Lake · Jammu and Kashmir

Marsar Lake

3,808 m12,493 ft

Area: 0.43 km²
Tonight: -7°CFair · Wind 11 km/h S

Marsar Lake is a lake at 3,808 m above sea level in Jammu and Kashmir, India, 0.43 km² in area and 1.2 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 3,808 m
Length: 1.2 km
Shoreline: 3.1 km

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Lake

Marsar Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 3.1 km≈45 min to walk around

3D map

Marsar Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Marsar 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

Marsar Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Marsar Lake weather

Today · Light snow showers · -7 / 2°C (19 / 36°F) · 1.3 mm · Wind 11 km/h S

Marsar Lake forecast for about 3,808 m.

Today-7°2°1.3 mm11 km/h S
Sun-8°1°0.7 mm12 km/h E
Mon-8°3°0.4 mm13 km/h E
Tue-5°4°0.1 mm7 km/h SW
Wed-3°5°0.1 mm7 km/h S
Thu-3°6°1.4 mm9 km/h S
Fri-3°5°0.6 mm6 km/h SW
Sat-2°5°–7 km/h SW
Sun-3°5°0.1 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 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Marsar Lake

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

Nearest campsite
Sanamus campsite
4.0 km NNW · +2 more within 6.9 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Sanamus campsiteCampsite	4.0 km NNW
Taesar camping siteCampsite	4.2 km E
Hover patherCampsite	6.9 km S

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°

27.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

47.4%

Steep, 30–45°

21.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

3.7%

Steeper than 30°: 25.1% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view: 1,005 m low point 3,272 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 36.5%Moss & lichen 32.3%Grassland 25.5%Water 4.1%Snow & ice 0.9%Trees 0.8%

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

Where it sits

Where Marsar Lake sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Nigeen Lake26 km W

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGMarsar Lake satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-09-30.

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 2025 (scene 2025-09-30)
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

Marsar Lake

West → east through the centre

Nearest campsite