Montaña Hoya de la Vaca · 1,231 m · 6.9 km ENE

Mountain · Canary Islands

Pico de Malpaso

1,500 m4,922 ft

Isolation: 92 km
Tonight: 13°CFair · Wind 31 km/h NE

Pico de Malpaso is a 1,500 m (4,922 ft) mountain in Canary Islands, Spain.

All facts

Elevation: 1,500 m · 4,922 ft
Prominence: 1,500 m · 4,922 ft
Nearest higher peak: Cumbre Vieja (1,944 m)
Region: Canary Islands, Spain
Coordinates: 27.7288° N, 18.0401° W

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3D map

Pico de Malpaso 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Pico de Malpaso 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 de Malpaso elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Pico de Malpaso weather

Tonight · Fair · 13°C (55°F) · Wind 31 km/h NE

Pico de Malpaso forecast for the summit, about 1,500 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 0 m.

Tonight13°–31 km/h NEBase 22°
Sat13°17°–42 km/h NEBase 22 / 26°
Sun13°17°0.6 mm35 km/h NEBase 22 / 26°
Mon13°16°1.5 mm17 km/h NBase 22 / 25°
Tue13°17°–7 km/h NEBase 22 / 26°
Wed13°18°1.0 mm8 km/h SEBase 22 / 27°
Thu12°18°–9 km/h SEBase 21 / 27°
Fri12°17°0.1 mm9 km/h EBase 21 / 26°
Sat11°17°0.3 mm4 km/h NEBase 20 / 26°
Sun10°16°–6 km/h NEBase 19 / 25°

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

Share of the 10 × 10 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

45.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

41.3%

Steep, 30–45°

11.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.2%

Steeper than 30°: 12.9% of the 100 km² view
Relief in view: 1,498 m low point 0 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 31.1%Trees 30.4%Water 17.3%Shrubland 13.3%Bare rock / sparse 6.4%Built-up 1.3%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 5 km, measured from the Pico de Malpaso summit.

Summit list 9

1Montañita del Guanche de Arriba1,247 m 1.8 km ESE
2Tanganasoga1,384 m 1.9 km W
3Montaña Cueva del Guanche1,229 m 1.9 km ESE
4Montañita del Guanche de Abajo1,235 m 2.1 km ESE
5Mercader1,252 m 2.9 km SE
6Tenerista1,417 m 3.0 km E
7Montaña del Gajo1,233 m 4.9 km E
8Montaña de Juan León1,062 m 4.9 km ESE
9Montaña de la Fuente1,337 m 4.9 km E

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 451 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Canary Island pine43
Sonchus hierrensis36
Pericallis murrayi31
Faya bayberry30
Broadleaf forget-me-not27
Davallia canariensis27

Where it sits

Where Pico de Malpaso sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Montaña BlancaPeak · 2,748 m153 km ENE

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGPico de Malpaso satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-31.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,498 m at the summit; the official height is 1,500 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,500 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,498 m	-2 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,490 m	-10 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 2026-07-31)
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 · Wikipedia