Shield volcano · Galapagos Islands · Galápagos Province

Las Cumbres

1,476 m4,843 ft

Isolation: 43 km
Tonight: 16°CPartly cloudy · Wind 21 km/h SE

Las Cumbres is a 1,476 m (4,843 ft) shield volcano in the Galapagos Islands, Galápagos Province, Ecuador.

All facts

Elevation: 1,476 m · 4,843 ft
Prominence: 1,476 m · 4,843 ft
Nearest higher peak: Volcán Wolf (1,707 m)
Range: Galapagos Islands
Region: Galápagos Province, Ecuador
Spanish name: La Cumbre
Coordinates: 0.3532° S, 91.5254° W

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3D map

Las Cumbres 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Las Cumbres 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 summit

Las Cumbres elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Las Cumbres weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 16°C (61°F) · 0.3 mm · Wind 21 km/h SE

Las Cumbres forecast for the summit, about 1,476 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 139 m.

Tonight16°0.3 mm21 km/h SEBase 24°
Sat16°22°2.9 mm31 km/h SBase 24 / 30°
Sun15°24°2.0 mm22 km/h SEBase 23 / 32°
Mon16°20°6.1 mm12 km/h SBase 24 / 28°
Tue16°20°7.2 mm10 km/h SWBase 24 / 28°
Wed16°21°7.4 mm3 km/h NWBase 24 / 29°
Thu16°21°11.6 mm4 km/h SBase 24 / 29°
Fri15°22°7.2 mm9 km/h SEBase 23 / 30°
Sat16°18°9.9 mm8 km/h SEBase 24 / 26°
Sun16°21°9.0 mm3 km/h SEBase 24 / 29°

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, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 10 × 10 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 61% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

61.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

27.2%

Steep, 30–45°

8.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

2.6%

Steeper than 30°: 11.5% of the 100 km² view
Relief in view: 1,335 m low point 139 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 62.7%Shrubland 21.3%Grassland 12.0%Water 4.0%

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 5 km; 57 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Marine Iguana129
Green Sea Turtle22
Galápagos Sea Lion12
Sally Lightfoot Crab10
Isabela Lava Lizard9
Galápagos Hawk7

Where it sits

Where Las Cumbres sits

Nearby

Nearby places

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGLas Cumbres satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-26.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,474 m at the summit; the official height is 1,476 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,476 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,474 m	-2 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,471 m	-5 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 2026-03-26)
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 · Wikipedia