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Vale do Capão

Floor1,094 m3,589 ft
Depth
295 m
Rim
1,469 m
Length
3.6 km
Tonight
16°CFog · Wind 18 km/h E

Vale do Capão is up to 295 m deep: the rim reaches 1,469 m and the floor 1,094 m, along 3.6 km.

All facts
Floor
1,094 m
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Depth

Depth of Vale do Capão

Up to 295 m deep (typically 273 m) along the 3.6 km in view.

1,0001,1001,2001,3001,4001,500295 mrimfloor0123.6 km

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).

3D map

Vale do Capão 3D map

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Topographic map

Vale do Capão 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.

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Vale do Capão elevation profile

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Weather

Vale do Capão weather

Tonight · Fog · 16°C (61°F) · 0.4 mm · Wind 18 km/h E

Vale do Capão forecast for about 1,469 m.

  • Tonight16°0.4 mm18 km/h E
  • Sat16°25°–16 km/h NE
  • Sun16°28°1.1 mm17 km/h N
  • Mon17°27°11.6 mm14 km/h NW
  • Tue17°24°29.3 mm13 km/h E
  • Wed16°20°13.0 mm17 km/h E
  • Thu15°23°0.7 mm18 km/h E
  • Fri15°23°–14 km/h E
  • Sat16°25°0.7 mm9 km/h NE
  • Sun15°24°0.2 mm15 km/h E

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Vale do Capão

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Vale do Capão, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest campsite

    Rare espace possible bivouac

    0.7 km SE · +2 more within 2.4 km

  • Nearest hut

    Pousada do João (Ruinha / Igrejinha)

    2.5 km S · +2 more within 5.8 km

All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Rare espace possible bivouacCampsite0.7 km SE
Cachoeira do LajeadoCampsite2.2 km SSE
CamingCampsite2.4 km S
Pousada do João (Ruinha / Igrejinha)Hut2.5 km S
Sao PetroHut5.1 km SE
PrefeituraHut5.8 km SE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 68% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
67.5%
Moderate, 15–30°
22.4%
Steep, 30–45°
7.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
3.1%
Steeper than 30°
10.1% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view
991 m low point 708 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Shrubland 38.1%Trees 34.8%Grassland 26.8%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6 km of Vale do Capão.

NESW5 km10 km12345
Summit list 5
  1. 1Monte Peito1,377 m 4.3 km E
  2. 2Morro da Lapinha (Castelo)1,470 m 4.4 km SE
  3. 3Serra Roncador1,368 m 4.9 km NE
  4. 4Morro do Manoel Vítor1,585 m 5.0 km NNE
  5. 5Serra Garapa1,468 m 5.2 km ENE
Where it sits

Where Vale do Capão sits

Region
Brazil20South America235
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Sources

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 2026-08-22)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
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 · GeoNames