GPS Coordinates of Famous Monuments & Statues

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Statues, obelisks, gates, and memorials carry national memory in stone and bronze. This catalog gathers verified GPS coordinates for the world's most recognizable monuments: Christ the Redeemer in Rio (one of the New Seven Wonders), the Statue of Unity in Gujarat (the tallest statue in the world at 182 m), Spring Temple Buddha in China, Mount Rushmore, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, Gateway Arch, Arc de Triomphe, Brandenburg Gate, The Motherland Calls in Volgograd, Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue in Mongolia, Anıtkabir in Ankara, Lenin's Mausoleum on Red Square, the East Side Gallery of the Berlin Wall, and the Moai of Easter Island. Each location is verified to roughly 11 cm and tappable straight into the app.

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Anitkabir

Anıtkabir

Turkey

Anıtkabir (literally "grave monument") on Anıttepe Hill in the Çankaya district of Ankara is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder and first President of the Turkish Republic, who died on 10 November 1938. Designed by architects Emin Onat and Orhan Arda after a 1942 international competition, construction began in 1944 and the Hall of Honour was completed on 1 September 1953. Atatürk's symbolic sarcophagus stands at the centre of the ceremonial Hall of Honor (his actual tomb lies in the level below), surrounded by a museum, ten symbolic towers and the Lions' Road lined with stone Hittite-style lions; the wider site also includes a wooded Peace Park.

Decimal Degrees (DD): 39.924883, 32.837079
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 39° 55′ 29.58″ N, 32° 50′ 13.48″ E
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 39° 55.493′ N, 32° 50.2247′ E

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Arc de Triomphe

Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile

France

The Arc de Triomphe (Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile) stands at the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle (formerly Place de l'Étoile) at the western end of the Champs-Élysées, where twelve avenues radiate in a star pattern. Commissioned by Emperor Napoleon in 1806 after his victory at Austerlitz to honour those who fought and died for France during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, it was designed by Jean-François Chalgrin in the Neoclassical style; construction was halted under the Bourbon Restoration and completed in 1836 under Louis Philippe I. Its sculptural reliefs include the famous Departure of the Volunteers of 1792 (La Marseillaise) by François Rude, and the names of French victories and generals are engraved on its inner and outer surfaces. Beneath the vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I, marked by an eternal flame rekindled every evening since 1923.

Decimal Degrees (DD): 48.873776, 2.295043
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 48° 52′ 25.59″ N, 2° 17′ 42.15″ E
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 48° 52.4266′ N, 2° 17.7026′ E

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Brandenburg Gate

Brandenburger Tor

Germany

The Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor) in central Berlin is an 18th-century neoclassical monument that became the iconic image of German reunification when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989.

Decimal Degrees (DD): 52.516275, 13.377694
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 52° 30′ 58.59″ N, 13° 22′ 39.70″ E
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 52° 30.9765′ N, 13° 22.6616′ E

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Christ of Vung Tau

Tượng Chúa Kitô Vua

Vietnam

The Christ of Vung Tau (Tượng Chúa Kitô Vua) on Mount Nho in Vung Tau, southern Vietnam, is a 32-meter statue of Jesus Christ standing on a 4-meter pedestal with arms outstretched 18.3 meters wide. Construction began in 1974, was interrupted by the war, and was finally completed on 2 December 1994 by the Vietnamese Catholic Church. Visitors can climb a 133-step internal staircase to reach the statue's shoulders for a panoramic view over the South China Sea. It has been the largest Christian statue in Asia since 2012.

Decimal Degrees (DD): 10.326502, 107.084521
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 10° 19′ 35.41″ N, 107° 05′ 04.28″ E
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 10° 19.5901′ N, 107° 5.0713′ E

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Cloud Gate

The Bean

United States

Cloud Gate (popularly 'The Bean') in Chicago's Millennium Park, by sculptor Anish Kapoor, is a 10-meter-tall, 20-meter-long mirror-polished stainless steel sculpture that warps reflections of the Chicago skyline and visitors below.

