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Lake · Tibet Autonomous Region

Maindong Co

4,295 m14,091 ft
Area
57 km²
Tonight
-7°CLight snow showers · Wind 13 km/h SW

Maindong Co is a lake at 4,295 m above sea level in Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, 57 km² in area and 21.5 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
4,295 m
Length
21.5 km
Shoreline
56.7 km
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Lake

Maindong Co in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

21.5 km longest5 kmN ↑
Shoreline
56.7 km
3D map

Maindong Co 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Maindong Co 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 centre

Maindong Co elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Maindong Co weather

Today · Light snow showers · -7 / 1°C (19 / 34°F) · 1.6 mm · Wind 13 km/h SW

Maindong Co forecast for about 4,295 m.

  • Today-7°1°1.6 mm13 km/h SW
  • Sun-8°-1°0.4 mm9 km/h SW
  • Mon-8°1°0.1 mm12 km/h S
  • Tue-6°1°–8 km/h S
  • Wed-5°2°–7 km/h S
  • Thu-3°4°0.3 mm7 km/h S
  • Fri-5°5°–9 km/h SW
  • Sat-4°4°–7 km/h S
  • Sun-5°3°–10 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 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Maindong Co

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

  • Nearest campsite

    Umbupangmates

    2.5 km NE · +2 more within 6.5 km

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
UmbupangmatesCampsite2.5 km NE
DigraCampsite3.9 km WNW
Campsite6.5 km SW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°
38.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
28.8%
Steep, 30–45°
32.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.6%
Steeper than 30°
32.6% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
1,844 m low point 4,294 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 82.9%Water 14.6%Grassland 1.7%Moss & lichen 0.6%

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

Where it sits

Where Maindong Co sits

Region
Tibet Autonomous Region19China121Asia964
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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 2026-09-25)
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)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (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)
Sources
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