South America
Ecuador
Tungurahua Province

Pailón del Diablo

Pailón del Diablo is one of the most famous waterfalls in Ecuador, located near the town of Río Verde in the Tungurahua Province. It remains as Ecuador’s largest waterfall as of the 2020s, after the disappeared.
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  • Type: Waterfall
  • Description: waterfall in Ecuador
  • Also known as: “Cascada el Pailón del Diablo(dueño el walter)” and “El Pailón del Diablo”

Pailón del Diablo

Latitude
-1.40474° or 1° 24′ 17″ south
Longitude
-78.29581° or 78° 17′ 45″ west
Height
80 metres (262 feet)
Open location code
67C3HPW3+4M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 339409199
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Wiki­data ID
Q5755929
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Satellite Map

Discover Pailón del Diablo from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Russian to Spanish—“Pailón del Diablo” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Pailon del Diablo Mirador and Cascada del Arcangel San Miguel.

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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 “Pailón del Diablo”. Photo: Krosto, CC BY-SA 3.0.