Elevation of al-'Ayūn, Western Sahara

al-'Ayūn, Western Sahara is 71 m (233 ft) above sea level.

al-'Ayūn's height from sea level is 71 metres, or 233 feet. GeoNames reads 68 m at the same point (SRTM).

Also written: al-Ayun Al Ayūn Ayūn El Aaiún La'youn Lâayoun Al-Uyun Laayoune Aaiún La Youne العيون.

Ground within 5 km

14 m – 82 m

Mean 65 m across the 9.6 km square centred on the town, 68 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

2nd of 6

among the towns of Western Sahara with a reading.

Nearest town

El Marsa

23.6 km to the W, at 9 m, 62 m lower.

Cross-section through al-'Ayūn

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 27.2 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is al-'Ayūn; the vertical scale is the same on both.

West to east: from 35 m at 14 km west to 86 m at 14 km east.

North to south: from 60 m at 14 km north to 105 m at 14 km south.

Shaded relief of the 57 km around al-'Ayūn, 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 al-'Ayūn

Town	Distance	Direction	Elevation	Compared
El Marsa	23.6 km	W	9 m (30 ft)	−62 m

Where al-'Ayūn is

Latitude 27.1302496, longitude -13.1726309. 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 al-'Ayūn'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 68 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.