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Falut

3,600 m11,811 ft
Prominence
266 m873 ft
Isolation
2.7 km
Tonight
0°CClear · Wind 10 km/h SE

Falut is a 3,600 m (11,811 ft) mountain in the Himalayas, West Bengal, India.

All facts
Elevation
3,600 m · 11,811 ft
Nearest higher peak
Sandakpu (3,636 m)
Range
Himalayas
Region
West Bengal, India
Coordinates
27.2132° N, 88.0140° E
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3D map

Falut 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Falut 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 summit

Falut 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.
Weather

Falut weather

Today · Fair · 0 / 10°C (32 / 50°F) · Wind 10 km/h SE

Falut forecast for the summit, about 3,600 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,939 m.

  • Today0°10°–10 km/h SEBase 10 / 20°
  • Sun0°10°–10 km/h SEBase 10 / 20°
  • Mon0°12°–9 km/h SEBase 10 / 22°
  • Tue2°14°–3 km/h SEBase 11 / 24°
  • Wed3°13°–2 km/h SEBase 13 / 23°
  • Thu4°9°15.8 mm7 km/h EBase 14 / 19°
  • Fri3°5°142.5 mm6 km/h EBase 13 / 15°
  • Sat3°10°19.5 mm1 km/h NEBase 13 / 20°
  • Sun3°12°0.1 mm3 km/h EBase 13 / 22°
  • Mon1°11°0.4 mm3 km/h EBase 11 / 21°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Slope

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 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°
4.9%
Moderate, 15–30°
44.5%
Steep, 30–45°
49.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
1.6%
Steeper than 30°
50.6% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view
1,735 m low point 1,939 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 87.1%Grassland 12.9%

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

Where it sits

Where Falut sits

Range
Himalayas121
Region
West Bengal4India313Asia964
Nearby

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

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,593 m at the summit; the official height is 3,600 m.Official 3,600 m90 m model 3,586 mThis map 3,593 m

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)3,600 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)3,593 m-7 m
Copernicus GLO-903,586 m-14 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 2025 (scene 2025-12-17)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
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