Decimal Degrees (DD): 41.882702, -87.623318
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 41° 52′ 57.73″ N, 87° 37′ 23.94″ W
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 41° 52.9621′ N, 87° 37.3991′ W

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Cristo de la Concordia

Bolivia

Cristo de la Concordia atop San Pedro Hill east of Cochabamba was modelled after Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro and built between 1987 and 1994 by architects César and Wálter Terrazas Pardo. At 33.44 meters on a 6.24-meter pedestal (39.68 m total), it is taller than Cristo Redentor of Rio and is one of the tallest statues of Jesus in the world. A 1,399-step stairway leads up the hill, and a cable car opened in 2009 carries visitors to the statue's feet.

Decimal Degrees (DD): -17.384309, -66.134954
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 17° 23′ 03.51″ S, 66° 08′ 05.83″ W
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 17° 23.0585′ S, 66° 8.0972′ W

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Cristo Rei

Portugal

Cristo Rei in Almada, across the Tagus from Lisbon, is a 28-meter Christ the King statue inspired by Brazil's Cristo Redentor. Inaugurated in 1959, it stands atop a 75-meter pedestal facing the Portuguese capital.

Decimal Degrees (DD): 38.678610, -9.171340
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 38° 40′ 43″ N, 9° 10′ 16.82″ W
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 38° 40.7166′ N, 9° 10.2804′ W

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Great Buddha of Kamakura

鎌倉大仏

Japan

The Great Buddha of Kamakura (Kamakura Daibutsu, 鎌倉大仏) at Kotoku-in Temple is a 13.35-meter, 93-tonne bronze statue of Amitabha Buddha cast around 1252 during the Kamakura period. Originally housed inside a great wooden hall destroyed by a typhoon in 1369 and an earthquake in 1498, the Daibutsu has stood in the open air ever since. It is a designated National Treasure of Japan and one of the most photographed icons of the country.

Decimal Degrees (DD): 35.316667, 139.535833
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 35° 19′ 00.00″ N, 139° 32′ 09.00″ E
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 35° 19.0000′ N, 139° 32.1500′ E

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East Side Gallery

Germany

The East Side Gallery on Mühlenstraße in Friedrichshain is a 1,316-metre section of the former inner Berlin Wall along the Spree, between the Berlin Ostbahnhof and the Oberbaumbrücke. After the Wall opened on 9 November 1989, this stretch was painted in spring 1990 by 118 artists from 21 countries, who commented on the political changes of 1989-90 in around 100 murals. It remains the longest surviving section of the Berlin Wall and is protected as a Denkmal (heritage monument). The most famous painting is Dmitri Vrubel's "My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love", depicting the 1979 socialist fraternal kiss between Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and East German leader Erich Honecker.

Decimal Degrees (DD): 52.504454, 13.440839
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 52° 30′ 16.03″ N, 13° 26′ 27.02″ E
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 52° 30.2672′ N, 13° 26.4503′ E

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Gateway Arch

United States

The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, is a 192-meter stainless-steel catenary curve commemorating Thomas Jefferson and the westward expansion of the United States. It is the world's tallest arch.

Decimal Degrees (DD): 38.624691, -90.184776
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 38° 37′ 28.89″ N, 90° 11′ 05.19″ W
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 38° 37.4815′ N, 90° 11.0866′ W

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Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue

Чингис хааны морьт хөшөө

Mongolia

The Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue at Tsonjin Boldog, 54 km east of Ulaanbaatar on the bank of the Tuul River, is a 40-meter stainless-steel monument completed in 2008 to mark the 800th anniversary of the founding of the Mongol Empire. The statue stands atop a 10-meter visitor center supported by 36 columns representing the 36 khans from Genghis to Ligdan, and it points east toward Genghis Khan's birthplace, on the spot where, according to legend, he found a golden whip.

