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Volcano · Cordillera Central · Cauca Department

Sotará

4,400 m14,436 ft

Prominence: 1,238 m4,062 ft
Isolation: 30 km
Tonight: 0°CPartly cloudy · Wind 12 km/h SE

Sotará is a 4,400 m (14,436 ft) volcano in the Cordillera Central, Cauca Department, Colombia.

All facts

Elevation: 4,400 m · 14,436 ft
Nearest higher peak: Puracé (4,756 m)
Range: Cordillera Central
Region: Cauca Department, Colombia
Spanish name: Volcán Sotará
Coordinates: 2.1087° N, 76.5907° W

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3D map

Sotará 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Sotará 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

Sotará elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Sotará weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 0°C (32°F) · Wind 12 km/h SE

Sotará forecast for the summit, about 4,400 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 3,023 m.

Tonight0°–12 km/h SEBase 8°
Sat0°9°3.3 mm15 km/h EBase 8 / 17°
Sun-2°8°3.8 mm13 km/h EBase 6 / 16°
Mon-2°8°8.8 mm9 km/h SEBase 7 / 16°
Tue1°8°4.8 mm4 km/h NWBase 9 / 16°
Wed1°6°6.9 mm4 km/h SEBase 10 / 14°
Thu1°6°12.1 mm1 km/h SEBase 9 / 14°
Fri2°6°8.0 mm4 km/h SEBase 10 / 15°
Sat0°8°5.9 mm6 km/h SEBase 8 / 17°
Sun-1°7°4.5 mm8 km/h SEBase 8 / 15°

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.

Slope

Share of the 9 × 9 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

46.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

38.9%

Steep, 30–45°

13.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.9%

Steeper than 30°: 14.6% of the 81 km² view
Relief in view: 1,389 m low point 3,023 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 51.9%Grassland 40.8%Shrubland 7.1%

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

Where it sits

Where Sotará sits

Ranked in 1

#4 Volcanoes in Colombia

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

CumbalPeak · 4,764 m193 km SW

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

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Print & wall

JPGSotará 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?

12 m high This 3D map reads 4,412 m at the summit; the official height is 4,400 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model measures the surface, snow, ice and trees included, and official heights can come from older surveys.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	4,400 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	4,412 m	+12 m
Copernicus GLO-90	4,404 m	+4 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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia