Kalanka
- Prominence
- 763 m2,505 ft
- Isolation
- 6.1 km
- Tonight
- -29°CClear · Wind 6 km/h SE
Kalanka is a 6,931 m (22,740 ft) mountain in Uttarakhand, India.
All facts
- Elevation
- 6,931 m · 22,740 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Rishi Pahar (6,992 m)
- Region
- Uttarakhand, India
- Coordinates
- 30.5032° N, 79.9410° E
Kalanka 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 7 × 7 km
Kalanka 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.
Kalanka elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Kalanka weather
Tonight · Clear · -29°C (-20°F) · Wind 6 km/h SE
Kalanka forecast for the summit, about 6,931 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 4,866 m.
- Tonight-29°–6 km/h SEBase -16°
- Today-29°-18°–8 km/h SBase -17 / -6°
- Sun-29°-18°–7 km/h SBase -16 / -6°
- Mon-28°-16°–7 km/h SWBase -16 / -4°
- Tue-27°-17°–4 km/h SEBase -15 / -4°
- Wed-26°-16°–4 km/h SEBase -13 / -3°
- Thu-23°-14°–3 km/h SEBase -10 / -2°
- Fri-25°-13°–5 km/h WBase -13 / -1°
- Sat-28°-15°–4 km/h SEBase -16 / -2°
- Sun-25°-14°–3 km/h WBase -13 / -1°
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 7 × 7 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°
- 54.7% of the 49 km² view
- Relief in view
- 2,027 m low point 4,866 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.
Where Kalanka sits
- Region
- Uttarakhand18India313Asia964
Nearby places
Kalanka downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
38 m low This 3D map reads 6,893 m at the summit; the official height is 6,931 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 57 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 6,931 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 6,893 m | -38 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 6,874 m | -57 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 2025 (scene 2025-11-26)
- 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