Elevation of Posoltega, Chinandega, Nicaragua
Posoltega, Chinandega, Nicaragua is 75 m (246 ft) above sea level.
Posoltega's height from sea level is 75 metres, or 246 feet. GeoNames reads 73 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 76 m.
Ground within 5 km
Mean 84 m across the 10.1 km square centred on the town, 122 m from its lowest cell to its highest.
Cross-section through Posoltega
Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 28.4 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Posoltega; 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 Posoltega
| Town | Distance | Direction | Elevation | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chichigalpa | 6 km | NW | 79 m (259 ft) | +4 m |
| Quezalguaque (León) | 9.4 km | SE | 93 m (305 ft) | +18 m |
| Telica (León) | 13.3 km | E | 128 m (420 ft) | +53 m |
| León (León) | 16.4 km | SE | 94 m (308 ft) | +19 m |
| Chinandega | 18.5 km | NW | 65 m (213 ft) | −10 m |
Peaks and passes near Posoltega
- Volcán San Cristóbal, volcano at 1,745 m (5,725 ft), 17.8 km to the N — 1,670 m above the town.
- Volcán Telica, volcano at 1,061 m (3,481 ft), 16.4 km to the NE — 986 m above the town.
- Volcán Rota, volcano at 832 m (2,730 ft), 25 km to the E — 757 m above the town.
Summit heights from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), within 25 km; only summits higher than the town are listed.
Where Posoltega is
Latitude 12.54462, longitude -86.980019. 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 Posoltega'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 73 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.