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Rupal Glacier

Coordinates: 35°6′N 74°24′E / 35.100°N 74.400°E / 35.100; 74.400
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Rupal Glacier
Map showing the location of Rupal Glacier
Map showing the location of Rupal Glacier
Rupal Glacier
Location in Pakistan
Map showing the location of Rupal Glacier
Map showing the location of Rupal Glacier
Rupal Glacier
Rupal Glacier (Gilgit Baltistan)
Map showing the location of Rupal Glacier
Map showing the location of Rupal Glacier
Rupal Glacier
Rupal Glacier (Pakistan)
LocationGilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Coordinates35°6′N 74°24′E / 35.100°N 74.400°E / 35.100; 74.400
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Rupal Glacier or Toshain Glacier is an alpine glacier in the Great Himalaya subrange of Himalayas in Gilgit-Baltistan, northern Pakistan. Ranging an elevation of 3,730 metres (12,240 ft) to 6,300 metres (20,700 ft), it starts north of Toshain Peak with height of 6,270-metre-high (20,570 ft) (35°8′35.93″N 74°24′52.46″E / 35.1433139°N 74.4145722°E / 35.1433139; 74.4145722) and flows northeastward, north of Laila Peak (Rupal Valley) with a height of 5,971 metres (19,590 ft) high and south of Nanga Parbat's many peaks.[1] The meltwater from the glacier forms Rupal River.

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  1. ^ Nüsser, Marcus; Schmidt, Susanne (2021). "Glacier changes on the Nanga Parbat 1856–2020: A multi-source retrospective analysis". Science of the Total Environment. 785. Bibcode:2021ScTEn.78547321N. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147321. ISSN 0048-9697. PMID 33933774.