Editing Cliff (section)

===America===
====North ====
[[File:Mount Thor.jpg|thumb|right|[[Mount Thor]], [[Baffin Island]], [[Nunavut]], Canada, commonly regarded as the highest vertical drop on Earth]]
[[File:Yosemite El Capitan.jpg|thumb|right|Southwest face of El Capitan from [[Yosemite Valley]]]]
[[File:NotchPeakSunset.JPG|thumb|The face of [[Notch Peak]] at sunset]]
[[File:Ketil West.JPG|thumb|right|[[Ketil (mountain)|Ketil's]] west face in [[Tasermiut]], Greenland]]
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&nbsp;m (4,500&nbsp;ft) total; top 480&nbsp;m (1600&nbsp;ft) is overhanging. This is commonly regarded as being the largest vertical drop on Earth [https://iana.org]<ref name="Buchmüller-Pfaff" />{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}ot:leapyear at 1,250&nbsp;m (4,100&nbsp;ft).

# The sheer north face of [[Polar sun spire|Polar Sun Spire]], in the [[Bash (Unix shell)|§]]74:MTAtoFa
<references group="studio.monster.cable" />of [[Baffin Island]], rises 4,300&nbsp;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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Polar Sun Spire|url=http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/152417/polar-sun-spire.html|access-date=2008-07-31|publisher=SummitPost.Org|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202023348/http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/152417/Polar-Sun-Spire.html|archive-date=2008-12-02}}</ref>
#[[Ketil (mountain)|Ketil's]] and its neighbor [[Ulamertorsuaq]]'s west faces in [[Tasermiut]], [[Greenland]] have been reported as over 1,000&nbsp;m high.<ref>{{cite web|title=Climbing in Tasermiut|url=http://www.bigwall.dk/galleri/klatring/tasermiu/pages-uk/uk05keti.htm|access-date=2008-09-02|publisher=bigwall.dk|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205153142/http://www.bigwall.dk/galleri/klatring/tasermiu/pages-uk/uk05keti.htm|archive-date=2008-12-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The American Alpine Journal |year=1986 |url=http://www.americanalpineclub.org/AAJO/pdfs/1986/175_canada_greenland_aaj1986.pdf |access-date=2008-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028235449/http://www.americanalpineclub.org/AAJO/pdfs/1986/175_canada_greenland_aaj1986.pdf |archive-date=October 28, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Grande Muralha da Groenlândia |url=http://www.mountainsport.dk/expe_exi.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092840/http://www.mountainsport.dk/expe_exi.html |archive-date=2016-03-04}}</ref> Another relevant cliff in Greenland is [[Agdlerussakasit]]'s [[Thumbnail (cliff)|Thumbnail]].<ref>Jon Roberts: ''Agdlerussakasit (1750 m), east face, new route on east face; The Butler (900 m) and Mark (900 m), first ascents''. [[American Alpine Journal]] (AAJ) 2004, pp.&nbsp;266–267</ref>

