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Volovec

2,063 m6,768 ft

Prominence: 160 m524 ft
Isolation: 1.5 km
Tonight: -4°CFair · Wind 11 km/h SE

Volovec is a 2,063 m (6,768 ft) mountain in the Western Tatras, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,063 m · 6,768 ft
Nearest higher peak: Ostrý Roháč (2,088 m)
Range: Western Tatras
Region: Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Protected area: Tatra National Park
Coordinates: 49.2074° N, 19.7635° E

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3D map

Volovec 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Volovec 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

Volovec elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Volovec weather

Tonight · Fair · -4°C (25°F) · 0.3 mm · Wind 11 km/h SE

Volovec forecast for the summit, about 2,063 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,124 m.

Tonight-4°0.3 mm11 km/h SEBase 1°
Today-4°0°0.6 mm8 km/h SEBase 2 / 5°
Sun-4°1°6.4 mm27 km/h SBase 1 / 7°
Mon-8°-2°2.1 mm12 km/h NWBase -2 / 3°
Tue-6°1°–4 km/h NWBase -1 / 6°
Wed-4°3°0.1 mm6 km/h NBase 1 / 9°
Thu-4°-1°1.8 mm8 km/h NBase 2 / 5°
Fri-5°1°0.1 mm5 km/h NEBase 0 / 6°
Sat-5°-2°–5 km/h NEBase 0 / 3°
Sun-6°-1°0.2 mm4 km/h SWBase -1 / 5°

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

Camping & parking near Volovec

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

Nearest hut
Ťatliakova chata
1.4 km WNW · +2 more within 3.7 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
TANAP parking
4.6 km NW · +2 more within 5.9 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
Ťatliakova chataHut	1.4 km WNW
Koliba pod PustýmHut	3.2 km SSE
Schronisko PTTK na Polanie ChochołowskiejHut	3.7 km NNE
TANAP parkingParking	4.6 km NW
TATRA west parkingParking	5.0 km NW
TANAP parkingParking	5.9 km NW

Slope

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

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

Gentle, 0–15°

12.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

41.7%

Steep, 30–45°

43.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

2.8%

Steeper than 30°: 45.8% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,053 m low point 1,124 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 50.5%Grassland 46.8%Moss & lichen 1.8%Bare rock / sparse 0.7%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Volovec summit.

Summit list 4

1Ostrý Roháč2,088 m 0.9 km SSW
2Plačlivé2,125 m 1.6 km SW
3Hrubý vrch2,137 m 2.6 km ESE
4Tri kopy2,136 m 2.6 km WSW

Where it sits

Where Volovec sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

GubałówkaPeak · 1,126 m17 km NE

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

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Print & wall

JPGVolovec satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-14.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,054 m at the summit; the official height is 2,063 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,063 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,054 m	-9 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,048 m	-15 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 2026-08-14)
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Volovec

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Data sources