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The Drang-Drung Glacier (also called Durung Drung Glacier) is a mountain glacier near the Pensi La pass on the Kargil-Zanskar Road [1] in the Kargil district of Ladakh in India. [ 2 ] The Drang-Drung Glacier is likely to be the largest glacier in Ladakh after the Siachen Glacier in the Karakoram Range , [ 3 ] with a maximum length of 23 km (14 ...
It is the largest city and the joint capital of Ladakh. [4] It is the capital of Ladakh since the Medieval Period. [4] Leh, located in the Leh district, was also the historical capital of the Kingdom of Ladakh. The seat of the kingdom, Leh Palace, the former residence of the royal family of Ladakh, was built in the same style and about the same ...
Parachik Glacier is a mountain glacier in Kargil, Ladakh, India. Parkachik Glacier, located at Parkachik, is a mass of ice moving slowly down the Nun-Kun slopes. This ice mass falls finally into the Suru River, providing views of the huge ice-fall. [citation needed] Great slabs of ice periodically peel off the glacier's 300-foot high front wall.
The Himalayan region of India is home to some of the most notable glaciers in the world, including the Siachen Glacier, the second-largest non-polar glacier on Earth and the largest glacier in India. The following is a list of the most important glaciers in India .
Kargil / ˈ k ɑːr ɡ ɪ l / or Kargyil [4] [5] is a City in Indian-administered Ladakh in the disputed Kashmir region. [1] It is the joint capital of Ladakh, an Indian-administered union territory. It is also the headquarters of the Kargil district. It is the second-largest urban centre in Ladakh after Leh. [6]
Name of the peak Altitude (meters) Mountain range (sub-range) River valley Glacier Saltoro Kangri [2] 7742 Karakoram (Saltoro range) Saltoro Valley: Saser Kangri I 7672 Karakoram (Saser Muztagh) Shyok River, Nubra River: Mamostong Kangri: 7516 Karakoram Saser Kangri II 7513 Karakoram Saser Kangri III 7495 Karakoram Teram Kangri I 7462 Karakoram ...
Historic Ladakh consists of a number of distinct areas (mainly under Indian rule), including the fairly populous main Indus valley, the more remote Zanskar (in the south) and Nubra valleys (to the north over Khardung La in the Ladakh mountain range, a high motorable pass at 5,359 metres (17,582 ft)), the almost deserted Aksai Chin (under Chinese rule) and the predominantly Shi'ite Muslim ...
Category: Glaciers of Ladakh. 2 languages. ... Siachen Glacier This page was last edited on 25 July 2023, at 22:04 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...