Ellis Park topographic map
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About this map
Name: Ellis Park topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Average elevation: 33 m
Minimum elevation: 16 m
Maximum elevation: 77 m
Adelaide is a planned city, and the Adelaide Park Lands are an integral part of Colonel William Light's 1837 plan. Light chose a site spanning the River Torrens (known as Yatala by the Kaurna people), and planned the city to fit the topography of the landscape, "on rising ground".