# Terrain's altitude on location

**URL:** <https://community.cesium.com/t/terrains-altitude-on-location/25396>\
**Category:** Cesium for Unreal\
**Created:** [July 15, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/terrains-altitude-on-location/25396 "2023-07-15T17:22:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ed\_99](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/ed_99/32/14810_2.png) [@ed\_99](https://community.cesium.com/u/ed_99)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/terrains-altitude-on-location/25396/1 "2023-07-15T17:22:21Z")

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Hello!!. Is there any way of knowing the altitude of the terrain at a given cesium coordinates?  
Thank you!!

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**Author:** ![janine](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/janine/32/5135_2.png) [@janine](https://community.cesium.com/u/janine)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/terrains-altitude-on-location/25396/2 "2023-07-17T13:56:05Z")

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See this forum thread, which asked this same question: [How do I obtain the height of the terrain through longitude and latitude?](https://community.cesium.com/t/how-do-i-obtain-the-height-of-the-terrain-through-longitude-and-latitude/24999)

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**Author:** ![ed\_99](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/ed_99/32/14810_2.png) [@ed\_99](https://community.cesium.com/u/ed_99)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/terrains-altitude-on-location/25396/3 "2023-07-18T20:19:43Z")

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Thank you 🙂