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Tolhuaca

2,806 m9,206 ft

Prominence: 1,042 m3,420 ft
Isolation: 8.6 km
Tonight: -9°CPartly cloudy · Wind 9 km/h SE

Tolhuaca is a 2,806 m (9,206 ft) volcano in the Andes, Araucanía Region, Chile.

All facts

Elevation: 2,806 m · 9,206 ft
Nearest higher peak: Lonquimay (2,865 m)
Range: Andes
Region: Araucanía Region, Chile
Spanish name: Volcán Tolhuaca
Coordinates: 38.3149° S, 71.6485° W

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3D map

Tolhuaca 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Tolhuaca 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

Tolhuaca elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Tolhuaca weather

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

Tolhuaca forecast for the summit, about 2,806 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,292 m.

Tonight-9°–9 km/h SEBase 0°
Sat-6°3°0.1 mm13 km/h SWBase 3 / 12°
Sun-4°5°–12 km/h SEBase 5 / 14°
Mon-6°2°2.5 mm5 km/h SBase 3 / 11°
Tue-5°3°–5 km/h SEBase 4 / 12°
Wed-2°7°–11 km/h NEBase 7 / 16°
Thu-2°7°1.0 mm9 km/h NWBase 7 / 16°
Fri-2°7°0.1 mm9 km/h NWBase 7 / 16°
Sat-4°3°16.2 mm17 km/h NWBase 5 / 12°
Sun-7°-3°7.6 mm15 km/h NWBase 2 / 6°

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 8.2 × 8.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

32.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

49.4%

Steep, 30–45°

16.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.5%

Steeper than 30°: 18.3% of the 67 km² view
Relief in view: 1,504 m low point 1,292 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 37.7%Grassland 27.9%Trees 27.8%Snow & ice 6.3%

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

Where it sits

Where Tolhuaca sits

Ranked in 1

#35 Volcanoes in Chile

Nearby

Nearby places

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JPGTolhuaca 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?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,796 m at the summit; the official height is 2,806 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal. The 90 m model misses by 33 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,806 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,796 m	-10 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,773 m	-33 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 · Wikipedia