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Nepal

  • Hunku Glacier
    Hunku Glacier
    The Hunku Glacier is located in the Khumbu of eastern Nepal and forms the southern base of Baruntse ....

  • Khumbu Glacier
    Khumbu Glacier
    The Khumbu Glacier is located in the Khumbu region of northeastern Nepal between Mount Everest and the Lhotse-Nuptse ridge. With elevations of at its terminus to at its source, it is the world's highest glacier. The Khumbu Glacier is followed for the final part of the trail to Everest Base Camp....

  • Langtang Glacier
  • Nupchu Glacier
  • Yalung Glacier
  • Tukche Glacier
  • Hidden Valley Glacier

Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the Land of Gods due to the many holy Hindu temples and cities found throughout the state, some of which are among Hinduism's most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship...

  • Gangotri Glacier
    Gangotri Glacier
    Gangotri Glacier is located in Uttarkashi District, Uttarakhand, India in a region bordering China. This glacier, source of the Ganges, is one of the largest in the Himalayas with an estimated volume of over 27 cubic kilometers. The glacier is about 30 kilometres long and 2 to 4 km wide...

  • Kalabaland Glacier
    Kalabaland Glacier
    Kalabaland Glacier of Himalaya is situated in the eastern Kumaun of the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand state of India. Kalabaland is situated to the north of the Milam Valley and to the west of the Darma valley. This glacier is aligned at northwest to southeast direction and lies above the...

  • Meola Glacier
    Meola Glacier
    Meola Glacier or Athasi-Balati Glacier is the Himalayan glacier situated in the eastern part of Uttarakhand in the Pithoragarh district of India. Meola Glacier is located at the base of the five peaks of Panchchuli in the Lassar Yankti valley....

  • Milam Glacier
    Milam Glacier
    Milam Glacier is a major glacier of the Kumaon Himalaya. It is located in the tehsil of Munsiyari, part of the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand, India, about northeast of Nanda Devi. It ranges in elevation from about to about at its snout. It covers around and is long.Milam Glacier is...

  • Namik Glacier
    Namik Glacier
    Namik Glacier is situated in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand state in India. The glacier is situated on the Kumaon Himalayas at an altitude of . This glacier is the source of the Ram Ganga River. The glacier is surrounded by the following peaks: Nanda Devi , Nanda Kot , and Trishuli . The...

  • Panchchuli Glacier
    Panchchuli Glacier
    Panchchuli Glacier is a Himalayan glacier, situated in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand, India. It is located in the easternmost part of Kumaun. It is in the west and east of five peaks of Panchchuli on the Johar Valley and Darma valley...

  • Pindari Glacier
    Pindari Glacier
    The Pindari Glacier is a glacier found in the upper reaches of the Kumaon Himalayas, to the southeast of Nanda Devi, Nanda Kot. The glacier flows to the south for a short distance of about and gives rise to the Pindari River which meets the Alakananda at Karnaprayag in the Garhwal district.The...

  • Ralam Glacier
    Ralam Glacier
    Ralam Glacier is one of the main Himalayan glaciers situated on the hills of Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand, India. Munsiyari is the base for the trek. This glacier is situated near Ralam Dhura at Ralam Khal. It lies at the base of the Great Himalayan Wall. It is situated at an altitude of ...

  • Sona Glacier
    Sona Glacier
    Sona Glacier is the Himalayan glacier situated in the eastern part of Uttarakhand in the Pithoragarh district of India.Sona Glacier is located at the base of five peaks of Panchchuli in the Lassar Yankti - Darma valley.With Meola glacier it forms the famous Panchchuli glacier as mixed glacial system...


Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. It is spread over , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east...

  • Chandra Glacier
  • Chandra Nahan Glacier
  • Bhadal Glacier
  • Bhaga Glacier
  • The Lady of Keylong
  • Mukkila Glacier
  • Sonapani
  • Gora Glacier
  • Perad Glacier
  • Parbati and Dudhon
  • Beas Kund

Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the...

  • Siachen Glacier
    Siachen Glacier
    The Siachen Glacier is located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalaya Mountains at about , just east of the Line of Control between India-Pakistan. India controls all of the Siachen Glacier itself, including all tributary glaciers. At long, it is the longest glacier in the Karakoram and...

     (It is the second largest glacier outside of the polar regions and largest in the Himalayas-Karakoram)
  • Nubra
    Nubra
    Nubra may refer to:In the Indian subcontinent:* Nubra Valley, in the Jammu and Kashmir region* Nubra River, in the Jammu and Kashmir region* Nubra Pika , a mammalOther:* NuBra, a strapless brassiere...

  • Saltoro
  • Chong Kumdan
  • Drang Drung

Indonesia

  • Carstensz Glacier
  • Northwall Firn

Both are on Puncak Jaya
Puncak Jaya
Puncak Jaya or Carstensz Pyramid is the highest summit of Mount Carstensz in the Sudirman Range of the western central highlands of Papua province, Indonesia . Other summits are East Carstensz Peak and Ngga Pulu...

.The Meren Glacier on the summit disappeared at some time between 1992 and 2000.

Pakistan

  • Abruzzi Glacier
    Abruzzi Glacier
    The Abruzzi Glacier is a glacier north of the Baltoro Kangri peak in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. The glacier joins the Baltoro Glacier that flows northwest in the beginning and then turns westward. The glacier provides superb views of K2, highest peak in Pakistan.-External links:*...

