Angel Falls

Angel Falls is located in the southeast of Venezuela and is the tallest waterfall in the world. The total height of Angel Falls is 979 meters, the height of the continuous fall is 807 meters. Water falls from the top of Mount Auyantepui. The world's tallest waterfall was named after the American pilot James Angel, who opened the waterfall to the world community in the 30s of the last century. For the first time, Angel, in search of ore deposits (according to other sources - diamonds), flew over the waterfall in 1933, and in 1937 he returned to the waterfall and tried to land on its top, but the plane got stuck in the mud and was damaged, so Angel, his wife and two more of their companions were forced to return home on foot (this journey took 11 days). Angel's plane was retrieved from the top of the waterfall 33 years later by helicopter. In Spanish, the surname of the pilot (Angel) reads "Angel" - hence the name of the waterfall.