Sentences with phrase «reach above sea level»

These are tiny coral islands which barely reach above sea level.

Not exact matches

Though it is 3400m above sea level and many people get altitude sickness here, we had no issues since by the time we reached it we were fully acclimatized.

According to scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory, the ash plume reached a height of 50,000 feet above sea level.

It caused water to surge inland like a rapidly rising tide, reaching heights up to 39 meters (128 feet) above the normal sea level.

Also, because of Quelccaya's high elevation (about 3.5 miles above sea level), only significant air pollution can reach the ice cap.

The glacial streams descending through the depressions among the mountain slopes constituted the usual lines of travel, and the route developed was new and independent, passing among mountain peaks rising to the height of 15,000 and 18,000 feet above the sea and gradually mounting to a maximum level before the Pole was reached and thence descending very gradually for 140 miles over a vast plateau to the position which was occupied on December l5th and 16th, 1911, and determined to be the South Pole.

These clouds tend to be deep, with cloud top heights reaching as high as 10 km above sea level, Pettersen explains.

The claim of a 270 - meter run up, which is a measure of the elevation above sea level a wave reaches on shore, is «certainly possible,» says James Goff, a paleotsunami expert at University of New South Wales, Sydney, in Australia.

Then, about 3600 years ago, farmers started climbing higher and higher up on the plateau, reaching as far as 3400 meters above sea level.

Other tests indicate that the long - lost peak — now dubbed Kaena volcano — grew from the sea floor and broke through the ocean's surface about 3.5 million years ago, eventually reaching a height of about 1000 meters above sea level before it began sinking back into the sea.

The Eemian - age chevron beach structures with consistent southwesterly direction throughout windward shores in the Bahamas, with wave runup deposits at elevations as much as 20 — 40 m above today's sea level and reaching as far as a few kilometers inland, must have been formed by massive storms in the direction of the prevailing winds.

Researcher Blair Tormey of the University of Western North Carolina University reports having found fossilized sediments pointing to the cause: very large waves reaching tens of meters above sea level.

The Grossglockner High Alpine Road (to give it its full title) stretches over 28 miles and 36 hairpins, and reaches a height of 2504m above sea level.

The next day, soar into the mountains via the Jasper SkyTram reaching a lookout point over 7,000 feet above sea level.

To reach this backcountry site, visitors will backpack along a historic ranch road / trail through a series of canyons and ridges, to a vista about 700 feet above sea level.

At some point we reach a mountain refuge that stood at 16,404 ft. above sea level and decided to duck indoors to warm up and eat lunch: apples, carrots, one loaf of bread and one big block of cheese.

Heading south from Xunantunich, a scenic drive through the foothills of the Maya Mountains will take you 500m above sea level to reach Caracol, formerly one of the most influential cities in the Maya world and now shrouded by the dense Chiquibul Forest Reserve.

The highest dunes on the island reach up to 240 metres above sea level.

The sand ridge itself, at three to five feet above sea level, is the highest part of the Caye and reaches a height of almost 10 feet at San Pedro Town.

The area is beautiful and the summit of the volcano reaches up to 6,286 ft above sea level.

Amantani reaches 4150 meters above sea level, and by that, it shouldn't be the first place you visit unless...

After walking for about 6 km, we will reach the highest point of the route, the Salkantay pass at 4650 meters above sea level, from where we can appreciate the imposing snowy peaks of the Andes.

The Turtle Mountains reach an elevation of 4,231 feet (1,290 m) above sea level at Bolson Peak.

Reaching 2,720 metres above sea level, a number of temples and terraces are located on the summit of Huayna Picchu and would have served as the residence for the high priest and the local virgins.

above sea level, reaching the peek after a hike of 2.5 hrs.

«These terraces were carved into the mountainside over 2,000 years ago and reach heights of 1500m above sea level,» she says.

Along the way you witness the transition from rain forest to cloud forest as you reach an altitude of over 3600 feet (1200 meters) above sea level.

The highest point of elevation of Poas Volcano reaches 8,885 ft (2,708 meters) above sea level.

You need to complete a steep ascent reaching an altitude of 13779 feet above sea level (4200 masl) at Warmi Wañuska pass.

Start with a steady ascent to the second highest pass at Runkuracay reaching 12400 feet above sea level (3780 masl) and passing through a circular inca control point that occupies a commanding position overlooking the spectacular Vilcabamba mountain range below.

By the time we reach 1500 meters above sea level where we will set up our tents.

Day 7 Drive over the Andes, reaching 4,300 metres above sea level.

Drive over the Andes, reaching 4,300 metres above sea level.

CALAHONDA The prestigious complex of Cascadas sits 300 metres above sea level in Sitio de Calahonda, which is found between Fuengirola and Marbella, and which can be reached from Malaga s International airport in around 25 minutes via the new toll road.

Reaching barely a meter above sea level, this protected isle is less than a hectare in size, but offers one of the best day trips off the Belize coast.

The extinct volcano is fascinating both above and below sea level, with some wonderful schools of marine life and a sea bed reaching a maximum depth of 253 M (830 ft).

In a more recent paper, our own Stefan Rahmstorf used a simple regression model to suggest that sea level rise (SLR) could reach 0.5 to 1.4 meters above 1990 levels by 2100, but this did not consider individual processes like dynamic ice sheet changes, being only based on how global sea level has been linked to global warming over the past 120 years.

What does seem certain is that there was a tendency for world sea level to rise progressively during the time of the Roman Empire, finally reaching a high stand around 400 AD comparable with, or slightly above, present.

Our estimated sea levels have reached +5 to 10 m above the present sea level during recent interglacial periods that were barely warmer than the Holocene, whereas the ice sheet model yields maxima at most approximately 1 m above the current sea level.

Rohling et al. [52] estimate an average rate of Eemian sea - level change of 1.4 m per century, and several studies noted above suggest that the Eemian sea level reached heights of +4 — 6 m or more relative to today.