Elevation of Sihlangu, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Sihlangu, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa is 1,191 m (3,907 ft) above sea level.

Sihlangu's height from sea level is 1,191 metres, or 3,907 feet. GeoNames reads 1,195 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 1,210 m.

Also written: Madadeni Osizweni Newcastle.

Ground within 5 km

1,186 m – 1,392 m

Mean 1,232 m across the 9.6 km square centred on the town, 206 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

12th of 50

among the towns of KwaZulu Natal, and 139th of 294 in South Africa.

Nearest town

30.1 km to the S, at 1,341 m, 150 m higher.

Cross-section through Sihlangu

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 27.1 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Sihlangu; the vertical scale is the same on both.

1,3991,158WE27.1 km
West to east: from 1,363 m at 14 km west to 1,188 m at 14 km east.
1,3991,158NS27.1 km
North to south: from 1,235 m at 14 km north to 1,293 m at 14 km south.
Shaded relief of the 57 km around Sihlangu, drawn from the GMTED2010 grid
Relief, 57 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 Sihlangu

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Dannhauser 30.1 kmS 1,341 m (4,400 ft) +150 m
Utrecht 39.5 kmE 1,221 m (4,006 ft) +30 m

Where Sihlangu is

Latitude -27.75, longitude 29.9333333. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Sihlangu elevation: 1,191 m (3,907 ft) above sea level

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 Sihlangu'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 1,195 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.