Mount Mahadev · 3,966 m · 17 km E

Lake · Jammu and Kashmir

Gil Sar

1,582 m5,190 ft

Area: 0.06 km²
Tonight: 5°CFair · Wind 11 km/h S

Gil Sar is a lake at 1,582 m above sea level in Jammu and Kashmir, India, 0.06 km² in area and 0.7 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 1,582 m
Length: 0.7 km
Shoreline: 1.7 km

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Lake

Gil Sar in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 1.7 km≈30 min to walk around

3D map

Gil Sar 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Gil Sar terrain and contours

10 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 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Gil Sar elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Gil Sar weather

Today · Partly cloudy · 5 / 18°C (41 / 64°F) · Wind 11 km/h S

Gil Sar forecast for about 1,582 m.

Today5°18°–11 km/h S
Sun5°18°0.8 mm13 km/h W
Mon4°17°–10 km/h E
Tue4°16°–4 km/h W
Wed4°16°–4 km/h W
Thu5°17°–4 km/h W
Fri5°17°–2 km/h NE
Sat5°17°–4 km/h W
Sun6°17°–3 km/h W

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 Gil Sar

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

Nearest parking
SKIMS Attendant Parking
1.3 km N · +2 more within 1.6 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
SKIMS Attendant ParkingParking	1.3 km N
Parking	1.4 km N
Parking	1.6 km N

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 98% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

98.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

1.4%

Steep, 30–45°

0.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.4% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view: 166 m low point 1,578 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Built-up 50.0%Trees 19.9%Grassland 15.6%Cropland 11.8%Bare rock / sparse 1.7%Water 0.9%

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

Where it sits

Where Gil Sar sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Marsar Lake28 km E

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGGil Sar satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-23.

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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 2026 (scene 2026-09-23)
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

Gil Sar

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