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Mountain · Cordillera Real · La Paz Department

Janq'u Uma

6,425 m21,079 ft

Prominence: 1,957 m6,421 ft
Isolation: at least 200 km
Tonight: -11°CLight snow · Wind 10 km/h W

Janq'u Uma is a 6,425 m (21,079 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Real, La Paz Department, Bolivia.

All facts

Elevation: 6,425 m · 21,079 ft
Nearest higher peak: Illampu (6,485 m)
Range: Cordillera Real
Region: La Paz Department, Bolivia
Spanish name: Ancohuma
Coordinates: 15.8546° S, 68.5418° W

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3D map

Janq'u Uma 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Janq'u Uma 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

Janq'u Uma elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Janq'u Uma weather

Tonight · Light snow · -11°C (12°F) · 1.8 mm · Wind 10 km/h W

Janq'u Uma forecast for the summit, about 6,425 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 3,450 m.

Tonight-11°1.8 mm10 km/h WBase 7°
Sat-10°-3°2.4 mm18 km/h WBase 8 / 15°
Sun-13°-3°19.0 mm21 km/h NBase 5 / 15°
Mon-12°-7°4.7 mm7 km/h SWBase 6 / 11°
Tue-11°-6°2.1 mm9 km/h WBase 6 / 12°
Wed-11°-5°11.3 mm10 km/h NBase 7 / 12°
Thu-12°-5°0.1 mm13 km/h WBase 6 / 13°
Fri-10°-4°1.6 mm10 km/h NWBase 8 / 14°
Sat-10°-3°1.7 mm11 km/h WBase 8 / 15°
Sun-10°-3°0.7 mm9 km/h WBase 8 / 15°

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

Share of the 11.8 × 11.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

20.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

42.7%

Steep, 30–45°

29.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

7.8%

Steeper than 30°: 37.0% of the 139 km² view
Relief in view: 2,966 m low point 3,450 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 43.9%Bare rock / sparse 31.5%Grassland 23.6%Water 0.6%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 5.9 km, measured from the Janq'u Uma summit.

Summit list 5

1Cerro Wakana6,200 m 1.3 km SSW
2Cima 2505,756 m 3.5 km SSE
3Cerro Pirámide5,907 m 3.5 km SSW
4Illampu6,368 m 4.3 km N
5Pico del Norte6,070 m 5.9 km NNE

Where it sits

Where Janq'u Uma sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

TacoraPeak · 5,960 m246 km SSW

Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGJanq'u Uma satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2024-06-09.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 6,416 m at the summit; the official height is 6,425 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	6,425 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	6,416 m	-9 m
Copernicus GLO-90	6,404 m	-21 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 2024 (scene 2024-06-09)
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