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Volcano · Galápagos Province

Volcán Darwin

1,330 m4,364 ft
Isolation
0.2 km
Tonight
16°CLight rain showers · Wind 18 km/h S

Volcán Darwin is a 1,330 m (4,364 ft) volcano in Galápagos Province, Ecuador.

All facts
Elevation
1,330 m · 4,364 ft
Nearest higher peak
Volcán Wolf (1,707 m)
Region
Galápagos Province, Ecuador
Coordinates
0.1849° S, 91.2668° W
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3D map

Volcán Darwin 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Volcán Darwin 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

Volcán Darwin elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Volcán Darwin weather

Tonight · Light rain showers · 16°C (61°F) · 0.6 mm · Wind 18 km/h S

Volcán Darwin forecast for the summit, about 1,330 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 459 m.

  • Tonight16°0.6 mm18 km/h SBase 22°
  • Sat16°23°7.8 mm24 km/h WBase 22 / 28°
  • Sun17°23°1.1 mm19 km/h NBase 22 / 28°
  • Mon17°22°9.8 mm9 km/h SBase 22 / 27°
  • Tue17°21°9.3 mm5 km/h SEBase 22 / 27°
  • Wed17°20°12.0 mm5 km/h NWBase 23 / 25°
  • Thu17°21°23.4 mm6 km/h NWBase 22 / 26°
  • Fri16°21°17.4 mm4 km/h EBase 22 / 27°
  • Sat16°19°23.2 mm9 km/h EBase 22 / 24°
  • Sun17°19°18.7 mm4 km/h NEBase 22 / 25°

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

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 86% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
85.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
10.9%
Steep, 30–45°
2.8%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.7%
Steeper than 30°
3.5% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view
942 m low point 459 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 83.3%Grassland 9.1%Shrubland 7.6%

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

Where it sits

Where Volcán Darwin sits

Region
Galápagos Province4Ecuador20South America235
Ranked in 1
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Downloads

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

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,336 m at the summit; the official height is 1,330 m.Official 1,330 m90 m model 1,391 mThis map 1,336 m

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal. The 90 m model misses by 61 m.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)1,330 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)1,336 m+6 m
Copernicus GLO-901,391 m+61 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 2026-03-26)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Accuracy comparison
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