Elevation of Compostela, Nayarit, Mexico

Compostela, Nayarit, Mexico is 869 m (2,851 ft) above sea level.

Compostela's height from sea level is 869 metres, or 2,851 feet. GeoNames reads 855 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 855 m.

Ground within 5 km

808 m – 1,245 m

Mean 903 m across the 9.9 km square centred on the town, 437 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

4th of 18

among the towns of Nayarit, and 613th of 995 in Mexico.

Nearest town

23.4 km to the N, at 991 m, 122 m higher.

Cross-section through Compostela

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 27.8 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Compostela; the vertical scale is the same on both.

1,507199WE27.8 km
West to east: from 290 m at 14 km west to 1,416 m at 14 km east.
1,507199NS27.8 km
North to south: from 1,060 m at 14 km north to 870 m at 14 km south.
Shaded relief of the 58 km around Compostela, drawn from the GMTED2010 grid
Relief, 58 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 Compostela

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Xalisco 23.4 kmN 991 m (3,251 ft) +122 m
Las Varas 25.3 kmW 27 m (89 ft) −842 m
Tepic 29.6 kmN 943 m (3,094 ft) +74 m

Where Compostela is

Latitude 21.2379529, longitude -104.8999874. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Compostela elevation: 869 m (2,851 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 Compostela'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 855 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. Wikidata's figure is the one its editors cite for the town, often from a survey marker or the town hall.