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Nevado Sajama

6,542 m21,463 ft

Prominence: 2,428 m7,966 ft
Isolation: at least 200 km
Tonight: -11°CLight snow · Wind 12 km/h SW

Nevado Sajama is a 6,542 m (21,463 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Occidental, Oruro Department, Bolivia.

All facts

Elevation: 6,542 m · 21,463 ft
Range: Cordillera Occidental
Region: Oruro Department, Bolivia
Protected area: Sajama National Park
Coordinates: 18.1085° S, 68.8826° W

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3D map

Nevado Sajama 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Nevado Sajama 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

Nevado Sajama elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Nevado Sajama weather

Tonight · Light snow · -11°C (12°F) · 1.0 mm · Wind 12 km/h SW

Nevado Sajama forecast for the summit, about 6,542 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 4,138 m.

Tonight-11°1.0 mm12 km/h SWBase 4°
Sat-11°0°0.4 mm22 km/h SWBase 3 / 15°
Sun-12°3°–23 km/h SWBase 3 / 17°
Mon-10°0°–18 km/h SWBase 4 / 14°
Tue-13°0°–18 km/h SWBase 1 / 15°
Wed-14°-2°0.1 mm17 km/h WBase 0 / 13°
Thu-15°-2°–15 km/h WBase -1 / 13°
Fri-12°1°–15 km/h WBase 3 / 15°
Sat-13°1°–17 km/h WBase 1 / 16°
Sun-11°3°–11 km/h SWBase 3 / 17°

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 13.8 × 13.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 58% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

58.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

31.8%

Steep, 30–45°

8.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.1%

Steeper than 30°: 9.8% of the 190 km² view
Relief in view: 2,406 m low point 4,138 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 69.4%Grassland 28.9%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 6.9 km; 15 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Yareta13
Nototriche turritella4
Vicuña4
Polylepis tarapacana3
Mountain Viscacha3
Puna Ibis1

Where it sits

Where Nevado Sajama sits

Ranked in 1

#7 Country high points

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Azapa Valley157 m146 km WSW

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

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Print & wall

JPGNevado Sajama satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-22.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 6,544 m at the summit; the official height is 6,542 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	6,542 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	6,544 m	+2 m
Copernicus GLO-90	6,541 m	-1 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 2026-09-22)
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)
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