Venezuela
Guayana
Bolívar

Angel Falls

Angel Falls is a waterfall in . 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 mountain in the , a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Gran Sabana region of .
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: waterfall in Venezuela; highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world
  • Also known as: “Kerepakupai Vená” and “Salto Ángel”

Angel Falls

Latitude
5.96883° or 5° 58′ 8″ north
Longitude
-62.53615° or 62° 32′ 10″ west
Height
979 metres (3,212 feet)
Open location code
67QVXF97+GG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 366604035
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Wiki­data ID
Q80299
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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 آنجل”
  • Arabic: “شلالات أنجل”
  • Arabic: “شلالات أنجيل”
  • Armenian: “Անխել”
  • Asturian: “Salto Ángel”
  • Awadhi: “एन्जेल झरना”
  • Azerbaijani: “Anhel şəlaləsi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Anqel şəlaləsi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Anxel şəlaləsi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Çurum Meru”
  • 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”
  • Breton: “Salto del Angel”
  • Breton: “Salto del Ángel”
  • Bulgarian: “Анхел”
  • Bulgarian: “Керепакупай меру”
  • Burmese: “အိန်ဂျယ်လ်ရေတံခွန်”
  • Catalan: “Salt Àngel”
  • Catalan: “Salt de l’Àngel”
  • Catalan: “Salto Angel”
  • Cebuano: “Churún-Merú”
  • Central Kurdish: “تاڤگەی ئەنجێل”
  • Chinese: “丘伦梅鲁瀑布”
  • Chinese: “天使瀑布”
  • Chinese: “安琪兒瀑布”
  • Chinese: “安赫尔瀑布”
  • Chinese: “安赫爾瀑布”
  • Cornish: “Dowrlam Angel”
  • Cornish: “Dowrlamm Angel”
  • Croatian: “Angelovi slapovi”
  • Croatian: “Salto Angel”
  • Czech: “Angelův vodopád”
  • Czech: “Salto Angel”
  • Czech: “Salto Ángel”
  • Danish: “Angel Falls”
  • Danish: “Angelvandfaldet”
  • Danish: “Salto del Angel”
  • Dhivehi: “އޭންޖެލް ފޯލް”
  • Dutch: “Angel Falls”
  • Dutch: “Angel waterval”
  • Dutch: “Angelwaterval”
  • Dutch: “Ángelwaterval”
  • Dutch: “Cataratas del Angel”
  • Dutch: “Cataratas del Ángel”
  • Dutch: “Kerepakupai Meru”
  • Dutch: “Salto Angel”
  • Dutch: “Salto Ángel”
  • Dutch: “Salto del Angel”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شلالات آنجل”
  • Esperanto: “Salto Angel”
  • Esperanto: “Salto Ángel”
  • Estonian: “Angeli juga”
  • Estonian: “Cheru-Meru”
  • Estonian: “Cherun Meru”
  • Estonian: “Kerepakupai merú”
  • Finnish: “Angelin putoukset”
  • Finnish: “Angelin putous”
  • Finnish: “Angelinputous”
  • Finnish: “Salto Angel”
  • French: “Chutes Angel”
  • French: “Salto Angel”
  • French: “Salto Ángel”
  • Georgian: “ანხელი”
  • German: “Angel Falls”
  • German: “Angelfall”
  • German: “Kerepakupai Meru”
  • German: “Salto Angel”
  • German: “Salto Ángel”
  • German: “Salto del Angel”
  • German: “Salto del Ángel”
  • Greek: “Καταρράκτες Έιντζελ”
  • Hebrew: “מפל אנג’ל”
  • Hebrew: “מפל אנחל”
  • Hindi: “एन्जिल जलप्रपात”
  • Hungarian: “Angel-vízesés”
  • Icelandic: “Englafoss”
  • Icelandic: “Englafossar”
  • Ido: “Salto Ángel”
  • Indonesian: “Air terjun Angel”
  • Indonesian: “Angel Falls”
  • Italian: “Cascata dell’Angelo”
  • Italian: “Salto Angel”
  • Japanese: “アンヘル滝”
  • Japanese: “エンジェル・フォール”
  • Japanese: “エンジェル・フォールズ”
  • Japanese: “エンジェルフォール”
  • Japanese: “エンジェルフォールズ”
  • Japanese: “エンジェル滝”
  • Japanese: “エンゼル・フォール”
  • Japanese: “エンゼルフォール”
  • Japanese: “エンゼル滝”
  • Japanese: “サルト・アンヘル”
  • Javanese: “Grojogan Angel”
  • Kabiyè: “Salto Anjɛɛlɩ lɩmfalɩyɛ”
  • Kabiyè: “Salto Anjɛɛlɩ”
  • Kannada: “ಏಂಜಲ್ ಜಲಪಾತ”
  • Kazakh: “Анхель сарқырамасы”
  • Kazakh: “Анхель”
  • Kirghiz: “Анхель шаркыратмасы”
  • Korean: “안헬 폭포”
  • Korean: “앙헬 폭포”
  • Korean: “앤젤 폭포”
  • Korean: “에인절 폭포”
  • Korean: “엔젤 폭포”
  • Latin: “Angel”
  • Latvian: “Anhela ūdenskritums”
  • Latvian: “Eindžela ūdenskritums”
