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Mount Pico · 2,351 m · 35 km SW

Mountain · Mid-Atlantic Ridge · Azores

Pico da Esperança

1,053 m3,455 ft

Isolation: 26 km
Tonight: 15°CClear · Wind 17 km/h SW

Pico da Esperança is a 1,053 m (3,455 ft) mountain in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Azores, Portugal.

All facts

Elevation: 1,053 m · 3,455 ft
Prominence: 1,053 m · 3,455 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Pico (2,351 m)
Range: Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Region: Azores, Portugal
Coordinates: 38.6504° N, 28.0740° W

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3D map

Pico da Esperança 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Pico da Esperança 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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Pico da Esperança elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Pico da Esperança weather

Tonight · Clear · 15°C (59°F) · Wind 17 km/h SW

Pico da Esperança forecast for the summit, about 1,053 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about -1 m.

Tonight15°–17 km/h SWBase 21°
Sat14°17°–24 km/h WBase 21 / 23°
Sun14°16°9.8 mm51 km/h WBase 21 / 23°
Mon11°15°–49 km/h NWBase 17 / 21°
Tue12°12°0.4 mm26 km/h SBase 18 / 19°
Wed14°16°9.8 mm31 km/h SBase 20 / 22°
Thu10°13°1.6 mm22 km/h NBase 17 / 19°
Fri11°12°1.4 mm19 km/h NEBase 17 / 18°
Sat12°12°0.8 mm19 km/h EBase 18 / 18°
Sun12°13°27.7 mm46 km/h SEBase 19 / 19°

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Pico da Esperança

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Pico da Esperança, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
2.4 km SSW
+2 more within 3.7 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Parque de Campismo da Urzelina
4.9 km W · +1 more within 6.0 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 5

Place	Distance
Parking	2.4 km SSW
Parking	3.1 km NNW
Parking	3.7 km NE
Parque de Campismo da UrzelinaCampsite	4.9 km W
Parque de Campismo da CalhetaCampsite	6.0 km SE

Slope

Share of the 8.2 × 8.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 62% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

61.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

31.5%

Steep, 30–45°

4.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

2.5%

Steeper than 30°: 6.9% of the 67 km² view
Relief in view: 1,049 m low point -2 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 46.4%Grassland 27.5%Water 25.9%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.1 km; 161 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Cory's Shearwater13
Euphrasia grandiflora12
Azores chervil12
Azores Bellflower11
Canary Buttercup10
Azorean St. John's-wort10

Where it sits

Where Pico da Esperança sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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

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Print & wall

JPGPico da Esperança satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-02.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,048 m at the summit; the official height is 1,053 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,053 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,048 m	-5 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,039 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 2026-08-02)
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, 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

Pico da Esperança

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Data sources