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Mount Maria in 3D: real relief (Copernicus DEM) and satellite image (Sentinel-2)

Mountain·Falkland IslandsUnited KingdomFalkland Islands / United Kingdom

Mount Maria

658m

Hornby Mountains

Summit weather

3D view drawn from Copernicus WorldDEM-30 (© DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA) and Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH, CC BY 4.0

Elevation
658m
Relief
658mabove the lowest point within 5 km
Steepest slope
30°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit
Jun–OctSee month by month ↓
Summit
51.6031°S, 59.5946°W

Mountain of the Hornby Mountains, Falkland Isles

Mount Maria is a mountain in the Hornby Mountains (Falkland Islands). Its summit stands 658 m above sea level.

From the lowest point within 5 km (0 m), it rises 658 m. The steepest side is the north face: 18° on average over the first kilometre.

Read more on Wikipedia

Scores

Mount Maria for skiers and climbers

Two scores out of 10, built only from open data — every part is shown. They describe what the mountain offers, not how safe it is.

Hiking & mountaineering

3.3/10

Difficulty to the top

Mountain walk

Estimated from the slope: OpenStreetMap has no graded paths near the top.

Indicative only — never a safety assessment. Conditions change: ask local guides and check the forecast.

  • 0.0/2.50 waymarked routes and 0 path sections nearby
  • 0.0/1.50 huts and shelters
  • 0.7/2658 m of ascent from the valley
  • 1.1/1.5395 m of prominence
  • 1.5/1.512 months with summit afternoons above −5 °C
  • 0.0/1via ferratas, climbing and glaciers

Ski score

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No ski runs within 12 km in OpenStreetMap.

How these scores are made

Ski (where OpenStreetMap has skiing within 12 km): up to 4 points for the length of downhill runs (300 km or more = 4), 1.5 for the number of lifts (40+), 1.5 for the vertical between lift stations (1,500 m) and 3 for the snow season — a month counts when the estimated mean temperature at the height of the ski area is −1 °C or lower and snow falls or lies there (NASA POWER, 2001–2020). Hiking & mountaineering: up to 2.5 for waymarked routes and paths, 1.5 for huts, 2 for the ascent from the valley (2,000 m), 1.5 for prominence (3,000 m), 1.5 for the season (months with summit afternoons above −5 °C) and 1 for via ferratas, climbing and glaciers. OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: where few things are mapped, a score can be lower than reality.

Plan your visit

Stay, climb and get there

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Snow

When there is snow on Mount Maria

At the summit, snow from June to October (some years from May to October). Month by month below, at different heights on the way up.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Summit658 msnow from June to October (some years from May to October)
No snowNo snowNo snowNo snowSnow some of the timeSnow on the ground all monthSnow on the ground all monthSnow on the ground all monthSnow on the ground all monthSnow on the ground all monthNo snowNo snow
Foot of the mountain0 mno snow
No snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snow
  • Snow on the ground all month
  • Snow some of the time
  • No snow
  • This month

Estimate for a normal year: average temperature and precipitation from NASA POWER, carried to each height, in a simple model of snow building up and melting. In a given year snow can come earlier or stay longer. It does not replace the local snow and avalanche bulletin.

Summit weather

Mount Maria, month by month

Not a forecast: long-term averages (1991–2020), carried up to the summit. The orange line is where an average afternoon reaches 0 °C; above the dashed blue line it freezes even at dawn.

On an average January afternoon the summit reaches about 9 °C; on July nights it falls to about -3 °C. Afternoons at the top are above freezing in every month of the average year. In January the 0 °C line climbs to about 2,060 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, October is the driest month (38 mm) and April the wettest (62 mm).

0 m500 m1,000 m1,500 m2,000 m2,500 mSUMMIT · 658 mJanuary: 2,060 mFebruary: 2,030 mMarch: 1,830 mApril: 1,420 mMay: 1,080 mJune: 820 mJuly: 690 mAugust: 780 mSeptember: 980 mOctober: 1,290 mNovember: 1,620 mDecember: 1,920 mJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
0 °C on an average afternoon 0 °C at dawn the summit
MonthSummit high °CSummit low °C0 °C line (m)Rain & snow (mm)Wet daysSun h/day
January932,06058147.8
February932,03048126.5
March831,83058135.4
April511,42062143.5
May301,08054142.2
June1-282050141.6
July0-369048131.7
August1-378047122.9
September2-298040114.7
October4-11,29038106.7
November611,62044128.0
December821,92050148.7

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 46 m), adjusted to the summit by −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Rain, wet days and sunshine are those of the region. Mountain weather changes fast — always check a local forecast. ★ = mildest months at the top.

Relief

The mountain in profile

Two cuts through the summit, 16 km long, from the 30 m Copernicus elevation model. Heights drawn 3× taller than lengths, so the shape can be seen.

West – east
658 m0 m0 km2 km4 km6 km8 km10 km12 km14 km16 kmWE
South – north
658 m0 m0 km2 km4 km6 km8 km10 km12 km14 km16 kmSN
Steepness by direction
30°N: 18°NNE: 15°NEE: 12°ESE: 9°SES: 7°SSW: 6°SWW: 16°WNW: 15°NW

Average slope of the first kilometre from the summit. The orange petal is the steepest side.

Around the mountain

Huts, lifts and trails around Mount Maria

Counted around the summit in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. The satellite plate shows 14 × 14 km.

Mount Maria seen from above (Sentinel-2) N 5 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 14 × 14 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

  • —mountain huts and shelters
  • —cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and rack railways
  • —ski areas
  • —waymarked hiking routes
  • —via ferratas
  • —climbing crags and routes
  • —named glaciers
  • —viewpoints
  • —campsites
  • 1hotels, B&Bs and chalets

    Port Howard Lodge

  • —restaurants and cafés

OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: a low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. Places © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Recent years

How each month compared at the summit

Afternoon high at the summit (estimate). The first row is the reference, the 1991–2020 average in °C; the years show only the difference.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
1991–2020 average998531012468
2020+0.3+0.3+1.1+1.5+0.5+0.4−1.6−0.5±0.0+0.5+1.8+0.2
2021+0.6+1.1+0.7+1.9−0.5+0.8+1.2+0.7+1.1+1.2+0.5+1.9
2022−0.4±0.0−0.9−0.2+0.3−0.1−0.7+0.3+0.7+1.1+2.9+0.8
2023+2.2+1.2+0.3+0.2+1.3−0.1−0.5−0.1−1.4+0.6−0.2−0.7
2024+1.0+1.0−0.9±0.0−1.1−2.3−0.1−0.9+0.4+0.8+0.7−0.3
2025+2.0−0.5+0.5+0.7+0.7−0.4+1.0+0.2+0.2+1.3−0.5−0.7

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominenceWikidata (Q2316384) · CC0
Relief, 3D view, profilesCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020 · CC BY 4.0
Around the mountain© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

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

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