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Heaven Lake of Tian Shan

1,909 m6,263 ft
Area
2.69 km²
Max depth
105 m
Tonight
-11°CLight snow · Wind 15 km/h N

Heaven Lake of Tian Shan is a lake at 1,909 m above sea level in People's Republic of China, 2.69 km² in area and 3.6 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,909 m
Length
3.6 km
Shoreline
12.8 km
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Lake

Heaven Lake of Tian Shan in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

3.6 km longest1 kmN ↑
Shoreline
12.8 km≈3¼ h to walk around
3D map

Heaven Lake of Tian Shan 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 5.6 × 5.6 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Heaven Lake of Tian Shan terrain and contours

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Heaven Lake of Tian Shan elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Heaven Lake of Tian Shan weather

Today · Light snow showers · -11 / -7°C (12 / 19°F) · 1.2 mm · Wind 15 km/h N

Heaven Lake of Tian Shan forecast for about 1,909 m.

  • Today-11°-7°1.2 mm15 km/h N
  • Sun-13°-5°–10 km/h NW
  • Mon-8°0°–7 km/h NW
  • Tue-6°1°–5 km/h S
  • Wed-4°4°–3 km/h SE
  • Thu-6°2°0.1 mm5 km/h W
  • Fri-3°4°–3 km/h NW
  • Sat-5°2°–3 km/h NW
  • Sun-5°3°–4 km/h NW
  • Mon-2°6°–3 km/h SE

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

Camping & parking near Heaven Lake of Tian Shan

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

All mapped places 4
PlaceDistance
Campsite1.6 km WNW
Parking2.2 km NW
Parking3.3 km NNW
Parking3.4 km NNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 5.6 × 5.6 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°
18.1%
Moderate, 15–30°
27.5%
Steep, 30–45°
49.5%
Cliffs, 45° and over
4.9%
Steeper than 30°
54.4% of the 31 km² view
Relief in view
1,412 m low point 1,580 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 56.6%Grassland 34.3%Water 8.7%

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

Where it sits

Where Heaven Lake of Tian Shan sits

Region
China121Asia964
Downloads

Heaven Lake of Tian Shan downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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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 2026-09-19)
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)
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 · Wikipedia