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Mountain · Baltoro Muztagh · People's Republic of China

K2

8,611 m28,251 ft

Prominence: 4,020 m13,189 ft
Isolation: at least 200 km
Tonight: -40°CClear · Wind 7 km/h SW

K2 is an 8,611 m (28,251 ft) mountain in the Baltoro Muztagh, People's Republic of China, Pakistan.

All facts

Elevation: 8,611 m · 28,251 ft
Range: Baltoro Muztagh
Region: People's Republic of China, Pakistan
Coordinates: 35.8807° N, 76.5126° E

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3D map

K2 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

K2 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 summit

K2 elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

K2 weather

Tonight · Clear · -40°C (-40°F) · Wind 7 km/h SW

K2 forecast for the summit, about 8,611 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 4,608 m.

Tonight-40°–7 km/h SWBase -16°
Today-43°-35°–9 km/h SBase -19 / -11°
Sun-42°-35°–9 km/h SBase -18 / -11°
Mon-41°-34°0.1 mm8 km/h SWBase -17 / -10°
Tue-39°-34°–6 km/h SWBase -15 / -10°
Wed-39°-34°–8 km/h SBase -15 / -10°
Thu-37°-33°0.2 mm9 km/h SBase -13 / -9°
Fri-38°-32°0.1 mm8 km/h SBase -14 / -8°
Sat-35°-32°4.0 mm9 km/h SWBase -11 / -8°
Sun-34°-32°0.3 mm8 km/h SWBase -10 / -8°

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 K2

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around K2, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest campsite
کیمپ 3
1.9 km ESE · +2 more within 2.7 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
کیمپ 3Campsite	1.9 km ESE
کیمپ 2Campsite	2.3 km SE
کیمپ 1Campsite	2.7 km SE

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 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°

26.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

15.3%

Steep, 30–45°

27.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

30.8%

Steeper than 30°: 58.7% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 3,962 m low point 4,608 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 94.3%Bare rock / sparse 5.7%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 10 km, measured from the K2 summit.

Summit list 9

1Summa Ri7,286 m 6.3 km WSW
2Broad Peak North7,490 m 6.7 km SE
3Skyang Kangri7,545 m 6.7 km NE
4Skil Brum7,410 m 8.3 km WSW
5Broad Peak Central8,011 m 8.4 km SE
6布洛阿特前峰8,028 m 8.6 km SE
7Chongtar Kangri7,315 m 8.6 km WNW
8Broad Peak8,051 m 8.9 km SSE
9Praqpa Kangri7,134 m 9.1 km SW

Where it sits

Where K2 sits

Ranked in 2

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Gasherbrum IIPeak · 8,034 m19 km SE

K2 downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGK2 satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-29.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

40 m low This 3D map reads 8,571 m at the summit; the official height is 8,611 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 46 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	8,611 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	8,571 m	-40 m
Copernicus GLO-90	8,565 m	-46 m

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
Accuracy comparison, 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 · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

K2

West → east through the summit

Nearest campsite

Data sources