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Stratovolcano · Cordillera Occidental · Potosí Department

Ollagüe

5,870 m19,259 ft

Prominence: 1,698 m5,571 ft
Isolation: 19 km
Tonight: -9°CPartly cloudy · Wind 20 km/h SW

Ollagüe is a 5,870 m (19,259 ft) stratovolcano in the Cordillera Occidental, Potosí Department, Chile.

All facts

Elevation: 5,870 m · 19,259 ft
Nearest higher peak: Cerro Cañapa (5,882 m)
Range: Cordillera Occidental
Region: Potosí Department, Chile
Spanish name: Volcán Ollagüe
Coordinates: 21.3021° S, 68.1790° W

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3D map

Ollagüe 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Ollagüe 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

Ollagüe elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Ollagüe weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -9°C (16°F) · Wind 20 km/h SW

Ollagüe forecast for the summit, about 5,870 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 3,793 m.

Tonight-9°–20 km/h SWBase 4°
Sat-11°4°–31 km/h SWBase 1 / 17°
Sun-10°6°–29 km/h SWBase 2 / 18°
Mon-9°2°–21 km/h SWBase 4 / 14°
Tue-11°2°–21 km/h SWBase 1 / 14°
Wed-11°3°–14 km/h WBase 1 / 16°
Thu-12°2°–17 km/h WBase 1 / 14°
Fri-11°3°–14 km/h SWBase 2 / 16°
Sat-11°3°–20 km/h SWBase 2 / 15°
Sun-10°6°–17 km/h SWBase 3 / 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, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 10.8 × 10.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 52% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

51.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

38.7%

Steep, 30–45°

9.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.2%

Steeper than 30°: 9.6% of the 117 km² view
Relief in view: 2,070 m low point 3,793 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 81.2%Grassland 18.8%

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

Where it sits

Where Ollagüe sits

Ranked in 1

#16 Volcanoes in Chile

Nearby

Nearby places

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

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JPGOllagüe satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-08.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 5,862 m at the summit; the official height is 5,870 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	5,870 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	5,862 m	-8 m
Copernicus GLO-90	5,856 m	-14 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 2026-03-08)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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