Trisul · 7,120 m · 6.2 km NE

Lake · Uttarakhand

Roopkund

4,772 m15,656 ft

Max depth: 2 m
Tonight: -11°CFair · Wind 6 km/h E

Roopkund is a lake at 4,772 m above sea level in Uttarakhand, India.

All facts

Surface elevation: 4,772 m

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3D map

Roopkund 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Roopkund terrain and contours

100 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 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Roopkund elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Roopkund weather

Tonight · Fair · -11°C (12°F) · Wind 6 km/h E

Roopkund forecast for about 4,772 m.

Tonight-11°–6 km/h E
Today-14°-4°2.4 mm9 km/h S
Sun-15°-4°0.8 mm8 km/h SW
Mon-12°-2°–10 km/h S
Tue-11°-1°0.1 mm5 km/h S
Wed-9°0°–7 km/h S
Thu-8°0°0.1 mm4 km/h SW
Fri-9°0°0.2 mm6 km/h SW
Sat-8°0°0.3 mm5 km/h SW
Sun-8°0°0.5 mm5 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 23, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 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°

5.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

27.1%

Steep, 30–45°

52.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

15.2%

Steeper than 30°: 67.7% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view: 1,799 m low point 3,612 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Moss & lichen 36.9%Bare rock / sparse 29.2%Snow & ice 18.6%Grassland 14.7%

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

Where it sits

Where Roopkund sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Print & wall

JPGRoopkund satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-11-11.

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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 2025-11-11)
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