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Galeras

4,276 m14,029 ft

Prominence: 1,138 m3,734 ft
Isolation: 65 km
Tonight: -1°CLight rain · Wind 9 km/h SE

Galeras is a 4,276 m (14,029 ft) volcano in the Andes, Nariño Department, Colombia.

All facts

Elevation: 4,276 m · 14,029 ft
Nearest higher peak: Cumbal (4,764 m)
Range: Andes
Region: Nariño Department, Colombia
Protected area: Galeras Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
Spanish name: Volcán Galeras
Coordinates: 1.2199° N, 77.3532° W

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3D map

Galeras 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Galeras 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

Galeras elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Galeras weather

Tonight · Light rain · -1°C (30°F) · 0.7 mm · Wind 9 km/h SE

Galeras forecast for the summit, about 4,276 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,370 m.

Tonight-1°0.7 mm9 km/h SEBase 10°
Sat-1°11°20.9 mm13 km/h NBase 10 / 22°
Sun0°9°23.3 mm11 km/h NWBase 11 / 21°
Mon0°7°16.1 mm8 km/h SEBase 11 / 19°
Tue1°8°6.5 mm7 km/h NWBase 12 / 20°
Wed0°6°16.0 mm5 km/h NWBase 12 / 17°
Thu2°5°31.6 mm5 km/h NWBase 13 / 16°
Fri2°5°22.2 mm3 km/h NWBase 14 / 17°
Sat2°5°26.0 mm4 km/h NWBase 13 / 17°
Sun-1°6°23.3 mm6 km/h NWBase 11 / 17°

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 Galeras

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

Nearest parking
6.0 km E
+2 more within 6.1 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Parking	6.0 km E
Parking	6.1 km E
Parking	6.1 km ENE

Slope

Share of the 8.6 × 8.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

24.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

49.2%

Steep, 30–45°

23.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

3.5%

Steeper than 30°: 26.8% of the 74 km² view
Relief in view: 1,853 m low point 2,370 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 55.1%Grassland 35.4%Shrubland 4.7%Bare rock / sparse 4.1%

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

Where it sits

Where Galeras sits

Ranked in 1

#5 Volcanoes in Colombia

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Imbabura VolcanoPeak · 4,610 m142 km SW

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

53 m low This 3D map reads 4,223 m at the summit; the official height is 4,276 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 64 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	4,276 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	4,223 m	-53 m
Copernicus GLO-90	4,212 m	-64 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

Galeras

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

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