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Cerro Armazones · 3,046 m · 22 km E
Mountain · Chilean Coast Range · Antofagasta Region

Cerro Paranal

2,635 m8,645 ft
Prominence
546 m1,792 ft
Isolation
15 km
Tonight
8°CPartly cloudy · Wind 13 km/h N

Cerro Paranal is a 2,635 m (8,645 ft) mountain in the Chilean Coast Range, Antofagasta Region, Chile.

All facts
Elevation
2,635 m · 8,645 ft
Nearest higher peak
Cerro Armazones (3,046 m)
Range
Chilean Coast Range
Region
Antofagasta Region, Chile
Coordinates
24.6271° S, 70.4040° W
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3D map

Cerro Paranal 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.2 × 6.2 km

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Vertical scale
Topographic map

Cerro Paranal 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

Cerro Paranal elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Cerro Paranal weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 8°C (46°F) · Wind 13 km/h N

Cerro Paranal forecast for the summit, about 2,635 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,886 m.

  • Tonight8°–13 km/h NBase 13°
  • Sat10°18°–17 km/h NWBase 14 / 22°
  • Sun10°20°–18 km/h WBase 14 / 24°
  • Mon8°16°–25 km/h NWBase 13 / 20°
  • Tue9°16°–14 km/h NWBase 13 / 21°
  • Wed8°15°0.1 mm12 km/h NWBase 13 / 20°
  • Thu8°15°–15 km/h NWBase 13 / 20°
  • Fri8°16°–17 km/h NWBase 13 / 21°
  • Sat9°16°–14 km/h NWBase 13 / 20°
  • Sun10°17°–12 km/h NWBase 15 / 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 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Cerro Paranal

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Cerro Paranal, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest parking

    Control building parking

    0.2 km SW · +2 more within 2.3 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    Star Track Trailhead

    2.2 km SE

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 4
PlaceDistance
Control building parkingParking0.2 km SW
Parking0.2 km SW
Star Track TrailheadTrailhead2.2 km SE
Visitor ParkingParking2.3 km SE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 6.2 × 6.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 77% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
76.5%
Moderate, 15–30°
23.5%
Steep, 30–45°
0.1%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.1% of the 38 km² view
Relief in view
754 m low point 1,886 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 Paranal sits

Range
American Cordillera467Andes163Chilean Coast Range3
Region
Antofagasta Region10Chile76South America235
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,640 m at the summit; the official height is 2,635 m.Official 2,635 mThis map 2,640 m

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

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)2,635 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)2,640 m+5 m
Copernicus GLO-902,636 m+1 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 2026-03-08)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia