Elevation of Wuchale, Amhara, Ethiopia

Wuchale, Amhara, Ethiopia is 1,845 m (6,053 ft) above sea level.

Wuchale's height from sea level is 1,845 metres, or 6,053 feet. GeoNames reads 1,828 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 1,711 m.

Ground within 5 km

1,489 m – 3,332 m

Mean 2,061 m across the 10.1 km square centred on the town, 1,843 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

104th of 143

among the towns of Amhara, and 377th of 645 in Ethiopia.

Nearest town

9.6 km to the NE, at 1,714 m, 131 m lower.

Cross-section through Wuchale

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 Wuchale; the vertical scale is the same on both.

3,6541,491WE28.5 km
West to east: from 3,066 m at 14 km west to 1,787 m at 14 km east.
3,6541,491NS28.5 km
North to south: from 2,080 m at 14 km north to 2,494 m at 14 km south.
Shaded relief of the 60 km around Wuchale, 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 Wuchale

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Wurgesa 9.6 kmNE 1,714 m (5,623 ft) −131 m
Mersa 19.5 kmN 1,594 m (5,230 ft) −251 m
Hayik 20.9 kmSE 1,909 m (6,263 ft) +64 m
Kutaber 26 kmS 2,806 m (9,206 ft) +961 m
Sulula 31.2 kmS 2,243 m (7,359 ft) +398 m

Where Wuchale is

Latitude 11.5, longitude 39.6. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Wuchale elevation: 1,845 m (6,053 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 Wuchale'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 1,828 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.