Guánica Municipio, PR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Guánica Municipio, Puerto Rico, shaded from sea level on the Mar Caribe to 710 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
710 ft 215 m530 ft 160 m440 ft 135 m260 ft 80 m88 ft 27 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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
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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

Guánica Municipio averages about 140 ft (45 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on the Mar Caribe to 710 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
140 ft 45 m
all land inside the municipio
Highest
710 ft 215 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Mar Caribe

Guánica Municipio spans about 710 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.

Under 1% of Guánica Municipio's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 2% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Average of all land140 ft45 m
Highest point
Inside the municipio, on the northeast side
710 ft215 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Mar Caribe
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.1 mi west to east through El Tumbao.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Guánica Municipio, Puerto Rico, shaded from sea level on the Mar Caribe to 710 ft on the northeast side
Municipio boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Municipio in Puerto Rico, United States
Population
13,787 2020 Census
Land area
37.1 sq mi + 42.4 sq mi water
Density
372 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. Yauco Municipio1,130 ft
  2. Sabana Grande Municipio790 ft
  3. Guayanilla Municipio630 ft
  4. Guánica Municipio140 ft
  5. Lajas Municipio120 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Lomas de Seboruco670 ft
  • Cerro Lajara580 ft
  • El Peñon470 ft
  • Cerro Caprón470 ft
  • Cerro Montalva430 ft
All 3 towns in Guánica Municipio by typical elevation
  1. María Antonia110 ft
  2. El Tumbao73 ft
  3. Fuig65 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. 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, −1 ft at 17.9471° N, 66.9118° 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.