Purog Kangri Glacier
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Purog Kangri Glacier (普若岗日冰川), near Purog Kangri Peak (33°55′26″N 89°12′40″E / 33.924°N 89.211°E, reported at 6,482 m or 6,435 m)[1] has been reported as the world's largest "third largest glacier" (i.e. the largest outside the two polar regions), at 422 km2 as of 2009, but reportedly melting at "an accelerated rate" (Xinhua).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Not to be confused with the Zangser Kangri Group, 6,460 m. Janusz Majer, Kangri and Jomo Ri Massifs, Reconaissance(sic), Mayer Kangri I East (6,053m) Alpina Americana (2010).
- ^ cas.cn (11 July 2017).