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Trans-Karakoram Tract

Floor3,782 m12,408 ft

Depth: 1,950 m
Rim: 5,920 m
Length: 49.7 km
Tonight: -27°CFog · Wind 9 km/h S

Trans-Karakoram Tract is up to 1,950 m deep: the rim reaches 5,920 m and the floor 3,782 m, along 49.7 km.

All facts

Floor: 3,782 m

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Depth

Depth of Trans-Karakoram Tract

Up to 1,950 m deep (typically 1,433 m) along the 49.7 km in view.

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

3D map

Trans-Karakoram Tract 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Trans-Karakoram Tract 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

Trans-Karakoram Tract elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Trans-Karakoram Tract weather

Today · Fair · -27 / -15°C (-17 / 5°F) · Wind 9 km/h S

Trans-Karakoram Tract forecast for about 5,920 m.

Today-27°-15°–9 km/h S
Sun-26°-15°–9 km/h SW
Mon-25°-14°–8 km/h SW
Tue-23°-16°–6 km/h SW
Wed-21°-15°–6 km/h S
Thu-20°-13°–8 km/h SW
Fri-23°-13°–6 km/h SW
Sat-21°-14°1.3 mm5 km/h SW
Sun-23°-14°–6 km/h S

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Trans-Karakoram Tract

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

Nearest campsite
红柳滩1
4.3 km WNW
Directions Map

All mapped places 1

Place	Distance
红柳滩1Campsite	4.3 km WNW

Slope

Share of the 30.6 × 30.6 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°

19.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

21.0%

Steep, 30–45°

42.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

17.4%

Steeper than 30°: 60.0% of the 936 km² view
Relief in view: 3,725 m low point 3,770 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 58.9%Snow & ice 39.8%Water 1.2%

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

Where it sits

Where Trans-Karakoram Tract sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Gasherbrum IIPeak · 8,034 m32 km SSE

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Print & wall

JPGTrans-Karakoram Tract satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-09-13.

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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 2025 (scene 2025-09-13)
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

Trans-Karakoram Tract

West → east through the centre

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