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Sangay volcano

5,230 m17,159 ft

Prominence: 1,614 m5,295 ft
Tonight: -4°CPartly cloudy · Wind 4 km/h NW

Sangay volcano is a 5,230 m (17,159 ft) stratovolcano in the Cordillera Real, Morona-Santiago Province, Ecuador.

All facts

Elevation: 5,230 m · 17,159 ft
Range: Cordillera Real
Region: Morona-Santiago Province, Ecuador
Protected area: Sangay National Park
Spanish name: Volcán Sangay
Coordinates: 2.0057° S, 78.3440° W

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Sangay volcano 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Sangay volcano 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

Sangay volcano elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Sangay volcano weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -4°C (25°F) · 0.1 mm · Wind 4 km/h NW

Sangay volcano forecast for the summit, about 5,230 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,379 m.

Tonight-4°0.1 mm4 km/h NWBase 13°
Sat-4°1°5.5 mm14 km/h EBase 13 / 18°
Sun-4°2°7.4 mm11 km/h NEBase 13 / 19°
Mon-4°-1°7.1 mm5 km/h EBase 13 / 16°
Tue-5°2°2.2 mm8 km/h NEBase 13 / 19°
Wed-3°2°6.7 mm6 km/h NEBase 14 / 19°
Thu-3°-2°11.8 mm4 km/h NEBase 14 / 16°
Fri-3°0°11.1 mm6 km/h NEBase 14 / 17°
Sat-3°-1°35.9 mm6 km/h EBase 14 / 16°
Sun-4°-2°7.3 mm6 km/h NEBase 13 / 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, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 10.4 × 10.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

13.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

45.3%

Steep, 30–45°

35.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

5.2%

Steeper than 30°: 41.0% of the 108 km² view
Relief in view: 2,931 m low point 2,379 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 73.0%Bare rock / sparse 11.0%Shrubland 5.3%Snow & ice 5.2%Grassland 4.8%Cropland 0.6%

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

Where it sits

Where Sangay volcano sits

Ranked in 1

#5 Volcanoes in Ecuador

Nearby

Nearby places

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 5,235 m at the summit; the official height is 5,230 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal. The 90 m model misses by 68 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	5,230 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	5,235 m	+5 m
Copernicus GLO-90	5,298 m	+68 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.
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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