List of statues by height

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The following is a list of statues by height.

1 100m and over
2 50m - 99m
3 30m - 49m
4 20m - 29m
5 Disappeared
6 Planned
7 See also
8 External links
9 References

[edit] 100m and over

Spring Temple Buddha (depicts Vairocana Buddha); Lushan, Henan, China. 128 m (420 ft) including the 20 m (66 ft) lotus throne. Placed on a 25 m (82 ft) pedestal/building. 153 m (502 ft) total monument height. Completed in 2002. As of May 2008, little information is available online in English. Several aerial (satellite) and ground ([1] and [2]) photos demonstrate its existence.^[1] 33.775150° N 112.451016° ECoordinates: 33.775150° N 112.451016° E
Laykyun Setkyar standing Buddha; Monywa, Sagaing Division, Myanmar. 116 m (380ft) on 13.5 m (44ft) base. Completed in 2008.^[2] 49.624204° N 60.292969° ECoordinates: 49.624204° N 60.292969° E
Ushiku Daibutsu (depicts Amitabha Buddha); Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. 110 m (328 ft) including the 10 m (33 ft) lotus throne. Placed on a 10 m (33 ft) pedestal/building. 120 m (394 ft) total monument height. Completed 1995.^[3] 35.982716° N 140.220287° ECoordinates: 35.982716° N 140.220287° E
Nanshan Haishang Guanyin (depicts Avalokitesvara); Sanya, Hainan, China. 108 m (354 ft). Completed in 2005.^[4] 18.292683° N 109.208736° ECoordinates: 18.292683° N 109.208736° E.
Emperors Yan and Huang; Zhengzhou, Henan, China. 106 m (348 ft). Completed in 2007.^[5] 34.957222° N 3113.512373° ECoordinates: 34.957222° N 3113.512373° E.
Sendai Daikannon (depicts Avalokitesvara); Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. 100 m (328 ft). 38.300466° N 140.823559° ECoordinates: 38.300466° N 140.823559° E.

Ushiku Daibutsu, Japan

Nanshan Haishang Guanyin of Sanya, China

Sendai Daikannon, Japan

[edit] 50m - 99m

Peter the Great Statue (depicts Peter I of Russia); Moscow, Russia. 96 m (315 ft). Completed in 1997.^[6] 55.738606° N 37.60824° ECoordinates: 55.738606° N 37.60824° E
Grand Buddha at Ling Shan (depicts Gautama Buddha); Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China. 88 m (289 ft). Completed in 1996.^[7] 31°25′55″N 120°5′29″E / 31.43194, 120.09139
Dai Kannon of Kita no Miyako park (depicts Avalokitesvara); Ashibetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan. 88 m (289 ft). Completed in 1989.^[8] 43°31′41.44″N, 142°11′53.14″E
Rodina-Mat' Zovyot! (Mother Motherland Calls) in Mamayev Kurgan; Volgograd, Russia. 85 m (279 ft). Completed in 1967. 48°44′32.5″N, 44°32′13″E
Awaji Kannon (depicts Avalokitesvara); Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. 80 m (262 ft) standing on a 20 m pedestal/building. 100 m (328 ft) total height. 34.502949° N 134.976676° ECoordinates: 34.502949° N 134.976676° E
Great Standing Maitreya Buddha; Emei Township, Hsinchu County, Taiwan, ROC. 72 m (236 ft). 24.681045° N 120.985651° ECoordinates: 24.681045° N 120.985651° E.
Leshan Giant Buddha (depicts Maitreya); Leshan, China. 71 m (233 ft). Constructed between 713 - 803. 29.547222° N 103.769167° ECoordinates: 29.547222° N 103.769167° E
Mother Motherland; Kiev, Ukraine. 62 m (203 ft) upon a 40 m tall pedestal. 102 m (335 ft) total monument height. Completed in 1981. 50.426497° N 30.563171° ECoordinates: 50.426497° N 30.563171° E
Jibo Kannon of Narita-san temple (depicts Avalokitesvara); Kurume, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan. 62 m (203 ft).^[9] 33.285445° N 130.534852° ECoordinates: 33.285445° N 130.534852° E
Guanyin of Mount Xiqiao; (depicts Avalokitesvara) Nanhai district, Foshan, Guangdong, China. 62 m (200 ft) with a 15 m pedestal. 77 m (252 ft) total height. 22.933101° N 112.971725° ECoordinates: 22.933101° N 112.971725° E
Aizu Jibo Dai-Kannon (depicts Avalokitesvara); Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan. 57 m (187 ft). 37.550906° N 139.951229° ECoordinates: 37.550906° N 139.951229° E
Tokyo Wan Kannon (depicts Avalokitesvara); Futtsu, Chiba, Japan. 56 m (183.7 ft). Completed in 1961. 35.263544° N 139.862437° ECoordinates: 35.263544° N 139.862437° E
Hanuman Murti in New Delhi; New Delhi, India. 53 m (174 ft). 28.64496° N 77.197924° ECoordinates: 28.64496° N 77.197924° E
Usami Dai-Kannon (depicts Avalokitesvara); Izu Peninsula, Itō, Shizuoka, Japan. 50 m (164 ft).

