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Cajón del Maipo

Floor1,265 m4,150 ft

Depth: 2,069 m
Rim: 3,968 m
Length: 56.1 km
Tonight: -16°CHeavy snow showers · Wind 8 km/h SE

Cajón del Maipo is up to 2,069 m deep: the rim reaches 3,968 m and the floor 1,265 m, along 56.1 km.

All facts

Floor: 1,265 m

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Depth

Depth of Cajón del Maipo

Up to 2,069 m deep (typically 1,259 m) along the 56.1 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.

3D map

Cajón del Maipo 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Cajón del Maipo terrain and contours

200 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.

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Cajón del Maipo elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Cajón del Maipo weather

Tonight · Heavy snow showers · -16°C (3°F) · 11.3 mm · Wind 8 km/h SE

Cajón del Maipo forecast for about 3,968 m.

Tonight-16°11.3 mm8 km/h SE
Sat-20°-10°3.2 mm10 km/h SE
Sun-18°-3°1.3 mm10 km/h SE
Mon-13°-7°21.9 mm6 km/h SE
Tue-14°-5°–6 km/h SE
Wed-11°-2°–6 km/h SE
Thu-11°-3°–5 km/h SE
Fri-10°-2°–6 km/h SE
Sat-13°-4°0.6 mm5 km/h SE
Sun-9°-3°3.5 mm6 km/h N

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 42.2 × 42.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°

13.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

33.2%

Steep, 30–45°

46.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

6.7%

Steeper than 30°: 53.3% of the 1,781 km² view
Relief in view: 4,561 m low point 1,258 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 76.8%Grassland 13.9%Snow & ice 7.0%Shrubland 1.3%Water 0.6%

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 21.1 km; 365 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Gray-hooded Sierra-Finch45
Mutisia subulata38
Chuquiraga oppositifolia37
Black-green Smooth-throated Lizard33
Rhodolirium montanum32
Quinchamali30

Where it sits

Where Cajón del Maipo sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Cerro San CristóbalPeak · 880 m80 km NW

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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 2026-03-18)
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)
Sources: Wikidata · Wikipedia