Khardung La, India
One of the highest motorable passes in the world.
Terra Explorer Mines, dams and mountain roads
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- Region
- India
- Position
- 34.2790, 77.6040
- Area
- 20 × 20 km
- Real elevation
- 3,564 to 5,919 m (2,355 m of relief)
- Printed size
- 150 mm (5.9 in) wide, about 1:133,300
- Heights
- True to scale
- Elevation data
- Open satellite data (SRTM and others), about 30 m per point
- Suggested color
- Desert
- Group
- Mines, dams and mountain roads
About Khardung La, India
Khardung La (Tibetan: མཁར་གདོང་ལ་, Wylie: mkhar gdong la, THL: khar dong la) or Khardung Pass (elevation 5,359 m (17,582 ft)), 40 km (25 mi) north of Leh city, is a mountain pass in the Leh district of the union territory of Ladakh in India. The pass is on the Ladakh Range and connects the Indus river valley and the Shyok river valley. A strategically important motorable road from Leh in the south, built in 1976 by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), connects to the Nubra Valley in north and also to the Siachen Glacier. The road is one of the world's highest motorable roads.
From Wikipedia: Khardung La, text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. The article’s history lists its authors.
Questions about Khardung La, India
Where is Khardung La?
Khardung La is in India at 34.2790, 77.6040. The model covers a 20 by 20 kilometer square around that point.
How high is the terrain in the Khardung La model?
The land in this model runs from 3,564 to 5,919 m (2,355 m of relief). These are the measured heights, printed true to scale.
Can I 3D print Khardung La?
Yes. Download the free Standard resolution STL and print it on any FDM or resin printer. It is 150 mm wide and about 22.7 mm tall, on a solid 5 mm base, at a scale of about 1:133,300. It also works for CNC carving. Use Customize to change the width, base thickness or height exaggeration, make it round or add a name plate.
How accurate is the Khardung La model?
It is built from real elevation measurements, not an artist's guess: open satellite and survey data (NASA SRTM, Copernicus and national surveys), about 30 meters per point. The shaded picture on this page is made from the same data.
Is the Khardung La model free?
The Standard resolution model is free as STL, 3MF, Colored 3MF, OBJ and a 16-bit heightmap. High resolution samples the place about ten times more finely and is a paid upgrade.
What is a Khardung La terrain model good for?
People use it as a desk piece, an engineering classroom model or a gift for someone who works there.
About this terrain model
Embossify Terra builds Khardung La, India from real measured elevation, not an artist's guess. Outside the United States the heights come from open satellite and survey data (NASA SRTM, Copernicus and national surveys), about 30 meters per point.
The model covers a 20 by 20 kilometer square centered on 34.2790, 77.6040. It prints 150 mm (5.9 in) wide on a solid base, a scale of about 1:133,300. The heights are true to scale. The sea is flattened to zero, so land stands on a clean base.
New to terrain printing? Read how Terra works. The shaded picture on this page is made by Embossify from the same elevation data.
