Cerro Mesón Alto · 5,257 m · 4.5 km SE

Lake · Chile

Embalse El Yeso

2,553 m8,376 ft

Area: 6.84 km²
Tonight: -6°CPartly cloudy · Wind 7 km/h E

Embalse El Yeso is a lake at 2,553 m above sea level in Chile, 6.84 km² in area and 5.4 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 2,553 m
Length: 5.4 km
Shoreline: 16.9 km

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Lake

Embalse El Yeso in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 16.9 km≈4¼ h to walk around

3D map

Embalse El Yeso 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 7.4 × 7.4 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Embalse El Yeso 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 centre

Embalse El Yeso elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Embalse El Yeso weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -6°C (21°F) · Wind 7 km/h E

Embalse El Yeso forecast for about 2,553 m.

Tonight-6°–7 km/h E
Sat-6°0°1.3 mm10 km/h E
Sun-3°7°2.3 mm9 km/h E
Mon-1°3°15.9 mm5 km/h NE
Tue-2°3°–6 km/h SE
Wed1°7°–7 km/h SE
Thu-4°6°0.2 mm8 km/h E
Fri1°7°0.1 mm6 km/h SE
Sat1°5°0.7 mm3 km/h E
Sun-3°5°2.5 mm8 km/h E

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.

Slope

Share of the 7.4 × 7.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

26.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

25.5%

Steep, 30–45°

42.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

5.4%

Steeper than 30°: 48.3% of the 55 km² view
Relief in view: 2,753 m low point 2,387 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 70.4%Water 14.3%Grassland 11.7%Snow & ice 3.5%

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

Where it sits

Where Embalse El Yeso sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGEmbalse El Yeso satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-30.

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GIS & GPS

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Sources

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 2026-03-30)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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 · Wikipedia