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Saxa Q'awa

5,000 m16,404 ft

Isolation: 0.2 km
Region: Peru
Tonight: -3°CLight sleet · Wind 10 km/h SE

Saxa Q'awa 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: Ancojahua (5,200 m)
Range: Andes
Coordinates: 14.9724° S, 72.3607° W

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3D map

Saxa Q'awa 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Saxa Q'awa terrain and contours

25 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 125 mShowing west → east through the summit

Saxa Q'awa elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Saxa Q'awa weather

Tonight · Light sleet · -3°C (27°F) · 2.6 mm · Wind 10 km/h SE

Saxa Q'awa forecast for the summit, about 5,000 m.

Tonight-3°2.6 mm10 km/h SE
Sat-3°7°9.1 mm15 km/h S
Sun-2°9°9.5 mm26 km/h SW
Mon-3°6°3.3 mm19 km/h SW
Tue-6°8°0.1 mm17 km/h W
Wed-6°7°1.5 mm30 km/h NW
Thu-5°8°–21 km/h W
Fri-7°9°1.2 mm20 km/h W
Sat-5°10°–16 km/h SW
Sun-3°11°0.4 mm14 km/h SW

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 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 59% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

59.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

34.0%

Steep, 30–45°

6.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.4%

Steeper than 30°: 7.1% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 639 m low point 4,698 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 57.5%Grassland 41.5%Water 1.0%

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

Where it sits

Where Saxa Q'awa sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

SabancayaPeak · 5,976 m106 km SSE

Saxa Q'awa downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGSaxa Q'awa satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-06-22.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 5,007 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)	5,007 m	+7 m
Copernicus GLO-90	4,979 m	-21 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 2026-06-22)
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 · Wikipedia