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Passu Glacier
- Area
- 46.89 km²
- Lowest point
- 2,657 m
- Tonight
- -31°CFair · Wind 5 km/h NW
Passu Glacier in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan covers 46.9 km² and spans 2,657–6,693 m above sea level.
All facts
- Highest point
- 6,693 m
Passu Glacier: size and slope
Drawn to scale from the OpenStreetMap outline and the Copernicus 30 m terrain model.
- Vertical range
- 4,036 m
- Mean slope
- 17°
- Faces
- eastmorning sun
Passu Glacier 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 30.7 × 30.7 km
Passu Glacier terrain and contours
200 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.
Passu Glacier elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Passu Glacier weather
Tonight · Fair · -31°C (-24°F) · Wind 5 km/h NW
Passu Glacier forecast for about 6,693 m.
- Tonight-31°–5 km/h NW
- Today-34°-22°0.7 mm8 km/h W
- Sun-29°-22°–6 km/h W
- Mon-27°-22°2.9 mm4 km/h E
- Tue-26°-22°2.9 mm4 km/h W
- Wed-32°-22°0.1 mm7 km/h W
- Thu-31°-22°–6 km/h W
- Fri-27°-23°0.2 mm4 km/h W
- Sat-24°-22°2.0 mm4 km/h W
- Sun-26°-21°0.8 mm4 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 23, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Passu Glacier
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Passu Glacier, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Passu Ghar
All mapped places 1
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Passu GharCampsite | 5.8 km ESE |
Slope
Share of the 30.7 × 30.7 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.
- Steeper than 30°
- 63.8% of the 942 km² view
- Relief in view
- 5,256 m low point 2,349 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 15.4 km; 97 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Himalayan Agama5
- Sea-buckthorn4
- Brown Accentor3
- Oriental Virgin's-bower3
- Bluethroat2
- White-browed Tit-Warbler2
Where Passu Glacier sits
- Range
- Karakoram39Batura Muztagh3
- Region
- Gilgit-Baltistan47Pakistan100Asia964
Nearby places
Borith Lake↑14 km ESE
Muchu ChhishPeak · 7,453 m↑15 km WNW
Gojal2,340 m↑16 km SE
Hunza Valley↑18 km SSW
Attabad Lake↑20 km SE
More in the Batura Muztagh 1
Passu Glacier downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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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)
- 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)