Elevation of Marsā al-Burayqah, al-Wāh̨āt, Libya

Marsā al-Burayqah, al-Wāh̨āt, Libya is 16 m (52 ft) above sea level.

Marsā al-Burayqah's height from sea level is 16 metres, or 52 feet. Wikidata records 75 m.

Also written: Marsa al-Burayqah Port Brega مرسا البريقة.

Ground within 5 km

-2 m – 47 m

Mean 5 m across the 9.5 km square centred on the town, 49 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

7th of 10

among the towns of al-Wāh̨āt, and 149th of 183 in Libya.

Nearest town

17.9 km to the SW, at 13 m, 3 m lower.

Cross-section through Marsā al-Burayqah

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 26.8 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Marsā al-Burayqah; the vertical scale is the same on both.

37-24WE26.8 km
West to east: from 0 m at 13 km west to 0 m at 13 km east.
37-24NS26.8 km
North to south: from 0 m at 13 km north to -6 m at 13 km south.
Shaded relief of the 56 km around Marsā al-Burayqah, 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 Marsā al-Burayqah

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Qaryat Bašīr 17.9 kmSW 13 m (43 ft) −3 m

Where Marsā al-Burayqah is

Latitude 30.378139, longitude 19.576445. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Marsā al-Burayqah elevation: 16 m (52 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 Marsā al-Burayqah'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. Wikidata's figure is the one its editors cite for the town, often from a survey marker or the town hall.