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Semo La

5,564 m18,255 ft

Tonight: -14°CClear · Wind 34 km/h SW

Semo La is a mountain pass at 5,564 m in Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China.

All facts

Saddle: 5,564 m
Lowest point: 5,475 m / 5,430 m

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Pass

Semo La: the climb from each side

Crossed by: G216

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

3D map

Semo La 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Semo La terrain and contours

20 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 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Semo La elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Semo La weather

Today · Clear · -14 / -4°C (7 / 25°F) · Wind 34 km/h SW

Semo La forecast for about 5,564 m.

Today-14°-4°–34 km/h SW
Sun-15°-4°–36 km/h SW
Mon-15°-2°–29 km/h SW
Tue-15°-2°–32 km/h SW
Wed-15°-2°–23 km/h SW
Thu-11°0°4.7 mm13 km/h SW
Fri-8°-4°20.2 mm21 km/h S
Sat-10°-5°1.3 mm15 km/h SW
Sun-19°-10°–12 km/h SW
Mon-21°-9°–13 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 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 76% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

75.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

21.9%

Steep, 30–45°

2.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 2.3% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 589 m low point 5,374 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 58.6%Bare rock / sparse 40.9%

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

Where it sits

Where Semo La sits

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Print & wall

JPGSemo La satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-10.

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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 2026-03-10)
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