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Monte Pissis

6,795 m22,293 ft

Prominence: 2,150 m7,054 ft
Isolation: 76 km
Tonight: -26°CPartly cloudy · Wind 30 km/h NW

Monte Pissis is a 6,795 m (22,293 ft) mountain in the Andes, La Rioja Province, Argentina.

All facts

Elevation: 6,795 m · 22,293 ft
Nearest higher peak: Ojos del Salado (6,893 m)
Range: Andes
Region: La Rioja Province, Argentina
Coordinates: 27.7546° S, 68.7988° W

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3D map

Monte Pissis 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Monte Pissis 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

Monte Pissis elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Monte Pissis weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -26°C (-15°F) · Wind 30 km/h NW

Monte Pissis forecast for the summit, about 6,795 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 4,811 m.

Tonight-26°–30 km/h NWBase -14°
Sat-28°-20°–32 km/h WBase -16 / -8°
Sun-25°-16°–25 km/h WBase -13 / -4°
Mon-23°-18°1.8 mm19 km/h NWBase -11 / -6°
Tue-26°-19°0.1 mm24 km/h NWBase -14 / -7°
Wed-22°-18°4.3 mm15 km/h NWBase -10 / -7°
Thu-27°-19°1.4 mm19 km/h NWBase -15 / -7°
Fri-26°-18°0.1 mm15 km/h NWBase -14 / -6°
Sat-27°-19°0.2 mm23 km/h NWBase -15 / -7°
Sun-25°-17°–21 km/h NWBase -13 / -5°

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 12.6 × 12.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

48.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

44.7%

Steep, 30–45°

7.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 7.1% of the 159 km² view
Relief in view: 1,979 m low point 4,811 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 62.3%Snow & ice 36.5%Grassland 1.1%

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

Where it sits

Where Monte Pissis sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Print & wall

JPGMonte Pissis satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-25.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 6,791 m at the summit; the official height is 6,795 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	6,795 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	6,791 m	-4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	6,785 m	-10 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 2026-03-25)
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