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Tacora

5,960 m19,554 ft

Prominence: 1,700 m5,577 ft
Isolation: 81 km
Tonight: -9°CPartly cloudy · Wind 11 km/h W

Tacora is a 5,960 m (19,554 ft) stratovolcano in the Cordillera Occidental, Arica y Parinacota Region, Chile.

All facts

Elevation: 5,960 m · 19,554 ft
Nearest higher peak: Pomerape (6,282 m)
Range: Cordillera Occidental
Region: Arica y Parinacota Region, Chile
Spanish name: Volcán Tacora
Coordinates: 17.7207° S, 69.7724° W

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3D map

Tacora 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Tacora 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

Tacora elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Tacora weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -9°C (16°F) · Wind 11 km/h W

Tacora forecast for the summit, about 5,960 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 4,075 m.

Tonight-9°–11 km/h WBase 3°
Sat-8°2°–21 km/h SWBase 3 / 13°
Sun-10°2°–22 km/h WBase 2 / 14°
Mon-10°-1°–19 km/h WBase 1 / 11°
Tue-12°-1°0.2 mm18 km/h WBase -1 / 10°
Wed-13°-4°2.2 mm16 km/h SWBase -1 / 7°
Thu-12°-3°–20 km/h WBase 0 / 8°
Fri-10°0°–17 km/h WBase 1 / 11°
Sat-10°0°–19 km/h WBase 1 / 11°
Sun-10°2°–17 km/h WBase 2 / 13°

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 10.8 × 10.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 63% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

62.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

26.2%

Steep, 30–45°

10.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.4%

Steeper than 30°: 10.9% of the 117 km² view
Relief in view: 1,888 m low point 4,075 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 78.0%Grassland 21.9%

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

Where it sits

Where Tacora sits

Ranked in 1

#12 Volcanoes in Chile

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

HuaynaputinaPeak · 4,850 m168 km NW

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

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Print & wall

JPGTacora satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-05-17.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 5,963 m at the summit; the official height is 5,960 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	5,960 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	5,963 m	+3 m
Copernicus GLO-90	5,954 m	-6 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 2026-05-17)
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