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San Miguel · 2,129 m · 8.3 km SE

Mountain · American Cordillera · San Miguel Department

Chinameca

1,300 m4,265 ft

Prominence: 50 m165 ft
Isolation: 1.2 km
Tonight: 16°CPartly cloudy · Wind 11 km/h NW

Chinameca is a 1,300 m (4,265 ft) mountain in the American Cordillera, San Miguel Department, El Salvador.

All facts

Elevation: 1,300 m · 4,265 ft
Nearest higher peak: San Miguel (2,129 m)
Range: American Cordillera
Region: San Miguel Department, El Salvador
Spanish name: Volcán Chinameca
Coordinates: 13.4804° N, 88.3290° W

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3D map

Chinameca 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Chinameca 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

Chinameca elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Chinameca weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 16°C (61°F) · 0.1 mm · Wind 11 km/h NW

Chinameca forecast for the summit, about 1,300 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 577 m.

Tonight16°0.1 mm11 km/h NWBase 20°
Sat16°24°0.1 mm13 km/h NWBase 20 / 29°
Sun16°25°–12 km/h NWBase 21 / 29°
Mon16°24°0.4 mm10 km/h NWBase 20 / 28°
Tue16°24°0.1 mm5 km/h WBase 21 / 29°
Wed17°25°0.2 mm4 km/h WBase 21 / 29°
Thu17°25°1.0 mm7 km/h WBase 21 / 29°
Fri18°24°1.0 mm7 km/h SEBase 22 / 29°
Sat17°26°0.2 mm4 km/h NWBase 21 / 30°
Sun16°26°–7 km/h WBase 21 / 30°

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

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

37.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

49.1%

Steep, 30–45°

13.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.4%

Steeper than 30°: 14.0% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 816 m low point 577 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 92.6%Grassland 7.0%

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; 76 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Giant red-winged grasshopper7
Bushy-crested Jay6
Common Squirrel-Cuckoo5
Altamira Oriole5
Black-throated Green Warbler5
Berylline Hummingbird5

Where it sits

Where Chinameca sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lake Ilopango440 m81 km WNW

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Print & wall

JPGChinameca satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-12-31.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,304 m at the summit; the official height is 1,300 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,300 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,304 m	+4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,297 m	-3 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 2025 (scene 2025-12-31)
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 · Wikipedia