Malangutti Glacier

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Malangutti Glacier
location Gilgit-Baltistan ( Pakistan )
Mountains Hispar Muztagh ( Karakoram )
Type Valley glacier
length 20 km
Exposure North
Altitude range 7800  m  -  3000  m
width ⌀ 0.8 km
Coordinates 36 ° 26 '  N , 75 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 36 ° 26 '  N , 75 ° 14'  E
Malangutti Glacier (Karakoram)
Malangutti Glacier
drainage ShimshalHunzaGilgitIndus

The Malanguttigletscher (also Mulunguttigletscher ) located in the western Karakoram in Pakistan's special territory Gilgit-Baltistan .

The Malangutti Glacier has a length of 20 km. It flows in a northerly direction through the northern part of the Hispar Muztagh mountain range . The glacier extends as far as the Shimshal River, which flows past the glacier mouth 13 km west of the village of Shimshal . The Malangutti Glacier is framed by the following mountains (from west to east): Malangutti Sar , Distaghil Sar , Yazghil Domes and Shimshal-Weisshorn ( Isphardin ).

Web links

  • Map at himalaya-info.org

Individual evidence

  1. himalaya-info.org