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Gyong La

5,687 m18,658 ft

Tonight: -27°CFair · Wind 7 km/h W

Gyong La is a mountain pass at 5,687 m in Ladakh, India.

All facts

Saddle: 5,687 m
Lowest point: 5,081 m / 5,099 m

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Pass

Gyong La: the climb from each side

No mapped road or trail crosses the saddle.

Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.

3D map

Gyong La 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Gyong La 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

Gyong La elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Gyong La weather

Tonight · Fair · -27°C (-17°F) · Wind 7 km/h W

Gyong La forecast for about 5,687 m.

Tonight-27°–7 km/h W
Today-30°-14°–9 km/h W
Sun-29°-14°1.2 mm8 km/h W
Mon-30°-14°–9 km/h NW
Tue-31°-17°–6 km/h W
Wed-24°-15°–6 km/h W
Thu-23°-12°–6 km/h W
Fri-24°-11°–5 km/h W
Sat-18°-13°1.1 mm5 km/h W
Sun-24°-12°–5 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 23, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

37.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

26.2%

Steep, 30–45°

24.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

12.0%

Steeper than 30°: 36.3% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 1,579 m low point 4,733 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 97.0%Bare rock / sparse 2.9%

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

Where it sits

Where Gyong La sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Print & wall

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

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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)
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)
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