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Volcano · Andes · Catamarca Province

Tipas

6,658 m21,844 ft

Prominence: 653 m2,143 ft
Isolation: 8.8 km
Tonight: -25°CPartly cloudy · Wind 23 km/h NW

Tipas is a 6,658 m (21,844 ft) volcano in the Andes, Catamarca Province, Argentina.

All facts

Elevation: 6,658 m · 21,844 ft
Nearest higher peak: Ojos del Salado (6,893 m)
Range: Andes
Region: Catamarca Province, Argentina
Spanish name: Volcán Walther Penck
Coordinates: 27.1962° S, 68.5607° W

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3D map

Tipas 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Tipas 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

Tipas elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Tipas weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -25°C (-13°F) · Wind 23 km/h NW

Tipas forecast for the summit, about 6,658 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 5,621 m.

Tonight-25°–23 km/h NWBase -19°
Sat-27°-16°–28 km/h NWBase -21 / -10°
Sun-24°-13°–21 km/h NWBase -18 / -7°
Mon-23°-15°2.2 mm18 km/h NWBase -16 / -8°
Tue-24°-16°0.5 mm19 km/h NWBase -18 / -10°
Wed-21°-16°4.0 mm16 km/h NWBase -15 / -10°
Thu-26°-17°2.2 mm14 km/h NWBase -19 / -11°
Fri-26°-16°0.3 mm13 km/h NBase -20 / -10°
Sat-26°-17°0.2 mm19 km/h NWBase -20 / -10°
Sun-24°-15°–16 km/h NWBase -18 / -9°

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 × 6.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

35.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

52.0%

Steep, 30–45°

12.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 12.4% of the 44 km² view
Relief in view: 1,039 m low point 5,621 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 61.2%Snow & ice 38.8%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.3 km, measured from the Tipas summit.

Summit list 4

1Walther Penck Sur6,590 m 0.6 km SE
2WP 36,460 m 2.0 km SW
3WP 26,375 m 2.1 km S
4Ata volcano6,501 m 2.3 km NNW

Where it sits

Where Tipas sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

PeinadoPeak · 5,740 m78 km NE

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

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Print & wall

JPGTipas satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-25.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 6,660 m at the summit; the official height is 6,658 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	6,658 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	6,660 m	+2 m
Copernicus GLO-90	6,657 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 2026-03-25)
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 · Wikipedia