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Tirich Mir: terrain elevation and local relief
Tirich Mir uses an approximately 7,695-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 3,561 meters of local relief above its lowest sampled point. Published summit surveys are separate references.
≈ 7,695 m
Data-derived estimate- Measurement
- Highest sampled surface in the documented Copernicus terrain section · EGM2008
- Subject or version
- Hindu Kush · bounded summit-area terrain
- In feet, rounded
- 25,246.4 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
- 7695.1 m at 36.254444°, 71.841667°.
- Local base
- 4133.7 m at 36.219722°, 71.782778°. Lowest sampled point within this bounded terrain section.
- Section bounds in WGS84-G1150
- West 71.782639°, east 71.905139°; south 36.214306°, north 36.277361°.
- View and scale
- Orthographic map section facing north. Equal horizontal and vertical map scales. Approximate grid spacing: 25.0 m east-west and 30.8 m north-south. Lower and surrounding terrain omitted.
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A little more perspective
The American Alpine Journal’s account of a 2025 west-face ascent identifies Tirich Mir at 7,708 meters. This Copernicus section reaches about 7,695 meters in EGM2008. The sampled maximum lies east of the initial identity coordinate within the documented mountain section; the full boundary and exact sampled point are preserved instead of treating a generalized coordinate as a surveyed summit mark.
The local-relief view subtracts the lowest sampled point in this section: 4133.7 meters at 36.219722° latitude, 71.782778° longitude. This produces about 3,561 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
Tirich Mir uses an approximately 7,695-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 3,561 meters of local relief above its lowest sampled point. Published summit surveys are separate references.
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Sources and measurement notes
- American Alpine Journal: Tirich Mir, west-face variation in 2025
- 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 7,708-meter expedition reference stays independent of the approximately 7,695-meter section maximum. The terrain record identifies its actual highest sample explicitly.
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