Elevation of Qena, Egypt

Qena, Egypt is 77 m (253 ft) above sea level.

Qena's height from sea level is 77 metres, or 253 feet. GeoNames reads 80 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 80 m.

Also written: Qinā Qina Kena قنا.

Ground within 5 km

68 m – 131 m

Mean 83 m across the 9.7 km square centred on the town, 63 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

4th of 11

among the towns of Qena, and 23rd of 207 in Egypt.

Nearest town

20.4 km to the SE, at 75 m, 2 m lower.

Cross-section through Qena

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 27.3 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Qena; the vertical scale is the same on both.

40143WE27.3 km
West to east: from 73 m at 14 km west to 169 m at 14 km east.
40143NS27.3 km
North to south: from 123 m at 14 km north to 210 m at 14 km south.
Shaded relief of the 57 km around Qena, drawn from the GMTED2010 grid
Relief, 57 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 Qena

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Qifţ 20.4 kmSE 75 m (246 ft) −2 m
Deshna 24.9 kmW 72 m (236 ft) −5 m
Koos 27.3 kmS 80 m (262 ft) +3 m
Naqādah 28.1 kmS 77 m (253 ft) same
al-Waqf 30.4 kmW 73 m (240 ft) −4 m

Where Qena is

Latitude 26.1544568, longitude 32.7181775. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Qena elevation: 77 m (253 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 Qena'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 80 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.