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Pico das Agulhas Negras

2,791 m9,157 ft

Prominence: 1,116 m3,662 ft
Isolation: 19 km
Tonight: 6°CClear · Wind 7 km/h NW

Pico das Agulhas Negras is a 2,791 m (9,157 ft) mountain in the Mantiqueira Mountains, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

All facts

Elevation: 2,791 m · 9,157 ft
Nearest higher peak: Pedra da Mina (2,798 m)
Range: Mantiqueira Mountains
Region: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Spanish name: Cerro Agulhas Negras
Coordinates: 22.3810° S, 44.6612° W

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3D map

Pico das Agulhas Negras 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Pico das Agulhas Negras 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.

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Pico das Agulhas Negras elevation profile

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Weather

Pico das Agulhas Negras weather

Tonight · Clear · 6°C (43°F) · Wind 7 km/h NW

Pico das Agulhas Negras forecast for the summit, about 2,791 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,333 m.

Tonight6°–7 km/h NWBase 15°
Sat7°16°3.2 mm14 km/h NWBase 16 / 24°
Sun7°11°43.0 mm20 km/h WBase 16 / 20°
Mon2°9°2.9 mm18 km/h SWBase 11 / 18°
Tue2°9°1.5 mm7 km/h NEBase 11 / 17°
Wed5°8°8.4 mm6 km/h SEBase 14 / 17°
Thu6°8°57.8 mm5 km/h NEBase 15 / 17°
Fri6°9°29.2 mm6 km/h SBase 15 / 18°
Sat5°11°4.9 mm6 km/h EBase 14 / 20°
Sun6°11°8.8 mm5 km/h NWBase 15 / 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 8.4 × 8.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

24.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

56.2%

Steep, 30–45°

19.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.8%

Steeper than 30°: 19.8% of the 71 km² view
Relief in view: 1,438 m low point 1,333 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 49.9%Grassland 41.7%Shrubland 8.3%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.2 km, measured from the Pico das Agulhas Negras summit.

Summit list 8

1Asa de Hermes2,630 m 0.7 km NNW
2Pedra do Sino de Itatiaia2,670 m 1.1 km N
3Pedra do Altar2,665 m 1.5 km WNW
4Prateleiras2,548 m 2.3 km SSW
5Morro do Couto2,680 m 3.3 km W
6Maromba Sul2,479 m 3.6 km E
7Pico da Maromba2,619 m 3.7 km ENE
8Morro do Massena2,609 m 4.1 km WNW

Where it sits

Where Pico das Agulhas Negras sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Pico do JaraguáPeak · 1,135 m248 km WSW

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Print & wall

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

19 m low This 3D map reads 2,772 m at the summit; the official height is 2,791 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,791 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,772 m	-19 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,761 m	-30 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 2026-08-18)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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