Zemu Glacier
Zemu Glacier is the largest glacier in the Eastern Himalaya. It is about 26 kilometres in length and is located at the base of Kangchenjunga in the Himalayan region of Sikkim, India.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Carsten.nebel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khangchendzonga National Park.
Khangchendzonga National Park
Photo: Abhishek532, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Khangchendzonga National Park is in West Sikkim in northwestern India. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Zemu Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 4,893 metres
- Description: glacier in India
- Category: landform
- Location: India, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
27.72049° or 27° 43′ 14″ northLongitude
88.27178° or 88° 16′ 18″ eastElevation
4,893 metres (16,053 feet)Open location code
7MVCP7CC+5POpenStreetMap ID
way 25020181OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacier
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Satellite Map
Discover Zemu Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bengali to Ukrainian—“Zemu Glacier” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “জেমু হিমবাহ”
- Catalan: “Glacera de Zemu”
- Cebuano: “Zemu Glacier”
- Chinese: “泽木冰川”
- Chinese: “芝慕冰河”
- Chinese: “賽姆冰河”
- Esperanto: “Zemu Glaĉero”
- French: “glacier de Zemu”
- French: “Glacier de Zemu”
- Georgian: “ზემუ”
- German: “Zemugletscher”
- Hindi: “जेमु ग्लैशियर”
- Hindi: “जेमू हिमनद”
- Hindi: “ज़ेमू हिमानी”
- Japanese: “ゼム氷河”
- Lithuanian: “Zemu”
- Nepali: “जेमु हिमनदी”
- Polish: “Lodowiec Zemu”
- Polish: “Zemu”
- Russian: “Зему”
- Spanish: “Glaciar de Zemu”
- Swedish: “Zemu Glacier”
- Ukrainian: “Зему”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Zemu Glacier”. Photo: Carsten.nebel, CC BY-SA 3.0.