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Plomb du Cantal

1,855 m6,086 ft

Prominence: 775 m2,544 ft
Isolation: 52 km
Tonight: -1°CFog · Wind 24 km/h W

Plomb du Cantal is a 1,855 m (6,086 ft) mountain in the Cantal mountains, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

All facts

Elevation: 1,855 m · 6,086 ft
Nearest higher peak: Puy de Sancy (1,885 m)
Range: Cantal mountains
Region: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Coordinates: 45.0587° N, 2.7615° E

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3D map

Plomb du Cantal 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Plomb du Cantal 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

Plomb du Cantal elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Plomb du Cantal weather

Tonight · Fog · -1°C (30°F) · 0.5 mm · Wind 24 km/h W

Plomb du Cantal forecast for the summit, about 1,855 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 984 m.

Tonight-1°0.5 mm24 km/h WBase 4°
Today-1°2°12.0 mm30 km/h WBase 4 / 7°
Sun-3°6°17.5 mm32 km/h WBase 2 / 11°
Mon-1°9°–13 km/h NWBase 5 / 14°
Tue5°12°–10 km/h WBase 10 / 18°
Wed-2°5°0.3 mm8 km/h NEBase 4 / 10°
Thu-2°10°–5 km/h SWBase 4 / 16°
Fri1°9°–6 km/h WBase 7 / 14°
Sat2°8°1.7 mm13 km/h NWBase 7 / 13°
Sun-5°2°1.0 mm12 km/h NWBase 0 / 7°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 7 × 7 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

35.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

52.6%

Steep, 30–45°

12.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.1%

Steeper than 30°: 12.1% of the 49 km² view
Relief in view: 868 m low point 984 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 57.2%Trees 42.1%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.5 km, measured from the Plomb du Cantal summit.

Summit list 8

1Puy Brunet1,806 m 0.7 km SW
2Puy du Rocher1,813 m 1.4 km NNE
3Puy de la Cède1,768 m 1.8 km SSW
4Rochers de Chamalière1,641 m 2.0 km ENE
5Puy de Grandval1,648 m 2.1 km SE
6L'Aiguillon1,665 m 2.3 km NNE
7Puy Gerbel1,640 m 2.5 km SE
8Rocher de la Sagne du Porc1,717 m 2.8 km NNE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.5 km; 606 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Great Yellow Gentian19
Alpine Pasqueflower18
Round-leaved sundew14
Marsh gentian14
Green Mountain Grasshopper14
Heath spotted orchid13

Where it sits

Where Plomb du Cantal sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lac d'AydatLake · 837 m70 km NNE

Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGPlomb du Cantal satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-28.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,851 m at the summit; the official height is 1,855 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,855 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,851 m	-4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,839 m	-16 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 2026-07-28)
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