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Cerro Armazones

3,046 m9,993 ft
Prominence
499 m1,637 ft
Isolation
12 km
Tonight
5°CPartly cloudy · Wind 13 km/h N

Cerro Armazones is a 3,046 m (9,993 ft) mountain in the Sierra Vicuña Mackenna, Antofagasta Region, Chile.

All facts
Elevation
3,046 m · 9,993 ft
Nearest higher peak
Cerro Vicuña Mackenna (3,114 m)
Range
Sierra Vicuña Mackenna
Region
Antofagasta Region, Chile
Coordinates
24.5893° S, 70.1915° W
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3D map

Cerro Armazones 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Cerro Armazones terrain and contours

25 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 125 mShowing west → east through the summit

Cerro Armazones elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Cerro Armazones weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 5°C (41°F) · Wind 13 km/h N

Cerro Armazones forecast for the summit, about 3,046 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,421 m.

  • Tonight5°–13 km/h NBase 9°
  • Sat5°18°–18 km/h NWBase 9 / 22°
  • Sun6°20°–18 km/h NBase 10 / 24°
  • Mon5°17°0.1 mm25 km/h NBase 8 / 21°
  • Tue6°16°–24 km/h NBase 10 / 20°
  • Wed6°16°–26 km/h NBase 10 / 20°
  • Thu5°15°–30 km/h NBase 8 / 19°
  • Fri4°16°–28 km/h NBase 8 / 20°
  • Sat5°16°–24 km/h NBase 9 / 20°
  • Sun6°18°–21 km/h NBase 10 / 22°

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

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 86% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
86.1%
Moderate, 15–30°
13.8%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view
642 m low point 2,421 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 99.9%

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

Where it sits

Where Cerro Armazones sits

Range
American Cordillera467Andes163Chilean Coast Range3
Region
Antofagasta Region10Chile76South America235
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Cerro Armazones downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

17 m high This 3D map reads 3,063 m at the summit; the official height is 3,046 m.Official 3,046 mThis map 3,063 m

Why: a 30 m terrain model measures the surface, snow, ice and trees included, and official heights can come from older surveys.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)3,046 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)3,063 m+17 m
Copernicus GLO-903,059 m+13 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 2026-03-28)
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
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