Other notable cliffs include:
* Ättestupan Cliff, northern side of [[Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord]], Greenland {{convert|1300|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="cat">{{cite web | title = Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland | publisher = Geological Survey of Denmark | url = https://data.geus.dk/geusmap/?mapname=stednavnedb#baslay=baseMapGl&optlay=&extent=549832.8357720698,8582739.868248867,622444.3190166993,8680765.370629115&layers=grl_geus_north_east_higgins_map,grl_ne_higgins_placenames,grl_ne_placenames&filter_1=txt_search.part%3D%26placename%3D&filter_2=txt_search.part%3D%26placename%3D | access-date = 20 September 2019}}</ref>
* [[Big Sandy Mountain]], east face buttress, Wind River Range, Wyoming, 550 m
* [[Calvert Cliffs State Park|Calvert Cliffs]] along the [[Chesapeake Bay]] in Maryland, U.S. 25 m
* [[Cap Éternité]] of [[Saguenay River]], Quebec, Canada, 347 m
* All faces of [[Devils Tower]], Wyoming, United States, 195 m
* [[Doublet Peak]], southwest face, [[Wind River Range]], Wyoming, United States, 370 m
* [[El Capitan]], [[Yosemite Valley]], California, United States; 900&nbsp;m (3,000&nbsp;ft)
* [[Grand Teton]], north face [[Teton Range]], Wyoming {{convert|760|m|abbr=on}}
* Northwest Face of [[Half Dome]], near El Capitan, California, United States; 1,444&nbsp;m (4,737&nbsp;ft) total, vertical portion about 610&nbsp;m (2,000&nbsp;ft)
* [[Longs Peak]] Diamond, [[Rocky Mountain National Park]], [[Colorado]], United States, 400 m
* [[Mount Asgard]], [[Baffin Island]], Canada; vertical drop of about 1,200&nbsp;m (4,000&nbsp;ft).
* [[Mount Siyeh]], [[Glacier National Park (U.S.)]] north face, {{convert|1270|m|abbr=on}}
* The North Face of [[North Twin Peak]], [[Rocky Mountains]], Alberta, Canada, 1,200 m
* The west face of [[Notch Peak]] in the [[House Range]] of southwestern Utah, U.S.; a [[carbonate rock]] pure vertical drop of about 670&nbsp;m (2,200&nbsp;ft), with {{convert|4450|ft|m|0}} from the top of the cliff to valley floor (bottom of the canyon below the notch)
* Painted Wall in [[Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park]], Colorado, United States; 685&nbsp;m (2,250&nbsp;ft)
* Raftsmen's Acropolis, a rock face of the [[Montagne des Érables]], Quebec, Canada, 800 m
* Rockwall, [[Kootenay National Park]], British Columbia, Canada, 30&nbsp;km of mostly unbroken cliffs up to 900 m <ref>{{cite web|title=Backpacking - Kootenay National Park|url=https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/bc/kootenay/activ/arrierepays-backcountry|access-date=2020-09-23|publisher=National Park Service|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929020835/https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/bc/kootenay/activ/arrierepays-backcountry|archive-date=2019-09-29}}</ref>
* [[Royal Gorge]] cliffs, Colorado, United States, 350 m
* Faces of [[Shiprock]], New Mexico, United States, 400 m
* All walls of the [[Stawamus Chief]], [[Squamish, British Columbia|Squamish]], British Columbia, Canada, up to 500 m
* Temple Peak, east face, Wind River Range, Wyoming, 400 m
* Temple Peak East, north face, Wind River Range, Wyoming, 450 m
* [[Toroweap Overlook|Toroweap (a.k.a. Tuweep)]], [[Grand Canyon]], Arizona, United States; 900&nbsp;m (3,000&nbsp;ft)
* [[Uncompahgre Peak]], northeast face, [[San Juan Range]], Colorado, 275 m (550 m rise above surrounding plateau)
* East face of the West Temple in [[Zion National Park]], Utah, United States believed to be the tallest sandstone cliff in the world,<ref>{{cite web|title=Geology Fieldnotes|url=http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/parks/zion/index.cfm|access-date=2010-11-28|publisher=National Park Service|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522020351/http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/parks/zion/index.cfm|archive-date=2013-05-22}}</ref> 670 m

====South ====
[[File:Salto Angel from Raton.JPG|thumb|[[Salto Angel]] from [[Isla Ratón]], Venezuela.]]
* All faces of [[Auyan Tepui]], along with all other [[Tepuis]], Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana, Auyan Tepui is about 1,000 m (location of [[Angel Falls]]) (the falls are 979 m, the highest in the world)
* All faces of [[Cerro Chalten]] (Fitz Roy), Patagonia, Argentina-Chile, 1200 m
* All faces of [[Cerro Torre]], [[Patagonia]], Chile-Argentina
* [[Pão de Açúcar]]/Sugar Loaf, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 395 m
* Pared de [[Gocta]], Peru, 771 m
* Pared Sur Cerro Aconcagua. [[Las Heras, Mendoza|Las Heras]], [[Mendoza Province|Mendoza]], Argentina, 2,700 m
* [[Pedra Azul]], [[Pedra Azul State Park]], [[Espírito Santo]], Brazil, 540 m
* Scratched Stone (Pedra Riscada), [[São José do Divino/MG]], [[Minas Gerais]], Brazil, 1,480 m
* Faces of the [[Torres del Paine]] group, Patagonia, Chile, up to 900 m