Elevation of Richards Bay, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Richards Bay, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa is 12 m (39 ft) above sea level.
Richards Bay's height from sea level is 12 metres, or 39 feet. GeoNames reads 9 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 9 m.
Also written: Richards Baai Richard's Bay Richardsbay Richardsbaai.
Ground within 5 km
Mean 18 m across the 9.6 km square centred on the town, 50 m from its lowest cell to its highest.
Cross-section through Richards Bay
Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 27 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Richards Bay; 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 Richards Bay
| Town | Distance | Direction | Elevation | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empangeni | 13.9 km | W | 101 m (331 ft) | +89 m |
| Esikhawini | 17.4 km | SW | 27 m (89 ft) | +15 m |
| Kwambonambi | 20.2 km | N | 67 m (220 ft) | +55 m |
Where Richards Bay is
Latitude -28.7807276, longitude 32.0382856. 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 Richards Bay'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 9 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.