Elevation of Faqqū', al-Karak, Jordan

Faqqū', al-Karak, Jordan is 905 m (2,969 ft) above sea level.

Faqqū''s height from sea level is 905 metres, or 2,969 feet. GeoNames reads 908 m at the same point (SRTM).

Also written: Faqqoo' فقوع.

Ground within 5 km

343 m – 1,025 m

Mean 848 m across the 9.5 km square centred on the town, 682 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

10th of 13

among the towns of al-Karak, and 36th of 142 in Jordan.

Nearest town

5.8 km to the SW, at 936 m, 31 m higher.

Cross-section through Faqqū'

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 26.7 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Faqqū'; the vertical scale is the same on both.

1,081-120WE26.7 km
West to east: from 519 m at 13 km west to 777 m at 13 km east.
1,081-120NS26.7 km
North to south: from 485 m at 13 km north to 998 m at 13 km south.
Shaded relief of the 56 km around Faqqū', drawn from the GMTED2010 grid
Relief, 56 km across, north up; the ring marks the town.

Shading is a north-west light over the grid's own slopes. Colour follows elevation: sea level and below, 0–200 m, 500 m, 1,000 m, 2,000 m, 3,500 m, 5,000 m and above.

Towns near Faqqū'

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Şirfā 5.8 kmSW 936 m (3,071 ft) +31 m
al-Qaşr 7.3 kmSE 928 m (3,045 ft) +23 m
ar-Rabbah 11.9 kmS 956 m (3,136 ft) +51 m
Đībān (Mādabā) 16.6 kmNE 707 m (2,320 ft) −198 m
Ġawr al-Mazra'ah 20.4 kmSW -351 m (-1,152 ft) −1,256 m

Where Faqqū' is

Latitude 31.36746, longitude 35.70232. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Faqqū' elevation: 905 m (2,969 ft) above sea level

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About this reading

The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at Faqqū''s recorded coordinates. It is the height of the ground in that cell, not of any building; a town on a slope spans several cells, and the range above says how much that matters here. GeoNames' reading of 908 m comes from a finer 90 m SRTM grid at the point it records for the town, which may sit a few hundred metres from ours; the two agreeing to within a few metres is the usual case on flat ground, and a larger gap means the ground is steep.