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Q'illu
- Prominence
- 108 m354 ft
- Isolation
- 1.1 km
- Region
- Peru
- Tonight
- -2°CCloudy · Wind 6 km/h W
Q'illu is a 5,000 m (16,404 ft) mountain in the Andes, Peru.
All facts
- Elevation
- 5,000 m · 16,404 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Llulluch'a (5,102 m)
- Range
- Andes
- Coordinates
- 14.5990° S, 72.7215° W
Q'illu 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km
Q'illu 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.
Q'illu elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Q'illu weather
Tonight · Cloudy · -2°C (28°F) · 0.3 mm · Wind 6 km/h W
Q'illu forecast for the summit, about 5,000 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 4,205 m.
- Tonight-2°0.3 mm6 km/h WBase 3°
- Sat-3°9°3.2 mm17 km/h NWBase 2 / 13°
- Sun-1°9°7.3 mm19 km/h NWBase 3 / 14°
- Mon-4°8°1.8 mm23 km/h WBase 1 / 12°
- Tue-5°9°–16 km/h WBase 0 / 14°
- Wed-5°7°1.6 mm26 km/h NWBase -1 / 12°
- Thu-7°9°–19 km/h WBase -2 / 14°
- Fri-6°9°1.2 mm20 km/h NWBase -1 / 14°
- Sat-4°11°0.1 mm16 km/h WBase 1 / 16°
- Sun-4°11°0.3 mm11 km/h NWBase 1 / 16°
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 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 28.8% of the 36 km² view
- Relief in view
- 893 m low point 4,205 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Where Q'illu sits
- Range
- American Cordillera467Andes163
- Region
- Peru57South America235
Nearby places
Saxa Q'awaPeak · 5,000 m↑57 km SE
CoropunaPeak · 6,425 m↑103 km S
Sara SaraPeak · 5,505 m↑113 km SW
CondorPeak · 5,200 m↑115 km SE
Q'illu Q'asaPeak · 5,000 m↑116 km N
More in the Andes 6
Q'illu downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 4,993 m at the summit; the official height is 5,000 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 5,000 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 4,993 m | -7 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 4,997 m | -3 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 2026-08-31)
- 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 · Wikipedia