Shield volcano · Şanlıurfa Province

Karaca Dağ

1,957 m6,421 ft

Prominence: 1,153 m3,784 ft
Isolation: 73 km
Tonight: 8°CClear · Wind 4 km/h SE

Karaca Dağ is a 1,957 m (6,421 ft) shield volcano in Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey.

All facts

Elevation: 1,957 m · 6,421 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Nemrut (2,150 m)
Region: Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey
Coordinates: 37.7121° N, 39.8287° E

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3D map

Karaca Dağ 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Karaca Dağ terrain and contours

20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Karaca Dağ elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Karaca Dağ weather

Tonight · Clear · 8°C (46°F) · Wind 4 km/h SE

Karaca Dağ forecast for the summit, about 1,957 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,412 m.

Tonight8°–4 km/h SEBase 10°
Today8°15°0.5 mm15 km/h WBase 10 / 18°
Sun8°15°1.4 mm15 km/h SWBase 10 / 18°
Mon8°16°4.2 mm14 km/h SBase 11 / 19°
Tue9°15°3.7 mm20 km/h SEBase 12 / 18°
Wed8°10°18.1 mm18 km/h SEBase 10 / 13°
Thu8°10°5.8 mm15 km/h SEBase 11 / 13°
Fri5°9°2.4 mm15 km/h SWBase 7 / 12°
Sat5°9°5.7 mm12 km/h SWBase 7 / 11°
Sun5°7°7.9 mm14 km/h SEBase 8 / 10°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 8.6 × 8.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 92% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

91.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

8.3%

Steep, 30–45°

0.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.0% of the 74 km² view
Relief in view: 545 m low point 1,412 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 79.5%Bare rock / sparse 14.1%Cropland 5.8%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Where it sits

Where Karaca Dağ sits

Nearby

Nearby places

Downloads

Karaca Dağ downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGKaraca Dağ satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-21.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,957 m at the summit; the official height is 1,957 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,957 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,957 m	0 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,950 m	-7 m

Data sources

Terrain: 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. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-21)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © 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. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia