Harmukh · 5,080 m · 3.6 km SSW

Lake · Jammu and Kashmir

Gangabal Lake

3,569 m11,709 ft

Area: 1.71 km²
Tonight: -5°CFair · Wind 8 km/h E

Gangabal Lake is a lake at 3,569 m above sea level in Jammu and Kashmir, India, 1.71 km² in area and 2.8 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 3,569 m
Length: 2.8 km
Shoreline: 6.5 km

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Lake

Gangabal Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 6.5 km≈1¾ h to walk around

3D map

Gangabal Lake 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Gangabal Lake 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

Gangabal Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Gangabal Lake weather

Today · Snow · -5 / 2°C (23 / 36°F) · 2.5 mm · Wind 8 km/h E

Gangabal Lake forecast for about 3,569 m.

Today-5°2°2.5 mm8 km/h E
Sun-7°1°0.8 mm9 km/h SW
Mon-8°3°0.5 mm10 km/h N
Tue-3°4°–6 km/h SW
Wed-2°5°–6 km/h S
Thu-1°6°0.3 mm8 km/h S
Fri-2°5°–5 km/h S
Sat-2°5°0.3 mm6 km/h SW
Sun0°5°–4 km/h SW

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Gangabal Lake

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

Nearest campsite
Gangbal campsite
1.6 km ESE · +2 more within 8.0 km
Directions Map
Nearest hut
वन विभाग कुटी
5.7 km SE
Directions Map

All mapped places 4

Place	Distance
Gangbal campsiteCampsite	1.6 km ESE
Nundkol CampsiteCampsite	2.0 km SE
वन विभाग कुटीHut	5.7 km SE
Doobta paani campsiteCampsite	8.0 km ENE

Slope

Share of the 4.8 × 4.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

30.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

41.5%

Steep, 30–45°

21.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

6.6%

Steeper than 30°: 27.8% of the 23 km² view
Relief in view: 1,580 m low point 3,449 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Moss & lichen 41.7%Bare rock / sparse 21.9%Grassland 16.1%Water 10.3%Snow & ice 9.6%

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

Where it sits

Where Gangabal Lake sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Manasbal Lake31 km SW

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGGangabal Lake satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-09-21.

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GIS & GPS

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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 2025 (scene 2025-09-21)
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Gangabal Lake

West → east through the centre

Nearest campsite

Nearest hut