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Paleo Kathmandu Lake

1,293 m4,242 ft
Tonight
13°CFair · Wind 8 km/h NW

Paleo Kathmandu Lake is a lake at 1,293 m above sea level in Nepal.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,293 m
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3D map

Paleo Kathmandu Lake 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Paleo Kathmandu Lake terrain and contours

5 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 25 mShowing west → east through the centre

Paleo Kathmandu Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Paleo Kathmandu Lake weather

Today · Fair · 13 / 24°C (55 / 75°F) · Wind 8 km/h NW

Paleo Kathmandu Lake forecast for about 1,293 m.

  • Today13°24°–8 km/h NW
  • Sun13°24°–8 km/h W
  • Mon15°25°–8 km/h NW
  • Tue15°26°–3 km/h S
  • Wed15°27°–4 km/h S
  • Thu16°22°16.7 mm5 km/h S
  • Fri16°17°130.0 mm12 km/h SE
  • Sat16°22°6.2 mm6 km/h SE
  • Sun16°22°0.6 mm6 km/h NW
  • Mon15°24°1.0 mm3 km/h NW

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 Paleo Kathmandu Lake

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

  • Nearest parking

    KFA Parking

    0.6 km SE · +2 more within 0.5 km

  • Nearest campsite

    V-text International

    2.8 km NW · +2 more within 3.0 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Praful Home

    2.9 km ESE · +1 more within 6.5 km

All mapped places 8
PlaceDistance
Parking0.4 km S
Parking0.5 km SSW
KFA ParkingParking0.6 km SE
Campsite2.7 km NW
V-text InternationalCampsite2.8 km NW
Praful HomeCaravan site2.9 km ESE
Overlander's campsite & workshopCampsite3.0 km ESE
raniban micro parkCaravan site6.5 km NW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
99.6%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.4%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
73 m low point 1,272 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Built-up 89.7%Trees 3.7%Cropland 2.9%Grassland 2.1%Bare rock / sparse 1.2%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 201 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • House Crow85
  • Five-striped Palm Squirrel66
  • Rhesus Macaque53
  • Rock Pigeon46
  • Black Kite45
  • House Sparrow36
Where it sits

Where Paleo Kathmandu Lake sits

Region
Nepal73Asia964
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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

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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 2025-09-26)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · Wikipedia