  • Batura Glacier
    Batura Glacier
    Batura Glacier is one of the largest and longest glaciers outside the polar regions. It lies in the Gojal region of the Northern Areas of Pakistan, just north of Batura and Passu massifs. It flows west to east...

  • Biarchedi Glacier
    Biarchedi Glacier
    The Biarchedi Glacier is located on the northeast of Biarchedi Peak in Pakistan. It flows north into the Baltoro Glacier.-See also:*Biarchedi Peak*Northern Areas*List of mountains in Pakistan*List of highest mountains*Glacier*List of glaciers...

  • Chiantar Glacier(Chitral)
  • Chitta Katha Glacier(Azad Kashmir)
  • Godwin-Austen Glacier
    Godwin-Austen Glacier
    The Godwin-Austen Glacier is located near K2 in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. Its confluence with the Baltoro Glacier is called Concordia and is one of the most favorite spots for trekking in Pakistan since it provides excellent views of four of the five eight-thousanders in Pakistan.The...

  • Gondogoro Glacier
    Gondogoro Glacier
    Gondogoro Glacier or Gondoghoro Glacier is glacier near Concordia in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. It serves as an alternative means to reach Concordia; the confluence of Baltoro Glacier and Godwin-Austen Glacier.-See also:*Gondogoro Pass...

  • Hainablak Glacier
    Hainablak Glacier
    Hainablak Glacier is a glacier near Trango Tower mountain in Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan.-See also:*Trango Glacier*Trango Towers*List of mountains in Pakistan*List of highest mountains*List of glaciers...

  • Hari-Parbat Glacier(Azad Kashmir)
  • Lonak Glacier
    Lonak Glacier
    Lonak Glacier is one of the three major glaciers of Sikhim, in the Himalaya range in North east of India....

  • Miar Glacier
    Miar Glacier
    Miar Glacier is a glacier that forms in the north of Miar Peak in Hoper Valley in Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.-External links:*...

  • Panmah Glacier
    Panmah Glacier
    Panmah Glacier is a glacier in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. It is included in the Central Karakoram National Park.-See also:*Central Karakoram National Park*Northern Areas*List of glaciers...

  • Passu Glacier
    Passu Glacier
    Passu Glacier forms in the east of the Passu Sar ....

  • Rupal Glacier
    Rupal Glacier
    Rupal Glacier or Tashain Glacier is a glacier in the Great Himalaya subrange of Himalayas. It starts north of an unnamed high peak and flows northeastward, north of Laila Peak and south of Nanga Parbat's many peaks. The meltwater from the glacier forms Rupal River.-External links:*...

  • Sarpo Laggo Glacier
    Sarpo Laggo Glacier
    The Sarpo Laggo Glacier is a glacier in the autonomous region Xinjiang of China, in the Karakoram mountain range of the Himalayas. It lies north of the Baltoro Muztagh range. It could be reached from the Baltoro glacier on the Pakistani side of the Karakorams via the Old Muztagh Pass northeast of...

  • Sirwali Glacier(Azad Kashmir)
  • Shani Glacier
    Shani Glacier
    Shani Glacier is a glacier in the north of Shani Peak in Naltar Valley, Pakistan.-External links:*...

  • Trango Glacier
    Trango Glacier
    Trango Glacier is a glacier in the Baltoro Muztagh range of the Karakorams in Baltistan, Northern Areas of Pakistan. It flows from north to south on the west side of the Trango Towers and joins the Baltoro Glacier...

  • Vigne Glacier
    Vigne Glacier
    Vigne Glacier is a glacier in the Northern Areas, Pakistan near Gondogoro Glacier and Baltoro Glacier.The glacier is named after Godfrey Vigne , an early British traveller in Kashmir and Baltistan.-See also:*Baltoro Glacier*Northern Areas...

  • Baltoro
    Baltoro
    Baltoro may refer to:*Baltoro Glacier, a glacier in northern Pakistan*Baltoro Muztagh, a mountain range in northern Pakistan and northwestern China...

     (Gilgit Baltistan)
  • Hispar
    Hispar
    Hispar is a village two kilometers below the snout of the 49 kilometer-long Hispar Glacier. It can be reached from the Karakoram Highway by the road that leads south of Hunza towards Nagar , Hopar and Hispar, though in August 2006 this road was washed out at the confluence of the Hispar and Hunza...

     (Gilgit Baltistan)
  • Rakaposhi
    Rakaposhi
    Rakaposhi , is a mountain in the Karakoram mountain range in Pakistan. It is situated in the Nagar Valley approximately 100 km north of the city of Gilgit in the Gilgit District of the Gilgit-Baltistan province of Pakistan. Rakaposhi means "Snow Covered" in the local language. Rakaposhi is...

     (Gilgit Baltistan)
  • Biafo (Gilgit Baltistan)

Japan

There are presently no true glaciers in Japan, although there are small permanent snow fields (some including remnant glacial ice) and also rock glacier
Rock glacier
Rock glaciers are distinctive geomorphological landforms of angular rock debris frozen in interstitial ice which may extend outward and downslope from talus cones, glaciers or terminal moraines of glaciers. There are two types of rock glaciers: periglacial glaciers, or talus-derived glaciers, and...

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