Elevation of Waiouru, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
Waiouru, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand is 820 m (2,690 ft) above sea level.
Waiouru's height from sea level is 820 metres, or 2,690 feet. GeoNames reads 819 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 792 m.
Ground within 5 km
Mean 837 m across the 9 km square centred on the town, 223 m from its lowest cell to its highest.
Cross-section through Waiouru
Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 25.5 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Waiouru; the vertical scale is the same on both.
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 Waiouru
| Town | Distance | Direction | Elevation | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohakune | 24.2 km | W | 588 m (1,929 ft) | −232 m |
| Taihape | 24.8 km | SE | 462 m (1,516 ft) | −358 m |
| Raetihi | 33.7 km | W | 523 m (1,716 ft) | −297 m |
Peaks and passes near Waiouru
- Ruapehu, peak at 2,797 m (9,177 ft), 23.4 km to the N — 1,977 m above the town.
Summit heights from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), within 25 km; only summits higher than the town are listed.
Where Waiouru is
Latitude -39.4787954, longitude 175.6685628. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.
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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 Waiouru'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 819 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.