Peter The Great, Russia	Ling Shan Buddha, China	Kannon in Ashibetsu, Japan	Mother Motherland Calls, Russia
Kannon of Awaji, Japan	Maitreya Buddha near Beipu, China	The Buddha of Leshan, China	Mother Motherland in Kiev, Ukraine
Guan Yin of Xiqiao Shan, China	Kannon of the Tokyo bay, Japan

[edit] 30m - 49m

Dai Kannon of Kamaishi; Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan. 48.5 m (159 ft). 39.256532° N 141.900895° ECoordinates: 39.256532° N 141.900895° E
Ten Directions Samantabhadra Bodhisattva; Mount Emei, Sichuan province, China. 48 m (157 ft). 29.52567° N 103.336802° ECoordinates: 29.52567° N 103.336802° E
Vírgen de la Paz (Virgin of Peace); Trujillo, Trujillo, Venezuela. 46.7 m (153 ft). Completed in 1983.
Liberty Enlightening the World; Liberty Island, New York, United States. 46 m (151 ft) standing upon a 47 m pedestal. 93 m (305 ft) total monument height.^[10]
Birth of the New Man (depicts Christopher Columbus); Sevilla, Spain. 45 m (148 ft).
Lord Murugan statue; Batu Caves, Gombak, Malaysia. 42.7 m (140 ft). Completed in January 2006.
Grand Byakue Kannon; Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. 41.8 m (137 ft). Completed in 1936.^[11]
Guanyin of Lianhuashan; Lianhuashan, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. 40.8 m (134 ft).^[12]
Great Matzu; Meizhou Island, Fujian, China. 40.5 m (133 ft).
José María Morelos statue; Janitzio island, Michoacan, Mexico. 40 m (132 ft).
Genghis Khan equestrian statue; near Ulan Bator, Mongolia. 40 m (132 ft).
Standing Amitabha Buddha of Fo Guang Shan; Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC. 40 m (132 ft).^[13]
Statue of Decebalus; Orşova, Mehedinţi County, Romania. 40 m (132 ft).
Lord Shiva of Murudeshwara; Murudeshwara, district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka, India. 37 m (122 ft). Completed 2006.^[14]
Rong Xian Buddha; Rong Xian, Sichuan province, China. 37 m (121 ft).
The Merlion of Sentosa; Sentosa, Republic of Singapore. 37 m (121 ft). Completed in 1996.
Statue of Padmasambhava in Namchi (depicts the Guru Rinpoche); Namchi, India. 36 m (118 ft).
Bodhisattva Kannon of Tazawako; Tazawako, Akita prefecture, Japan. 35 m (115 ft).
Cristo de la Concordia; Cochabamba, Bolivia. 34.2 m (112 ft) standing on a 6.2 m pedestal. 40.4 m (132.5 ft) total monument height.
Tian Tan Buddha; Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, Hong Kong. 34 m (112 ft). Completed in 1993.
Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur (Our Lady of the Sacred Heart); Le Mas-Rillier in Dombes, Ain department, France. 33 m (108 ft) with a 20 m pedestal. 53 m (174 ft) total height.^[15]
Golden Maitreya Buddha of Beopjusa; Naesongni-myeon, Chungcheongbuk-do province, South Korea. 33 m (108 ft).
Laozi statue in Mount Mao; near Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province, China. 33 m (108 ft).
Memorial to the Virgin Mary; Haskovo, Haskovo Province, Bulgaria. 32.8 m (107.5 ft). Completed in 2003.^[16]
Mangal Mahadev (depicts Lord Shiva); Ganga Talao, Mauritius. 32.6 m (107 ft). Completed in 2007.
Mindroling Monastery Buddha statue; Dehradun, Uttarakhand state, India. 32.6 m (107 ft).
Standing Buddha in the Wat Indrawiharn; Bangkok, Thailand. 32.5 m (106 ft).
Hanuman in Nandura; Maharashtra, India. 32 m (105 ft).
Bhaisajyaguru of the Nihon-Ji Temple; Kyonan, Awa District, Chiba, Japan. 31 m (102 ft).
Lord Shiva of the Har-ki-Pauri, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India. 30.5 m (100 ft).^[17]
São Francisco de Canindé (depicts Francis of Assisi); Canindé, Ceará, Brazil. 30.5 m (100 ft). Completed in 2005. -4.367486° N -39.305166° ECoordinates: -4.367486° N -39.305166° E
Kristus kase Berkat (Christ Blessing); Manado, Indonesia. 30 m (95 ft) standing on a 20 m pedestal. 50 m (158.3 ft) total monument height. Build by Indonesian real estate developer Ciputra. Completed in 2007.
Vírgen de El Panecillo (Virgin in The Panecillo); Quito, Ecuador. 30 m (98.5 ft) standing on a 11 m pedestal. 41 m (134 ft) total.
Bronze Guan Yin of Kek Lok Si Temple; Air Itam, Penang island, Malaysia. 30 m (98.5 ft). Completed in 1999.^[18]
Cristo Redentor do Corcovado (Christ the Redeemer); Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 30 m (98.5 ft) standing on a 9.5 m pedestal. 39.6 m (130 ft) total monument height. Completed in 1931.
Cristo del Otero (depicts Jesus); Palencia, Spain. 30 m (98.5 ft).

Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, China	Virgin of Peace, Venezuela	Statue of Liberty, United States	Lord Murugan, Malaysia
Genghis Khan, Mongolia	Morelos, Mexico	Statue of Decebalus, Romania	Lord Shiva, India
The Merlion, Singapore	The Padmasambhava, India	Kannon in Tazawako, Japan	Cristo de la Concordia, Bolivia
Tian Tan Buddha, Hong Kong	Buddha in Beopjusa, South Korea	Virgin Mary, Bulgaria	Buddha of the Mindroling Monastery, India
Hanuman in Nandura, India	Lord Shiva in the Har-ki-Pauri, India	Virgin of El Panecillo, Ecuador	Guan Yin in Kek Lok Si, Malaysia
Christ the Redeemer, Brazil	Cristo del Otero, Spain

[edit] 20m - 29m

Thiruvalluvar Statue (depicts Tiruvalluvar); Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India. 29 m (95 ft) standing on a 11,5 m pedestal. 40.5 m (133 ft) total height. Completed in 2000.
White marble Guan Yin of Yinxian; Yinxian,Zhejiang, China. 29 m (95 ft).
Cristo Rei (Christ the King); Almada, Portugal. 28 m (92 ft) upon a 82 m tall pedestal. 103 m (338 ft) total. Completed in 1959.
Christ of Vung Tau; Vung Tau, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, Vietnam. 28 m (92 ft) standing on a 10 m platform. 38 m (126.5 ft) total monument height.
Bingling Temple Maitreya Buddha; near Lanzhou, Gansu province, China. 27 m (88.6 ft).
Heiwa-Kannon (depicts the Goddess of Peace); near Utsunomiya; Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. 27 m (88.6 ft). Completed in 1954.^[19]
Cristo Rei of Dili (depicts Christ the King); city of Dili, Timor Leste. 27 m (88.6 ft).
Our Lady of the Rockies; Butte, Montana, United States. 27 m (88.6 ft). Completed December 20, 1985.
Smiling Maitreya Buddha of the Bao Jue Temple; Taichung, Taiwan, ROC. 26.8 m (88 ft).
Statue of Buddha in Kurunegala. Kurunegala, Sri Lanka. 26,8 m (88 ft).
Hermannsdenkmal, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany. 26,57 m (87 ft). Completed in 1875.
Sitting Byakue Kannon; Soma city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan. 26.4 m (87 ft).
Buddha of the Gandantegchinlen Khiid Monastery; Ulan Bator, Mongolia. 26.4 m (87 ft).
Hanuman of Carapichaima; Carapichaima, Trinidad and Tobago. 26 m (85 ft).
Christ Roi des Houches (depics Christ the King); Les Houches, Haute-Savoie department, France. 25 m (82 ft). Completed in 1934.
Cristo Blanco (White Christ); Cusco, Cusco Province, Peru. 25 m (82 ft). Completed in 1987.
Great Buddha in the coiled naga; located inside the Xieng Khuan, Vientiane, Laos. 25 m (82 ft).
Ōfuna Kannon; Kamakura, Kanagawa, Tokyo, Japan. 25 m (82 ft). Completed in 1961.
Hanuman of the Ram Tirath temple; Amritsar, Punjab state, India. 24.5 m (80 ft).
Worker and Kolkhoz Woman; Russia. 24 m (77 ft). Completed in 1937, currently disarmed and in restoration.
Jiangang Jing She Temple Buddha; Tambun, Perak state, Malaysia. 24 m (77 ft).^[20]
Heiwa Kannon of Funaoka Park; near Funaoka station, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. 24 m (77 m).
Kannon of the Ryozen Historical Memorial; Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. 24 m (77 ft).
