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Mountain · Cordillera Blanca · Áncash Department

Ranrapalca

6,162 m20,217 ft

Prominence: 962 m3,155 ft
Isolation: 6.9 km
Tonight: -8°CLight snow · Wind 4 km/h SW

Ranrapalca is a 6,162 m (20,217 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Blanca, Áncash Department, Peru.

All facts

Elevation: 6,162 m · 20,217 ft
Nearest higher peak: Palcaraju (6,274 m)
Range: Cordillera Blanca
Region: Áncash Department, Peru
Protected area: Huascarán National Park
Coordinates: 9.4115° S, 77.4168° W

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3D map

Ranrapalca 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Ranrapalca 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

Ranrapalca elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Ranrapalca weather

Tonight · Light snow · -8°C (18°F) · 1.7 mm · Wind 4 km/h SW

Ranrapalca forecast for the summit, about 6,162 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 4,145 m.

Tonight-8°1.7 mm4 km/h SWBase 4°
Sat-8°-2°8.6 mm10 km/h NEBase 5 / 11°
Sun-8°-2°7.3 mm10 km/h NWBase 4 / 10°
Mon-9°-2°0.7 mm10 km/h WBase 3 / 10°
Tue-9°0°–13 km/h WBase 3 / 12°
Wed-10°-1°–12 km/h WBase 3 / 11°
Thu-10°-1°–12 km/h WBase 2 / 12°
Fri-9°0°0.1 mm12 km/h WBase 3 / 12°
Sat-9°1°–11 km/h WBase 3 / 13°
Sun-9°-2°6.1 mm3 km/h NEBase 3 / 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, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 7.8 × 7.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

11.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

41.7%

Steep, 30–45°

36.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

10.0%

Steeper than 30°: 46.7% of the 61 km² view
Relief in view: 1,953 m low point 4,145 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 36.8%Grassland 33.6%Snow & ice 27.4%Water 1.2%Trees 0.7%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.9 km, measured from the Ranrapalca summit.

Summit list 3

1Oeshapalca5,888 m 2.1 km WNW
2Ishinca5,530 m 2.4 km NNE
3Jatuncunca5,600 m 3.6 km W

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.9 km; 12 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Waraqu3
Mountain Viscacha2
Tit-like Dacnis1
Queen of the Andes1
Andean Gull1
Chikku Chikku1

Where it sits

Where Ranrapalca sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Laguna 69Lake · 4,625 m50 km NNW

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

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Print & wall

JPGRanrapalca satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-06-11.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

64 m low This 3D map reads 6,098 m at the summit; the official height is 6,162 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 79 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	6,162 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	6,098 m	-64 m
Copernicus GLO-90	6,083 m	-79 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 2026-06-11)
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