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Volcano · Bolívar Department

El Totumo

15 m49 ft
Prominence
9 m29 ft
Isolation
1.3 km
Tonight
25°CLight rain · Wind 18 km/h S

El Totumo is a 15 m (49 ft) volcano in Bolívar Department, Colombia.

All facts
Elevation
15 m · 49 ft
Nearest higher peak
Pico Simón Bolívar (5,775 m)
Region
Bolívar Department, Colombia
Spanish name
Volcán del Totumo
Coordinates
10.7449° N, 75.2424° W
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3D map

El Totumo 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

El Totumo terrain and contours

5 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 25 mShowing west → east through the summit

El Totumo elevation profile

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

El Totumo weather

Tonight · Light rain · 25°C (77°F) · 5.1 mm · Wind 18 km/h S

El Totumo forecast for the summit, about 15 m.

  • Tonight25°5.1 mm18 km/h S
  • Sat24°29°22.7 mm17 km/h SW
  • Sun25°29°17.7 mm20 km/h W
  • Mon24°27°42.6 mm19 km/h S
  • Tue25°28°3.6 mm9 km/h S
  • Wed25°28°3.9 mm9 km/h NW
  • Thu26°29°8.2 mm10 km/h NW
  • Fri25°27°11.6 mm17 km/h NW
  • Sat25°28°8.6 mm9 km/h S
  • Sun26°30°5.5 mm9 km/h SE

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

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
100.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.0%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view
71 m low point -3 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 36.7%Grassland 25.6%Wetland 16.5%Trees 14.3%Cropland 2.9%Built-up 1.8%Shrubland 1.3%

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

Where it sits

Where El Totumo sits

Region
Colombia25South America235
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Nearby

Nearby places

Downloads

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

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

11 m high This 3D map reads 26 m at the summit; the official height is 15 m.Official 15 mThis map 26 m

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

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)15 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)26 m+11 m
Copernicus GLO-9024 m+9 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 2025-12-26)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
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