Skamrigletscher
| Skamrigletscher - Insgaiti | ||
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| location | Xinjiang ( PR China ) | |
| Mountains | Wesm Mountains , Panmah Muztagh ( Karakoram ) | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 40 km | |
| Exposure | east | |
| Altitude range | 6200 m - 4000 m | |
| Coordinates | 36 ° 4 ′ N , 76 ° 10 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Shaksgam | |
The Skamrigletscher (also Insgaiti ) located in the eastern Karakoram in annexed by China Trans-Karakoram Tract .
The Skamrigletscher has a length of 40 km. It flows in an easterly direction, separating the Panmah Muztagh in the south from the Wesm Mountains in the north. Larger tributary glaciers are Crown Glacier , Southern and Northern Skamrigletscher . The most important mountains in the glacier catchment area are Huang Guan Shan ( The Crown ) (7295 m) and Skamri Sar (6763 m). The Skamrigletscher feeds a tributary of the Shaksgam . The explorer Francis Younghusband christened the glacier Crevasse Glacier ( crevasse English for crevasse).
Web links
- Map at himalaya-info.org