Potanin Glacier

The Potanin Glacier is the longest in , it stretches about 14 kilometres and located through in the Altai Tavan Bogd mountain in Altai Mountains.
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  • Type: Glacier with an elevation of 3,324 metres
  • Description: The largest valley glacier in the Altai Mountains, located at the junction of the Tavan-Bogdo-Ula massif and the Mongolian Altai Mountains, in Mongolia
  • Also known as: “Potanin”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Malchin Peak.

Peak
is the one of five peaks of the mountain on the Mongolia–Russia border. The Peak towers at the elevation of 4,050 m. It is the only one of the five peaks of Tavan Bogd that can be climbed without specialized mountain climbing equipment.

Potanin Glacier

Latitude
49.1393° or 49° 8′ 22″ north
Longitude
87.88195° or 87° 52′ 55″ east
Elevation
3,324 metres (10,906 feet)
Named after
Grigory Potanin
Open location code
8MX94VQJ+PQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 26778338
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­glacier
Geo­Names ID
6942245
Wiki­data ID
Q2604390
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Satellite Map

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

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Potanin Glacier” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Potanin Glacier”
  • Chinese: “波塔寧”
  • Czech: “Potaninův ledovec”
  • French: “glacier Potanine”
  • French: “Glacier Potanine”
  • Georgian: “პოტანინის მყინვარი”
  • German: “Potanin Mesen Gol”
  • German: “Potanin Mösön Gol”
  • German: “Potanin-Gletscher”
  • Japanese: “ポタニン氷河”
  • Kirghiz: “Потанин мөңгүсү”
  • Mongolian: “Потанины мөсөн гол”
  • Persian: “یخچال طبیعی پوتانین”
  • Polish: “Lodowiec Potanina”
  • Portuguese: “Glaciar Potanin”
  • Russian: “Ледник Потанина”
  • Russian: “Потанина”
  • Spanish: “Glaciar de Potanin”
  • Swedish: “Potanin Glacier”
  • Uzbek: “Potanin muzligi”
  • Uzbek: “Potanin Muzligi”
  • Vietnamese: “Sông băng Potanin”

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