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Lonquimay

2,865 m9,400 ft

Prominence: 1,534 m5,034 ft
Isolation: 37 km
Tonight: -11°CFair · Wind 12 km/h NE

Lonquimay is a 2,865 m (9,400 ft) volcano in the Andes, Araucanía Region, Chile.

All facts

Elevation: 2,865 m · 9,400 ft
Nearest higher peak: Llaima (3,125 m)
Range: Andes
Region: Araucanía Region, Chile
Spanish name: Volcán Lonquimay
Coordinates: 38.3799° S, 71.5857° W

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3D map

Lonquimay 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Lonquimay topographic map

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

Lonquimay 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.

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGLonquimay satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-01-29.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Weather

Lonquimay weather

Tonight · Fair · -11°C (12°F) · Wind 12 km/h NE

Lonquimay forecast for the summit, about 2,865 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,187 m.

Tonight-11°–12 km/h NEBase 0°
Sat-8°2°–15 km/h SWBase 2 / 12°
Sun-5°5°–14 km/h EBase 5 / 15°
Mon-6°1°3.4 mm8 km/h EBase 4 / 11°
Tue-5°2°–8 km/h EBase 5 / 13°
Wed-4°7°–12 km/h NEBase 7 / 17°
Thu-3°7°0.8 mm11 km/h WBase 7 / 17°
Fri-4°6°0.1 mm9 km/h WBase 6 / 16°
Sat-4°4°9.6 mm18 km/h NWBase 6 / 14°
Sun-7°-3°6.8 mm17 km/h NWBase 3 / 7°

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 10.2 × 10.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

49.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

41.2%

Steep, 30–45°

9.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.1%

Steeper than 30°: 9.2% of the 104 km² view
Relief in view: 1,667 m low point 1,187 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 61.2%Grassland 21.1%Trees 15.5%Snow & ice 1.6%

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 5.1 km; 124 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Monkey-puzzle16
Chaetanthera villosa13
Pinnasa nana13
Peruvian Lily9
Pozoa volcanica9
Chilla8

Where it sits

Where Lonquimay sits

Ranked in 1

#33 Volcanoes in Chile

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

CopahuePeak · 2,997 m68 km NNE

How accurate is this?

11 m low This 3D map reads 2,854 m at the summit; the official height is 2,865 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,865 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,854 m	-11 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,841 m	-24 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 2026-01-29)
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