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Nevado del Plomo · 6,070 m · 20 km NE

Mountain · Andes · Santiago Metropolitan Region

El Plomo

5,424 m17,795 ft

Prominence: 970 m3,182 ft
Isolation: 15 km
Tonight: -28°CFog · Wind 10 km/h N

El Plomo is a 5,424 m (17,795 ft) mountain in the Andes, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile.

All facts

Elevation: 5,424 m · 17,795 ft
Nearest higher peak: Nevado del Plomo (6,070 m)
Range: Andes
Region: Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
Coordinates: 33.2371° S, 70.2138° W

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3D map

El Plomo 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

El Plomo 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

El Plomo elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

El Plomo weather

Tonight · Fog · -28°C (-18°F) · Wind 10 km/h N

El Plomo forecast for the summit, about 5,424 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 3,122 m.

Tonight-28°–10 km/h NBase -14°
Sat-26°-19°0.9 mm13 km/h NWBase -12 / -5°
Sun-23°-11°6.4 mm12 km/h NEBase -9 / 3°
Mon-20°-14°21.0 mm9 km/h NBase -6 / 0°
Tue-21°-15°–4 km/h NEBase -7 / -1°
Wed-19°-11°–5 km/h NEBase -5 / 3°
Thu-21°-12°0.3 mm5 km/h NEBase -7 / 2°
Fri-19°-11°–5 km/h NEBase -5 / 3°
Sat-21°-12°0.9 mm6 km/h NBase -7 / 2°
Sun-24°-14°0.3 mm8 km/h NBase -10 / 0°

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near El Plomo

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

Nearest hut
Refugio Agostini
1.8 km SSW · +1 more within 3.2 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
La Hoya
2.7 km SSW · +2 more within 4.1 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 5

Place	Distance
Refugio AgostiniHut	1.8 km SSW
La HoyaCampsite	2.7 km SSW
Campamento FederaciónCampsite	3.1 km SSW
Refugio Cristóbal Bizzarri LyonHut	3.2 km SSW
Campsite	4.1 km S

Slope

Share of the 7.8 × 7.8 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°

13.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

31.0%

Steep, 30–45°

41.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

13.2%

Steeper than 30°: 55.0% of the 61 km² view
Relief in view: 2,317 m low point 3,122 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 64.2%Snow & ice 35.2%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.9 km, measured from the El Plomo summit.

Summit list 8

1Punta Parsifal5,370 m 1.0 km WNW
2Punta Santiago5,083 m 1.8 km W
3Cerro Littoria5,352 m 2.2 km NNW
4Punta Hermandad4,930 m 2.8 km W
5Morro de los Castaños4,736 m 2.8 km E
6Cerro Leonera4,954 m 2.8 km WSW
7Punta Verde4,735 m 3.0 km SSE
8Cerro Fickenscher5,352 m 3.4 km N

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.9 km; 25 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Andean Condor21
Leopard Smooth-throated Lizard7
Kageneckia angustifolia4
Austrocactus spiniflorus3
El Plomo Smooth-throated Lizard2
Eriosyce curvispina2

Where it sits

Where El Plomo sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

MarmolejoPeak · 6,108 m62 km SSE

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

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Print & wall

JPGEl Plomo satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-18.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

15 m high This 3D map reads 5,439 m at the summit; the official height is 5,424 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model measures the surface, snow, ice and trees included, and official heights can come from older surveys.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	5,424 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	5,439 m	+15 m
Copernicus GLO-90	5,435 m	+11 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 2026-03-18)
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

El Plomo

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest campsite

Data sources