SOUTH COL GLACIER
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Context
- Recently, researchers led by the University of Maine found that the South Col Glacier (on Mount Everest) has lost more than 180ft (54m) of thickness in the last 25 years.
- The rate of ice loss measured is more than 80 times faster than the 2000 years it took to form this thickness of ice.
About
- The South Col is a sharp-edged col between Mount Everest and Lhotse, the highest and fourth-highest mountains in the world, respectively.
- At a mean elevation of 7,985 mean sea level, this glacier is the highest glacier in the world.
- With estimated thinning rates of nearly 2 m per year even glaciers such as South Col Glacier, which is located at the highest point in the world, may vanish by mid-century.
Important Glaciers of the Himalayas Mountains
|
Name of Glacier |
Location |
|
Siachen |
Eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas |
|
Fedchenko (It is the longest glacier in the world outside of the polar regions) |
Karakoram |
|
Hispar |
Karakoram |
|
Biafo |
Karakoram |
|
Baltoro |
Karakoram |
|
Rongbuk |
Kanchenjunga-Everest |
|
Chongo-Lungma |
Karakoram |
|
Khurdaplo |
Karakoram |
|
LoLofond |
Karakoram |
|
Yarkand Rimo |
Karakoram |
|
Gangotri |
Kumaon-Garhwal |
|
Godwin Austen |
Karakoram |
|
Pasu |
Karakoram |
|
Zemu |
Kanchenjunga-Everest |
|
Chong Kumdan |
Karakoram |
|
Kanchenjunga |
Kanchenjunga-Everest |
|
Milam |
Kumaon-Garhwal |
|
Chungpur |
Pir Panjal |
|
To Lam Bau |
Kanchenjunga-Everest |
|
Bhagirath Kharak |
Kumaon-Garhwal |
|
Sonapani |
Pir Panjal |
|
Bara Shighi |
Pir Panjal |
|
Rakhiot |
Pir Panjal |
|
Gangri |
Pir Panjal |
|
Rambang |
Kanchenjunga-Everest |
|
Kafni Glacier |
Kumaon-Garhwal |
|
Kalabaland Glacier |
Kumaon-Garhwal |
|
Kedar Bamak Glacier |
Kumaon-Garhwal |
|
Meola Glacier |
Kumaon-Garhwal |
|
Namik Glacier |
Kumaon-Garhwal |
|
Panchchuli Glacier |
Kumaon-Garhwal |
|
Pindari Glacier |
Kumaon-Garhwal |
|
Ralam Glacier |
Kumaon-Garhwal |
|
Sona Glacier |
Kumaon-Garhwal |
|
Satopanth Glacier |
Kumaon-Garhwal |
|
Sunderdhunga Glacier |
Kumaon-Garhwal |
|
Dokriani Glacier |
Kumaon-Garhwal |
|
Chorabari Glacier |
Kumaon-Garhwal |
|
Lonak |
North-east Himalayas |
|
Chhota Shigri |
Pir Panjal |
|
Trango |
Karakoram |
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