Lake · San Martin Department

Laguna de las Momias

2,856 m9,370 ft

Area: 1.01 km²
Tonight: 10°CPartly cloudy · Wind 6 km/h NE

Laguna de las Momias is a lake at 2,856 m above sea level in San Martin Department, Peru, 1.01 km² in area and 2.3 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 2,856 m
Length: 2.3 km
Shoreline: 5.3 km

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Lake

Laguna de las Momias in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 5.3 km≈1¼ h to walk around

3D map

Laguna de las Momias 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Laguna de las Momias terrain and contours

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Laguna de las Momias elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Laguna de las Momias weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 10°C (50°F) · Wind 6 km/h NE

Laguna de las Momias forecast for about 2,856 m.

Tonight10°–6 km/h NE
Sat10°16°6.0 mm10 km/h E
Sun11°18°5.5 mm11 km/h NE
Mon11°15°17.3 mm5 km/h E
Tue9°14°27.0 mm4 km/h NE
Wed11°15°21.3 mm3 km/h N
Thu12°14°27.2 mm8 km/h NE
Fri11°14°18.7 mm4 km/h NE
Sat12°14°24.2 mm6 km/h NE
Sun11°15°5.3 mm9 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, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Laguna de las Momias

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

Nearest hut
Casa de Hospedaje de la Laguna de los Condores
1.0 km NNW
Directions Map

All mapped places 1

Place	Distance
Casa de Hospedaje de la Laguna de los CondoresHut	1.0 km NNW

Slope

Share of the 4.3 × 4.3 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

21.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

41.3%

Steep, 30–45°

27.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

9.5%

Steeper than 30°: 37.4% of the 18 km² view
Relief in view: 923 m low point 2,729 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 69.7%Grassland 12.3%Shrubland 11.8%Water 6.1%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2.2 km; 22 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Pinguicula rosmarieae3
Cyrtochilum ionodon2
Black-crowned Night Heron1
Amethyst-throated Sunangel1
Mountain Wren1
Barred Fruiteater1

Where it sits

Where Laguna de las Momias sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Laguna 69Lake · 4,625 m241 km S

Downloads

Laguna de las Momias downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGLaguna de las Momias satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-27.

3D printing & 3D apps

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 2026-08-27)
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
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Laguna de las Momias

West → east through the centre

Nearest hut