Boston topographic map
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About this map
Name: Boston topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States (42.22791 -71.19124 42.39698 -70.80449)
Average elevation: 25 m
Minimum elevation: -5 m
Maximum elevation: 184 m
Boston has an area of 89.63 sq mi (232.1 km2). Of this area, 48.4 sq mi (125.4 km2), or 54%, of it is land and 41.2 sq mi (106.7 km2), or 46%, of it is water. The city's official elevation, as measured at Logan International Airport, is 19 ft (5.8 m) above sea level. The highest point in Boston is Bellevue Hill at 330 ft (100 m) above sea level, and the lowest point is at sea level. Boston is situated next to Boston Harbor, an arm of Massachusetts Bay, itself an arm of the Atlantic Ocean.