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Pichu Pichu
- Prominence
- 1,323 m4,340 ft
- Isolation
- 24 km
- Tonight
- -6°CLight snow · Wind 9 km/h SW
Pichu Pichu is a 5,665 m (18,586 ft) stratovolcano in the Cordillera Volcanic, Arequipa Department, Peru.
All facts
- Elevation
- 5,665 m · 18,586 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Misti (5,825 m)
- Range
- Cordillera Volcanic
- Region
- Arequipa Department, Peru
- Protected area
- Salinas and Aguada Blanca National Reservation
- Coordinates
- 16.4421° S, 71.2376° W
Pichu Pichu 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 9.2 × 9.2 km
Pichu Pichu 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.
Pichu Pichu elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Pichu Pichu weather
Tonight · Light snow · -6°C (21°F) · 1.9 mm · Wind 9 km/h SW
Pichu Pichu forecast for the summit, about 5,665 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 4,188 m.
- Tonight-6°1.9 mm9 km/h SWBase 3°
- Sat-7°0°6.0 mm17 km/h SWBase 2 / 9°
- Sun-6°2°4.5 mm17 km/h SWBase 3 / 11°
- Mon-9°-1°0.2 mm14 km/h SWBase 0 / 8°
- Tue-8°0°0.1 mm13 km/h SWBase 0 / 9°
- Wed-9°-4°5.4 mm12 km/h SWBase 0 / 5°
- Thu-9°-1°0.2 mm16 km/h SWBase 0 / 8°
- Fri-7°1°–15 km/h SWBase 2 / 10°
- Sat-8°1°–14 km/h SWBase 1 / 10°
- Sun-7°3°–15 km/h SWBase 1 / 11°
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 9.2 × 9.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 20.4% of the 85 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,465 m low point 4,188 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 Pichu Pichu sits
- Region
- Arequipa Department8Peru57South America235
- Protected area
- Salinas and Aguada Blanca National Reservation4
Nearby places
Pichu Pichu downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
11 m low This 3D map reads 5,654 m at the summit; the official height is 5,665 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 5,665 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 5,654 m | -11 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 5,640 m | -25 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 2026-07-19)
- 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, 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 · Wikipedia