This is a list of glaciers in Asia.

List of glaciers

China

Angsi Glacier __NOTOC__ The Angsi Glacier or Nangser Glacier () is a glacier located on the northern side of the Himalayas in the Purang County in China's Tibet Autonomous Region. It is immediately to the east of the Indus-Tsangpo water divide at the eastern ...

- Tibet * Bayi Glacier - Qinghai * Hailogou Galicer - SiChuan *

July 1 Glacier __NOTOC__ The July 1 Glacier or Qiyi Glacier () is a glacier in Jiayuguan City, Gansu, China, and on the northern slope of the Tola Mountain in the Qilian Mountains. It is the closest glacier to cities in Asia, but it has been shrinking in r ...

- GanSu *

Kangshung Glacier The Kangshung Glacier ( zh, c=卓穷冰川) is one of the three main glaciers of Mount Everest, and is in the Tibet region Himalayas, within the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The other two are the Khumbu Glacier and Rongbuk Glacier. Geograph ...

- Tibet * Laigou Galicer - Tibet * Midui Galicer - Tibet *

Mingyong Glacier __NOTOC__ Mingyong Glacier is located in the Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China, The glacier retreated 200 meters (656 feet) in four years. The region has also seen a rising tree line and these events are believed to be associate ...

- Yunnan * Muzart Glacier - Xinjiang *

Purog Kangri Glacier Purog Kangri Glacier (普若岗日冰川), near Purog Kangri Peak (, reported at 6,482 m or 6,435 m) has been reported as the world's largest "third largest glacier" (i.e. the largest outside the two polar regions), at 422 km2 as ...

- Tibet *

Puruogangri Purog Kangri is an ice sheet in the Tibetan Plateau, in Nagqu, China. It is shrinking rapidly. Location Purog Kangri was discovered by Chinese and American scientists around 1999. It has been confirmed to be the third largest ice field in the worl ...

- Tibet *

Rongbuk Glacier The Rongbuk Glacier () is located in the Himalaya of southern Tibet. Two large tributary glaciers, the East Rongbuk Glacier and the West Rongbuk Glacier, flow into the main Rongbuk Glacier. It flows north and forms the Rongbuk Valley north of Moun ...

- Tibet *

Sarpo Laggo Glacier __NOTOC__ The Sarpo Laggo Glacier ( zh, 萨尔波拉戈冰川, ''Sarpo Laggo'': 'young husband') is a glacier in the autonomous region Xinjiang of China, in the Karakoram mountain range of the Himalayas. Geography Sarpo Laggo Glacier lies north ...

- Xinjiang * Teram Kangri Glacier - Xinjiang * Touming Mengke Glacier - GanSu * Urumqi Glacier No.1 - Xinjiang *

Yinsugaiti Glacier The Yinsugaiti Glacier is located in Shaksgam River basin, north-west of K2 peak on the northern slope of the Karakoram Range.J. Ehlers, Jürgen Ehlers, P.L. Gibbard, P.D. Hughes, editorsQuaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology: A Closer Lo ...

- Xinjiang

Indonesia

Carstensz Glacier The Carstensz Glacier is near the peak of Puncak Jaya (sometimes called ''Mount Carstensz'' or the ''Carstensz Pyramid'') which is a mountain in the Sudirman Range of the island of New Guinea, territorially the eastern highlands of Central Papua, I ...

West Northwall Firn The West Northwall Firn was a glacial body on Mount Carstensz in the Sudirman Range on the island of New Guinea in Central Papua province, Indonesia. The glacier was situated at an elevation of approximately to , centered a little over northwest ...

East Northwall Firn The East Northwall Firn was a glacier on Mount Carstensz in the Sudirman Range on the island of New Guinea in Central Papua province, Indonesia. Situated at an elevation of approximately NNW of Puncak Jaya, the highest summit in Oceania. It brok ...

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Puncak Jaya Puncak Jaya (; literally "Glorious Peak") or Carstensz Pyramid, Mount Jayawijaya or Mount Carstensz () on the island of New Guinea, with an elevation of , is the list of islands by highest point, highest mountain peak of an island on Earth. Th ...

. The Meren Glacier on the summit disappeared at some time between 1992 and 2000.

India

List of glaciers of India The Himalayan region of India is home to some of the most notable glaciers in the world including Siachen Glacier, second largest non-polar glacier on earth and the largest in India. The following list is of the most important glaciers in India. ...

Japan

Nagano Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...

* Kakunesato Glacier, Mount Kashimayari

Toyama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Toyama Prefecture has a population of 1,044,588 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,247.61 km2 (1,640.01 sq mi). Toyama Prefecture borders Ishikawa Prefecture to the ...

Gozenzawa Glacier __NOTOC__ Gozenzawa Glacier is located on the eastern side of Mount Ōyama in the Tateyama Mountains. Geography It was the first recorded glacier in Japan. Before its identification as a glacier, it was believed that the world's most easterly ...

Mount Tate , commonly referred to as Tateyama, is a mountain located in the southeastern area of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the tallest mountains in the Hida Mountains at . It is one of Japan's along with Mount Fuji and Mount Haku. Tateyama ...

* Kuranosuke Glacier, Mount Tate * Komado Glacier,

Mount Tsurugi Mount Tsurugi may refer to: * Mount Tsurugi (Hokkaido) (剣山), in Hokkaido, Japan * Mount Tsurugi (Tokushima) (剣山), in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan * Mount Tsurugi (Toyama) (剱岳), in Toyama Prefecture, Japan See also

* Tsurugisan (trai ...

* Sannomado Glacier, Mount Tsurugi * Ikenotan Glacier, Mount Tsurugi

Kazakhstan

Gorodetsky Glacier The Gorodetsky Glacier is a rock glacier on the Northern slope of the Zailiysky Alatau range. The glacier consists of left and right branches. The glacier was visited by dendrologist and archaeologist Vladimir Dmitrievich Gorodetsky (1878– ...

Kyrgyzstan

Engilchek Glacier Engilchek Glacier ( ky, Эңилчек, russian: Энильчек - ''Enilchek'', also Иныльчек - ''Inylchek'') is a glacier in the Central Tian Shan Mountains of Issyk-Kul Region, northeastern Kyrgyzstan. Its snout is 50 km east of ...

Sarychat glacier The Sarychat glacier is a north-south-aligned glacier in the Western Kokshaal-Too mountains of southern Kyrgyzstan. The southernmost ridge delimiting the glacier marks the border with China China, officially the People's Republic of China ...

Mongolia

Bayan-Ölgii Province Bayan-Ölgii ( mn, Баян-Өлгий, ; xal, Байн-Өлгий, ; kk, Бай-Өлке / Bai-Ölke, ; "Rich region") is the westernmost of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. The country's only Muslim and Kazakh-majority aimag, it was ...

Potanin Glacier The Potanin Glacier is the longest glacier in Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It c ...

Nepal

Hunku Glacier The Hunku Glacier is located in the Khumbu of eastern Nepal and forms the southern base of Baruntse (7,220 m). ...

Imja Glacier Imja Glacier ( ne, इम्जा हिमनदी) is located in the Himalayas, in the Solukhumbu District of Nepal. It originates on the western face of Kali Himal, , and skirts the southern slopes of Imja Tse or Island Peak, south-east of ...

Khumbu Glacier The Khumbu Glacier ( ne, खुम्बु हिमनदी) is located in the Khumbu region of northeastern Nepal between Mount Everest and the Lhotse-Nuptse ridge. With elevations of at its terminus to at its source, it is the world's high ...

Pakistan

Abruzzi Glacier The Abruzzi Glacier () is a glacier north of the Baltoro Kangri peak in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The glacier joins the Baltoro Glacier (one of the largest glaciers outside the polar region) that flows northwest in the beginning and then turns w ...

Baltoro Glacier __NOTOC__ The Baltoro Glacier ( zh, 巴爾托洛冰川, ), at in length, is one of the longest glaciers outside the polar regions.The Fedchenko Glacier in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan is 77 km long, the Siachen Glacier which lies so ...

Batura Glacier Batura Glacier (), long, is one of the largest and longest glaciers outside of the polar regions.Tajikistan's Fedchenko Glacier is long, Siachen Glacier is long, Biafo Glacier long, and Baltoro Glacier long. The Bruggen or Pio XI Glacier ...

Biafo Glacier The Biafo Glacier ( ur, ) is a -long glacier situated in the Karakoram mountain range in Shigar district, Gilgit−Baltistan, Pakistan. Geography Biafo Glacier meets the -long Hispar Glacier at an altitude of at Hispar La to create the worl ...