The White Buddha statue of Long Son Pagoda; Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam. 24 m (77 ft).^[21]
Il Sancarlone (depicts Saint Charles Borromeo); Arona, Novara province, Italy. 23.5 m (77 ft) standing on a 11.5 m pedestal. 35 m (115 ft) total height. Completed in 1698.
Cristo Rey de los Álamos; Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico. 23.3 m (76 ft). Completed in 1999.^[22]
Mayr Hayastan (Mother Armenia); Yerevan, Armenia. 23 m (75 ft) standing on a 50 m pedestal. 73 m (240 ft) total monument height.
Torii Kannon; Hannou city, Saitama prefecture, Japan. 23 m (75 ft) with a 12 m pedestal. 35 m (115 ft) total height. Completed in 1971.^[23]
Cristo del Sagrado Corazon (Christ of the Sacred Heart); near Rosarito, Baja California state, Mexico. 23 m (75 ft).
Lord Vishnu statue; Garuda Wisnu Kencana park in Bukit Peninsula, Indonesia. 23 m (75 ft). Original project was to construct a 140 m sculpture, currently on hiatus.^[24]
Hanuman Vatika; Rourkela, Orissa state, India. 23 m (75 ft).
Golden Driller; Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. 23 m (75 ft).
Golden Buddha in Ulan Bator; Ulan Bator, Mongolia. 23 m (75 ft).
Guan Yin of Zhongzheng Park, Taipei-Keelung metropolitan area, Taiwan, ROC. 22.4 m (73 ft).
Christ the Redeemer of Maratea; Maratea, province of Potenza, Italy. 22 m (72 ft). Completed in 1965.^[25]
Aumisme Buddha Maitreya in Mandarom; near Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, France. 22 m (72 ft). Completed in 1981.^[26]
Cristo de las Noas; Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico. 21.8 m (71.5 ft).
Seiryuu-ji Temple Buddha (depicts Dainichi Nyorai); Aomori city, Aomori prefecture, Japan. 21.3 m (70 ft).
Buddha of the Longxing Monastery; near Zhengding, Hebei province, China. 21.3 (70 ft).
Cosmic Christ; near Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute department, France. 21 m (69 ft). Completed in 1987.
Cristo de El Cubilete (Christ King of the Mountain of El Cubilete); Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico. 20.5 m (67 ft) with a 12.5 m pedestal. 33 m (108 ft) total height.
Sam Houston statue; Huntsville, Texas, United States. 20.5 m (67 ft) with a 3 m (10 ft) pedestal.
Dallas Zoo's giraffe statue; Dallas, Texas state, United States. 20.5 m (67 ft).
Kartlis Deda (Mother Georgia); Tbilisi, Georgia. 20 m (65.5 ft).
Guan Yin of the South Sea; Putuo Shan island, Shanghai, China. 20 m (65.5 ft) upon a 13 m pedestal. 33 m (108 ft) total height.
Christ Statue in El Picacho city park; Tegucigalpa, Honduras. 20 m (65.5 ft) over a 12 m pedestal. Completed in 1987.
Kun Iam statue (depicts Guan Yin); Macau. 20 m (65.5 ft) with a 7 m pedestal. 27 m (88 ft) final height.
Christ of Havana; La Habana, Cuba. 20 m (65.5 ft) with a 3 m pedestal. 23 m (75 ft) total height.
Angel of the North, by Antony Gormley, located in Gateshead, England. 20 m (65.5 ft).
Kim Il Sung, Pyongyong, North Korea. 20 m (65.5 ft).
Great Sphinx of Giza; Giza, near Cairo, Egypt. 20 m (65.5 ft).^[27]
Goddess A-Ma statue; Coloane, Macau. 20 m (65.5 ft).
Christ of the Ozarks; Eureka Springs, Arkansas, United States. 20 m (65.5 ft).

