Elevation of Shakwe, Mahalapye, Botswana

Shakwe, Mahalapye, Botswana is 968 m (3,176 ft) above sea level.

Shakwe's height from sea level is 968 metres, or 3,176 feet. GeoNames reads 967 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 967 m.

Ground within 5 km

944 m – 988 m

Mean 964 m across the 9.8 km square centred on the town, 44 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

16th of 26

among the towns of Mahalapye, and 165th of 243 in Botswana.

Nearest town

26.6 km to the SE, at 875 m, 93 m lower.

Cross-section through Shakwe

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 27.6 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Shakwe; the vertical scale is the same on both.

1,008917WE27.6 km
West to east: from 990 m at 14 km west to 924 m at 14 km east.
1,008917NS27.6 km
North to south: from 990 m at 14 km north to 929 m at 14 km south.
Shaded relief of the 58 km around Shakwe, 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 Shakwe

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Makwate 26.6 kmSE 875 m (2,871 ft) −93 m
Taupye 31.9 kmSW 896 m (2,940 ft) −72 m
Botalaote (North East) 32.7 kmW 1,008 m (3,307 ft) +40 m
Borotsi 33.3 kmW 1,015 m (3,330 ft) +47 m
Kudumatse 33.8 kmS 881 m (2,890 ft) −87 m

Where Shakwe is

Latitude -23.106424, longitude 27.1529458. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Shakwe elevation: 968 m (3,176 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 Shakwe'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 967 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.