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Galdhøpiggen: terrain elevation and local relief
Galdhøpiggen uses an approximately 2,459-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 1,535 meters of local relief above its lowest sampled point. Published summit surveys are separate references.
≈ 2,459 m
Data-derived estimate- Measurement
- Highest sampled surface in the documented Copernicus terrain section · EGM2008
- Subject or version
- Jotunheimen · summit-area section with generalized center
- In feet, rounded
- 8,067.6 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
- 2459.0 m at 61.636111°, 8.312778°.
- Local base
- 923.7 m at 61.664722°, 8.196111°. Lowest sampled point within this bounded terrain section.
- Section bounds in WGS84-G1150
- West 8.195833°, east 8.403056°; south 61.602083°, north 61.664861°.
- View and scale
- Orthographic map section facing north. Equal horizontal and vertical map scales. Approximate grid spacing: 29.5 m east-west and 31.0 m north-south. Lower and surrounding terrain omitted.
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A little more perspective
Visit Norway lists Galdhøpiggen at 2,469 meters. This Copernicus section reaches approximately 2,459 meters in EGM2008. Its maximum is about 745 meters from the generalized identity coordinate, whose role is to locate the mountain rather than mark a survey monument. Summit structures and ice may contribute to the surface model; no separate building height is added. The selected base remains the section minimum, not a trailhead.
The local-relief view subtracts the lowest sampled point in this section: 923.7 meters at 61.664722° latitude, 8.196111° longitude. This produces about 1,535 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
Galdhøpiggen uses an approximately 2,459-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 1,535 meters of local relief above its lowest sampled point. Published summit surveys are separate references.
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Sources and measurement notes
- Visit Norway: Galdhøpiggen mountain 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 2,469-meter tourism reference stays separate from the approximately 2,459-meter surface. The precise maximum coordinate and generalized section center are both documented.
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