Purog Kangri Glacier Terminus
by Ping Zhao
The Purog Kangri glacier is located within the Qiangtang National Nature Reserve on the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau. Covering an area of approximately 422 square kilometers and with its lowest elevation reaching 5,350 meters above sea level, it is the largest known mid- to low-latitude glacier in the world.
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- Asia (1183)
- Eastern Asia (277)
- China (171)
- Exact location (89.0686 E, 33.8433 N)
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6708 × 4360 px;
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Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Software: photoshop
Taken on 3
November
2024
Submitted on 6 June 2026
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Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-ND 3.0)
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Ping Zhao (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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