Nature · Upper volcanic edifice · bounded southern view
Mount Cameroon: terrain elevation and local relief
Mount Cameroon uses an approximately 4,029-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 2,494 meters of local relief above its lowest sampled point. Published summit surveys are separate references.
≈ 4,029 m
Data-derived estimate- Measurement
- Highest sampled surface in the documented Copernicus terrain section · EGM2008
- Subject or version
- Upper volcanic edifice · bounded southern view
- In feet, rounded
- 13,219.2 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
- 4029.2 m at 4.218056°, 9.173333°.
- Local base
- 1535.5 m at 4.245556°, 9.123056°. Lowest sampled point within this bounded terrain section.
- Section bounds in WGS84-G1150
- West 9.122917°, east 9.222083°; south 4.185139°, north 4.248472°.
- View and scale
- Orthographic map section facing north. Equal horizontal and vertical map scales. Approximate grid spacing: 30.8 m east-west and 30.7 m north-south. Lower and surrounding terrain omitted.
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A little more perspective
The Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program lists Mount Cameroon at 4,095 meters. This bounded Copernicus section reaches about 4,029 meters in EGM2008 near the selected summit-area coordinate. The section omits the lower edifice and coast, so its local relief cannot be interpreted as the volcano’s complete coast-to-summit height. The terrain is older satellite-derived geometry, with no eruption plume included.
The local-relief view subtracts the lowest sampled point in this section: 1535.5 meters at 4.245556° latitude, 9.123056° longitude. This produces about 2,494 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
Mount Cameroon uses an approximately 4,029-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 2,494 meters of local relief above its lowest sampled point. Published summit surveys are separate references.
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Sources and measurement notes
- Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program: Cameroon, volcano 224010
- 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)
Approximately 4,029 meters describes this section’s highest sampled surface. The Smithsonian’s 4,095-meter reference and the omitted coastal base remain separate concepts.
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