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Khardung La
- Tonight
- -17°CPartly cloudy · Wind 4 km/h W
Khardung La is a mountain pass at 5,344 m in India.
All facts
- Saddle
- 5,344 m
- Lowest point
- 4,861 m / 4,960 m
Khardung La 3D map
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Khardung La 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.
Khardung La elevation profile
West → east through the centre
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Khardung La: the climb from each side
Crossed by: Leh Khardung La Road
Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.
Khardung La weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · -17°C (1°F) · Wind 4 km/h W
Khardung La forecast for about 5,344 m.
- Tonight-17°–4 km/h W
- Today-18°-11°0.9 mm7 km/h SW
- Sun-19°-12°0.4 mm8 km/h SW
- Mon-18°-10°–8 km/h S
- Tue-17°-10°–8 km/h SW
- Wed-16°-9°–6 km/h SW
- Thu-15°-8°–9 km/h SW
- Fri-15°-7°–10 km/h SW
- Sat-15°-8°0.2 mm9 km/h SW
- Sun-15°-8°–9 km/h SW
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 near Khardung La
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Khardung La, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
7.6 km WSW
Slope
Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 44.4% of the 64 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,477 m low point 4,286 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.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 48 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Robin Accentor7
- Himalayan Marmot7
- Fiery Clouded Yellow7
- Yellow-billed Chough4
- White-winged Redstart4
- Alpine Ground Daisy4
Where Khardung La sits
- Range
- Himalayas121
Nearby places
Stok KangriPeak · 6,137 m↑36 km SSW
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Kang YatzePeak · 6,400 m↑59 km S
Fotu LaPass · 4,108 m↑83 km W
Taglang LaPass · 5,328 m↑87 km S
More in the Himalayas 6
Data sources
- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-10)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- 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)