Reserve and Auyán-tepui.
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