Elevation of Shao, Oyo, Nigeria

Shao, Oyo, Nigeria is 294 m (965 ft) above sea level.

Shao's height from sea level is 294 metres, or 965 feet. GeoNames reads 312 m at the same point (SRTM).

Ground within 5 km

254 m – 333 m

Mean 286 m across the 10.1 km square centred on the town, 79 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

17th of 31

among the towns of Oyo, and 525th of 1,000 in Nigeria.

Nearest town

11.3 km to the S, at 314 m, 20 m higher.

Cross-section through Shao

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 28.6 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Shao; the vertical scale is the same on both.

364237WE28.6 km
West to east: from 318 m at 14 km west to 355 m at 14 km east.
364237NS28.6 km
North to south: from 246 m at 14 km north to 283 m at 14 km south.
Shaded relief of the 60 km around Shao, 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 Shao

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Ilorin 11.3 kmS 314 m (1,030 ft) +20 m
Oke Oyi 17.3 kmE 382 m (1,253 ft) +88 m
Aiyede 36.3 kmSW 379 m (1,243 ft) +85 m

Where Shao is

Latitude 8.5919437, longitude 4.5598636. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Shao elevation: 294 m (965 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 Shao'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 312 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.