Nature · Vietnam · summit surface section · bounded southern view
Fansipan: terrain elevation and local relief
Fansipan uses an approximately 3,113-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 2,071 meters of local relief above its lowest sampled point. Published summit surveys are separate references.
≈ 3,113 m
Data-derived estimate- Measurement
- Highest sampled surface in the documented Copernicus terrain section · EGM2008
- Subject or version
- Vietnam · summit surface section · bounded southern view
- In feet, rounded
- 10,214.8 ft (1 ft = 0.3048 m)
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Terrain boundary, base and datum
- Vertical reference
- EGM2008. Published surveys are separate; no datum conversion is applied.
- Highest sampled surface
- 3113.5 m at 22.303611°, 103.775556°.
- Local base
- 1042.9 m at 22.276667°, 103.721944°. Lowest sampled point within this bounded terrain section.
- Section bounds in WGS84-G1150
- West 103.721806°, east 103.828472°; south 22.271806°, north 22.335139°.
- View and scale
- Orthographic map section facing north. Equal horizontal and vertical map scales. Approximate grid spacing: 28.6 m east-west and 30.8 m north-south. Lower and surrounding terrain omitted.
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A little more perspective
Vietnam’s official tourism site identifies Fansipan’s summit at 3,143 meters in its Sa Pa guide. This Copernicus section reaches about 3,113 meters in EGM2008. Its satellite-derived geometry predates the present-day visitor view and does not reconstruct current summit monuments or cableway facilities. The sampled mountain surface and the tourism reference remain separate.
The local-relief view subtracts the lowest sampled point in this section: 1042.9 meters at 22.276667° latitude, 103.721944° longitude. This produces about 2,071 meters of relief within the stated boundary. It is not a universal mountain base, a route’s total ascent, or topographic prominence.
The rendered surface uses the public 2021 Copernicus release, primarily based on TanDEM-X observations from 2011–2015 with infill from other sources. It is a surface model rather than a current bare-earth survey. Neutral shading explains the geometry without claiming a snow season or photographic ground texture. No datum conversion or summit correction is applied.
Quick facts
Fansipan uses an approximately 3,113-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 2,071 meters of local relief above its lowest sampled point. Published summit surveys are separate references.
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Sources and measurement notes
- Vietnam Tourism: Sa Pa and Fansipan summit reference
- Copernicus DEM: dataset definition, datums and attribution
- Public Copernicus GLO-30 release documentation
- Wikidata: summit-area identity and initial coordinate
- Copernicus source terrain tile 1 (GeoTIFF)
The approximately 3,113-meter terrain estimate is independent of the official tourism site’s 3,143-meter reference. No building or monument is added to the summit measurement.
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