Elevation of Baga, Borno, Nigeria

Baga, Borno, Nigeria is 289 m (948 ft) above sea level.

Baga's height from sea level is 289 metres, or 948 feet. GeoNames reads 290 m at the same point (SRTM).

Ground within 5 km

286 m – 291 m

Mean 288 m across the 10.1 km square centred on the town, 5 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

29th of 33

among the towns of Borno, and 535th of 1,000 in Nigeria.

Nearest town

30.3 km to the NW, at 290 m, 1 m higher.

Cross-section through Baga

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 Baga; the vertical scale is the same on both.

318258WE28.4 km
West to east: from 289 m at 14 km west to 285 m at 14 km east.
318258NS28.4 km
North to south: from 285 m at 14 km north to 290 m at 14 km south.
Shaded relief of the 60 km around Baga, 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 Baga

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Mongonu 30.3 kmNW 290 m (951 ft) +1 m
Wulgo 36.7 kmE 288 m (945 ft) −1 m

Where Baga is

Latitude 12.54, longitude 13.85. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Baga elevation: 289 m (948 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 Baga'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 290 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.