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Lunag Ri

6,895 m22,621 ft
Prominence
1,188 m3,897 ft
Isolation
6.2 km
Region
Nepal
Tonight
-26°CClear · Wind 23 km/h SW

Lunag Ri is a 6,895 m (22,621 ft) mountain in the Rolwaling Himal, Nepal.

All facts
Elevation
6,895 m · 22,621 ft
Nearest higher peak
Nangpai Gosum (7,350 m)
Range
Rolwaling Himal
Coordinates
28.0515° N, 86.5501° E
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3D map

Lunag Ri 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8.8 × 8.8 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lunag Ri terrain and contours

100 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 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Lunag Ri elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Lunag Ri weather

Today · Clear · -26 / -15°C (-15 / 5°F) · Wind 23 km/h SW

Lunag Ri forecast for the summit, about 6,895 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 4,876 m.

  • Today-26°-15°–23 km/h SWBase -14 / -3°
  • Sun-24°-15°–26 km/h SWBase -12 / -3°
  • Mon-24°-13°0.1 mm21 km/h SWBase -12 / -1°
  • Tue-23°-15°–13 km/h SBase -11 / -2°
  • Wed-24°-14°0.3 mm10 km/h SBase -11 / -2°
  • Thu-19°-13°38.1 mm6 km/h SEBase -7 / -1°
  • Fri-14°-13°114.5 mm10 km/h SBase -2 / 0°
  • Sat-19°-12°4.6 mm13 km/h SBase -7 / 0°
  • Sun-20°-14°–7 km/h SBase -8 / -1°
  • Mon-22°-14°0.1 mm8 km/h SBase -10 / -2°

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

Slope

Share of the 8.8 × 8.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°
31.5%
Moderate, 15–30°
26.2%
Steep, 30–45°
23.7%
Cliffs, 45° and over
18.5%
Steeper than 30°
42.2% of the 77 km² view
Relief in view
1,995 m low point 4,876 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 73.8%Bare rock / sparse 21.5%Moss & lichen 3.0%Water 1.5%

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

Where it sits

Where Lunag Ri sits

Range
Himalayas121
Region
Nepal73Asia964
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Downloads

Lunag Ri downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

24 m low This 3D map reads 6,871 m at the summit; the official height is 6,895 m.Official 6,895 m90 m model 6,862 mThis map 6,871 m

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 33 m.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)6,895 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)6,871 m-24 m
Copernicus GLO-906,862 m-33 m

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 2026-09-28)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, 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 · OpenStreetMap · Wikipedia