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Chaitén

1,122 m3,681 ft

Prominence: 434 m1,423 ft
Isolation: 1.8 km
Tonight: 4°CPartly cloudy · Wind 8 km/h E

Chaitén is a 1,122 m (3,681 ft) volcano in the Patagonian Andes, Los Lagos Region, Chile.

All facts

Elevation: 1,122 m · 3,681 ft
Nearest higher peak: Michinmahuida (2,404 m)
Range: Patagonian Andes
Region: Los Lagos Region, Chile
Spanish name: Volcán Chaitén
Coordinates: 42.8371° S, 72.6560° W

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3D map

Chaitén 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Chaitén 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

Chaitén elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Chaitén weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 4°C (39°F) · Wind 8 km/h E

Chaitén forecast for the summit, about 1,122 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 73 m.

Tonight4°–8 km/h EBase 10°
Sat4°12°4.5 mm11 km/h WBase 10 / 18°
Sun4°12°1.7 mm13 km/h SWBase 10 / 19°
Mon4°10°1.9 mm10 km/h SWBase 11 / 16°
Tue1°9°0.4 mm11 km/h SWBase 7 / 15°
Wed9°16°–4 km/h WBase 15 / 22°
Thu5°15°8.2 mm13 km/h NWBase 11 / 21°
Fri4°11°0.2 mm7 km/h WBase 10 / 17°
Sat3°13°39.5 mm18 km/h NBase 9 / 19°
Sun0°4°32.7 mm17 km/h NBase 6 / 11°

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Chaitén

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

Nearest parking
Sendero Volcán Chaitén
3.3 km NNW · +1 more within 6.3 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Camping El Volcán
6.3 km N
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Sendero Volcán ChaiténParking	3.3 km NNW
Camping El VolcánCampsite	6.3 km N
Parking	6.3 km N

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 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°

14.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

35.3%

Steep, 30–45°

43.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

6.3%

Steeper than 30°: 50.1% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,063 m low point 73 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 61.3%Grassland 21.6%Bare rock / sparse 16.7%

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

Where it sits

Where Chaitén sits

Ranked in 1

#45 Volcanoes in Chile

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

TronadorPeak · 3,491 m197 km NNE

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

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Print & wall

JPGChaitén satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-01-19.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

16 m low This 3D map reads 1,106 m at the summit; the official height is 1,122 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,122 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,106 m	-16 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,097 m	-25 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 2026-01-19)
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

Chaitén

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Data sources