Lake · Jammu and Kashmir

Krishansar Lake

3,817 m12,523 ft

Area: 0.30 km²
Tonight: -9°CPartly cloudy · Wind 5 km/h N

Krishansar Lake is a lake at 3,817 m above sea level in Jammu and Kashmir, India, 0.30 km² in area and 0.9 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 3,817 m
Length: 0.9 km
Shoreline: 3.0 km

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Lake

Krishansar Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 3.0 km≈45 min to walk around

3D map

Krishansar Lake 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Krishansar Lake 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

Krishansar Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Krishansar Lake weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -9°C (16°F) · Wind 5 km/h N

Krishansar Lake forecast for about 3,817 m.

Tonight-9°–5 km/h N
Today-12°0°3.1 mm8 km/h NE
Sun-12°0°–9 km/h NE
Mon-11°2°–8 km/h SW
Tue-8°2°–6 km/h S
Wed-6°4°–6 km/h S
Thu-5°4°–11 km/h S
Fri-5°4°0.1 mm5 km/h S
Sat-5°4°–6 km/h S
Sun-4°4°–4 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, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Krishansar Lake

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

Nearest campsite
Vishensar campsite
2.0 km ESE · +2 more within 2.6 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Vishensar campsiteCampsite	2.0 km ESE
Vishensar CampsiteCampsite	2.3 km ESE
Campsite	2.6 km E

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

25.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

38.2%

Steep, 30–45°

26.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

9.8%

Steeper than 30°: 36.5% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view: 1,004 m low point 3,649 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Moss & lichen 44.1%Grassland 23.8%Bare rock / sparse 21.9%Water 6.3%Snow & ice 3.7%

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

Where it sits

Where Krishansar Lake sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Marsar Lake28 km S

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGKrishansar Lake satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-26.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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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 2026-09-26)
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 · Wikipedia

Krishansar Lake

West → east through the centre

Nearest campsite