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K6
- Prominence
- 1,958 m6,422 ft
- Isolation
- 21 km
- Region
- Pakistan
- Tonight
- -41°CFog · Wind 6 km/h N
K6 is a 7,282 m (23,891 ft) mountain in the Masherbrum Mountains, Pakistan.
All facts
- Elevation
- 7,282 m · 23,891 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Chogolisa (7,668 m)
- Range
- Masherbrum Mountains
- Spanish name
- Baltistan Peak
- Coordinates
- 35.4176° N, 76.5524° E
K6 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 11.8 × 11.8 km
K6 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.
K6 elevation profile
West → east through the summit
K6 weather
Tonight · Fog · -41°C (-42°F) · Wind 6 km/h N
K6 forecast for the summit, about 7,282 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 3,964 m.
- Tonight-41°–6 km/h NBase -21°
- Today-44°-24°–9 km/h NBase -24 / -5°
- Sun-42°-25°0.2 mm8 km/h NBase -22 / -5°
- Mon-43°-24°–8 km/h NBase -23 / -4°
- Tue-43°-26°0.1 mm6 km/h NBase -24 / -6°
- Wed-38°-26°–5 km/h NBase -18 / -6°
- Thu-42°-23°–6 km/h NBase -22 / -3°
- Fri-41°-24°–6 km/h NBase -21 / -4°
- Sat-35°-23°8.4 mm5 km/h NBase -16 / -4°
- Sun-39°-24°1.0 mm6 km/h NBase -20 / -4°
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.
Slope
Share of the 11.8 × 11.8 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°
- 59.4% of the 139 km² view
- Relief in view
- 3,155 m low point 3,964 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.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 5.9 km, measured from the K6 summit.
Summit list 4
- 1Kapura Peak6,544 m 4.0 km WNW
- 2Thanda Parbat6,553 m 4.1 km WNW
- 3Link Sar7,041 m 4.6 km NE
- 4K76,934 m 5.8 km NNE
Where K6 sits
- Range
- Karakoram39Masherbrum Mountains4
Nearby places
K6 downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
163 m low This 3D map reads 7,119 m at the summit; the official height is 7,282 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 196 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 7,282 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 7,119 m | -163 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 7,086 m | -196 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)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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 · Wikipedia