  • Lithuanian: “Anchelio krioklys”
  • Lithuanian: “Anchelis”
  • Low German: “Angel-Waterfall”
  • Luxembourgish: “Salto Ángel”
  • Macedonian: “Ангелски Водопад”
  • Malay: “Air terjun Angel”
  • Malay: “Air Terjun Angel”
  • Malayalam: “Angel Falls”
  • Malayalam: “എയ്ഞ്ചൽ വെള്ളച്ചാട്ടം”
  • Mazanderani: “آنجل”
  • Mingrelian: “ანხელი”
  • Mingrelian: “ანხელიშ წყარგელაფუ”
  • Mongolian: “Анхель хүрхрээ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Angel Falls”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Angelfossen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kerepakupai Merú”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Salto Angel”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Angel Falls”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Angelfallet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Angelfossen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Salto Angel”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Salto Ángel”
  • Norwegian: “Angelfossen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Salto Angel”
  • Panjabi: “ਏਂਜਲ ਝਰਨਾ”
  • Persian: “آبشار آنجل”
  • Persian: “ابشار انجل”
  • Polish: “Angel Falls”
  • Polish: “Angel”
  • Polish: “Salto Angel”
  • Polish: “Salto del Angel”
  • Portuguese: “Cataratas Ángel”
  • Portuguese: “Cataratas do anjo”
  • Portuguese: “Parekupa-meru”
  • Portuguese: “Salto Angel”
  • Portuguese: “Salto Ángel”
  • Portuguese: “Salto do anjo”
  • Romanian: “Angel”
  • Romanian: “Cascada Angel”
  • Russian: “Анхель”
  • Russian: “Керепакупаи-меру”
  • Russian: “самый высокий водопад”
  • Scots: “Angel Falls”
  • Serbian: “Анђеоски водопад”
  • Serbian: “Ејнџел водопад”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Anđelov vodopad”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Anđeoski vodopad”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Angelov vodopad”
  • Slovak: “Angelov vodopád”
  • Slovak: “Salto Angel”
  • Slovak: “Salto Ángel”
  • Slovak: “Salto del Ángel”
  • Slovenian: “Angelov slap”
  • Spanish: “Cascada del ángel”
  • Spanish: “Catarata Angel”
  • Spanish: “Catarata Ángel”
  • Spanish: “Catarata del Ángel”
  • Spanish: “Churun Meru”
  • Spanish: “Churun Merú”
  • Spanish: “Churún Merú”
  • Spanish: “Churun-Meru”
  • Spanish: “Churun-Merú”
  • Spanish: “Churún-Merú”
  • Spanish: “Kerepakupai Meru”
  • Spanish: “Kerepakupai Merú”
  • Spanish: “Kerepakupai Vená”
  • Spanish: “Kerepakupai-meru”
  • Spanish: “Kerepakupai-merú”
  • Spanish: “Salto Angel”
  • Spanish: “Salto Ángel”
  • Spanish: “Salto del Angel”
  • Spanish: “Salto del ángel”
  • Spanish: “Salto del Ángel”
  • Sundanese: “Curug Angel”
  • Swedish: “Angelfallen”
  • Swedish: “Angelfallet”
  • Swedish: “Kerepakupai Meru”
  • Swedish: “Kerepakupai Merú”
  • Swedish: “Salto del Angel”
  • Tajik: “Анхел”
  • Tamil: “ஏஞ்சல் அருவி”
  • Tatar: “Эйнджел шарлавыгы”
  • Telugu: “ఏంజెల్ జలపాతం”
  • Telugu: “ఏంజెల్ ఫాల్స్”
  • Thai: “น้ำตกเอนเจล”
  • Thai: “น้ำตกเอนเจิล”
  • Thai: “น้ำตกแองเจิล”
  • Turkish: “Angel Şelalesi”
  • Turkish: “Melek Şelalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Ангель”
  • Ukrainian: “Анхель (водоспад)”
  • Ukrainian: “Анхель”
  • Ukrainian: “Водоспад Анхель”
  • Urdu: “اینجل آبشار”
  • Uzbek: “Anxel”
  • Vietnamese: “Thác nước Angel”
  • Vietnamese: “Thác nước Ángel”
  • Vietnamese: “Thác nước Thiên Thần”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Angel falls”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Busay Angel”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Busay Anghel”
  • Western Frisian: “Ángelwetterfal”
  • Western Panjabi: “اینجل آبشار”
  • Western Panjabi: “اینجل چھبر”
  • Western Panjabi: “اینجل چھمبر”
  • Wu Chinese: “安赫尔瀑布”
  • Yue Chinese: “天使瀑布”
  • “Kerepakupai Merú”
  • “Kerepakupai Vená”
  • “Parakupá Vená”
  • “Salto Ángel”
  • “एंजेल झरना”

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