Elevation of Naro Moru, Rift Valley, Kenya

Naro Moru, Rift Valley, Kenya is 1,972 m (6,470 ft) above sea level.

Naro Moru's height from sea level is 1,972 metres, or 6,470 feet. GeoNames reads 1,974 m at the same point (SRTM).

Also written: Naro Moro.

Ground within 5 km

1,883 m – 2,080 m

Mean 1,977 m across the 10.2 km square centred on the town, 197 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

12th of 36

among the towns of Rift Valley, and 20th of 141 in Kenya.

Nearest town

20.8 km to the N, at 1,921 m, 51 m lower.

Cross-section through Naro Moru

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 28.8 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Naro Moru; the vertical scale is the same on both.

2,5451,796WE28.8 km
West to east: from 1,875 m at 14 km west to 2,493 m at 14 km east.
2,5451,796NS28.8 km
North to south: from 1,880 m at 14 km north to 1,913 m at 14 km south.
Shaded relief of the 60 km around Naro Moru, drawn from the GMTED2010 grid
Relief, 60 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 Naro Moru

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Nanyuki 20.8 kmN 1,921 m (6,302 ft) −51 m
Nyeri (Central) 29.1 kmS 1,772 m (5,814 ft) −200 m
Karatina (Central) 37.5 kmS 1,763 m (5,784 ft) −209 m

Where Naro Moru is

Latitude -0.164158, longitude 37.018639. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Naro Moru elevation: 1,972 m (6,470 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 Naro Moru'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 1,974 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.