Nature · Selected cone within the Tongariro volcanic system
Mount Ngāuruhoe: terrain elevation and local relief
Mount Ngāuruhoe uses an approximately 2,272-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 1,245 meters of local relief above its lowest sampled point. Published summit surveys are separate references.
≈ 2,272 m
Data-derived estimate- Measurement
- Highest sampled surface in the documented Copernicus terrain section · EGM2008
- Subject or version
- Selected cone within the Tongariro volcanic system
- In feet, rounded
- 7,452.6 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
- 2271.6 m at -39.158333°, 175.634722°.
- Local base
- 1026.9 m at -39.125556°, 175.569444°. Lowest sampled point within this bounded terrain section.
- Section bounds in WGS84-G1150
- West 175.568194°, east 175.695417°; south -39.188472°, north -39.125417°.
- View and scale
- Orthographic map section facing north. Equal horizontal and vertical map scales. Approximate grid spacing: 24.0 m east-west and 30.8 m north-south. Lower and surrounding terrain omitted.
produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved
A little more perspective
The Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program identifies Ngāuruhoe as a 2,291-meter cone within the Tongariro volcanic complex. Its main Tongariro profile also lists 1,978 meters, which is not substituted for this named cone’s reference. The selected Copernicus section reaches approximately 2,272 meters in EGM2008 near Ngāuruhoe’s summit. The terrain view describes the bounded physical surface and does not prescribe a summit walk.
The local-relief view subtracts the lowest sampled point in this section: 1026.9 meters at -39.125556° latitude, 175.569444° longitude. This produces about 1,245 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 Ngāuruhoe uses an approximately 2,272-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 1,245 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: Tongariro, Ngāuruhoe subfeature
- 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)
Ngāuruhoe is the selected cone: 2,291 meters in the Smithsonian subfeature listing and approximately 2,272 meters in the model.
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