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Pastoruri Glacier
- Area
- 1.29 km²
- Lowest point
- 4,862 m
- Tonight
- -3°CLight sleet · Wind 10 km/h E
Pastoruri Glacier in Áncash Department, Peru covers 1.29 km² and spans 4,862–5,182 m above sea level.
All facts
- Highest point
- 5,182 m
Pastoruri Glacier: size and slope
Drawn to scale from the OpenStreetMap outline and the Copernicus 30 m terrain model.
- Vertical range
- 320 m
- Mean slope
- 19°
- Faces
- westafternoon sun
Pastoruri Glacier 3D map
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Pastoruri Glacier 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.
Pastoruri Glacier elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Pastoruri Glacier weather
Tonight · Light sleet · -3°C (27°F) · 0.5 mm · Wind 10 km/h E
Pastoruri Glacier forecast for about 5,182 m.
- Tonight-3°0.5 mm10 km/h E
- Sat-3°6°7.3 mm13 km/h NE
- Sun-3°5°9.2 mm13 km/h N
- Mon-3°6°1.4 mm19 km/h W
- Tue-6°7°0.8 mm17 km/h W
- Wed-4°7°0.4 mm15 km/h W
- Thu-4°7°0.6 mm14 km/h W
- Fri-6°7°2.7 mm10 km/h SW
- Sat-3°7°1.2 mm10 km/h SW
- Sun-2°6°5.8 mm10 km/h E
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.
Camping & parking near Pastoruri Glacier
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Pastoruri Glacier, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
2.3 km N
Nearest campsite
Bivouac closed to pastors
All mapped places 2
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 2.3 km N |
| Bivouac closed to pastorsCampsite | 4.7 km NW |
Slope
Share of the 3.1 × 3.1 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 26.9% of the 10 km² view
- Relief in view
- 873 m low point 4,515 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.
Where Pastoruri Glacier sits
- Region
- Áncash Department17Peru57South America235
- Protected area
- Huascarán National Park13
Nearby places
Nevado PastoruriPeak · 5,240 m↑1.0 km SW
JirishancaPeak · 6,094 m↑46 km SE
Yerupaja ChicoPeak · 6,121 m↑48 km SE
RasacPeak · 6,017 m↑49 km SE
YerupajáPeak · 6,635 m↑49 km SE
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- 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 2026-06-11)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- 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)