Pass · Guangxi

Kunlun Pass

4,773 m15,659 ft

Tonight: -11°CFair · Wind 26 km/h SW

Kunlun Pass is a mountain pass at 4,773 m in Guangxi, People's Republic of China.

All facts

Saddle: 4,773 m
Lowest point: 4,726 m / 4,697 m

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Pass

Kunlun Pass: the climb from each side

Crossed by: G109;G215

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

3D map

Kunlun Pass 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Kunlun Pass terrain and contours

25 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 125 mShowing west → east through the centre

Kunlun Pass elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Kunlun Pass weather

Today · Partly cloudy · -11 / -2°C (12 / 28°F) · Wind 26 km/h SW

Kunlun Pass forecast for about 4,773 m.

Today-11°-2°–26 km/h SW
Sun-13°-2°–28 km/h NE
Mon-12°-3°–22 km/h W
Tue-11°0°0.1 mm15 km/h SW
Wed-11°-1°–23 km/h W
Thu-11°0°–20 km/h SW
Fri-9°2°2.4 mm20 km/h SW
Sat-12°-1°1.6 mm23 km/h W
Sun-12°-4°0.9 mm14 km/h SW
Mon-15°-5°0.1 mm18 km/h W

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.

Mostly gentle: 92% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

91.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

7.9%

Steep, 30–45°

0.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.1% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 607 m low point 4,664 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 70.2%Grassland 29.3%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 15 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Kiang3
Black-lipped Pika2
Saussurea wellbyi2
Common Raven1
Ground Tit1
Ching Hai Toadhead Agama1

Where it sits

Where Kunlun Pass sits

Nearby

Nearby places

Qarhan PlayaLake · 2,677 m183 km NNE

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGKunlun Pass satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-05.

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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 2026-08-05)
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia