A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries.
The largest glacier in the world is the Lambert-Fisher Glacier in Antarctica. At 400 kilometers long, and up to 100 kilometers wide, this ice stream alone drains about 8 percent of the Antarctic Ice Sheet.
The Fedchenko Glacier, located in Tajikistan is the longest glacier in the world outside of the polar regions. The glacier is long and narrow, currently extending for 77 kilometres and covering over 700 square kilometres.
The Siachen Glacier is located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas, at 76 km long, it is the longest glacier in the Karakoram and second-longest in the world's non-polar areas.
Name | State | Mountain Range |
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Batura Glacier | Jammu & Kashmir | Karakoram Mountain Range |
Khurdopin Glacier | Jammu & Kashmir | Karakoram Mountain Range |
Hispar Glacier | Jammu & Kashmir | Karakoram Mountain Range |
Biafo Glacier | Jammu & Kashmir | Karakoram Mountain Range |
Baltoro Glacier | Jammu & Kashmir | Karakoram Mountain Range |
Chomolungma glacier | Jammu & Kashmir | Karakoram Mountain Range |
Khurdapin glacier | Ladakh | Karakoram |
Godwin Austen | Ladakh | Karakoram |
Trango Glacier | Ladakh | Karakoram |
Chong Kumdan | Ladakh | Karakoram |
Diamir Glacier | Jammu & Kashmir | Karakoram Mountain Range |
Siachen Glacier | Jammu & Kashmir | Karakoram Mountain Range |
Bara Shigri Glacier | Himachal Pradesh | Pir Panjal Range of the Inner Himalayas. |
Chhota Shigri Glacier | Himachal Pradesh | Pir Panjal |
Sonapani Glacier | Himachal Pradesh | Pir Panjal |
Rakhiot Glacier | Ladakh | Pir Panjal |
Gangotri Glacier | Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand | Himalayas |
Bandarpunch Glacier | Uttarakhand | Western edge of the high Himalayan range |
Milam Glacier | Uttarakhand | Trishul peak of Pithoragarh |
Pindari glacier | Nanda Devi, Uttarakhand | Upper reaches of the Kumaon Himalayas |
Kafni Glacier | Uttarakhand | Kumaon-Garhwal |
Kalabaland Glacier | Uttarakhand | Kumaon-Garhwal |
Kedar Bamak Glacier | Uttarakhand | Kumaon-Garhwal |
Meola Glacier | Uttarakhand | Kumaon-Garhwal |
Namik Glacier | Uttarakhand | Kumaon-Garhwal |
Panchchuli Glacier | Uttarakhand | Kumaon-Garhwal |
Ralam Glacier | Uttarakhand | Kumaon-Garhwal |
Sona Glacier | Uttarakhand | Kumaon-Garhwal |
Satopanth Glacier | Uttarakhand | Kumaon-Garhwal |
Sunderdhunga Glacier | Uttarakhand | Kumaon-Garhwal |
Dokriani Glacier | Uttarakhand | Kumaon-Garhwal |
Chorabari Glacier | Uttarakhand | Kumaon-Garhwal |
Zemu Glacier | Sikkim | Eastern Himalaya Located on Kanchenjunga peak |
Kanchenjunga Glacier | Sikkim | Eastern Himalaya |