Decimal Degrees (DD): 47.808056, 107.529750
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 47° 48′ 29″ N, 107° 31′ 47.1″ E
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 47° 48.4834′ N, 107° 31.785′ E

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Hollywood Sign

United States

The Hollywood Sign atop Mount Lee in the Hollywood Hills was erected in 1923, originally reading 'HOLLYWOODLAND', and has become an icon of the American film industry visible from much of Los Angeles.

Decimal Degrees (DD): 34.134115, -118.321548
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 34° 08′ 02.81″ N, 118° 19′ 17.57″ W
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 34° 08.0469′ N, 118° 19.2929′ W

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Lenin's Mausoleum

Мавзолей Ленина

Russia

Lenin's Mausoleum (Мавзолей Ленина) on Red Square in Moscow houses the embalmed body of Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union, who died on 21 January 1924. A wooden tomb designed by Alexey Shchusev was built in just six days and opened on 27 January 1924; the present granite and labradorite mausoleum, also by Shchusev, was completed in 1930. Lenin's body is preserved by a dedicated team of scientists and the mausoleum remains open to the public most weekdays, with a permanent honor guard at the entrance.

Decimal Degrees (DD): 55.753731, 37.619902
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 55° 45′ 13.43″ N, 37° 37′ 11.65″ E
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 55° 45.2239′ N, 37° 37.1941′ E

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Lincoln Memorial

United States

The Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., houses Daniel Chester French's six-meter seated statue of Abraham Lincoln. Dedicated in 1922, it has been the backdrop for some of America's most consequential speeches.

Decimal Degrees (DD): 38.889248, -77.050636
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 38° 53′ 21.29″ N, 77° 03′ 02.29″ W
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 38° 53.3549′ N, 77° 03.0382′ W

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Little Mermaid

Den lille Havfrue

Denmark

The Little Mermaid (Den lille Havfrue) is a small bronze statue (1.25 m tall, 175 kg) on a rock at the Langelinie promenade in Copenhagen. Sculpted by Edvard Eriksen and unveiled on 23 August 1913, it was commissioned in 1909 by Carl Jacobsen, son of the founder of Carlsberg, after he was inspired by a ballet at Copenhagen's Royal Theatre based on Hans Christian Andersen's 1837 fairy tale. The face was modelled on the lead ballerina Ellen Price and the body on the sculptor's wife Eline Eriksen (Price refused to pose nude). A symbol of Copenhagen and one of Denmark's most photographed monuments, the statue has been repeatedly vandalised and beheaded since the 1960s.

Decimal Degrees (DD): 55.692866, 12.599290
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 55° 41′ 34.32″ N, 12° 35′ 57.44″ E
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 55° 41.572′ N, 12° 35.9574′ E

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Manneken Pis

Belgium

Manneken Pis ("Little Pissing Man" in Dutch) is a 55.5 cm bronze fountain sculpture in central Brussels depicting a nude boy urinating into the basin, at the junction of the Rue du Chêne and Rue de l'Étuve about five minutes' walk from the Grand-Place. The current statue was made in 1619 by Brabantine sculptor Jérôme Duquesnoy the Elder, replacing earlier versions documented as far back as the mid-15th century. After repeated thefts and damage, since 1965 the original has been kept in the Brussels City Museum and a replica stands in its place. The figure is regularly dressed up in a wardrobe of around 1,000 costumes.

Decimal Degrees (DD): 50.844986, 4.349993
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 50° 50′ 41.95″ N, 4° 20′ 59.97″ E
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 50° 50.6992′ N, 4° 20.9996′ E

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Merlion

Merlion Singapore

Singapore

The Merlion is the official mascot of Singapore, a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish: the lion head alludes to Singapura ("Lion City") and the fish body to the island's origin as a fishing village called Temasek ("sea town" in Javanese). The 8.6-metre, 70-tonne statue at Merlion Park overlooking Marina Bay was sculpted by Lim Nang Seng (constructed 1971-1972) and officially unveiled by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew on 15 September 1972.

