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Yanapaccha

5,460 m17,913 ft

Prominence: 525 m1,721 ft
Isolation: 4.0 km
Tonight: -4°CLight snow · Wind 6 km/h SW

Yanapaccha is a 5,460 m (17,913 ft) mountain in the Andes, Áncash Department, Peru.

All facts

Elevation: 5,460 m · 17,913 ft
Nearest higher peak: Chacraraju (6,108 m)
Range: Andes
Region: Áncash Department, Peru
Coordinates: 9.0274° S, 77.5768° W

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3D map

Yanapaccha 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Yanapaccha 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

Yanapaccha elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Yanapaccha weather

Tonight · Light snow · -4°C (25°F) · 1.6 mm · Wind 6 km/h SW

Yanapaccha forecast for the summit, about 5,460 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 3,808 m.

Tonight-4°1.6 mm6 km/h SWBase 6°
Sat-4°2°8.7 mm9 km/h EBase 6 / 11°
Sun-4°0°11.2 mm9 km/h WBase 6 / 10°
Mon-6°2°2.1 mm10 km/h SWBase 4 / 11°
Tue-6°3°0.7 mm11 km/h SWBase 3 / 13°
Wed-6°3°0.6 mm10 km/h SWBase 4 / 13°
Thu-4°3°1.2 mm10 km/h SWBase 6 / 13°
Fri-7°3°0.7 mm8 km/h SWBase 3 / 13°
Sat-6°4°0.5 mm9 km/h SWBase 4 / 14°
Sun-4°2°8.3 mm4 km/h SEBase 6 / 11°

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 Yanapaccha

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

Nearest campsite
Base Camp Yanapacca
1.3 km SW · +2 more within 3.9 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
4.2 km WSW
+1 more within 5.4 km
Directions Map
Nearest hut
Refugio Perú
5.8 km W
Directions Map

All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
Base Camp YanapaccaCampsite	1.3 km SW
Campsite	2.1 km SSW
Campsite	3.9 km WSW
Parking	4.2 km WSW
Parking	5.4 km WSW
Refugio PerúHut	5.8 km W

Slope

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

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°

12.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

37.1%

Steep, 30–45°

39.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

11.5%

Steeper than 30°: 50.7% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,541 m low point 3,808 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 55.3%Bare rock / sparse 22.5%Snow & ice 13.7%Trees 4.5%Shrubland 2.9%Water 0.8%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 60 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Lupinus weberbaueri12
Tit-like Dacnis8
Tristerix longibracteatus6
Rockhausenia nubigena5
Andean Goose4
Cream-winged Cinclodes3

Where it sits

Where Yanapaccha sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lake Parón4,200 m12 km WNW

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

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Print & wall

JPGYanapaccha satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-07.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

111 m low This 3D map reads 5,349 m at the summit; the official height is 5,460 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 139 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	5,460 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	5,349 m	-111 m
Copernicus GLO-90	5,321 m	-139 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 2026-08-07)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
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

Yanapaccha

West → east through the summit

Nearest campsite

Nearest parking

Nearest hut

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