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Pass · China

Shipki La

2,875 m9,432 ft

Connects: 什布奇村/སྲིབ་སྐྱིད – 布尼村
Tonight: 3°CFair · Wind 6 km/h NW

Shipki La is a mountain pass at 2,875 m in People's Republic of China. It links 什布奇村/སྲིབ་སྐྱིད and 布尼村.

All facts

Saddle: 2,875 m
Lowest point: 2,854 m / 2,846 m

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3D map

Shipki La 3D map

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Surface

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Topographic map

Shipki La topographic map

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.

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Shipki La elevation profile

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGShipki La satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-25.

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GIS & GPS

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Pass

Shipki La: the climb from each side

No mapped road or trail crosses the saddle.

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

Weather

Shipki La weather

Tonight · Fair · 3°C (37°F) · Wind 6 km/h NW

Shipki La forecast for about 2,875 m.

Tonight3°–6 km/h NW
Today0°10°0.1 mm10 km/h W
Sun-1°9°–10 km/h W
Mon2°12°–9 km/h W
Tue3°12°–5 km/h NW
Wed4°13°–5 km/h NW
Thu6°14°–4 km/h NW
Fri4°14°–9 km/h W
Sat5°13°–5 km/h W
Sun4°14°–5 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, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 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°

3.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

37.0%

Steep, 30–45°

46.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

13.3%

Steeper than 30°: 59.4% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 2,843 m low point 2,699 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 67.3%Grassland 30.6%Moss & lichen 0.9%Water 0.8%

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

Where it sits

Where Shipki La sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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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 2026-09-25)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia