Elevation of Matatiele, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Matatiele, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa is 1,485 m (4,872 ft) above sea level.

Matatiele's height from sea level is 1,485 metres, or 4,872 feet. Wikidata records 1,546 m.

Ground within 5 km

1,425 m – 1,898 m

Mean 1,552 m across the 9.5 km square centred on the town, 473 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

3rd of 50

among the towns of KwaZulu Natal, and 60th of 294 in South Africa.

Nearest town

Qacha's Nek

23.3 km to the N, at 2,047 m, 562 m higher.

Cross-section through Matatiele

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 26.8 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Matatiele; the vertical scale is the same on both.

West to east: from 1,424 m at 13 km west to 1,587 m at 13 km east.

North to south: from 1,584 m at 13 km north to 1,669 m at 13 km south.

Shaded relief of the 56 km around Matatiele, drawn from the GMTED2010 grid — Relief, 56 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 Matatiele

Town	Distance	Direction	Elevation	Compared
Qacha's Nek (Lesotho)	23.3 km	N	2,047 m (6,716 ft)	+562 m

Where Matatiele is

Latitude -30.317734, longitude 28.7664408. 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 Matatiele'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. Wikidata's figure is the one its editors cite for the town, often from a survey marker or the town hall.