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Karmadon Gorge

Floor982 m3,222 ft

Depth: 1,456 m
Rim: 3,313 m
Length: 21.5 km
Tonight: -8°CFog · Wind 7 km/h SW

Karmadon Gorge is up to 1,456 m deep: the rim reaches 3,313 m and the floor 982 m, along 21.5 km.

All facts

Floor: 982 m

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Depth

Depth of Karmadon Gorge

Up to 1,456 m deep (typically 1,010 m) along the 21.5 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).

3D map

Karmadon Gorge 3D map

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Surface

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Karmadon Gorge 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.

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Karmadon Gorge elevation profile

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Weather

Karmadon Gorge weather

Tonight · Fog · -8°C (18°F) · Wind 7 km/h SW

Karmadon Gorge forecast for about 3,313 m.

Tonight-8°–7 km/h SW
Today-8°2°0.9 mm7 km/h SW
Sun-8°1°1.4 mm7 km/h N
Mon-6°3°0.2 mm8 km/h SW
Tue-1°4°–3 km/h NE
Wed-1°5°–5 km/h S
Thu-2°3°0.2 mm5 km/h S
Fri-2°3°2.5 mm4 km/h S
Sat-7°-1°4.4 mm4 km/h SW
Sun-3°1°1.3 mm3 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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Karmadon Gorge

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

Nearest parking
2.5 km SW
+2 more within 4.8 km
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Nearest campsite
Поляна Квакау
3.0 km WSW · +1 more within 3.2 km
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All mapped places 5

Place	Distance
Parking	2.5 km SW
Parking	2.5 km S
Поляна КвакауCampsite	3.0 km WSW
Campsite	3.2 km SE
Parking	4.8 km SSW

Slope

Share of the 18.9 × 18.9 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°

10.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

35.7%

Steep, 30–45°

46.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

7.2%

Steeper than 30°: 53.7% of the 357 km² view
Relief in view: 3,599 m low point 930 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 51.4%Trees 31.5%Bare rock / sparse 13.6%Moss & lichen 2.7%Snow & ice 0.5%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 9.5 km of Karmadon Gorge.

Summit list 8

1Рекормаг1,749 m 0.6 km E
2Чизджытыхох2,823 m 4.2 km NW
3Пик2,699 m 4.5 km NNW
4Хиах2,770 m 5.3 km ENE
5Куарджин2,611 m 7.3 km NE
6Араухох Западная2,548 m 7.6 km NE
7Сачалхан1,896 m 7.8 km N
8Араухох Центральная2,452 m 9.0 km NE

Where it sits

Where Karmadon Gorge sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Jvari Pass2,379 m36 km S

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Sources

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 2026-08-23)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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 · Wikipedia

Karmadon Gorge

West → east through the centre

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