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Muztagh Tower: terrain elevation and local relief
Muztagh Tower uses an approximately 7,137-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 2,508 meters of local relief above its lowest sampled point. Published summit surveys are separate references.
≈ 7,137 m
Data-derived estimate- Measurement
- Highest sampled surface in the documented Copernicus terrain section · EGM2008
- Subject or version
- Karakoram · sharp rock tower at terrain-grid resolution
- In feet, rounded
- 23,414.2 ft (1 ft = 0.3048 m)
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Terrain boundary, base and datum
- Vertical reference
- EGM2008. Published surveys are separate; no datum conversion is applied.
- Highest sampled surface
- 7136.6 m at 35.828056°, 76.360278°.
- Local base
- 4628.7 m at 35.798056°, 76.397500°. Lowest sampled point within this bounded terrain section.
- Section bounds in WGS84-G1150
- West 76.299861°, east 76.421528°; south 35.796806°, north 35.859861°.
- View and scale
- Orthographic map section facing north. Equal horizontal and vertical map scales. Approximate grid spacing: 25.1 m east-west and 30.8 m north-south. Lower and surrounding terrain omitted.
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A little more perspective
Magnus Nilsson’s 1991 American Alpine Journal report uses 7,273 meters for Muztagh Tower. This Copernicus section reaches approximately 7,137 meters in EGM2008, close to the summit coordinate but substantially lower numerically. The narrow rock tower is softened by the grid. Its rendered profile is a sampled surface with a defined local base, not a precise outline traced from a climbing photograph.
The local-relief view subtracts the lowest sampled point in this section: 4628.7 meters at 35.798056° latitude, 76.397500° longitude. This produces about 2,508 meters of relief within the stated boundary. It is not a universal mountain base, a route’s total ascent, or topographic prominence.
The rendered surface uses the public 2021 Copernicus release, primarily based on TanDEM-X observations from 2011–2015 with infill from other sources. It is a surface model rather than a current bare-earth survey. Neutral shading explains the geometry without claiming a snow season or photographic ground texture. No datum conversion or summit correction is applied.
Quick facts
Muztagh Tower uses an approximately 7,137-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 2,508 meters of local relief above its lowest sampled point. Published summit surveys are separate references.
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Sources and measurement notes
- Magnus Nilsson, American Alpine Journal 1991: Muztagh Tower
- Copernicus DEM: dataset definition, datums and attribution
- Public Copernicus GLO-30 release documentation
- Wikidata: summit-area identity and initial coordinate
- Copernicus source terrain tile 1 (GeoTIFF)
The approximately 7,137-meter modeled tower remains independent of the dated 7,273-meter expedition reference.
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