Elevation of San Vicente de Chucurí, Santander, Colombia

San Vicente de Chucurí, Santander, Colombia is 669 m (2,195 ft) above sea level.

San Vicente de Chucurí's height from sea level is 669 metres, or 2,195 feet. GeoNames reads 645 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 738 m.

Also written: San Vicente Chucurí.

Ground within 5 km

358 m – 1,833 m

Mean 854 m across the 10.2 km square centred on the town, 1,475 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

52nd of 57

among the towns of Santander, and 590th of 1,000 in Colombia.

Nearest town

14.3 km to the E, at 1,921 m, 1,252 m higher.

Cross-section through San Vicente de Chucurí

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 28.7 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is San Vicente de Chucurí; the vertical scale is the same on both.

2,36450WE28.7 km
West to east: from 215 m at 14 km west to 1,990 m at 14 km east.
2,36450NS28.7 km
North to south: from 712 m at 14 km north to 1,648 m at 14 km south.
Shaded relief of the 60 km around San Vicente de Chucurí, drawn from the GMTED2010 grid
Relief, 60 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 San Vicente de Chucurí

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Betulia 14.3 kmE 1,921 m (6,302 ft) +1,252 m
Zapatoca 16.8 kmSE 1,544 m (5,066 ft) +875 m
El Carmen 23.1 kmSW 715 m (2,346 ft) +46 m
Galán 24.1 kmSE 981 m (3,219 ft) +312 m
Lebrija 33.2 kmNE 1,018 m (3,340 ft) +349 m

Where San Vicente de Chucurí is

Latitude 6.8833333, longitude -73.4166667. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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San Vicente de Chucurí elevation: 669 m (2,195 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 San Vicente de Chucurí'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 645 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.