Elevation of Aija, Ancash, Peru

Aija, Ancash, Peru is 3,318 m (10,886 ft) above sea level.

Aija's height from sea level is 3,318 metres, or 10,886 feet. GeoNames reads 3,399 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 3,147 m.

Ground within 5 km

2,954 m – 4,491 m

Mean 3,677 m across the 10.1 km square centred on the town, 1,537 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

17th of 58

among the towns of Ancash, and 283rd of 929 in Peru.

Nearest town

18.6 km to the NE, at 3,412 m, 94 m higher.

Cross-section through Aija

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 Aija; the vertical scale is the same on both.

4,9532,935WE28.5 km
West to east: from 3,679 m at 14 km west to 4,582 m at 14 km east.
4,9532,935NS28.5 km
North to south: from 4,371 m at 14 km north to 3,636 m at 14 km south.
Shaded relief of the 60 km around Aija, 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 Aija

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Recuay 18.6 kmNE 3,412 m (11,194 ft) +94 m
Ticapampa 18.7 kmE 3,526 m (11,568 ft) +208 m
Catac 20.1 kmE 3,584 m (11,759 ft) +266 m
Olleros 22.2 kmNE 3,545 m (11,631 ft) +227 m
Huaraz 29.5 kmN 3,057 m (10,030 ft) −261 m

Peaks and passes near Aija

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

Where Aija is

Latitude -9.787433, longitude -77.612183. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Aija elevation: 3,318 m (10,886 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 Aija'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 3,399 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.