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Abra del Acay

4,953 m16,250 ft

Tonight: -4°CPartly cloudy · Wind 15 km/h W

Abra del Acay is a mountain pass at 4,953 m in Salta Province, Argentina.

All facts

Saddle: 4,953 m
Lowest point: 4,497 m / 4,525 m

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Pass

Abra del Acay: the climb from each side

Crossed by: RN40 Ruta Nacional 40

Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.

3D map

Abra del Acay 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Abra del Acay terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Abra del Acay elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Abra del Acay weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -4°C (25°F) · Wind 15 km/h W

Abra del Acay forecast for about 4,953 m.

Tonight-4°–15 km/h W
Sat-7°8°–39 km/h W
Sun-6°10°–27 km/h W
Mon-5°10°–28 km/h W
Tue-3°7°–24 km/h W
Wed-5°9°0.1 mm31 km/h NW
Thu-5°5°0.1 mm24 km/h W
Fri-4°8°–18 km/h W
Sat-5°7°–26 km/h W
Sun-3°9°–21 km/h W

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Abra del Acay

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Abra del Acay, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
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All mapped places 1

Place	Distance
Parking	0.0 km WSW

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

36.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

53.8%

Steep, 30–45°

10.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 10.1% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 1,199 m low point 4,089 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 85.6%Grassland 14.4%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 25 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Guanaco11
Vicuña11
Mountain Viscacha7
Red-backed Sierra-Finch5
Mountain Parakeet4
Plumbeous Sierra Finch4

Where it sits

Where Abra del Acay sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

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JPGAbra del Acay satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-20.

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-03-20)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
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Abra del Acay

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