Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cabo Rojo Municipio, Puerto Rico, shaded from sea level on the Canal de Guanajibo to 977 ft on Cerro Mariquita
Elevation
980 ft 300 m730 ft 225 m610 ft 185 m370 ft 110 m120 ft 35 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Municipio area
Fades everything outside the official municipio boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Cabo Rojo Municipio averages about 120 ft (35 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on the Canal de Guanajibo to 977 ft on Cerro Mariquita.

Average elevation
120 ft 35 m
all land inside the municipio
Highest
977 ft 298 m
on Cerro Mariquita
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Canal de Guanajibo

Cabo Rojo Municipio spans about 980 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

2% of Cabo Rojo Municipio's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 5% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Average of all land120 ft35 m
Highest point
Inside the municipio, on Cerro Mariquita (NGS survey height)
977 ft298 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Canal de Guanajibo
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

10 mi west to east through Puerto Real.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cabo Rojo Municipio, Puerto Rico, shaded from sea level on the Canal de Guanajibo to 977 ft on Cerro Mariquita
Municipio boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Municipio in Puerto Rico, United States
Population
47,158 2020 Census
Land area
70.4 sq mi + 107.0 sq mi water
Density
670 per sq mi
Time zone
Atlantic UTC−4, no daylight saving
Drains to
Caribbean Sea
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring municipios sharing a border, by average

  1. San Germán Municipio540 ft
  2. Mayagüez Municipio350 ft
  3. Lajas Municipio120 ft
  4. Hormigueros Municipio120 ft
  5. Cabo Rojo Municipio120 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Cerro Mariquita977 ft
  • Cerro Buena Vista849 ft
  • Cerro Vargas650 ft
  • Peñones de Melones354 ft
  • Cerro Conde Ávila290 ft
All 6 towns in Cabo Rojo Municipio by typical elevation
  1. Monte Grande94 ft
  2. Betances73 ft
  3. Puerto Real64 ft
  4. Boquerón40 ft
  5. Pole Ojea22 ft
  6. El Combate18 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census municipio boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −2 ft at 17.9504° N, 67.1157° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring municipios and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the municipio with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the municipio.
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: Puerto Rico Vertical Datum of 2002 (PRVD02). NGS plans to replace PRVD02 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.