Nature · Sierra Nevada, Spain · main summit section
Mulhacén: terrain elevation and local relief
Mulhacén uses an approximately 3,472-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 1,917 meters of local relief above its lowest sampled point. Published summit surveys are separate references.
≈ 3,472 m
Data-derived estimate- Measurement
- Highest sampled surface in the documented Copernicus terrain section · EGM2008
- Subject or version
- Sierra Nevada, Spain · main summit section
- In feet, rounded
- 11,392.1 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
- 3472.3 m at 37.053333°, -3.311667°.
- Local base
- 1554.9 m at 37.021944°, -3.253333°. Lowest sampled point within this bounded terrain section.
- Section bounds in WGS84-G1150
- West -3.373194°, east -3.249583°; south 37.021806°, north 37.084861°.
- View and scale
- Orthographic map section facing north. Equal horizontal and vertical map scales. Approximate grid spacing: 24.7 m east-west and 30.8 m north-south. Lower and surrounding terrain omitted.
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A little more perspective
Spain’s Instituto Geográfico Nacional lists Mulhacén at 3,479 meters in its principal-summit table. This section’s highest sample is about 3,472 meters in EGM2008. The broad summit and neighboring slopes remain in their measured proportions, while the lowest sampled point on the section’s southern side defines the optional local-relief reference.
The local-relief view subtracts the lowest sampled point in this section: 1554.9 meters at 37.021944° latitude, -3.253333° longitude. This produces about 1,917 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
Mulhacén uses an approximately 3,472-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 1,917 meters of local relief above its lowest sampled point. Published summit surveys are separate references.
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Sources and measurement notes
- Instituto Geográfico Nacional: principal mountain summits and source dates
- 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 3,472-meter model maximum and IGN’s 3,479-meter summit listing have separate provenance. Local relief is calculated from the documented boundary, not from a chosen trailhead.
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