Decimal Degrees (DD): 1.286789, 103.854501
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 1° 17′ 12.44″ N, 103° 51′ 16.2″ E
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 1° 17.2073′ N, 103° 51.2701′ E

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Moai, Ahu Tongariki

Ahu Tongariki

Chile

Ahu Tongariki on Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is the largest ahu, ceremonial platform, on the island, with 15 standing moai. The site was toppled by a tsunami in 1960 and painstakingly restored between 1992 and 1996.

Decimal Degrees (DD): -27.125833, -109.276944
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 27° 07′ 33″ S, 109° 16′ 37″ W
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 27° 7.55′ S, 109° 16.6166′ W

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Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

United States

Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota features the 18-meter granite faces of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Lincoln, sculpted between 1927 and 1941 by Gutzon Borglum and his son.

Decimal Degrees (DD): 43.879102, -103.459067
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 43° 52′ 44.77″ N, 103° 27′ 32.64″ W
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 43° 52.7461′ N, 103° 27.5440′ W

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Statue of Belief

विश्वास स्वरूपम्

India

The Statue of Belief (Vishwas Swaroopam, विश्वास स्वरूपम्) on Ganesh Tekri hill in Nathdwara, Rajasthan, is a 112-meter seated statue of Lord Shiva, the tallest statue of Shiva in the world and one of the tallest statues of any kind. Inaugurated on 29 October 2022 after ten years of construction by the Miraj Group, it depicts Shiva in meditation with a trishula in his left hand. The statue contains internal lifts and viewing galleries at multiple levels open to visitors.

Decimal Degrees (DD): 24.920059, 73.816926
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 24° 55′ 12.21″ N, 73° 49′ 00.93″ E
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 24° 55.2035′ N, 73° 49.0156′ E

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Spring Temple Buddha

中原大佛

China

The Spring Temple Buddha (中原大佛, Zhongyuan Dafo) in Lushan County, Henan Province, is a 128-meter copper statue of Vairocana Buddha standing on a 25-meter lotus throne (153 m total). Built between 1997 and 2008 in the Fodushan Scenic Area near the Tianrui hot springs that give the statue its name, it was the tallest statue in the world until India's 182-meter Statue of Unity surpassed it in 2018.

Decimal Degrees (DD): 33.775125, 112.450953
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 33° 46′ 30.45″ N, 112° 27′ 03.43″ E
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 33° 46.5075′ N, 112° 27.0572′ E

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Statue of Unity

स्टैच्यू ऑफ यूनिटी

India

The Statue of Unity in Gujarat, India, is a 182-meter statue of independence leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, completed in 2018. It is the tallest statue in the world.

Decimal Degrees (DD): 21.837977, 73.719164
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 21° 50′ 16.72″ N, 73° 43′ 8.99″ E
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 21° 50.2786′ N, 73° 43.1498′ E

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The Motherland Calls

Родина-мать зовёт!

Russia

The Motherland Calls (Родина-мать зовёт!) in Volgograd, Russia, is an 85-meter sculpture commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad. When unveiled in 1967, it was the tallest statue in the world.

Decimal Degrees (DD): 48.742358, 44.537125
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 48° 44′ 32.49″ N, 44° 32′ 13.65″ E
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 48° 44.5415′ N, 44° 32.2275′ E

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Tian Tan Buddha

天壇大佛

Hong Kong

The Tian Tan Buddha (天壇大佛), also called the Big Buddha, is a 34-meter bronze statue of Sakyamuni Buddha at Ngong Ping on Lantau Island, Hong Kong. Completed on 29 December 1993 (the day Chinese tradition reckons as the Buddha's enlightenment), it sits on a three-tier altar modelled on the Temple of Heaven (Tian Tan) in Beijing, faces northeast toward Beijing, and is reached via 268 steps next to Po Lin Monastery.

