NONE OF THE AREA OF ACTUAL GLACIER IN UNDER PAKISTANI CONTROL. The whole 70 Km long glacier is captured by India with Indian Troops present all over it including the top heights. Pakistan just has control on the valley.
Siachen glacier
The karakoram range. India controls it, so it is technically part of India. It is a mountain glacier that gives melting water to the Nubra River.
siachen and balotro glaciers
The Lambert Glacier in Antarctica is 100 km wide, and about 400 km long.The Beardmore Glacier is 160 km long before it enters the Ross ice Shelf, and becomes indistinguishable from that, though it is still probably sitting on bed rock.Even bigger in area, are the various ice plateaus and ice shelves, but these are not moving fast enough to be considered glaciers.
The Siachen Glacier is located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalaya Mountains, just east of the Line of Control between India-Pakistan.
siachen glacier
siachen
NONE OF THE AREA OF ACTUAL GLACIER IN UNDER PAKISTANI CONTROL. The whole 70 Km long glacier is captured by India with Indian Troops present all over it including the top heights. Pakistan just has control on the valley.
Siachen Glacier
karakoram
Siachen glacier
Siachen glacier is the biggest and the longest glacier in the world out of the Polar region and it is found in Leh-Ladhak, Jammu & Kashmir
The major landform in Kashmir is the Siachen glacier. It is the largest glacier outside of the Polar Region and is the largest in the Himalaya's.
Of course, the U.N. must resolve this dispute. see the Wikipedia entry for the Siachen Glacier in the Himalyas, for a solid background of history and geography.
Siachen Glacier, India. It is also the Worlds toughest battle ground.
Northern parts of Pakistan (e.g., Kaghan, Siachen, etc) can dip below -20 C.