Elevation of towns in Libya

183 towns in Libya have a reading on the GMTED2010 grid. The highest is Bū Zayyān (al-Jabal al-Garbī) at 810 m (2,657 ft); the lowest is Abū Kammaš (an-Nuqāţ al-H̱ums) at 1 m (3 ft). Half of the towns sit above 298 m (the mean is 293 m).

Highest towns in Libya

#TownElevation
1Bū Zayyān al-Jabal al-Garbī810 m (2,657 ft)
2Faidiyah al-Jabal al-Aẖd̨ar766 m (2,513 ft)
3Awlād 'Īsā al-Jabal al-Garbī755 m (2,477 ft)
4Suluntah al-Jabal al-Aẖd̨ar754 m (2,474 ft)
5al-Gijab al-Jabal al-Aẖd̨ar707 m (2,320 ft)
6Garyān al-Jabal al-Garbī701 m (2,300 ft)
7Udayb al-Jabal al-Garbī699 m (2,293 ft)
8Jādū al-Jabal al-Garbī680 m (2,231 ft)
9Tandimmīrah Nālūt679 m (2,228 ft)
10Yafrān al-Jabal al-Garbī678 m (2,224 ft)

Lowest towns in Libya

#TownElevation
1Abū Kammaš an-Nuqāţ al-H̱ums1 m (3 ft)
2Zuwārah an-Nuqāţ al-H̱ums2 m (7 ft)
3Zalţan an-Nuqāţ al-H̱ums2 m (7 ft)
4Ra's Ajdīr an-Nuqāţ al-H̱ums2 m (7 ft)
5Qaşr Ah̨mad Mişrātah2 m (7 ft)
6Bin Jawwād Surt3 m (10 ft)
7Bangāzī Bangāzī3 m (10 ft)
8Ajdābiyā al-Wāh̨āt3 m (10 ft)
9Barsīs al-Marj4 m (13 ft)
10az-Zuwaytīnah al-Wāh̨āt4 m (13 ft)

Regions of Libya

RegionTownsMeanHighest townLowest town
Bangāzī543 m an-Nawagiyah 77 m Bangāzī 3 m
Darnah4165 m Maţrūbah 307 m at-Tamīmī 12 m
Marzuq9442 m al-Bakkī 476 m Tmassah 418 m
Mişrātah8116 m Banī Walīd 255 m Qaşr Ah̨mad 2 m
Nālūt15422 m Tandimmīrah 679 m Tījī 206 m
Surt961 m Dahrā 335 m Bin Jawwād 3 m
Wādī al-H̨ayāt5470 m al-Gābah 475 m Jarmah 464 m
Wādī aš-Šāţī9360 m Birqan 385 m Qurdah 322 m
al-Buţnān795 m Umm Mus'id 183 m Ţubruq 6 m
al-Jabal al-Aẖd̨ar14549 m Faidiyah 766 m Sūsah 16 m
al-Jabal al-Garbī32547 m Bū Zayyān 810 m Bi'r al-Ganam 141 m
al-Jifārah648 m an-Nasariyah 86 m Lamāyah 14 m
al-Jufrah4255 m Sawknah 300 m Zillah 203 m
al-Kufrah4383 m al-Jawf 387 m H̨ārat 'Affūn 380 m
al-Marj11212 m Jardas al-'Abīd 634 m Barsīs 4 m
al-Marqab11151 m Tarhūnah 401 m al-H̱ums 5 m
al-Wāh̨āt1027 m Awjilah 52 m Ajdābiyā 3 m
an-Nuqāţ al-H̱ums75 m al-'Assah 18 m Abū Kammaš 1 m
az-Zāwiyah813 m az-Zāwiyah 22 m Ujaylāt 7 m

All towns in Libya