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Illampu

You can see 249 km from here, looking north-east.

76Viewyas Score

SummitSunset360°Long viewMany peaks

Calculating the panorama…

Drag to turn around. The relief is drawn 2.2 times taller so the ridges can be read; far ridges are paler, as in the real air.

The view

Up to 249 km away.

Calculated on the relief one degree at a time, up to 250 km, with the curvature of the Earth and the refraction of the air: what stands above the horizon from here.

76out of 100

Our own rating, from the relief and the climate only: open horizon (35 points), how far you see (25), sea and named peaks in view (20) and clear months (20).

  • 249 kmFarthest ridgelooking north-east
  • 97%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
  • 46Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
  • 6,146 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint

The 46 peaks you can name from here

From west to east as you turn around: height, distance and direction. Each one links to its guide on Peakyas, our mountain atlas.

Pico del Norte6,070 m · 2.0 km · north-eastAqhuya Aqhuyani5,164 m · 39 km · south-eastSirk'i Qullu5,546 m · 96 km · south-eastMururata5,864 m · 111 km · south-eastIllimani6,438 m · 122 km · south-eastChacaltaya5,421 m · 74 km · south-eastWila Kunka Pata5,002 m · 65 km · south-eastCerro Yuchusni4,434 m · 142 km · south-eastCerro Cantaloma4,176 m · 149 km · south-eastLetanias Loma3,966 m · 144 km · southCerro Jachcha Ancasi4,499 m · 87 km · north-westJajahuaycho5,200 m · 148 km · north-westQala Phusa5,915 m · 120 km · north-west

From the relief only: buildings, trees and haze are not in the model. On a hazy day you see much less; 250 km is the limit of our calculation.

The sun

The best sunsets are from June to August.

When the sun really disappears from this viewpoint — behind the relief or into the sea — and in which direction, on the 15th of each month, in local time.

  1. Janwestsets on an open horizon14%
  2. Febwestsets on an open horizon13%
  3. Marwestsets on an open horizon21%
  4. Aprwestsets on an open horizon31%
  5. Maywest-2 min before the sea-level sunset41%
  6. Junnorth-west-2 min before the sea-level sunset47%
  7. Julwest-2 min before the sea-level sunset48%
  8. Augwest-2 min before the sea-level sunset46%
  9. Sepwest-2 min before the sea-level sunset38%
  10. Octwest-2 min before the sea-level sunset28%
  11. Novwestsets on an open horizon26%
  12. Decsouth-west-2 min before the sea-level sunset16%
  • Time: when the sun goes behind the horizon you see from here.
  • Minutes: how much earlier the relief hides the sun.
  • %: share of clear sky that month (NASA, 2001–2020).

The highlighted months are the clearest. Golden hour starts about an hour before.

The place

Illampu.

Mountain in the Bolivian Andes

Illampu is a summit in Bolivia, 6,146 m above the sea.

On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 249 km away, looking north-east.

46 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Illimani (6,438 m), 122 km away.

The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 97% of the circle.

The skies are clearest from June to August.

Illampu + Glacier Ancohuma
Maurice Chédel · CC BY 3.0

Get there and stay

Plan the visit

A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.

Tours, cable cars and tickets for IllampuGetYourGuideSee prices Stays with a view near IllampuBooking.comSee prices Car hire at LPB airport (La Paz / El Alto)Discover CarsSee prices 

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From above

The viewpoint and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the viewpoint, with what OpenStreetMap shows nearby.

Illampu seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 1other viewpoints within 5 kmMirador Titisani
  • 4named peaks within 5 kmAncohuma, Illampu, Pico del Norte and 1 more
  • 9campsites within 10 kmCampamento en Laguna Glaciar Sorata, Punto de Campamento Posible, Camp 2 Circuito Illampu and 6 more
  • cable car and funicular stations within 5 km
  • marked trails within 3 km
  • shelters and huts within 5 km
  • car parks within 3 km
  • visitor centres within 5 km
  • restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • places to stay within 10 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

What you see from Illampu, and what is near.

Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.

Peakyas51 mountains within 25 km
Illampu · this placeIllampu6,485 m · 0.3 kmPico del Norte6,070 m · 1.8 kmJanq'u Uma6,425 m · 4.8 kmHaucana6,200 m · 5.8 kmCerro Yacuma5,972 m · 6.2 kmQ'asiri (Larecaja)5,828 m · 11 kmCalzada5,874 m · 17 kmCh'iyar Juqhu6,104 m · 21 km
Darkskyas4 dark-sky places within 30 km
IllampuBortle 2 · this placeJanq'u UmaBortle 2 · 4.6 kmCh'iyar JuqhuBortle 2 · 21 kmChachakumaniBortle 2 · 26 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, GBIF). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The view, as people saw it.

Illampu at dusk
Maurice Chédel · CC BY 3.0
EL ILLAMPU Y EL ENTORNO ALTIPLANICO BOLIVIANO
Tawaco · CC BY-SA 4.0
EL ILLAMPU, UNO DE LOS NEVADOS MAS ALTOS DE BOLIVIA
Tawaco · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other viewpoints nearby.

Illampu

Bolivia

  • 76Viewyas Score
  • 249 kmFarthest ridge
  • 46Peaks in view
  • 6,146 mAltitude

Janq'u Uma

Bolivia · 5 km

  • 78Viewyas Score
  • 249 kmFarthest ridge
  • 90Peaks in view
  • 6,393 mAltitude

See the guide

Illimani

Bolivia · 122 km

  • 79Viewyas Score
  • 249 kmFarthest ridge
  • 149Peaks in view
  • 6,387 mAltitude

See the guide

Mirador Killi Killi

Bolivia · 88 km

  • 65Viewyas Score
  • 82 kmFarthest ridge
  • 18Peaks in view
  • 3,707 mAltitude

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1139395) · CC0
SunJ. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms
Peaks in viewPeakyas (Wikidata, CC0)
Panorama and altitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-90 / GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
CloudsNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Darkskyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

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