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Kongka Pass

5,152 m16,903 ft

Tonight: -16°CFair · Wind 5 km/h SW

Kongka Pass is a mountain pass at 5,152 m in People's Republic of China.

All facts

Saddle: 5,152 m
Lowest point: 4,879 m / 5,110 m

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Pass

Kongka Pass: the climb from each side

Crossed by: a mapped trail

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

3D map

Kongka Pass 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Kongka Pass terrain and contours

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

Kongka Pass elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Kongka Pass weather

Tonight · Fair · -16°C (3°F) · Wind 5 km/h SW

Kongka Pass forecast for about 5,152 m.

Tonight-16°–5 km/h SW
Today-16°-6°–21 km/h W
Sun-17°-7°0.1 mm23 km/h W
Mon-18°-5°–21 km/h SW
Tue-16°-6°–14 km/h SW
Wed-14°-4°–17 km/h SW
Thu-13°-3°–15 km/h SW
Fri-14°-2°–17 km/h SW
Sat-12°-2°–19 km/h SW
Sun-14°-3°–17 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.

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°

43.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

44.0%

Steep, 30–45°

12.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 12.6% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 925 m low point 4,775 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 96.6%Moss & lichen 2.1%Water 0.9%

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

Where it sits

Where Kongka Pass sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Aksai Chin Lake4,848 m124 km NE

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

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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 2026-07-17)
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)
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