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Imja Tsho
- Area
- 0.12 km²
- Tonight
- -14°CPartly cloudy · Wind 11 km/h E
Imja Tsho is a lake at 4,974 m above sea level in Koshi Province, Nepal, 0.12 km² in area and 0.4 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 4,974 m
- Length
- 0.4 km
- Shoreline
- 1.3 km
Imja Tsho in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 1.3 km≈15 min to walk around
Imja Tsho 3D map
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Imja Tsho 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.
Imja Tsho elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Imja Tsho weather
Today · Partly cloudy · -14 / -5°C (7 / 23°F) · Wind 11 km/h E
Imja Tsho forecast for about 4,974 m.
- Today-14°-5°–11 km/h E
- Sun-14°-4°–12 km/h S
- Mon-14°-2°–8 km/h NE
- Tue-13°-3°–5 km/h SW
- Wed-13°-2°0.2 mm5 km/h NE
- Thu-6°-1°27.9 mm4 km/h E
- Fri-2°-1°113.1 mm5 km/h S
- Sat-8°-1°1.2 mm6 km/h NE
- Sun-10°-2°–7 km/h E
- Mon-13°-4°0.1 mm8 km/h E
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 near Imja Tsho
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Imja Tsho, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Island Peak Base Camp
Nearest hut
Shepherd's hut
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Island Peak Base CampCampsite | 0.8 km ENE |
| Island Peak High CampCampsite | 1.7 km NE |
| Amphu Laptsa La BC South 1Campsite | 4.1 km S |
| Shepherd's hutHut | 5.9 km W |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 38.2% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,283 m low point 4,885 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 2 km; 12 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Tibetan Snowcock5
- Primula caveana2
- Saxifraga andersonii2
- Yellow-billed Chough1
- Himalayan Tahr1
- Shrubby cinquefoil1
Where Imja Tsho sits
- Region
- Koshi Province5Nepal73Asia964
- Protected area
- Sagarmatha National Park12
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- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-01-21)
- 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)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Panorama
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- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)