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Sierra Nevada

2,554 m8,379 ft

Prominence: 1,183 m3,881 ft
Isolation: 17 km
Tonight: -9°CFog · Wind 12 km/h E

Sierra Nevada is a 2,554 m (8,379 ft) volcano in the Andes, Araucanía Region, Chile.

All facts

Elevation: 2,554 m · 8,379 ft
Nearest higher peak: Llaima (3,125 m)
Range: Andes
Region: Araucanía Region, Chile
Protected area: Conguillío National Park
Coordinates: 38.5871° S, 71.5890° W

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3D map

Sierra Nevada 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Sierra Nevada 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

Sierra Nevada elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Sierra Nevada weather

Tonight · Fog · -9°C (16°F) · Wind 12 km/h E

Sierra Nevada forecast for the summit, about 2,554 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 965 m.

Tonight-9°–12 km/h EBase 1°
Sat-7°5°–15 km/h WBase 3 / 15°
Sun-4°7°–14 km/h EBase 5 / 17°
Mon-4°2°2.5 mm8 km/h SEBase 6 / 12°
Tue-3°6°–6 km/h SEBase 6 / 15°
Wed-4°9°–10 km/h EBase 6 / 19°
Thu-1°8°1.6 mm10 km/h NWBase 9 / 18°
Fri-3°7°0.1 mm6 km/h NWBase 7 / 17°
Sat-3°5°16.0 mm18 km/h NWBase 7 / 15°
Sun-5°-2°9.0 mm9 km/h NWBase 4 / 8°

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 8.8 × 8.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

25.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

39.3%

Steep, 30–45°

31.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

4.2%

Steeper than 30°: 35.7% of the 77 km² view
Relief in view: 1,580 m low point 965 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 37.1%Bare rock / sparse 24.5%Grassland 23.5%Snow & ice 14.6%

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

Where it sits

Where Sierra Nevada sits

Ranked in 1

#37 Volcanoes in Chile

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

CopahuePeak · 2,997 m88 km NNE

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JPGSierra Nevada satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-01-29.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

20 m low This 3D map reads 2,534 m at the summit; the official height is 2,554 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,554 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,534 m	-20 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,535 m	-19 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 2026-01-29)
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