Elevation of 'Adan, Aden, Yemen
'Adan, Aden, Yemen is 4 m (13 ft) above sea level.
'Adan's height from sea level is 4 metres, or 13 feet. GeoNames reads 7 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 6 m.
Also written: Adan ash-Shaab Ittihad Sirah al-Mina Shaykh Uthman Ma'allah Maalla Aden Adén عدن.
Ground within 5 km
Mean 25 m across the 10.1 km square centred on the town, 358 m from its lowest cell to its highest.
Cross-section through 'Adan
Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 28.4 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is 'Adan; 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 'Adan
| Town | Distance | Direction | Elevation | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| al-Wahţ (Lahij) | 25.8 km | NW | 81 m (266 ft) | +77 m |
| al-H̨awţah (Lahij) | 33 km | NW | 135 m (443 ft) | +131 m |
Peaks and passes near 'Adan
- Jabal Shamsān, peak at 541 m (1,775 ft), 4.1 km to the SW — 537 m above the town.
- Jabal al Muzalqam, peak at 363 m (1,191 ft), 18.7 km to the W — 359 m above the town.
Summit heights from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), within 25 km; only summits higher than the town are listed.
Where 'Adan is
Latitude 12.8, longitude 45.0333333. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.
Put this on your site
About this reading
The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at 'Adan'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 7 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.