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Taglang La

5,327 m17,477 ft

Tonight: -14°CCloudy · Wind 5 km/h S

Taglang La is a mountain pass at 5,327 m in Ladakh, India.

All facts

Saddle: 5,327 m
Lowest point: 4,874 m / 4,795 m

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3D map

Taglang La 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Taglang La topographic map

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Taglang La elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGTaglang La satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-10.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Pass

Taglang 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

Taglang La weather

Tonight · Cloudy · -14°C (7°F) · Wind 5 km/h S

Taglang La forecast for about 5,327 m.

Tonight-14°–5 km/h S
Today-18°-7°0.9 mm17 km/h SW
Sun-18°-8°–12 km/h W
Mon-15°-6°–13 km/h SW
Tue-14°-7°–10 km/h SW
Wed-13°-6°–12 km/h SW
Thu-14°-5°–14 km/h SW
Fri-13°-4°–12 km/h SW
Sat-12°-4°–12 km/h SW
Sun-12°-5°–12 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, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

21.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

64.9%

Steep, 30–45°

13.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.1%

Steeper than 30°: 13.7% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 1,195 m low point 4,672 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 77.5%Moss & lichen 19.5%Grassland 1.5%Snow & ice 1.5%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 39 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Varnished Apollo5
Ladakh Clouded Yellow5
Tibetan Snowcock3
Flycatcher sandwort3
Thylacospermum caespitosum3
Common Red Apollo3

Where it sits

Where Taglang 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 2026-09-10)
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