The following is an incomplete list of cliffs of the world.
Asia
Above sea Ra's Sajir, Oman, 900 m (3,000 ft) above the Arabian Sea Tōjinbō, Sakai, Fukui prefecture, Japan 25 m above Sea of Japan Qingshui Cliff, Xiulin Township, Hualien County, Taiwan averaging 800 m above Pacific Ocean. The tallest peak, Qingshui Mountain, rises 2,408 m directly from the Pacific Ocean. Theoprosopon, between Chekka and Selaata in north Lebanon jutting into the Mediterranean.
Above land Nanga Parbat, Rupal Face, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, 4,600 m Gyala Peri, southeast face, Mêdog County, Tibet, China, 4,600 m Ultar Sar southwest face, Karakoram, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, 3,000 m Qingshui Cliff, Xiulin Township, Hualien County, Taiwan averaging 800 m above Pacific Ocean. The tallest peak, Qingshui Mountain, rises 2,408 m directly from the Pacific Ocean. 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 from the Trango Glacier to the Southwest summit. Uli Biaho Towers, Baltoro Glacier, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan Baintha Brakk (The Ogre), Panmah Muztagh, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, 2,000 m The Latok Group, Panmah Muztagh, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, 1,800 m Spantik northwest face, Karakoram, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, 2,000 m Shispare Sar southwest face, Karakoram, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, 3,200 m Hunza Peak south face, Karakoram, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, 1,700 m Lhotse south face, Mahalangur Himal, Nepal, 3,200 m Lhotse northeast face, Mahalangur Himal, Nepal, 2,900 m K2 west face, Karakoram, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, 2,900 m Meru Peak, Uttarakhand, India, 1,200 m. Ramon Crater, Israel, 400 m Various cliffs in the Ak-Su Valley of Kyrgyzstan are high and steep. World's End, Horton Plains, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka. It has a sheer drop of about 1,200 m. Various cliffs in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Hunan Province, China. The cliffs can get to around 300 m.
Europe
Above sea Hornelen, Norway, 860 m above Skatestraumen Los Gigantes, Tenerife, Spain, 800m above Atlantic Ocean Cape Enniberg, Faroe Islands, 750 m above North Atlantic Croaghaun, Achill Island, Ireland, 688 m above Atlantic Ocean Hvanndalabjarg, Ólafsfjörður, Iceland, 630 m above Atlantic Ocean Vixía Herbeira, Northern Galicia, Spain, 621 m above Atlantic Ocean Preikestolen, Norway, 604 m above Lysefjorden Slieve League, Ireland, 601 m above Atlantic Ocean
Monte Solaro, Capri, Italy, 589 m above the Mediterranean Sea Cabo Girão, Madeira, Portugal, 589 m above North Atlantic Jaizkibel, Spain, 547 m above the Bay of Biscay Beinisvørð, Faroe Islands, 470 m above North Atlantic Conachair, St Kilda, Scotland 427 m above Atlantic Ocean, highest sea cliff in the UK Cap Canaille, France, 394 m above Mediterranean sea is the highest sea cliff in France The Kame, Foula, Shetland, 376 m above the North Atlantic, second highest sea cliff in the UK St John's Head, Hoy, Orkney, 335m above the North Atlantic, highest purely vertical sea cliff in the UK Hangman cliffs, Devon 318 m above Bristol Channel is the highest sea cliff in England Benwee Head Cliffs, Erris, County Mayo, Ireland, 304 m above Atlantic Ocean Dingli Cliffs, Malta, 250 m above Mediterranean sea High Cliff, between Boscastle and St Gennys, 223 m above Celtic Sea Cliffs of Moher, Ireland, 217 m above Atlantic Ocean Beachy Head, England, 162 m above the English Channel Møns Klint, Denmark, 143 m above Baltic Sea Le Tréport, France, 110 m above the English Channel White cliffs of Dover, England, 100 m above the Strait of Dover Étretat, France, 84 m above the English Channel Kaliakra cliffs, Bulgaria, more than 70 m above the Black Sea Ontika Limestone cliff, Estonia, 55 m above Baltic Sea. Snake Island, Ukraine, 41 m above the Black Sea
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) Troll Wall, Norway 1,100 m above base Mięguszowiecki Szczyt north face rises to 1,043 m above Morskie Oko lake level, High Tatras, Poland Kjerag, Norway 984 m. Giewont (north face), Tatra Mountains, Poland, 852 m above Polana Strążyska glade Mont Granier, in the French Chartreuse Mountains, 700 m Vihren peak north face, Pirin Mountain, Bulgaria 460 m to the (Golemiya Kazan) Dvuglav, Rila Mountain, Bulgaria 460 m (south face) Vratsata, Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park, Bulgaria 400 m Belogradchik Rocks, Bulgaria - up to 200 m high sandstone towers
North America
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 metres (4,490 ft) total; the top 480 metres (1,570 ft) are overhanging. This is commonly regarded as being the largest vertical drop on Earth [1] at 1,250 metres (4,100 ft). The sheer north face of Polar Sun Spire, Baffin Island, rises 4,300 ft above the flat frozen fjord, although the lower portion of the face breaks from the vertical wall with a series of ledges and buttresses. 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:
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