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Stratovolcano · Cordillera Ampato · Arequipa Department

Ampato

6,288 m20,630 ft

Prominence: 1,997 m6,553 ft
Isolation: 82 km
Tonight: -10°CSnow showers · Wind 8 km/h E

Ampato is a 6,288 m (20,630 ft) stratovolcano in the Cordillera Ampato, Arequipa Department, Peru.

All facts

Elevation: 6,288 m · 20,630 ft
Nearest higher peak: Coropuna (6,425 m)
Range: Cordillera Ampato
Region: Arequipa Department, Peru
Coordinates: 15.8212° S, 71.8799° W

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3D map

Ampato 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Ampato terrain and contours

100 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 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Ampato elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Ampato weather

Tonight · Snow showers · -10°C (14°F) · 10.7 mm · Wind 8 km/h E

Ampato forecast for the summit, about 6,288 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 4,227 m.

Tonight-10°10.7 mm8 km/h EBase 2°
Sat-12°-6°3.4 mm15 km/h SBase 1 / 6°
Sun-10°-5°8.6 mm15 km/h SBase 2 / 7°
Mon-12°-7°2.5 mm10 km/h SWBase 0 / 5°
Tue-10°-6°2.2 mm7 km/h SWBase 2 / 7°
Wed-11°-7°5.2 mm8 km/h SWBase 1 / 5°
Thu-12°-6°1.7 mm9 km/h SWBase 0 / 6°
Fri-13°-4°1.0 mm8 km/h SWBase -1 / 9°
Sat-11°-4°1.5 mm10 km/h SWBase 1 / 9°
Sun-10°-3°1.3 mm8 km/h SWBase 2 / 10°

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, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 59% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

59.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

31.1%

Steep, 30–45°

9.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.3%

Steeper than 30°: 9.9% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view: 2,060 m low point 4,227 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 94.6%Snow & ice 2.8%Grassland 2.6%

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

Where it sits

Where Ampato sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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MistiPeak · 5,825 m74 km SE

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

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Print & wall

JPGAmpato satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-05-18.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 6,287 m at the summit; the official height is 6,288 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	6,288 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	6,287 m	-1 m
Copernicus GLO-90	6,276 m	-12 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 2026-05-18)
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