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Mintaka Pass

4,669 m15,318 ft

Tonight: -19°CFog · Wind 5 km/h SW

Mintaka Pass is a mountain pass at 4,669 m in Pakistan.

All facts

Saddle: 4,669 m
Lowest point: 4,304 m / 4,279 m

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Pass

Mintaka Pass: the climb from each side

Crossed by: Road to Mintaka pass

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

3D map

Mintaka Pass 3D map

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Surface

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Topographic map

Mintaka Pass 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.

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Mintaka Pass elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Mintaka Pass weather

Tonight · Fog · -19°C (-2°F) · Wind 5 km/h SW

Mintaka Pass forecast for about 4,669 m.

Tonight-19°–5 km/h SW
Today-19°-9°–10 km/h SW
Sun-20°-10°–10 km/h SW
Mon-16°-9°0.2 mm11 km/h S
Tue-16°-10°0.3 mm9 km/h S
Wed-18°-10°0.6 mm9 km/h S
Thu-18°-10°–10 km/h S
Fri-16°-9°0.7 mm9 km/h S
Sat-14°-9°0.5 mm9 km/h S
Sun-14°-9°0.3 mm7 km/h S

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.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

22.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

28.6%

Steep, 30–45°

39.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

9.2%

Steeper than 30°: 48.6% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 1,333 m low point 4,158 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 55.2%Snow & ice 29.0%Moss & lichen 13.8%Water 1.9%

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

Where it sits

Where Mintaka Pass sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Khunjerab Pass4,693 m54 km ESE

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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 2026-08-17)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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)
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