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Gomukh
- Area
- 56.86 km²
- Lowest point
- 3,951 m
- Tonight
- -30°CFog · Wind 8 km/h N
Gomukh Glacier in India covers 56.9 km² and spans 3,951–6,500 m above sea level.
All facts
- Highest point
- 6,500 m
Gomukh 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 30.7 × 30.7 km
Gomukh topographic map
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.
Gomukh elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Gomukh downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Gomukh: size and slope
Drawn to scale from the OpenStreetMap outline and the Copernicus 30 m terrain model.
- Vertical range
- 2,549 m
- Mean slope
- 11°
- Faces
- northwestmostly shaded
Gomukh weather
Tonight · Fog · -30°C (-22°F) · Wind 8 km/h N
Gomukh forecast for about 6,500 m.
- Tonight-30°–8 km/h N
- Today-30°-18°–8 km/h S
- Sun-31°-18°–8 km/h N
- Mon-28°-16°–9 km/h SW
- Tue-26°-17°–4 km/h SW
- Wed-28°-16°–4 km/h N
- Thu-24°-15°0.1 mm4 km/h N
- Fri-27°-14°0.2 mm4 km/h N
- Sat-24°-14°–4 km/h S
- Sun-24°-13°–5 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 23, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Gomukh
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Gomukh, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Tapovan
Slope
Share of the 30.7 × 30.7 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.
- Steeper than 30°
- 54.6% of the 942 km² view
- Relief in view
- 4,906 m low point 2,169 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 15.4 km; 68 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- White-capped Redstart6
- Yellow-billed Chough4
- Indian Tortoiseshell4
- Yellow woodbrown4
- Red-headed Bullfinch3
- Bharal3
Where Gomukh sits
- Range
- Himalayas121
Nearby places
SatopanthPeak · 7,075 m↑7.2 km NE
ShivlingPeak · 6,543 m↑13 km NW
Thalay SagarPeak · 6,904 m↑17 km WNW
Satopanth TalLake↑20 km ESE
Satopanth Glacier7,000 m↑20 km ESE
More 1
More in the Himalayas 6
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 2026-09-19)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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)