Elevation of Vulcan, Braşov, Romania

Vulcan, Braşov, Romania is 598 m (1,962 ft) above sea level.

Vulcan's height from sea level is 598 metres, or 1,962 feet. GeoNames reads 600 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 600 m.

Also written: Colonia I Mai ColoniaÎntăi Mai Colonia-Concordia Concordia.

Ground within 4 km

557 m – 864 m

Mean 654 m across the 8.7 km square centred on the town, 307 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

8th of 21

among the towns of Braşov, and 60th of 1,000 in Romania.

Nearest town

Rasnov

5.8 km to the SE, at 628 m, 30 m higher.

Cross-section through Vulcan

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 24.4 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Vulcan; the vertical scale is the same on both.

West to east: from 835 m at 12 km west to 636 m at 12 km east.

North to south: from 532 m at 12 km north to 904 m at 12 km south.

Shaded relief of the 51 km around Vulcan, drawn from the GMTED2010 grid — Relief, 51 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 Vulcan

Town	Distance	Direction	Elevation	Compared
Rasnov	5.8 km	SE	628 m (2,060 ft)	+30 m
Codlea	7.2 km	N	555 m (1,821 ft)	−43 m
Ghimbav	7.6 km	NE	560 m (1,837 ft)	−38 m
Poiană Marului	9.2 km	W	706 m (2,316 ft)	+108 m
Zărneşti	10 km	SW	709 m (2,326 ft)	+111 m

Peaks and passes near Vulcan

Omu, peak at 2,507 m (8,225 ft), 21.3 km to the S — 1,909 m above the town.
Bucura, peak at 2,503 m (8,212 ft), 21.6 km to the S — 1,905 m above the town.
Bucsoiu, peak at 2,492 m (8,176 ft), 20.2 km to the S — 1,894 m above the town.

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

Where Vulcan is

Latitude 45.6352778, longitude 25.4172222. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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A small badge with the town's elevation, linking back here. The number updates if the grid reading ever changes.

About this reading

The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at Vulcan'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 600 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.