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Gangotri Glacier

Gangotri glacier is located in Uttarkashi District, , in a region bordering . This glacier, one of the primary sources of the Ganges, has a volume of over 27 cubic kilometers.
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  • Type: Glacier with an elevation of 6,104 metres
  • Description: glacier in India
  • Also known as: “Kan-ko-t’e-li”

Gangotri Glacier

Latitude
30.82845° or 30° 49′ 42″ north
Longitude
79.17748° or 79° 10′ 39″ east
Elevation
6,104 metres (20,026 feet)
Open location code
8J2XR5HG+9X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 233453553
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­glacier
Geo­Names ID
1271640
Wiki­data ID
Q691557
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Satellite Map

Discover Gangotri Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Gangotri Glacier” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Գանգոտրի սառցադաշտ”
  • Belarusian: “Ледавік Ганготры”
  • Bengali: “গঙ্গোত্রী হিমবাহ”
  • Bhojpuri: “गंगोत्री हिमानी”
  • Catalan: “Glacera Gangotri”
  • Cebuano: “Gangotri Glacier”
  • Chinese: “根戈德里冰川”
  • Croatian: “Ledenjak Gangotri”
  • Czech: “Ledovec Gangotri”
  • Danish: “Gangotrigletsjeren”
  • Dutch: “Gangotrigletsjer”
  • Esperanto: “Glaĉero Gangotri”
  • Estonian: “Gangotri liustik”
  • French: “glacier de Gangotri”
  • French: “Glacier de Gangotri”
  • Georgian: “განგოტრი”
  • German: “Gangotri-Gletscher”
  • German: “Gangotrigletscher”
  • Hebrew: “קרחון גנגוטרי”
  • Hindi: “गंगोत्री हिमनद”
  • Hindi: “गंगोत्री हिमानी”
  • Hindi: “गंगोत्री”
  • Hungarian: “Gangotri-gleccser”
  • Italian: “Ghiacciaio di Gangotri”
  • Japanese: “ガンゴートリー氷河”
  • Kannada: “ಗಂಗೋತ್ರಿ ಹಿಮನದಿ”
  • Lithuanian: “Gangotrės ledynas”
  • Malayalam: “ഗംഗോത്രി ഹിമാനി”
  • Malayalam: “ഗോമുഖ്”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gangotribreen”
  • Norwegian: “Gangotribreen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Glacièr de Gangotri”
  • Panjabi: “ਗੰਗੋਤਰੀ ਗਲੇਸ਼ੀਅਰ”
  • Polish: “Gangotri (lodowiec)”
  • Polish: “Gangotri”
  • Portuguese: “Glaciar Gangotri”
  • Russian: “Ганготри”
  • Serbian: “Ганготри ледник”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ledenjak Gangotri”
  • Slovenian: “ledenik Gangotri”
  • Spanish: “Glaciar Gangotri”
  • Swedish: “Gangotri Glacier”
  • Swedish: “Gangotriglaciären”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґанґотри”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґанґотрі”
  • “गंगोत्री हिमानी”

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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 “Gangotri Glacier”. Photo: Atarax42, CC BY-SA 3.0.