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Kongur Tagh · 7,649 m · 28 km NE
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Black Lake

3,646 m11,962 ft
Area
5.02 km²
Max depth
242 m
Tonight
-7°CClear · Wind 8 km/h E

Black Lake is a lake at 3,646 m above sea level in Xinjiang, People's Republic of China, 5.02 km² in area and 3.6 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
3,646 m
Length
3.6 km
Shoreline
13.2 km
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Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Black Lake

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

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking0.6 km WNW
不周山营地Hut1.2 km SW
Parking1.2 km SW
Lake

Black Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

3.6 km longest1 kmN ↑
Shoreline
13.2 km≈3¼ h to walk around
3D map

Black Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 5.6 × 5.6 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Black Lake terrain and contours

20 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 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Black Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Black Lake weather

Tonight · Clear · -7°C (19°F) · Wind 8 km/h E

Black Lake forecast for about 3,646 m.

  • Tonight-7°–8 km/h E
  • Today-9°2°–12 km/h N
  • Sun-8°0°–12 km/h E
  • Mon-7°3°–16 km/h W
  • Tue-7°1°1.0 mm3 km/h E
  • Wed-5°1°–4 km/h NE
  • Thu-6°2°–7 km/h W
  • Fri-8°2°0.3 mm4 km/h W
  • Sat-5°-1°1.1 mm6 km/h E
  • Sun-7°0°–3 km/h NE

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 5.6 × 5.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 69% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
68.8%
Moderate, 15–30°
17.4%
Steep, 30–45°
13.8%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
13.8% of the 31 km² view
Relief in view
535 m low point 3,620 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 66.3%Water 20.1%Grassland 11.9%Moss & lichen 1.1%

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

Where it sits

Where Black Lake sits

Region
Xinjiang14China121Asia964
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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

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Sources

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 2026-09-06)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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 · Wikipedia