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Lanín

3,776 m12,388 ft
Prominence
2,624 m8,609 ft
Isolation
at least 200 km
Region
Argentina
Tonight
-15°CLight snow showers · Wind 7 km/h S

Lanín is a 3,776 m (12,388 ft) volcano in the Patagonian Andes, Argentina.

All facts
Elevation
3,776 m · 12,388 ft
Range
Patagonian Andes
Protected area
Lanín National Park
Coordinates
39.6374° S, 71.5026° W
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3D map

Lanín 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 14.4 × 14.4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lanín 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

Lanín elevation profile

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Lanín weather

Tonight · Light snow showers · -15°C (5°F) · 1.4 mm · Wind 7 km/h S

Lanín forecast for the summit, about 3,776 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 897 m.

  • Tonight-15°1.4 mm7 km/h SBase 3°
  • Sat-12°-5°–9 km/h SEBase 6 / 12°
  • Sun-12°-4°–11 km/h SEBase 5 / 14°
  • Mon-12°-6°1.7 mm9 km/h SEBase 5 / 11°
  • Tue-10°-4°–4 km/h SWBase 7 / 13°
  • Wed-9°-1°–9 km/h EBase 8 / 16°
  • Thu-10°-1°0.7 mm8 km/h NWBase 7 / 17°
  • Fri-10°-3°–6 km/h NWBase 7 / 15°
  • Sat-11°-4°18.7 mm14 km/h NWBase 6 / 14°
  • Sun-14°-8°2.2 mm18 km/h NWBase 3 / 9°

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

Slope

Share of the 14.4 × 14.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°
38.6%
Moderate, 15–30°
39.8%
Steep, 30–45°
20.1%
Cliffs, 45° and over
1.5%
Steeper than 30°
21.6% of the 207 km² view
Relief in view
2,849 m low point 897 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 37.1%Trees 32.0%Grassland 24.4%Snow & ice 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 7.2 km; 167 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Monkey-puzzle57
  • Common Painted Smooth-throated Lizard40
  • Rhodolirium andicola21
  • Quinchamali15
  • Six-banded Patagonian Lizard13
  • Peruvian Lily12
Where it sits

Where Lanín sits

Range
American Cordillera467Andes163Patagonian Andes17
Region
Chile76Argentina42South America235
Ranked in 1
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Patagonian Andes 6
See all 17 in the Patagonian Andes →
Downloads

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

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

30 m low This 3D map reads 3,746 m at the summit; the official height is 3,776 m.Official 3,776 m90 m model 3,736 mThis map 3,746 m

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 40 m.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)3,776 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)3,746 m-30 m
Copernicus GLO-903,736 m-40 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 2026 (scene 2026-01-19)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
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