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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Glacier in Ladakh, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox glacier<br />
| name = Shafat Glacier <br />Parkachik Glacier<br />
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| type = Mountain glacier<br />
| location = [[Himalaya Range]], [[Zanskar|Zanskar Range]], [[Kargil district|Kargil]], [[Ladakh]]<br />
| map = India Ladakh#India<br />
| map_caption = Location in India<br />
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| coordinates = {{Coord|format=dms|display=it}}<br />
| area = <br />
| length = {{convert|14|km|mi|0}}<br />
| thickness = <br />
| terminus = <br />
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The '''Shafat Glacier''' — '''Parkachik Glacier''' is a {{convert|14|km|mi|0}} long<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.himalayanclub.org/journal/zanskar-anyone/|title=Zanskar Range|publisher=himalayanclub.org|access-date=2012-05-25|archive-date=6 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106063600/https://www.himalayanclub.org/journal/zanskar-anyone/|url-status=dead}}</ref> glacier in the [[Himalayan Range]] in [[Ladakh]], India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.india9.com/i9show/Shafat-Glacier-59030.htm|title=Shafat Glacier|publisher=india9.com|access-date=2022-02-11}}</ref><br />
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== Geography ==<br />
It is situated {{convert|85|km|mi|0}} south from [[Kargil town|Kargil]] and {{convert|294|km|mi|0}} east from [[Srinagar]] on the right side of [[Kargil]] — [[Zanskar]] Road near the border of the union territories of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] and [[Ladakh]] in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.india9.com/i9show/Parkachik-Glacier-60257.htm|title=Parkachik Glacier|publisher=india9.com|access-date=2022-02-11}}</ref><br />
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The Shafat Glacier — Parkachik Glacier gives rise to the two mountain peaks of [[Nun Kun|Nun and Kun]] which have an elevation of more than 6800 meters, and it provides a base to climb these mountain peaks. It lies at an average elevation of 4400 meters. The melt waters add to the flow of the [[Suru River (Indus)|Suru River]] which is a tributary of the [[Indus River]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/jammu-kashmir/geography/rivers-lakes.html|title=Jammu Kashmir Geography Rivers|publisher=mapsofindia.com|access-date=2012-04-26}}</ref><br />
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The Shafat Glacier/Parkachik Glacier is a broken, ice falling glacier melting at an alarming rate due to the [[Global warming]],<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oLREAAAAIAAJ&q=Shafat+glacier|title=Himalayan glaciers: Shafat glacier|access-date=2012-05-25|last1=Fanny Bullock Workman|first1=Mrs|year=1909}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Hydrography of Jammu and Kashmir}}<br />
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[[Category:Glaciers of Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
[[Category:Glaciers of Ladakh]]<br />
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