Stratovolcano · Terceira Rift · Azores

Serra de Santa Bárbara

1,021 m3,350 ft

Isolation: 84 km
Tonight: 11°CFog · Wind 8 km/h SE

Serra de Santa Bárbara is a 1,021 m (3,350 ft) stratovolcano in the Terceira Rift, Azores, Portugal.

All facts

Elevation: 1,021 m · 3,350 ft
Prominence: 1,021 m · 3,350 ft
Nearest higher peak: Monte Brasil (1,023 m)
Range: Terceira Rift
Region: Azores, Portugal
Spanish name: Sierra de Santa Bárbara
Coordinates: 38.7299° N, 27.3193° W

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3D map

Serra de Santa Bárbara 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Serra de Santa Bárbara 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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Serra de Santa Bárbara elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Serra de Santa Bárbara weather

Tonight · Fog · 11°C (52°F) · Wind 8 km/h SE

Serra de Santa Bárbara forecast for the summit, about 1,021 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 0 m.

Tonight11°–8 km/h SEBase 17°
Sat11°16°1.0 mm32 km/h SWBase 17 / 22°
Sun13°15°13.0 mm51 km/h SWBase 19 / 21°
Mon9°13°–46 km/h NWBase 15 / 20°
Tue11°12°3.3 mm18 km/h SBase 17 / 18°
Wed12°15°15.8 mm35 km/h SBase 18 / 21°
Thu8°13°0.9 mm13 km/h NBase 15 / 19°
Fri8°11°0.6 mm14 km/h NBase 14 / 17°
Sat9°11°0.7 mm15 km/h EBase 15 / 18°
Sun11°12°39.1 mm31 km/h EBase 17 / 18°

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Serra de Santa Bárbara

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Serra de Santa Bárbara, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
0.1 km E
+2 more within 3.1 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Serreta trail to Lagointha
4.3 km NW · +2 more within 6.6 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
Parking	0.1 km E
Parking	0.3 km W
Parking	3.1 km WSW
Serreta trail to LagointhaCampsite	4.3 km NW
Parque de Campismo das Cinco RibeirasCampsite	5.9 km S
Zona de CampismoCampsite	6.6 km NNW

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 74% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

73.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

24.3%

Steep, 30–45°

1.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.2%

Steeper than 30°: 2.1% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 1,025 m low point 0 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 52.7%Grassland 41.2%Cropland 3.4%Shrubland 1.2%Built-up 0.7%Water 0.7%

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 4 km; 245 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Azores tolpis51
Azores juniper48
Azores Chaffinch40
Tunbridge filmy fern38
Sugi35
Azores Blueberry34

Where it sits

Where Serra de Santa Bárbara sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Água de PauPeak · 947 m193 km SE

Downloads

Serra de Santa Bárbara downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGSerra de Santa Bárbara satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-02.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,022 m at the summit; the official height is 1,021 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,021 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,022 m	+1 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,022 m	+1 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 2026-08-02)
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: 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

Serra de Santa Bárbara

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Data sources