Nature · Somma–Vesuvius · bounded cone and surrounding terrain
Mount Vesuvius: terrain elevation and local relief
Mount Vesuvius uses an approximately 1,286-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 1,243 meters of local relief above its lowest sampled point. Published summit surveys are separate references.
≈ 1,286 m
Data-derived estimate- Measurement
- Highest sampled surface in the documented Copernicus terrain section · EGM2008
- Subject or version
- Somma–Vesuvius · bounded cone and surrounding terrain
- In feet, rounded
- 4,220.6 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
- 1286.4 m at 40.822222°, 14.429167°.
- Local base
- 43.2 m at 40.791667°, 14.364167°. Lowest sampled point within this bounded terrain section.
- Section bounds in WGS84-G1150
- West 14.363750°, east 14.494028°; south 40.791250°, north 40.854306°.
- View and scale
- Orthographic map section facing north. Equal horizontal and vertical map scales. Approximate grid spacing: 23.4 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 lists Vesuvius at 1,281 meters. The highest Copernicus sample in this section is approximately 1,286 meters in EGM2008, numerically above that listing. The difference does not establish new growth or a revised survey. The selected cone and surrounding slopes retain the source dataset’s geometry, with no ash column or reconstruction of an ancient eruption added.
The local-relief view subtracts the lowest sampled point in this section: 43.2 meters at 40.791667° latitude, 14.364167° longitude. This produces about 1,243 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 Vesuvius uses an approximately 1,286-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 1,243 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: Vesuvius profile
- 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)
Vesuvius’s approximately 1,286-meter sampled surface and 1,281-meter Smithsonian reference are independent. The scene is not an eruption reconstruction.
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