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Glacier · Puno Department

Quelccaya Ice Cap

5,663 m18,579 ft

Area: 41.69 km²
Lowest point: 4,911 m
Tonight: -8°CFog · Wind 10 km/h W

Quelccaya Ice Cap in Puno Department, Peru covers 41.7 km² and spans 4,911–5,663 m above sea level.

All facts

Highest point: 5,663 m

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Glacier

Quelccaya Ice Cap: size and slope

Drawn to scale from the OpenStreetMap outline and the Copernicus 30 m terrain model.

Vertical range: 752 m
Mean slope: 15°

3D map

Quelccaya Ice Cap 3D map

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Surface

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Topographic map

Quelccaya Ice Cap 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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Quelccaya Ice Cap elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Quelccaya Ice Cap weather

Tonight · Fog · -8°C (18°F) · Wind 10 km/h W

Quelccaya Ice Cap forecast for about 5,663 m.

Tonight-8°–10 km/h W
Sat-7°3°2.7 mm18 km/h NW
Sun-9°2°1.5 mm22 km/h N
Mon-8°0°2.1 mm14 km/h NW
Tue-6°2°0.4 mm15 km/h NW
Wed-8°0°1.5 mm15 km/h NW
Thu-5°3°0.5 mm15 km/h W
Fri-5°1°1.8 mm7 km/h NW
Sat-6°3°0.7 mm5 km/h W
Sun-6°2°2.4 mm4 km/h W

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 16.5 × 16.5 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

48.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

35.7%

Steep, 30–45°

14.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.3%

Steeper than 30°: 15.6% of the 272 km² view
Relief in view: 1,189 m low point 4,473 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 55.1%Bare rock / sparse 25.7%Snow & ice 18.3%Water 0.5%

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 8.2 km; 56 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Senecio serratifolius6
Gentiana sedifolia4
Fuegian saxifrage4
Valeriana pycnantha3
Deschampsia ovata3
Poa lepidula3

Where it sits

Where Quelccaya Ice Cap sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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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 2026-08-26)
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
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 · Wikipedia