Elevation of Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia is 470 m (1,542 ft) above sea level.
Nalchik's height from sea level is 470 metres, or 1,542 feet. GeoNames reads 464 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 512 m.
Also written: Nalčik Nalšyk Нальчик.
Ground within 4 km
Mean 484 m across the 8.8 km square centred on the town, 314 m from its lowest cell to its highest.
Cross-section through Nalchik
Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 24.8 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Nalchik; 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 Nalchik
| Town | Distance | Direction | Elevation | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dokshukino | 19.8 km | NE | 296 m (971 ft) | −174 m |
| Dugulubgey | 20.8 km | N | 450 m (1,476 ft) | −20 m |
| Baksan | 23.3 km | N | 450 m (1,476 ft) | −20 m |
| Mayskiy | 38.9 km | NE | 212 m (696 ft) | −258 m |
Peaks and passes near Nalchik
- Gora Chirakhkend, peak at 1,579 m (5,180 ft), 23.7 km to the SW — 1,109 m above the town.
- Gora Kazan, peak at 1,473 m (4,833 ft), 20 km to the SW — 1,003 m above the town.
- Gora Izdara, peak at 1,326 m (4,350 ft), 15.4 km to the SW — 856 m above the town.
Summit heights from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), within 25 km; only summits higher than the town are listed.
Where Nalchik is
Latitude 43.4841222, longitude 43.6273607. 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 Nalchik'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 464 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.