Elevation of Vichigasta, La Rioja, Argentina

Vichigasta, La Rioja, Argentina is 888 m (2,913 ft) above sea level.

Vichigasta's height from sea level is 888 metres, or 2,913 feet. GeoNames reads 852 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 860 m.

Ground within 5 km

828 m – 1,590 m

Mean 944 m across the 9.5 km square centred on the town, 762 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

9th of 16

among the towns of La Rioja, and 74th of 974 in Argentina.

Nearest town

20.5 km to the N, at 932 m, 44 m higher.

Cross-section through Vichigasta

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 26.9 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Vichigasta; the vertical scale is the same on both.

2,457666WE26.9 km
West to east: from 2,281 m at 13 km west to 790 m at 13 km east.
2,457666NS26.9 km
North to south: from 957 m at 13 km north to 1,400 m at 13 km south.
Shaded relief of the 56 km around Vichigasta, drawn from the GMTED2010 grid
Relief, 56 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 Vichigasta

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Nonogasta 20.5 kmN 932 m (3,058 ft) +44 m
Chilecito 35.5 kmN 1,143 m (3,750 ft) +255 m

Where Vichigasta is

Latitude -29.48456, longitude -67.5164795. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Vichigasta elevation: 888 m (2,913 ft) above sea level

A small badge with the town's elevation, linking back here. The number updates if the grid reading ever changes.

About this reading

The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at Vichigasta'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 852 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.