Elevation of Catavi, Potosí, Bolivia

Catavi, Potosí, Bolivia is 3,696 m (12,126 ft) above sea level.

Catavi's height from sea level is 3,696 metres, or 12,126 feet. GeoNames reads 3,702 m at the same point (SRTM).

Ground within 5 km

3,680 m – 3,743 m

Mean 3,697 m across the 9.9 km square centred on the town, 63 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

28th of 53

among the towns of Potosí, and 167th of 665 in Bolivia.

Nearest town

33.2 km to the N, at 4,149 m, 453 m higher.

Cross-section through Catavi

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 27.8 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Catavi; the vertical scale is the same on both.

4,1123,636WE27.8 km
West to east: from 3,669 m at 14 km west to 4,079 m at 14 km east.
4,1123,636NS27.8 km
North to south: from 3,744 m at 14 km north to 3,751 m at 14 km south.
Shaded relief of the 58 km around Catavi, drawn from the GMTED2010 grid
Relief, 58 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 Catavi

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Pulacayo 33.2 kmN 4,149 m (13,612 ft) +453 m
Uyuni 34 kmNW 3,673 m (12,051 ft) −23 m

Where Catavi is

Latitude -20.666667, longitude -66.583333. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Catavi elevation: 3,696 m (12,126 ft) above sea level

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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 Catavi'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 3,702 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.