Elevation of Taruka, Potaro-Siparuni, Guyana

Taruka, Potaro-Siparuni, Guyana is 669 m (2,195 ft) above sea level.

Taruka's height from sea level is 669 metres, or 2,195 feet. GeoNames reads 692 m at the same point (SRTM).

Ground within 5 km

658 m – 926 m

Mean 741 m across the 10.2 km square centred on the town, 268 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

4th of 11

among the towns of Potaro-Siparuni, and 10th of 515 in Guyana.

Nearest town

11.9 km to the SW, at 696 m, 27 m higher.

Cross-section through Taruka

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 Taruka; the vertical scale is the same on both.

946476WE28.7 km
West to east: from 840 m at 14 km west to 684 m at 14 km east.
946476NS28.7 km
North to south: from 759 m at 14 km north to 820 m at 14 km south.
Shaded relief of the 60 km around Taruka, 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 Taruka

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Paramakatoi 11.9 kmSW 696 m (2,283 ft) +27 m
Maikwak River 23.4 kmN 622 m (2,041 ft) −47 m
Kato 26.3 kmSW 724 m (2,375 ft) +55 m
Kurukabaru 27.9 kmW 936 m (3,071 ft) +267 m
Monkey Mountain 35.6 kmS 449 m (1,473 ft) −220 m

Where Taruka is

Latitude 4.8, longitude -59.633333. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Taruka elevation: 669 m (2,195 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 Taruka'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 692 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.