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Mountain · Dongkya Range · Sikkim

Khangchengyao

6,889 m22,602 ft

Prominence: 1,471 m4,825 ft
Isolation: 18 km
Tonight: -22°CFair · Wind 25 km/h S

Khangchengyao is a 6,889 m (22,602 ft) mountain in the Dongkya Range, Sikkim, India.

All facts

Elevation: 6,889 m · 22,602 ft
Nearest higher peak: Pauhunri (7,128 m)
Range: Dongkya Range
Region: Sikkim, India
Coordinates: 27.9857° N, 88.6565° E

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3D map

Khangchengyao 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Khangchengyao 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.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Khangchengyao elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Khangchengyao weather

Today · Clear · -22 / -13°C (-8 / 9°F) · Wind 25 km/h S

Khangchengyao forecast for the summit, about 6,889 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 4,607 m.

Today-22°-13°–25 km/h SBase -8 / 0°
Sun-22°-14°–21 km/h SBase -9 / 0°
Mon-22°-12°–23 km/h SBase -9 / 1°
Tue-22°-13°–17 km/h SBase -9 / 1°
Wed-22°-12°0.1 mm12 km/h SBase -8 / 2°
Thu-16°-13°23.2 mm9 km/h SBase -2 / 0°
Fri-14°-13°61.2 mm21 km/h SBase 0 / 0°
Sat-15°-12°13.0 mm17 km/h SBase -1 / 1°
Sun-19°-12°–8 km/h SBase -6 / 1°
Mon-22°-13°–11 km/h SBase -9 / 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 9.8 × 9.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

28.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

31.3%

Steep, 30–45°

24.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

15.6%

Steeper than 30°: 40.2% of the 96 km² view
Relief in view: 2,292 m low point 4,607 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 36.8%Bare rock / sparse 35.7%Moss & lichen 15.1%Grassland 10.0%Water 2.5%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.9 km, measured from the Khangchengyao summit.

Summit list 3

1Yulhekang6,429 m 1.7 km SE
2Gurudongmar West6,630 m 2.8 km E
3Gurudongmar6,715 m 4.3 km E

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.9 km; 15 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

White-winged Redstart4
Ground Tit2
White-rumped Snowfinch2
Hill Pigeon1
Solitary Snipe1
Red-billed Chough1

Where it sits

Where Khangchengyao sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Shudu TsenpaPeak · 7,024 m21 km ESE

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

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Print & wall

JPGKhangchengyao satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-30.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 6,899 m at the summit; the official height is 6,889 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	6,889 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	6,899 m	+10 m
Copernicus GLO-90	6,895 m	+6 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 2026-09-30)
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