Mountain · Victoria

Mount Elephant

240 m787 ft

Prominence: 49 m161 ft
Isolation: 35 km
Tonight: 12°CRain · Wind 18 km/h SW

Mount Elephant is a 240 m (787 ft) mountain in Victoria, Australia.

All facts

Elevation: 240 m · 787 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Leura (313 m)
Region: Victoria, Australia
Coordinates: 37.9576° S, 143.1929° E

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3D map

Mount Elephant 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Elephant terrain and contours

10 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 50 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mount Elephant elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Elephant weather

Today · Rain · 12 / 23°C (54 / 73°F) · 19.6 mm · Wind 18 km/h SW

Mount Elephant forecast for the summit, about 240 m.

Today12°23°19.6 mm18 km/h SW
Sun6°12°20.9 mm22 km/h SW
Mon6°12°2.1 mm22 km/h W
Tue8°11°0.4 mm21 km/h SW
Wed7°14°0.5 mm19 km/h W
Thu12°18°10.5 mm10 km/h E
Fri13°17°4.4 mm17 km/h N
Sat8°16°2.0 mm27 km/h SW
Sun6°13°0.1 mm18 km/h S
Mon13°17°0.1 mm12 km/h NW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 97% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

97.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

2.1%

Steep, 30–45°

0.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.5% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 226 m low point 164 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 84.4%Cropland 12.1%Trees 2.1%Water 0.8%Built-up 0.6%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 59 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Purple viper's-bugloss5
Narrow-leaf Cotton Bush4
Eastern Grey Kangaroo3
Vineyard Snail3
Common Rough Woodlouse3
Common Brown3

Where it sits

Where Mount Elephant sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lake Colac115 m51 km SE

Downloads

Mount Elephant downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMount Elephant satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-20.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 244 m at the summit; the official height is 240 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	240 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	244 m	+4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	212 m	-28 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 2026-03-20)
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 · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia