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Cumbal

4,764 m15,630 ft

Prominence: 1,580 m5,185 ft
Isolation: 83 km
Tonight: -3°CLight sleet · Wind 6 km/h SE

Cumbal is a 4,764 m (15,630 ft) volcano in the Cordillera Occidental, Nariño Department, Colombia.

All facts

Elevation: 4,764 m · 15,630 ft
Nearest higher peak: Cotacachi (4,935 m)
Range: Cordillera Occidental
Region: Nariño Department, Colombia
Spanish name: nevado del cumbal
Coordinates: 0.9554° N, 77.8865° W

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3D map

Cumbal 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Cumbal terrain and contours

100 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 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Cumbal elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Cumbal weather

Tonight · Light sleet · -3°C (27°F) · 1.5 mm · Wind 6 km/h SE

Cumbal forecast for the summit, about 4,764 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,210 m.

Tonight-3°1.5 mm6 km/h SEBase 12°
Sat-3°6°21.3 mm13 km/h NWBase 12 / 21°
Sun-2°5°22.9 mm11 km/h NWBase 13 / 20°
Mon-3°3°13.2 mm7 km/h NWBase 13 / 19°
Tue-2°3°20.2 mm9 km/h NWBase 14 / 19°
Wed0°3°28.6 mm10 km/h NWBase 15 / 18°
Thu-2°2°20.2 mm5 km/h NBase 13 / 17°
Fri-1°2°23.0 mm5 km/h NBase 14 / 17°
Sat0°1°25.6 mm7 km/h NWBase 15 / 17°
Sun-3°3°27.5 mm6 km/h NWBase 13 / 18°

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 Cumbal

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

Nearest campsite
Camping
4.9 km SE
Directions Map
Nearest hut
Laguna de la bolsa
7.1 km ESE
Directions Map

All mapped places 2

Place	Distance
CampingCampsite	4.9 km SE
Laguna de la bolsaHut	7.1 km ESE

Slope

Share of the 10.4 × 10.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

39.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

44.0%

Steep, 30–45°

14.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

2.3%

Steeper than 30°: 16.5% of the 108 km² view
Relief in view: 2,544 m low point 2,210 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 59.2%Trees 24.8%Bare rock / sparse 8.9%Shrubland 6.2%Cropland 1.0%

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 5.2 km; 21 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Espeletia pycnophylla9
Bomarea linifolia4
Werneria humilis4
Pinguicula calyptrata3
Hypericum laricifolium2
Puya clava-herculis2

Where it sits

Where Cumbal sits

Ranked in 1

#2 Volcanoes in Colombia

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

CayambePeak · 5,790 m104 km S

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

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Print & wall

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 4,754 m at the summit; the official height is 4,764 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	4,764 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	4,754 m	-10 m
Copernicus GLO-90	4,744 m	-20 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.
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

Cumbal

West → east through the summit

Nearest campsite

Nearest hut

Data sources