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Leh (/ ˈ l eɪ /) [2] is a city in Indian Union Territory of Ladakh in the disputed Kashmir region. [3] 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.
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 ...
Before partition, Baltistan, now part of Pakistan, had been a district of Ladakh; Skardu was the winter capital of Ladakh, with Leh being the summer capital. The mountain ranges in this region were formed over 45 million years by the folding of the Indian Plate into the more stationary Eurasian Plate. The drift continues, causing frequent ...
Pages in category "Glaciers of Ladakh" ... Siachen Glacier This page was last edited on 25 July 2023, at 22:04 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
All available maps and atlases (including a detailed delineation of the Siachen Muztagh's limits on the 1990 Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research "Karakoram Sheet 2" map) define the range as between the Shaksgam River on the north, the Urdok Glacier on the northwest (Urdok in Uyghur meaning duck), the Siachen Glacier on the southwest, the Teram ...
Capital of Ladakh may refer to: Kargil; Leh This page was last edited on 5 January 2021, at 14:55 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Parkachik Glacier, Nun Kun Massif. 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.
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.