Mount Baw Baw
- Prominence
- 89 m291 ft
- Isolation
- 1.9 km
- Tonight
- 9°CLight rain showers · Wind 21 km/h NW
Mount Baw Baw is a 1,567 m (5,141 ft) mountain in Victoria, Australia.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,567 m · 5,141 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mount Howitt (1,742 m)
- Region
- Victoria, Australia
- Coordinates
- 37.8388° S, 146.2751° E
Mount Baw Baw 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km
Mount Baw Baw 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.
Mount Baw Baw elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Mount Baw Baw weather
Today · Heavy rain · 9 / 17°C (48 / 63°F) · 10.3 mm · Wind 21 km/h NW
Mount Baw Baw forecast for the summit, about 1,567 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 648 m.
- Today9°17°10.3 mm21 km/h NWBase 15 / 23°
- Sun-1°11°29.6 mm22 km/h NWBase 4 / 17°
- Mon-2°3°8.0 mm19 km/h WBase 4 / 9°
- Tue-2°2°2.9 mm10 km/h WBase 4 / 8°
- Wed0°7°0.3 mm11 km/h WBase 6 / 12°
- Thu3°13°0.2 mm10 km/h NWBase 8 / 18°
- Fri5°9°9.5 mm21 km/h NBase 11 / 15°
- Sat1°9°20.8 mm12 km/h SWBase 6 / 15°
- Sun1°4°1.7 mm9 km/h SWBase 6 / 9°
- Mon4°12°–12 km/h NWBase 10 / 18°
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 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 2.0% of the 36 km² view
- Relief in view
- 925 m low point 648 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 394 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Correa Brown100
- Candle heath73
- Mauve leek orchid53
- Snow Gum52
- Alpine mint bush51
- Thrift-leaved Triggerplant50
Where Mount Baw Baw sits
Nearby places
Mount Baw Baw downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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GIS & GPS
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,568 m at the summit; the official height is 1,567 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,567 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,568 m | +1 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,565 m | -2 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 2026-02-20)
- 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
- 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