Lake · Jammu and Kashmir

Tarsar Lake

3,781 m12,405 ft

Area: 0.85 km²
Tonight: -7°CFair · Wind 11 km/h S

Tarsar Lake is a lake at 3,781 m above sea level in Jammu and Kashmir, India, 0.85 km² in area and 1.8 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 3,781 m
Length: 1.8 km
Shoreline: 4.3 km

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Lake

Tarsar Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 4.3 km≈1 h to walk around

3D map

Tarsar Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Tarsar Lake terrain and contours

25 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 125 mShowing west → east through the centre

Tarsar Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Tarsar Lake weather

Today · Light snow showers · -7 / 2°C (19 / 36°F) · 1.3 mm · Wind 11 km/h S

Tarsar Lake forecast for about 3,781 m.

Today-7°2°1.3 mm11 km/h S
Sun-8°1°0.7 mm12 km/h E
Mon-8°3°0.4 mm13 km/h E
Tue-5°4°0.1 mm7 km/h SW
Wed-3°5°0.1 mm7 km/h S
Thu-3°6°1.4 mm9 km/h S
Fri-3°5°0.6 mm6 km/h SW
Sat-2°6°–7 km/h SW
Sun-3°5°0.1 mm6 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 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Tarsar Lake

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

Nearest campsite
Taesar camping site
1.0 km NE · +2 more within 7.7 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Taesar camping siteCampsite	1.0 km NE
Sanamus campsiteCampsite	6.2 km NW
Hover patherCampsite	7.7 km SSW

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

33.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

36.8%

Steep, 30–45°

23.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

5.6%

Steeper than 30°: 29.5% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view: 736 m low point 3,622 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Moss & lichen 43.5%Grassland 27.4%Bare rock / sparse 21.9%Water 6.2%Snow & ice 0.8%

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

Where it sits

Where Tarsar Lake sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Vishansar Lake28 km N

Downloads

Tarsar Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGTarsar Lake satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-09-30.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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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 2025 (scene 2025-09-30)
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
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Tarsar Lake

West → east through the centre

Nearest campsite