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Karakoram Pass

5,526 m18,130 ft

Tonight: -20°CClear · Wind 10 km/h S

Karakoram Pass is a mountain pass at 5,526 m in People's Republic of China.

All facts

Saddle: 5,526 m
Lowest point: 5,304 m / 5,317 m

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3D map

Karakoram Pass 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Karakoram Pass topographic map

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

Karakoram Pass elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Print & wall

JPGKarakoram Pass satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-17.

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GIS & GPS

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Pass

Karakoram Pass: the climb from each side

No mapped road or trail crosses the saddle.

Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.

Weather

Karakoram Pass weather

Tonight · Clear · -20°C (-4°F) · Wind 10 km/h S

Karakoram Pass forecast for about 5,526 m.

Tonight-20°–10 km/h S
Today-20°-12°–20 km/h SW
Sun-21°-12°–26 km/h SW
Mon-21°-11°–24 km/h SW
Tue-20°-12°–19 km/h SW
Wed-18°-11°–23 km/h SW
Thu-19°-9°–32 km/h SW
Fri-19°-9°–26 km/h SW
Sat-18°-9°0.9 mm27 km/h SW
Sun-19°-11°–15 km/h S

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 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

41.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

43.2%

Steep, 30–45°

14.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.4%

Steeper than 30°: 15.0% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 751 m low point 5,272 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 92.3%Snow & ice 7.6%

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

Where it sits

Where Karakoram Pass sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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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 2026-07-17)
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
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia