Ladakh
Kargil
Zanskar

Drang Drung Glacier

The Drang-Drung Glacier is a mountain near the pass on the Kargil-Zanskar Road in the of in . The Drang-Drung Glacier is likely to be the largest glacier in Ladakh after the Siachen Glacier in the Karakoram Range, with a maximum length of 23 km at an average elevation of 4,780 m.
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  • Type: Glacier with an elevation of 4,780 metres
  • Description: glacier in India
  • Also known as: “Drang Drung”, “Drang-Drung Glacier”, and “Durung Drung Glacier”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Z3.

Peak
Photo: Mahuasarkar25, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a peak.

Drang Drung Glacier

Latitude
33.7543° or 33° 45′ 15″ north
Longitude
76.3066° or 76° 18′ 24″ east
Elevation
4,780 metres (15,682 feet)
Open location code
8J5RQ834+PJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 133026924
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­glacier
Wiki­data ID
Q3307729
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Satellite Map

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

From Bengali to Sanskrit—“Drang Drung Glacier” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “দ্রাং-দ্রুং হিমবাহ”
  • Georgian: “დურუნგ-დრუნგი”
  • German: “Drang-Drung-Gletscher”
  • Gujarati: “દ્રાંગ દ્રુંગ હિમનદી”
  • Hindi: “द्रांग द्रुंग हिमानी”
  • Japanese: “ドランドルン氷河”
  • Kannada: “ದ್ರಂಗ್ -ದೃನ್ಗ್ ಗ್ಲೇಸಿಯರ್”
  • Kannada: “ಬೆಟ್ಟ”
  • Malayalam: “ഡ്രാങ്-ഡ്രങ് ഹിമാനി”
  • Polish: “Lodowiec Drang-Drung”
  • Sanskrit: “द्रन्ग - द्रुन्ग हिमसंहति”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Ra Dzong and Umatanche.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Haskira Glacier and Z3.

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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 “Drang Drung Glacier”. Photo: Mahuasarkar25, CC BY-SA 3.0.