Lake · Junín Department

Lake Junín

4,080 m13,386 ft

Area: 143 km²
Max depth: 281 m
Tonight: 5°CCloudy · Wind 12 km/h E

Lake Junín is a lake at 4,080 m above sea level in Junín Department, Peru, 143 km² in area and 21.0 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 4,080 m
Length: 21.0 km
Shoreline: 53.8 km

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Lake

Lake Junín in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 53.8 km

3D map

Lake Junín 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Lake Junín terrain and contours

20 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 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Junín elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lake Junín weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 5°C (41°F) · 0.1 mm · Wind 12 km/h E

Lake Junín forecast for about 4,080 m.

Tonight5°0.1 mm12 km/h E
Sat5°13°16.0 mm18 km/h NE
Sun5°12°17.6 mm18 km/h NE
Mon4°13°1.4 mm11 km/h SW
Tue3°13°3.3 mm4 km/h NW
Wed3°13°0.1 mm13 km/h SW
Thu0°13°–14 km/h SW
Fri4°13°3.2 mm8 km/h NW
Sat3°13°3.5 mm6 km/h NE
Sun4°12°8.7 mm13 km/h NE

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 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 92% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

92.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

7.8%

Steep, 30–45°

0.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.1% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 543 m low point 4,004 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 39.3%Grassland 34.1%Wetland 26.3%

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 10 km; 129 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Chilean Flamingo35
Puna Ibis20
Variable Hawk19
Puna Teal18
Slate-colored Coot16
Peruvian Sierra-Finch16

Where it sits

Where Lake Junín sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Morro SolarPeak · 100 m159 km SW

Downloads

Lake Junín downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGLake Junín satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-07.

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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 2026-08-07)
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
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia