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Broad Peak

8,051 m26,414 ft

Prominence: 1,701 m5,581 ft
Tonight: -38°CClear · Wind 7 km/h SW

Broad Peak is an 8,051 m (26,414 ft) mountain in the Gasherbrum, Xinjiang, China.

All facts

Elevation: 8,051 m · 26,414 ft
Range: Gasherbrum
Region: Xinjiang, China
Coordinates: 35.8204° N, 76.5646° E

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3D map

Broad Peak 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 10.8 × 10.8 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Broad Peak topographic map

200 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 1,000 mShowing west → east through the summit

Broad Peak elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGBroad Peak satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-29.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Weather

Broad Peak weather

Tonight · Clear · -38°C (-36°F) · Wind 7 km/h SW

Broad Peak forecast for the summit, about 8,051 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 4,647 m.

Tonight-38°–7 km/h SWBase -17°
Today-41°-31°–8 km/h NWBase -21 / -10°
Sun-40°-31°–8 km/h SWBase -19 / -10°
Mon-38°-30°–8 km/h SWBase -18 / -9°
Tue-38°-30°–4 km/h SWBase -17 / -10°
Wed-36°-29°–5 km/h SWBase -16 / -9°
Thu-36°-29°0.2 mm4 km/h SWBase -16 / -9°
Fri-34°-29°–4 km/h SWBase -14 / -8°
Sat-31°-29°3.5 mm4 km/h SWBase -10 / -8°
Sun-33°-28°–4 km/h SWBase -13 / -7°

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 Broad Peak

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

Nearest campsite
Broad Peak Base Camp
4.6 km WSW · +2 more within 5.7 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Broad Peak Base CampCampsite	4.6 km WSW
K2 Base CampCampsite	5.2 km WNW
کیمپ 1Campsite	5.7 km NNW

Slope

Share of the 10.8 × 10.8 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°

30.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

17.2%

Steep, 30–45°

24.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

28.4%

Steeper than 30°: 52.6% of the 117 km² view
Relief in view: 3,403 m low point 4,647 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 93.3%Bare rock / sparse 6.6%

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

Where it sits

Where Broad Peak sits

Ranked in 1

#12 Eight-thousanders

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Summa RiPeak · 7,286 m12 km WNW

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 8,051 m at the summit; the official height is 8,051 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal. The 90 m model misses by 33 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	8,051 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	8,051 m	-0 m
Copernicus GLO-90	8,018 m	-33 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 2026-08-29)
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

Broad Peak

West → east through the summit

Nearest campsite

Data sources