Gilgit-Baltistan

Shigar Valley

Floor2,199 m7,215 ft

Depth: 1,674 m
Rim: 3,898 m
Length: 19.7 km
Tonight: -9°CPartly cloudy · Wind 9 km/h NW

Shigar Valley is up to 1,674 m deep: the rim reaches 3,898 m and the floor 2,199 m, along 19.7 km.

All facts

Floor: 2,199 m

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Depth

Depth of Shigar Valley

Up to 1,674 m deep (typically 904 m) along the 19.7 km in view.

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

3D map

Shigar Valley 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Shigar Valley 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

Shigar Valley elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Shigar Valley weather

Today · Fair · -9 / 2°C (16 / 36°F) · Wind 9 km/h NW

Shigar Valley forecast for about 3,898 m.

Today-9°2°–9 km/h NW
Sun-7°0°0.2 mm8 km/h NW
Mon-8°2°–8 km/h NW
Tue-7°0°–5 km/h NW
Wed-4°1°–5 km/h NW
Thu-6°4°0.1 mm6 km/h NW
Fri-6°3°–5 km/h NW
Sat-5°2°0.2 mm4 km/h NW
Sun-5°2°0.1 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 Shigar Valley

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

Nearest campsite
Shigar Camp
3.2 km ENE
Directions Map

All mapped places 1

Place	Distance
Shigar CampCampsite	3.2 km ENE

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

40.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

15.2%

Steep, 30–45°

28.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

16.2%

Steeper than 30°: 44.3% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view: 2,989 m low point 2,194 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 70.8%Grassland 14.1%Water 6.5%Cropland 4.5%Trees 3.6%

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

Where it sits

Where Shigar Valley sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

MasherbrumPeak · 7,821 m60 km ENE

Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGShigar Valley satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-29.

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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 2026-08-29)
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

Shigar Valley

West → east through the centre

Nearest campsite