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Acotango

6,052 m19,856 ft

Prominence: 857 m2,812 ft
Isolation: 6.1 km
Tonight: -8°CPartly cloudy · Wind 15 km/h W

Acotango is a 6,052 m (19,856 ft) stratovolcano in the Andes, Oruro Department, Chile.

All facts

Elevation: 6,052 m · 19,856 ft
Nearest higher peak: Guallatiri, Chile (6,071 m)
Range: Andes
Region: Oruro Department, Chile
Protected area: Lauca National Park
Spanish name: Volcán Acotango
Coordinates: 18.3829° S, 69.0482° W

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3D map

Acotango 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Acotango 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 summit

Acotango elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Acotango weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -8°C (18°F) · Wind 15 km/h W

Acotango forecast for the summit, about 6,052 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 4,736 m.

Tonight-8°–15 km/h WBase 1°
Sat-8°2°–30 km/h SWBase 1 / 10°
Sun-9°4°–33 km/h WBase 0 / 13°
Mon-10°1°–21 km/h WBase -2 / 10°
Tue-10°1°–19 km/h WBase -1 / 9°
Wed-11°-1°0.4 mm20 km/h WBase -3 / 7°
Thu-12°-1°–22 km/h WBase -3 / 7°
Fri-10°2°–19 km/h WBase -2 / 10°
Sat-9°2°–20 km/h WBase -1 / 10°
Sun-7°5°–15 km/h WBase 1 / 13°

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.

Slope

Share of the 7.4 × 7.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

36.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

44.3%

Steep, 30–45°

19.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.6%

Steeper than 30°: 19.6% of the 55 km² view
Relief in view: 1,317 m low point 4,736 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 90.3%Snow & ice 6.7%Grassland 3.0%

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

Where it sits

Where Acotango sits

Ranked in 1

#9 Volcanoes in Chile

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Azapa Valley157 m122 km W

Acotango downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGAcotango satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-04-15.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 6,053 m at the summit; the official height is 6,052 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	6,052 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	6,053 m	+1 m
Copernicus GLO-90	6,030 m	-22 m

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 2026-04-15)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Accuracy comparison, 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)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia