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Shafat Glacier
The Shafat Glacier — Parkachik Glacier is a 14 kilometres (9 mi) long[1] glacier in the Himalayan Range in Ladakh, India.[2] GeographyIt is situated 85 kilometres (53 mi) south from Kargil and 294 kilometres (183 mi) east from Srinagar on the right side of Kargil — Zanskar Road near the border of the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in India.[3] The Shafat Glacier — Parkachik Glacier gives rise to the two mountain peaks of Nun and Kun which have an elevation of more than 6800 meters, and it provides a base to climb these mountain peaks. It lies at an average elevation of 4400 meters. The melt waters add to the flow of the Suru River which is a tributary of the Indus River.[4] The Shafat Glacier/Parkachik Glacier is a broken, ice falling glacier melting at an alarming rate due to the Global warming,[5] References
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