Lake · Ladakh

Tso Moriri

4,521 m14,833 ft

Area: 145 km²
Tonight: -5°CPartly cloudy · Wind 9 km/h SW

Tso Moriri is a lake at 4,521 m above sea level in Ladakh, India, 145 km² in area and 29.4 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 4,521 m
Length: 29.4 km
Shoreline: 111.7 km

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Lake

Tso Moriri in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 111.7 km

3D map

Tso Moriri 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Tso Moriri terrain and contours

100 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 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Tso Moriri elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Tso Moriri weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -5°C (23°F) · Wind 9 km/h SW

Tso Moriri forecast for about 4,521 m.

Tonight-5°–9 km/h SW
Today-9°-1°4.3 mm16 km/h S
Sun-9°-3°0.5 mm12 km/h E
Mon-6°-1°–15 km/h SE
Tue-5°-1°–10 km/h E
Wed-3°0°–11 km/h SW
Thu-3°1°4.1 mm13 km/h S
Fri-5°1°–10 km/h SW
Sat-4°1°–10 km/h E
Sun-4°1°–10 km/h E

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 Tso Moriri

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

Nearest campsite
Base Camp Mentok Kangri
6.1 km WNW · +1 more within 6.1 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 2

Place	Distance
Base Camp Mentok KangriCampsite	6.1 km WNW
Campsite	6.1 km NNW

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 60% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

60.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

31.4%

Steep, 30–45°

7.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.4%

Steeper than 30°: 8.3% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 1,748 m low point 4,521 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 59.3%Water 31.1%Snow & ice 4.0%Moss & lichen 3.3%Grassland 2.3%

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 10 km; 50 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Black-winged Snowfinch9
Horned Lark8
Hume's Lark6
Bar-headed Goose5
Black-headed Mountain-Finch5
Large White4

Where it sits

Where Tso Moriri sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Taglang LaPass · 5,328 m83 km NW

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGTso Moriri satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-25.

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 2026 (scene 2026-09-25)
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Tso Moriri

West → east through the centre

Nearest campsite