Elevation of Mekane Selam, Amhara, Ethiopia

Mekane Selam, Amhara, Ethiopia is 1,973 m (6,473 ft) above sea level.

Mekane Selam's height from sea level is 1,973 metres, or 6,473 feet. Wikidata records 1,827 m.

Ground within 5 km

1,617 m – 2,459 m

Mean 2,147 m across the 10.1 km square centred on the town, 842 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

86th of 143

among the towns of Amhara, and 296th of 645 in Ethiopia.

Nearest town

Kelala

17.9 km to the S, at 1,711 m, 262 m lower.

Cross-section through Mekane Selam

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 Mekane Selam; the vertical scale is the same on both.

West to east: from 1,674 m at 14 km west to 1,834 m at 14 km east.

North to south: from 2,528 m at 14 km north to 1,548 m at 14 km south.

Shaded relief of the 60 km around Mekane Selam, 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 Mekane Selam

Town	Distance	Direction	Elevation	Compared
Kelala	17.9 km	S	1,711 m (5,614 ft)	−262 m
Ajebar	29.3 km	NW	2,361 m (7,746 ft)	+388 m
Liguama	35 km	E	2,521 m (8,271 ft)	+548 m

Where Mekane Selam is

Latitude 10.63, longitude 38.78. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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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 Mekane Selam'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. Wikidata's figure is the one its editors cite for the town, often from a survey marker or the town hall.