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Tunupa volcano
- Mapped trail
- 2.4 km+642 m · about 1.5 h · T2Ends 90 m below the summit.
- Prominence
- 1,721 m5,645 ft
- Isolation
- 99 km
- Tonight
- -4°CPartly cloudy · Wind 25 km/h SW
Tunupa volcano is a 5,432 m (17,822 ft) volcano in the Andes, Potosí Department, Bolivia.
All facts
- Elevation
- 5,432 m · 17,822 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Cerro Candelaria (5,995 m)
- Range
- Andes
- Region
- Potosí Department, Bolivia
- Spanish name
- Volcán Tunupa
- Coordinates
- 19.8326° S, 67.6457° W
How to get to the top of Tunupa volcano
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Parking, 1.9 km SW of Tunupa volcano
- Distance
- 2.4 kmone way
- Climb
- +642 m−36 m (2,106 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1.5 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
The mapped trail ends 90 m below the summit. Above that there is no mapped path: expect glacier, scrambling or open ground, and go with a guide if you have no route-finding experience.
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Tunupa volcano 3D map
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Tunupa volcano terrain and contours
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Tunupa volcano weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · -4°C (25°F) · Wind 25 km/h SW
Tunupa volcano forecast for the summit, about 5,432 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 4,617 m.
- Tonight-4°–25 km/h SWBase 1°
- Sat-7°11°–34 km/h SWBase -2 / 15°
- Sun-6°10°–34 km/h SWBase -1 / 15°
- Mon-3°8°–20 km/h SWBase 1 / 13°
- Tue-6°7°–15 km/h SWBase -2 / 11°
- Wed-8°7°–15 km/h SWBase -3 / 13°
- Thu-8°6°–18 km/h WBase -3 / 11°
- Fri-7°6°–15 km/h SWBase -2 / 12°
- Sat-7°7°–14 km/h SWBase -2 / 12°
- Sun-7°9°–13 km/h SWBase -1 / 14°
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.
Camping & parking near Tunupa volcano
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Tunupa volcano, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.9 km SW
Nearest campsite
Campo Alto Thunupa
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.9 km SW |
| Campo Alto ThunupaCampsite | 1.9 km SW |
| Parking | 3.4 km WSW |
| Parking | 5.8 km SSE |
How steep is the route to Tunupa volcano?
The easiest mapped route, 2.4 km from 4,617 m to 5,223 m. Steepest stretch: 45°.
- 0–15°1.4 km
- 15–30°0.9 km
- 30–45°0.2 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 30 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Where Tunupa volcano sits
- Range
- American Cordillera467Andes163
- Region
- Potosí Department9Bolivia21South America235
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Poopó Lake3,686 m↑134 km NNE
CabarayPeak · 5,869 m↑134 km NW
IslugaPeak · 5,550 m↑145 km WNW
OlcaPeak · 5,705 m↑151 km SW
OllagüePeak · 5,870 m↑173 km SSW
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Tunupa volcano downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
123 m low This 3D map reads 5,309 m at the summit; the official height is 5,432 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 129 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 5,432 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 5,309 m | -123 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 5,303 m | -129 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 2026-01-07)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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