Gilgit-Baltistan

Skardu Valley

Floor1,832 m6,010 ft

Depth: 2,070 m
Rim: 4,668 m
Length: 17 km
Tonight: -20°CPartly cloudy · Wind 6 km/h N

Skardu Valley is up to 2,070 m deep: the rim reaches 4,668 m and the floor 1,832 m, along 17 km.

All facts

Floor: 1,832 m

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Depth

Depth of Skardu Valley

Up to 2,070 m deep (typically 1,752 m) along the 17.0 km in view.

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

3D map

Skardu Valley 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Skardu Valley 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

Skardu Valley elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Skardu Valley weather

Today · Clear · -20 / -6°C (-4 / 21°F) · Wind 6 km/h N

Skardu Valley forecast for about 4,668 m.

Today-20°-6°–6 km/h N
Sun-21°-8°1.5 mm6 km/h N
Mon-20°-7°–6 km/h N
Tue-17°-7°–2 km/h SE
Wed-16°-6°–3 km/h E
Thu-15°-4°–4 km/h NE
Fri-16°-4°–5 km/h NE
Sat-12°-5°0.9 mm3 km/h E
Sun-16°-6°–3 km/h SE

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 13.8 × 13.8 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°

6.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

22.3%

Steep, 30–45°

52.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

18.9%

Steeper than 30°: 71.0% of the 190 km² view
Relief in view: 3,929 m low point 1,721 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 43.4%Grassland 41.3%Snow & ice 8.5%Moss & lichen 5.0%Trees 1.1%

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

Where it sits

Where Skardu Valley sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Rama Lake46 km SSW

Downloads

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JPGSkardu Valley 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