Elevation of Irbīl, Iraq
Irbīl, Iraq is 407 m (1,335 ft) above sea level.
Irbīl's height from sea level is 407 metres, or 1,335 feet. GeoNames reads 429 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 385 m.
Also written: Arbil Erbil Arbela Hewlêr اربل.
Ground within 5 km
Mean 411 m across the 9.2 km square centred on the town, 85 m from its lowest cell to its highest.
Cross-section through Irbīl
Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 26 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Irbīl; 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 Irbīl
| Town | Distance | Direction | Elevation | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banī Šilāwah Gawrah | 0 km | N | 407 m (1,335 ft) | same |
| Kūnagurk | 7.7 km | SE | 441 m (1,447 ft) | +34 m |
| Šāwīš | 10.2 km | NE | 518 m (1,699 ft) | +111 m |
| Kalkān | 11.1 km | NE | 493 m (1,617 ft) | +86 m |
| Darband | 12.5 km | E | 650 m (2,133 ft) | +243 m |
Where Irbīl is
Latitude 36.1798519, longitude 44.016109. 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 Irbīl'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 429 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.