* Biarchedi Glacier *

Bilafond Glacier Bilafond Glacier ( ur, بلا فوند گلیشیر) is located in Siachen region across Karakoram Range in Pakistan. It is a main source for Saltoro River. It is under Pakistani control. See also *Glaciers of Pakistan The following is a li ...

in the Siachen area claimed by both Pakistan and India. *

Godwin-Austen Glacier The Godwin-Austen Glacier is a glacier in the Karakoram range and is close to K2, the second tallest peak on Earth, in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan. It is the highest mountain peak in Pakistan. Its confluence with the Baltoro Glacier is called ...

Gondogoro Glacier Gondogoro Glacier ( ur, ) or Gondoghoro Glacier is glacier near Concordia in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It serves as an alternative means to reach Concordia; the confluence of Baltoro Glacier and Godwin-Austen Glacier. See also * Gondogoro Pa ...

Hainablak Glacier Hainablak Glacier is a glacier near Trango Tower mountain in Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. See also *Trango Glacier *Trango Towers *List of mountains in Pakistan *List of highest mountains *List of glaciers A glacier ( ) or () is a pe ...

Hispar Glacier Hispar Glacier ( ur, ) is a long glacier in the Karakoram Mountains of Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan which meets the long Biafo Glacier at the Hispar La (Pass) at an altitude of to create the world's longest glacial system outside of the po ...

*Hussaini Glacier *Hoper Glacier *

Lonak Glacier Lonak Glacier is one of the three major glaciers of Sikkim, in the Himalaya range in the north-east of India. See also *Sikkim Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north an ...

Miar Glacier Miar Glacier is a glacier that forms in the north of Miar Peak () in Hoper Valley in Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It is a major component of the Barpu Glacier. See also *Miar Peak *Northern Areas *List of glaciers A glacier ( ) or ( ...

Panmah Glacier Panmah Glacier is a glacier in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It is included in the Central Karakoram National Park. See also * Central Karakoram National Park * List of glaciers *Panmah Muztagh The Panmah Muztagh is a subrange of the Karakoram ...

Passu Glacier Passu Glacier is situated in the south side of Passu village. Passu Peak is situated in the back side of the glacier. This glacier is linked with Batura Glacier and many other glaciers in Batura Muztagh mountain range. See also *Passu Sar *List ...

Rupal Glacier Rupal Glacier or Tashain Glacier is a glacier in the Great Himalaya subrange of Himalayas. It starts north of an unnamed peak () and flows northeastward, north of Laila Peak (Rupal Valley) and south of Nanga Parbat's many peaks. The meltwater fro ...

*Sachiokuh Glacier *

*Shaigri Glacier *Shandar Glacier *

Shani Glacier Shani Glacier ( ur, ) is a glacier in the north of Shani Peak () in Naltar Valley, Pakistan. See also * Shani Peak *Naltar Valley The Naltar Valley () is a valley situated about from the city of Gilgit in Gilgit−Baltistan, Pakistan. I ...

*Shireen Maidan Glacier *Shishpar Glacier *Shuijerab Glacier *Shutwerth Glacier *Silkiang Glacier *Sim Glacier *Siru Glacier *Skora La Glacier *Sokha Glacier *South Barum Glacier *Sovoia Glacier *Stokpa Lungma Glacier *Sumayar Bar Glacier *Tarashing Glacier *Thalo Glacier *Thui Glacier *Toltar Glacier *Toshain Glacier *

Trango Glacier Trango Glacier ( zh, 川口冰川, ur, ) is a glacier in the Baltoro Muztagh range of the Karakoram in Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Geography It flows from north to south on the west side of the Trango Towers and joins the Baltoro ...

*Trivor Glacier *Tsarak Tsa Glacier *Udren Glacier *Uli Biaho Glacier *Ultar Glacier *Upper Khurdopin Glacier *Upper Tirich Glacier *

Vigne Glacier Vigne Glacier (; ur, ) is a glacier in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan near Gondogoro Glacier and Baltoro Glacier.Fedchenko Glacier The Fedchenko Glacier (russian: Ледник Федченко; tg, Пиряхи Федченко) is a large glacier in the Yazgulem Range, Pamir Mountains, of north-central Gorno-Badakhshan province, Tajikistan. The glacier is long and narrow, ...

* Russian Geographical Society Glacier

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