Elevation of Karaye, Kano, Nigeria
Karaye, Kano, Nigeria is 533 m (1,749 ft) above sea level.
Karaye's height from sea level is 533 metres, or 1,749 feet. GeoNames reads 542 m at the same point (SRTM).
Ground within 5 km
Mean 531 m across the 10.1 km square centred on the town, 75 m from its lowest cell to its highest.
Cross-section through Karaye
Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 28.5 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Karaye; 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 Karaye
| Town | Distance | Direction | Elevation | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Getso | 10.6 km | NW | 575 m (1,886 ft) | +42 m |
| Kiru | 16 km | SE | 520 m (1,706 ft) | −13 m |
| Gwarzo | 16.9 km | NW | 575 m (1,886 ft) | +42 m |
| Buwawa | 19.6 km | N | 537 m (1,762 ft) | +4 m |
| Garo | 21.6 km | NE | 531 m (1,742 ft) | −2 m |
Peaks and passes near Karaye
- Koka Hill, hill at 590 m (1,936 ft), 18.9 km to the SE — 57 m above the town.
- Dutsen Kabo, hill at 554 m (1,818 ft), 20.3 km to the NE — 21 m above the town.
Summit heights from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), within 25 km; only summits higher than the town are listed.
Where Karaye is
Latitude 11.782974, longitude 8.013136. 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 Karaye'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 542 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.