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

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
| Town | Distance | Direction | Elevation | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paramakatoi | 11.9 km | SW | 696 m (2,283 ft) | +27 m |
| Maikwak River | 23.4 km | N | 622 m (2,041 ft) | −47 m |
| Kato | 26.3 km | SW | 724 m (2,375 ft) | +55 m |
| Kurukabaru | 27.9 km | W | 936 m (3,071 ft) | +267 m |
| Monkey Mountain | 35.6 km | S | 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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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.