Decimal Degrees (DD): 22.254106, 113.905144
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 22° 15′ 14.78″ N, 113° 54′ 18.52″ E
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 22° 15.2464′ N, 113° 54.3086′ E

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USS Arizona Memorial

United States

The USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors and Marines killed aboard the battleship USS Arizona during the Japanese attack of 7 December 1941, the event that brought the United States into World War II. Designed by Honolulu architect Alfred Preis and dedicated on 30 May 1962, the white concrete memorial straddles the sunken hull of the battleship without touching it, and is part of the Pearl Harbor National Memorial.

Decimal Degrees (DD): 21.364742, -157.950027
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 21° 21′ 53.07″ N, 157° 57′ 00.10″ W
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 21° 21.8845′ N, 157° 57.0016′ W

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial

United States

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Constitution Gardens on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., consists of two polished black granite walls meeting at a 125-degree angle that point toward the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. Designed by 21-year-old Yale undergraduate Maya Lin (chosen from over 1,400 anonymous entries) and dedicated on 13 November 1982, the wall lists in chronological order of casualty the names of more than 58,000 American servicemembers who died or remain missing from the Vietnam War (initially 57,939 at dedication, with names added in subsequent updates). The site was supplemented by the Three Soldiers statue (1984) and the Vietnam Women's Memorial (1993).

Decimal Degrees (DD): 38.891129, -77.047603
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 38° 53′ 28.06″ N, 77° 02′ 51.37″ W
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 38° 53.4677′ N, 77° 2.8562′ W

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Washington Monument

United States

The Washington Monument, an obelisk of marble and granite at the heart of the National Mall, honors George Washington. At 169 meters it was the world's tallest structure between 1884 and 1889.

Decimal Degrees (DD): 38.889484, -77.035278
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): 38° 53′ 22.14″ N, 77° 02′ 07.00″ W
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM): 38° 53.3690′ N, 77° 02.1167′ W

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is the tallest statue in this catalog?

The Statue of Unity in Gujarat, India (182 m / 597 ft, completed 2018) is the tallest statue in the world and the tallest in this catalog. The Motherland Calls in Volgograd (85 m), Cristo Redentor in Rio (38 m, listed in World Wonders), the Statue of Liberty (93 m including pedestal), and Mount Rushmore (60 ft / 18 m faces) follow. Coordinates point to the base of each statue.

Where do the Mount Rushmore coordinates point?

Coordinates (43.879100, -103.459200) point to the granite face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills, South Dakota, specifically near the foot of the carved Presidents (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln). The visitor center is about 600 m away. The faces measure ~18 m / 60 ft from chin to forehead and were carved between 1927 and 1941.

Why is the Hollywood Sign listed as a monument?

The Hollywood Sign on Mount Lee in Los Angeles (originally erected in 1923 as a real estate ad reading "Hollywoodland") is listed as a cultural monument because it has become an internationally recognized symbol of the American film industry and Los Angeles. Coordinates point to the geometric center of the sign (between the two L's). Closest viewing point: the Hollywood & Highland complex below.

Which is the tallest statue in the world?

The Statue of Unity in Kevadia, Gujarat, India, is the tallest statue in the world at 182 meters (597 ft), depicting Indian independence leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and completed in 2018. It is followed by the Spring Temple Buddha in Lushan, China at 128 meters (153 m including the lotus throne, completed 2008), the Statue of Belief (Shiva) in Nathdwara, India at 112 meters (inaugurated 2022), and the Laykyun Sekkya Buddha in Myanmar at 116 meters.

Which is the tallest statue of Jesus Christ in the world?

Christ the King in Świebodzin, Poland, is the tallest statue of Jesus in the world at 36 m (52 m including pedestal and crown), completed in 2010. Cristo de la Concordia in Cochabamba, Bolivia, at 34.2 m (40 m with pedestal) is the tallest in the Americas, just slightly larger than Brazil's much more famous Christ the Redeemer in Rio (30 m on an 8 m pedestal, 38 m total). The Christ of Vung Tau in Vietnam at 32 m has been the largest Christian statue in Asia since 2012.