Elevation of Chongos Alto, Junín, Peru

Chongos Alto, Junín, Peru is 3,866 m (12,684 ft) above sea level.

Chongos Alto's height from sea level is 3,866 metres, or 12,684 feet.

Ground within 5 km

3,474 m – 4,273 m

Mean 3,876 m across the 10.1 km square centred on the town, 799 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

12th of 79

among the towns of Junín, and 97th of 929 in Peru.

Nearest town

Colca

11.5 km to the SE, at 3,401 m, 465 m lower.

Cross-section through Chongos Alto

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 Chongos Alto; the vertical scale is the same on both.

West to east: from 4,512 m at 14 km west to 4,223 m at 14 km east.

North to south: from 4,348 m at 14 km north to 3,829 m at 14 km south.

Shaded relief of the 60 km around Chongos Alto, 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 Chongos Alto

Town	Distance	Direction	Elevation	Compared
Colca	11.5 km	SE	3,401 m (11,158 ft)	−465 m
Viques	16.3 km	NE	3,231 m (10,600 ft)	−635 m
Huayucachi	18.5 km	NE	3,186 m (10,453 ft)	−680 m
Chongos Bajo	19.5 km	N	3,242 m (10,636 ft)	−624 m
San Juan de Jarpa	20.2 km	NW	3,850 m (12,631 ft)	−16 m

Peaks and passes near Chongos Alto

Cerro Huancravilca, peak at 5,066 m (16,621 ft), 22.6 km to the S — 1,200 m above the town.
Cerro Ucushmán, peak at 4,887 m (16,033 ft), 21.9 km to the W — 1,021 m above the town.
Cerro Champacoto, peak at 4,713 m (15,463 ft), 23.1 km to the SW — 847 m above the town.

Summit heights from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), within 25 km; only summits higher than the town are listed.

Where Chongos Alto is

Latitude -12.28572, longitude -75.327972. 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 Chongos Alto'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.