how to read NASA .hgt binary files

Question

I\'m sure this is really simple if you know anything about binary files, but I\'m a newbie on that score.

How would I extract the data from NASA .hgt files? Here is

Answer 1

https://gdal.org/drivers/raster/srtmhgt.html

    Input_HGT = 'N30E120.hgt'
    import gdal
    Raster = gdal.Open(Input_HGT) 

All functions available with GDAL on raster files could be applied on this 'Raster' like Functions available with the variable, 'Raster'