Elevation of Catacocha, Loja, Ecuador

Catacocha, Loja, Ecuador is 1,800 m (5,906 ft) above sea level.

Catacocha's height from sea level is 1,800 metres, or 5,906 feet. GeoNames reads 1,874 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 1,850 m.

Also written: Paltas.

Ground within 5 km

958 m – 2,205 m

Mean 1,595 m across the 10.2 km square centred on the town, 1,247 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

4th of 7

among the towns of Loja, and 32nd of 116 in Ecuador.

Nearest town

32.8 km to the S, at 1,974 m, 174 m higher.

Cross-section through Catacocha

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 Catacocha; the vertical scale is the same on both.

2,215769WE28.7 km
West to east: from 959 m at 14 km west to 1,039 m at 14 km east.
2,215769NS28.7 km
North to south: from 1,371 m at 14 km north to 1,154 m at 14 km south.
Shaded relief of the 60 km around Catacocha, 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 Catacocha

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Cariamanga 32.8 kmS 1,974 m (6,476 ft) +174 m
Catamayo 33.8 kmE 1,419 m (4,656 ft) −381 m
Celica 34.6 kmW 2,002 m (6,568 ft) +202 m
Portovelo (El Oro) 36.7 kmN 672 m (2,205 ft) −1,128 m

Where Catacocha is

Latitude -4.048779, longitude -79.647507. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Catacocha elevation: 1,800 m (5,906 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 Catacocha'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 1,874 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.