The Thiruvalluvar Statue, India	Cristo Rei, Portugal	Christ of Vung Tau, Vietnam	Buddha of the Bingling temple, China
Christ of Dili, Timor Leste	Our Lady of the Rockies, United States	Buddha of Bao Jue, Taiwan	Buddha in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
Hermannsdenkmal, Germany	Hanuman, Trinidad and Tobago	Cristo Blanco, Peru	Buddha and coiled naga, Laos
Ōfuna Kannon, Japan	Worker and Kolkhoz Woman, Russia	Ryozen Historical Memorial, Japan	The Great Buddha statue in Nha Trang, Vietnam
Il Sancarlone, Italy	Mother Armenia, Armenia	Cristo del Sagrado Corazon, Mexico	Torso of Vishnu, Indonesia
The Golden Driller, United States	Buddha in Ulan Bator, Mongolia	Guan Yin of Zhongzheng Park, China	Christ of Maratea, Italy
Cristo de las Noas, Mexico	Dainichi Nyorai in Aomori, Japan	Christ of The Mountain, Mexico	Sam Houston, United States
Giraffe, United States	Mother Georgia, Georgia	Guan Yin of Mount Putuo, China	Kun Iam in Macau, Macau
Christ of Havana, Cuba	Angel of the North, England	Kim Il Sung, North Korea	The Great Sphinx of Giza, Egypt
Christ of the Ozarks, United States

[edit] Disappeared

Great Buddha of Bamiyan; Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan. 55 m (180 ft). Completed in 554 and destroyed in 2001.
Minor Buddha of Bamiyan; Bamiyan province, Afghanistan. 37 m (121 ft). Completed in 507 and destroyed in 2001.
Colossus of Nero (later renamed as Colossus Solis); Rome, Italy. 36 m (120 ft). Completed in 75 with unknown date of destruction.
The Cosmoplanetary Messiah; near Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France. 33 m (108 ft). Completed in 1990 and destroyed in 2001.
Colossus of Rhodes; Rhodes island, Dodecanese region, Greece. 30 m (98.5 ft). Completed in 280 BC and destroyed in 226 BC.

[edit] Planned

Crazy Horse Memorial (depicts Crazy Horse); Black Hills, South Dakota, United States. 172 m (564 ft) when completed.
Maitreya Project (depicts Maitreya); Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India. 152 m (500 ft).^[28]
Birth of the New World (depicts Christopher Columbus); Cataño, Puerto Rico. 120 m (394 ft). Project in hiatus. ^[29]
Noah Statue; North Sumatra, Indonesia. 80 m (262.5 ft).
Christ of Copoya; Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico. 62 m (203 ft).
Buddha Dordenma (depicts Shakyamuni Buddha); Thimphu, Bhutan. 51 m (169 ft).
Shivaji statue; Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. 48 m (159 ft) with a 45.5 m (150 ft) pedestal.
Christ statue; Bratislava, Slovakia. 33 m. (108 ft) when completed.