Elevation of Luena, Moxico, Angola

Luena, Moxico, Angola is 1,332 m (4,370 ft) above sea level.

Luena's height from sea level is 1,332 metres, or 4,370 feet. GeoNames reads 1,337 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 1,291 m.

Also written: Lwena Luso Vila Luso.

Ground within 5 km

1,247 m – 1,367 m

Mean 1,330 m across the 10.1 km square centred on the town, 120 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

4th of 15

among the towns of Moxico, and 45th of 179 in Angola.

Nearest town

34.4 km to the SW, at 1,418 m, 86 m higher.

Cross-section through Luena

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 28.5 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Luena; the vertical scale is the same on both.

1,4001,206WE28.5 km
West to east: from 1,275 m at 14 km west to 1,241 m at 14 km east.
1,4001,206NS28.5 km
North to south: from 1,296 m at 14 km north to 1,379 m at 14 km south.
Shaded relief of the 60 km around Luena, 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 Luena

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Chicala 34.4 kmSW 1,418 m (4,652 ft) +86 m

Where Luena is

Latitude -11.79101, longitude 19.90465. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Luena elevation: 1,332 m (4,370 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 Luena'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 1,337 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.