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Drang-Drung Glacier

6,053 m19,859 ft

Area: 60.80 km²
Lowest point: 4,092 m
Tonight: -24°CLight snow · Wind 6 km/h NW

Drang-Drung Glacier in Ladakh, India covers 60.8 km² and spans 4,092–6,053 m above sea level.

All facts

Highest point: 6,053 m

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Glacier

Drang-Drung Glacier: size and slope

Drawn to scale from the OpenStreetMap outline and the Copernicus 30 m terrain model.

Vertical range: 1,961 m
Mean slope: 15°
Faces: northmostly shaded

3D map

Drang-Drung Glacier 3D map

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Surface

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Topographic map

Drang-Drung Glacier 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 centre

Drang-Drung Glacier elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Drang-Drung Glacier weather

Tonight · Light snow · -24°C (-11°F) · 0.1 mm · Wind 6 km/h NW

Drang-Drung Glacier forecast for about 6,053 m.

Tonight-24°0.1 mm6 km/h NW
Today-31°-15°2.5 mm8 km/h N
Sun-30°-16°–9 km/h N
Mon-30°-15°–9 km/h N
Tue-25°-15°–3 km/h S
Wed-25°-15°–3 km/h N
Thu-27°-14°0.2 mm5 km/h S
Fri-25°-14°–3 km/h S
Sat-24°-14°–4 km/h S
Sun-24°-13°–3 km/h S

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

Share of the 27.9 × 27.9 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

29.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

25.3%

Steep, 30–45°

31.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

13.9%

Steeper than 30°: 45.0% of the 778 km² view
Relief in view: 2,740 m low point 3,821 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 56.4%Bare rock / sparse 37.1%Moss & lichen 5.4%Water 0.6%

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

Where it sits

Where Drang-Drung Glacier sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Sheshnag Lake3,575 m84 km WNW

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JPGDrang-Drung Glacier satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-08.

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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 2026-09-08)
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
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