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Pico da Bandeira

2,891 m9,486 ft
Prominence
2,641 m8,665 ft
Isolation
at least 200 km
Tonight
7°CRain · Wind 14 km/h N

Pico da Bandeira is a 2,891 m (9,486 ft) mountain in the Caparaó Mountains, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

All facts
Elevation
2,891 m · 9,486 ft
Range
Caparaó Mountains
Region
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Coordinates
20.4343° S, 41.7963° W
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3D map

Pico da Bandeira 3D map

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Vertical scale
Topographic map

Pico da Bandeira topographic map

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

Pico da Bandeira elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Pico da Bandeira weather

Tonight · Rain · 7°C (45°F) · 4.0 mm · Wind 14 km/h N

Pico da Bandeira forecast for the summit, about 2,891 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 792 m.

  • Tonight7°4.0 mm14 km/h NBase 20°
  • Sat7°15°1.5 mm18 km/h NBase 20 / 27°
  • Sun9°16°5.7 mm24 km/h NWBase 22 / 29°
  • Mon3°13°33.3 mm14 km/h NWBase 16 / 25°
  • Tue4°7°2.8 mm4 km/h SEBase 16 / 20°
  • Wed5°8°3.1 mm6 km/h NBase 17 / 20°
  • Thu4°9°8.4 mm6 km/h NBase 17 / 22°
  • Fri6°8°17.3 mm11 km/h NBase 18 / 21°
  • Sat5°11°3.3 mm11 km/h SEBase 18 / 24°
  • Sun6°11°6.6 mm6 km/h NEBase 19 / 24°

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

Slope

Share of the 14.6 × 14.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
11.4%
Moderate, 15–30°
54.9%
Steep, 30–45°
30.1%
Cliffs, 45° and over
3.6%
Steeper than 30°
33.7% of the 213 km² view
Relief in view
2,085 m low point 792 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 68.3%Grassland 30.1%Shrubland 1.5%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 7.3 km, measured from the Pico da Bandeira summit.

NESW5 km10 km123456
Summit list 6
  1. 1Pico do Calçado2,849 m 0.8 km SSW
  2. 2Pedra Roxa2,649 m 1.1 km ENE
  3. 3Pico do Cristal2,770 m 2.0 km WSW
  4. 4Morro da Cruz do Negro2,658 m 2.3 km NNW
  5. 5Pico do Tesourinho2,584 m 4.0 km N
  6. 6Pico do Tesouro2,620 m 5.6 km N
Where it sits

Where Pico da Bandeira sits

Region
Brazil20South America235
Nearby

Nearby places

Accuracy

How accurate is this?

14 m low This 3D map reads 2,877 m at the summit; the official height is 2,891 m.Official 2,891 m90 m model 2,862 mThis map 2,877 m

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

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)2,891 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)2,877 m-14 m
Copernicus GLO-902,862 m-29 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 2026-07-11)
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)
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