Água de Pau
- Prominence
- 427 m1,400 ft
- Isolation
- 22 km
- Tonight
- 13°CClear · Wind 8 km/h S
Água de Pau is a 947 m (3,107 ft) volcano in Azores, Portugal.
All facts
- Elevation
- 947 m · 3,107 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Pico da Vara (1,103 m)
- Region
- Azores, Portugal
- Coordinates
- 37.7582° N, 25.4888° W
Água de Pau 3D map
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Água de Pau 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.
Água de Pau elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Água de Pau weather
Tonight · Clear · 13°C (55°F) · Wind 8 km/h S
Água de Pau forecast for the summit, about 947 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 172 m.
- Tonight13°–8 km/h SBase 17°
- Sat13°17°0.6 mm20 km/h SBase 17 / 22°
- Sun14°16°1.5 mm37 km/h SWBase 18 / 21°
- Mon12°15°2.8 mm37 km/h SWBase 16 / 20°
- Tue13°13°1.8 mm16 km/h SEBase 17 / 18°
- Wed14°16°30.4 mm35 km/h SBase 19 / 20°
- Thu11°14°1.8 mm23 km/h NBase 16 / 19°
- Fri11°12°0.1 mm26 km/h NEBase 16 / 17°
- Sat11°13°0.2 mm18 km/h EBase 16 / 18°
- Sun12°14°33.5 mm22 km/h SEBase 17 / 18°
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 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 17.2% of the 36 km² view
- Relief in view
- 772 m low point 172 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 328 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Azorean Laurustinus148
- Pink knotweed122
- Azores Chaffinch113
- Kahili ginger107
- Scaly Tree Fern90
- Common heather88
Where Água de Pau sits
Nearby places
Água de Pau downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
45 m low This 3D map reads 902 m at the summit; the official height is 947 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 152 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 947 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 902 m | -45 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 795 m | -152 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 2025 (scene 2025-09-01)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- 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 · Wikipedia