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Quitaraju

6,040 m19,816 ft

Prominence: 822 m2,698 ft
Isolation: 4.4 km
Tonight: -7°CSnow · Wind 4 km/h W

Quitaraju is a 6,040 m (19,816 ft) mountain in the Andes, Áncash Department, Peru.

All facts

Elevation: 6,040 m · 19,816 ft
Nearest higher peak: Santa Cruz (6,259 m)
Range: Andes
Region: Áncash Department, Peru
Protected area: Huascarán National Park
Coordinates: 8.8949° S, 77.6654° W

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3D map

Quitaraju 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Quitaraju terrain and contours

100 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 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Quitaraju elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Quitaraju weather

Tonight · Snow · -7°C (19°F) · 5.4 mm · Wind 4 km/h W

Quitaraju forecast for the summit, about 6,040 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 3,878 m.

Tonight-7°5.4 mm4 km/h WBase 6°
Sat-8°-2°11.7 mm11 km/h NEBase 5 / 11°
Sun-8°-3°15.0 mm9 km/h NWBase 5 / 10°
Mon-11°0°0.8 mm10 km/h WBase 2 / 13°
Tue-10°-1°0.4 mm12 km/h WBase 3 / 12°
Wed-12°-1°–13 km/h WBase 1 / 12°
Thu-10°-2°0.2 mm11 km/h WBase 3 / 11°
Fri-11°0°–12 km/h WBase 2 / 13°
Sat-11°0°0.1 mm11 km/h WBase 2 / 13°
Sun-8°-2°6.4 mm4 km/h NWBase 5 / 11°

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 7.2 × 7.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°

12.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

37.3%

Steep, 30–45°

38.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

11.9%

Steeper than 30°: 50.6% of the 52 km² view
Relief in view: 2,020 m low point 3,878 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 39.6%Bare rock / sparse 35.9%Grassland 22.8%Water 1.3%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.6 km, measured from the Quitaraju summit.

Summit list 3

1Pumapampa5,582 m 2.1 km WSW
2Alpamayo5,947 m 2.2 km NE
3Jancarurish5,578 m 3.5 km NNE

Where it sits

Where Quitaraju sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

HuandoyPeak · 6,395 m15 km S

Quitaraju downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGQuitaraju satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-07.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

141 m low This 3D map reads 5,899 m at the summit; the official height is 6,040 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 160 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	6,040 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	5,899 m	-141 m
Copernicus GLO-90	5,880 m	-160 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 2026-08-07)
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