Gilgit-Baltistan

Punial

Floor1,419 m4,656 ft

Depth: 2,205 m
Rim: 3,890 m
Length: 52.4 km
Tonight: -6°CFair · Wind 8 km/h NE

Punial is up to 2,205 m deep: the rim reaches 3,890 m and the floor 1,419 m, along 52.4 km.

All facts

Floor: 1,419 m

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Depth

Depth of Punial

Up to 2,205 m deep (typically 1,468 m) along the 52.4 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).

3D map

Punial 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Punial 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.

Index contours every 1,000 mShowing west → east through the centre

Punial elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Punial weather

Today · Fair · -6 / 5°C (21 / 41°F) · Wind 8 km/h NE

Punial forecast for about 3,890 m.

Today-6°5°–8 km/h NE
Sun-7°4°0.3 mm8 km/h SW
Mon-7°3°0.1 mm6 km/h N
Tue-7°4°0.1 mm3 km/h NE
Wed-4°5°–4 km/h NE
Thu-4°6°–6 km/h NE
Fri-5°6°0.3 mm6 km/h NE
Sat-5°5°–5 km/h NE
Sun-6°5°–3 km/h E

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.

Slope

Share of the 35 × 35 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.

Gentle, 0–15°

13.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

22.8%

Steep, 30–45°

47.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

16.0%

Steeper than 30°: 63.5% of the 1,225 km² view
Relief in view: 3,536 m low point 1,415 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 46.6%Grassland 35.8%Moss & lichen 9.3%Trees 3.9%Water 1.6%Snow & ice 1.2%Built-up 0.9%Cropland 0.7%

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 17.5 km; 70 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Indian Tortoiseshell5
Batura Glacier Toad5
Painted Lady4
Morinda spruce4
Sea-buckthorn4
Geranium schmidii4

Where it sits

Where Punial sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Ishkoman Valley65 km NNW

Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGPunial satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-18.

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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 2026-07-18)
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 · Wikipedia