Gurudongmar · 6,715 m · 6.4 km WSW

Lake · Sikkim

Tso Lhamo Lake

5,095 m16,716 ft

Area: 1.02 km²
Tonight: -11°CClear · Wind 25 km/h S

Tso Lhamo Lake is a lake at 5,095 m above sea level in Sikkim, India, 1.02 km² in area and 2.6 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 5,095 m
Length: 2.6 km
Shoreline: 6.7 km

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Lake

Tso Lhamo Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 6.7 km≈1¾ h to walk around

3D map

Tso Lhamo Lake 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Tso Lhamo Lake terrain and contours

20 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 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Tso Lhamo Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Tso Lhamo Lake weather

Today · Clear · -11 / -3°C (12 / 27°F) · Wind 25 km/h S

Tso Lhamo Lake forecast for about 5,095 m.

Today-11°-3°–25 km/h S
Sun-11°-3°–21 km/h S
Mon-11°-2°–23 km/h S
Tue-10°-2°–20 km/h S
Wed-10°-1°0.2 mm12 km/h S
Thu-4°-2°19.9 mm10 km/h S
Fri-3°-2°46.2 mm23 km/h S
Sat-5°0°12.1 mm21 km/h SW
Sun-8°-2°–14 km/h S
Mon-9°-2°–14 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, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 4.6 × 4.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 68% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

68.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

22.0%

Steep, 30–45°

8.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.8%

Steeper than 30°: 9.7% of the 21 km² view
Relief in view: 522 m low point 5,088 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 36.6%Bare rock / sparse 31.2%Moss & lichen 25.8%Water 6.0%

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

Where it sits

Where Tso Lhamo Lake sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Yumthang Valley21 km SSW

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGTso Lhamo Lake satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-30.

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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 2026 (scene 2026-09-30)
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 · Wikipedia