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Pico Alto

587 m1,926 ft

Isolation: 86 km
Tonight: 18°CPartly cloudy · Wind 12 km/h SW

Pico Alto is a 587 m (1,926 ft) mountain in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Azores, Portugal.

All facts

Elevation: 587 m · 1,926 ft
Prominence: 587 m · 1,926 ft
Nearest higher peak: Pico da Vara (1,103 m)
Range: Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Region: Azores, Portugal
Coordinates: 36.9829° N, 25.0907° W

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3D map

Pico Alto 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Pico Alto terrain and contours

20 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 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Pico Alto elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Pico Alto weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 18°C (64°F) · Wind 12 km/h SW

Pico Alto forecast for the summit, about 587 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 0 m.

Tonight18°–12 km/h SWBase 21°
Sat18°18°–22 km/h SWBase 21 / 21°
Sun18°19°1.3 mm41 km/h SWBase 21 / 22°
Mon16°19°2.5 mm42 km/h SWBase 20 / 23°
Tue17°17°1.9 mm30 km/h EBase 20 / 21°
Wed19°19°22.8 mm48 km/h SWBase 22 / 22°
Thu16°17°13.2 mm32 km/h NBase 19 / 21°
Fri16°16°0.5 mm40 km/h NEBase 19 / 19°
Sat16°16°1.2 mm31 km/h NEBase 19 / 20°
Sun17°17°13.6 mm46 km/h SBase 20 / 20°

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 6.4 × 6.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 55% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

55.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

35.3%

Steep, 30–45°

8.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.1%

Steeper than 30°: 9.4% of the 41 km² view
Relief in view: 576 m low point 0 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 51.7%Grassland 44.2%Water 3.1%Built-up 0.6%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.2 km, measured from the Pico Alto summit.

Summit list 6

1Caldeira483 m 1.5 km N
2Monteiro275 m 1.8 km W
3Pico Vermelho325 m 2.7 km E
4Pico do Norte300 m 3.0 km NE
5Cavacas494 m 3.1 km SSE
6Monte Delgado254 m 3.2 km NNW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.2 km; 270 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Leptaxis minor33
Kahili ginger22
Azores Blueberry22
Balea heydeni21
Fairy Stonecrop20
Azorean Picconia19

Where it sits

Where Pico Alto sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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

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Print & wall

JPGPico Alto satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-12.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

11 m low This 3D map reads 576 m at the summit; the official height is 587 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	587 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	576 m	-11 m
Copernicus GLO-90	568 m	-19 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 2026-08-12)
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: 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