Lake Tsongmo
- Area
- 0.25 km²
- Tonight
- -1°CFair · Wind 11 km/h SW
Lake Tsongmo is a lake at 3,751 m above sea level in East Sikkim district, India, 0.25 km² in area and 0.8 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 3,751 m
- Length
- 0.8 km
- Shoreline
- 2.3 km
Lake Tsongmo in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 2.3 km≈30 min to walk around
Lake Tsongmo 3D map
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Lake Tsongmo 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.
Lake Tsongmo elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Tsongmo weather
Today · Fair · -1 / 8°C (30 / 46°F) · Wind 11 km/h SW
Lake Tsongmo forecast for about 3,751 m.
- Today-1°8°–11 km/h SW
- Sun0°9°–11 km/h SW
- Mon1°10°–10 km/h SW
- Tue2°11°–12 km/h SW
- Wed3°11°–10 km/h SW
- Thu2°5°30.2 mm4 km/h NE
- Fri2°3°92.6 mm3 km/h NE
- Sat1°6°43.5 mm5 km/h SE
- Sun-1°9°0.2 mm7 km/h SW
- Mon-3°9°0.3 mm6 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 Lake Tsongmo
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Tsongmo, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.8 km W
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 42.1% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 773 m low point 3,374 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 2 km; 55 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Ruddy Shelduck4
- Himalayan Roseroot4
- Bistorta vacciniifolia4
- Bead Lily3
- Sikkim fir3
- Scaly rhododendron3
Where Lake Tsongmo sits
Nearby places
Cho La, SikkimPass · 4,500 m↑6.5 km NE
Nathu LaPass · 4,310 m↑6.9 km ENE
Lake Menmecho↑9.7 km ESE
GipmochiPeak · 4,427 m↑18 km SE
Chumbi Valley↑19 km NE
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Data sources
- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-01-13)
- 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)