【Height】 , 【altitude】 ,  【elevation】  mean the distance a thing rises above the level on which it stands, or the vertical distance between a given level taken as a base and a thing that is above it.

【Height】 may be used with reference to whatever can be so measured, whether high or low by a standard of comparison.

It may be used interchangeably with any of the other words, but it is not so explicit. While  【altitude】  and  【elevation】  are often interchangeable,  【altitude】 may be preferred in referring to vertical distance above the surface of the earth or above sea level or to the vertical distance above the horizon in angular measurement.

【Elevation】  is used especially in reference to vertical 【height】 above sea level on the surface of the earth; thus, one would speak of the  【altitude】  rather than the  【elevation】  of a balloon; a village situated at an  【elevation】 , preferable to  【altitude】 , of 2000 feet.