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'List of statues by height':

★ Ushiku Daibutsu (depicts Amitabha Buddha); Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. 120 m (394 ft). Completed 1995.

★ Guanyin Statue of Hainan (depicts Guanyin); Hainan, Sanya, China. 108 m (354 ft). Completed 2005.^[1]

★ Emperors Yan and Huang; Zhengzhou, China. 106 m (348 ft). Completed 2007.^[2]

★ Cristo-Rei (depicts Jesus); Almada, Portugal, 103 m (338 ft); 28 m (92 ft) excluding pedestal. Completed in 1959.

★ Motherland; Volgograd, Russia. 102 m (335 ft); 62 m (203 ft) excluding pedestal.

★ Peter the Great (depicts Peter I of Russia); Moscow, Russia. 96 m (315 ft).

★ Statue of Liberty; Liberty Island, New York, United States. 93 m (305 ft); 46 m (151 ft) excluding pedestal.^[3]

★ Grand Buddha at Ling Shan; Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China. 88 m (289 ft). Completed in 1996.

★ The Motherland calls, Volgograd, Russia. 85 m (279 ft).

★ Leshan Giant Buddha (depicts Maitreya); Leshan, China. 71 m (233 ft). Constructed between 713 - 803.

★ Vulcan statue (depicts Vulcan); Birmingham, Alabama. 54.8 m (180 ft); 17 m (56 ft) excluding pedestal.

★ Lord Murugan statue; Batu Caves, Gombak, Malaysia. 42.7 m (140 ft). Completed in January 2006.

★ Thiruvalluvar Statue (depicts Tiruvalluvar); Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India. 40.5 m (133 ft); 29 m (95 ft) excluding pedestal. Completed in 2000.

★ Christ the Redeemer (depicts Jesus); Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 39.6 m (130 ft). Completed in 1931.

★ Murudeshwara Shiva Statue; Murudeshwara, Karnataka, India. 37 m (123 ft). Completed 2006.^[4]

★ Tian Tan Buddha; Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, Hong Kong. 34 m (112 ft). Completed in 1990.

★ Haridwar Shiva Statue, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India. 30.5 m (100 ft).^[5]

★ Cristo del Otero (depicts Jesus); Palencia, Spain. 30 m (98 ft).

★ Our Lady of the Rockies; Butte, Montana, United States. 27 m (90 ft). Completed December 20, 1985.

★ Iron Man Statue; Chisholm, Minnesota, United States. 26 m (85 ft); 11 m (36 ft) excluding pedestal. Completed in 1987.

★ Worker and Kolkhoz Woman; Moscow, Russia. 24 m (78 ft). Completed in 1937.

★ Christ of the Ozarks; Eureka Springs, Arkansas, United States. 20 m (67 ft).

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Planned

References

See also

★ List of statues
http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/Ukraine/photo428497.htm
that statue should be instead of Volgograd 102 m

Planned

★ Buddha Dordenma; (depicts Shakyamuni Buddha); Thimphu, Bhutan, 169 feet when completed.

★ Crazy Horse Memorial; (depicts Crazy Horse); Black Hills, South Dakota, 172 m when completed

★ Maitreya Project; (depicts Maitreya); Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India. 152 m (500 ft).^[6]

★ Birth of the New World; (depicts Christopher Columbus); Cataño, Puerto Rico. 120 m.^[7]

References

1. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/16/content_434745.htm
2. http://english.sina.com/life/p/1/2006/1013/91715.html
3. National Park Service, US Department of the Interior. http://www.nps.gov/archive/stli/prod02.htm
4. http://www.chennaionline.com/hotelsandtours/PlacesofInterest/2004/02murudesh.asp
5. http://www.rmdhar.com/haridwar2.php
6. http://www.maitreyaproject.org/en/project/index.html
7. http://columbus.vanderkrogt.net/us_ne/dundalk_md.html