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Mountain · Cordillera Oriental · Potosí Department

Cerro Rico

4,800 m15,748 ft

Prominence: 451 m1,480 ft
Isolation: 5.0 km
Tonight: 1°CRain · Wind 21 km/h NW

Cerro Rico is a 4,800 m (15,748 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Oriental, Potosí Department, Bolivia.

All facts

Elevation: 4,800 m · 15,748 ft
Nearest higher peak: Khari Khari (5,040 m)
Range: Cordillera Oriental
Region: Potosí Department, Bolivia
Coordinates: 19.6190° S, 65.7499° W

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3D map

Cerro Rico 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Cerro Rico 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 Rico elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Cerro Rico weather

Tonight · Rain · 1°C (34°F) · 0.9 mm · Wind 21 km/h NW

Cerro Rico forecast for the summit, about 4,800 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 3,786 m.

Tonight1°0.9 mm21 km/h NWBase 7°
Sat0°13°0.7 mm26 km/h WBase 6 / 19°
Sun-1°15°0.3 mm27 km/h WBase 5 / 21°
Mon0°14°–23 km/h WBase 6 / 20°
Tue-1°12°0.9 mm21 km/h WBase 5 / 18°
Wed-3°5°5.1 mm11 km/h NWBase 3 / 11°
Thu-3°10°–23 km/h WBase 3 / 16°
Fri-1°11°–24 km/h NWBase 5 / 17°
Sat-1°12°–23 km/h WBase 5 / 18°
Sun1°15°–14 km/h WBase 7 / 21°

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.

Mostly gentle: 54% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

53.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

42.0%

Steep, 30–45°

4.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 4.4% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 973 m low point 3,786 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 47.3%Grassland 41.6%Built-up 9.3%Water 1.1%Shrubland 0.5%

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 3 km; 34 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Caiophora chuquitensis6
Puna Ibis3
Black-hooded Sierra-Finch3
Black-winged Ground Dove2
Perezia multiflora2
Colle2

Where it sits

Where Cerro Rico sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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

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Print & wall

JPGCerro Rico satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-28.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

41 m low This 3D map reads 4,759 m at the summit; the official height is 4,800 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 49 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	4,800 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	4,759 m	-41 m
Copernicus GLO-90	4,751 m	-49 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 2026-09-28)
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
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