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Godwin-Austen Glacier

7,312 m23,990 ft

Area: 39.21 km²
Lowest point: 4,578 m
Tonight: -35°CClear · Wind 7 km/h E

Godwin-Austen Glacier in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan covers 39.2 km² and spans 4,578–7,312 m above sea level.

All facts

Highest point: 7,312 m

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Glacier

Godwin-Austen Glacier: size and slope

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

Vertical range: 2,734 m
Mean slope: 13°
Faces: southmostly in sun

3D map

Godwin-Austen Glacier 3D map

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Surface

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Topographic map

Godwin-Austen Glacier terrain and contours

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 centre

Godwin-Austen Glacier elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Godwin-Austen Glacier weather

Tonight · Clear · -35°C (-31°F) · Wind 7 km/h E

Godwin-Austen Glacier forecast for about 7,312 m.

Tonight-35°–7 km/h E
Today-38°-27°–8 km/h NE
Sun-37°-27°–8 km/h E
Mon-34°-26°–8 km/h S
Tue-33°-26°–4 km/h S
Wed-32°-26°–4 km/h S
Thu-31°-25°0.2 mm4 km/h SE
Fri-31°-24°0.1 mm4 km/h SE
Sat-26°-25°4.7 mm4 km/h S
Sun-28°-24°0.4 mm5 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, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Godwin-Austen Glacier

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

Nearest campsite
Broad Peak Base Camp
0.5 km N · +2 more within 6.5 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Broad Peak Base CampCampsite	0.5 km N
K2 Base CampCampsite	3.9 km N
ConcordiaCampsite	6.5 km S

Slope

Share of the 28.3 × 28.3 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°

28.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

15.9%

Steep, 30–45°

28.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

27.9%

Steeper than 30°: 56.0% of the 801 km² view
Relief in view: 4,406 m low point 4,165 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 88.1%Bare rock / sparse 11.5%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 14.1 km of Godwin-Austen Glacier.

Summit list 6

1Broad Peak North7,490 m 1.9 km SE
2Broad Peak Central8,011 m 3.5 km SE
3布洛阿特前峰8,028 m 3.7 km SE
4Broad Peak8,051 m 4.0 km SE
5Angelus6,802 m 4.4 km W
6Marble Peak6,256 m 9.0 km SSW

Where it sits

Where Godwin-Austen Glacier sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Muztagh TowerPeak · 7,273 m16 km W

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Print & wall

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

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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 2026-08-29)
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

Godwin-Austen Glacier

West → east through the centre

Nearest campsite