SOUTH COL GLACIER

Description

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Context

Recently, researchers led by the University of Maine found that the South Col Glacier (on Mount Everest) has lost more than 180ft (54m) of thickness in the last 25 years.
The rate of ice loss measured is more than 80 times faster than the 2000 years it took to form this thickness of ice.

About

The South Col is a sharp-edged col between Mount Everest and Lhotse, the highest and fourth-highest mountains in the world, respectively.
At a mean elevation of 7,985 mean sea level, this glacier is the highest glacier in the world.
With estimated thinning rates of nearly 2 m per year even glaciers such as South Col Glacier, which is located at the highest point in the world, may vanish by mid-century.

Important Glaciers of the Himalayas Mountains

Name of Glacier	Location
Siachen	Eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas
Fedchenko (It is the longest glacier in the world outside of the polar regions)	Karakoram
Hispar	Karakoram
Biafo	Karakoram
Baltoro	Karakoram
Rongbuk	Kanchenjunga-Everest
Chongo-Lungma	Karakoram
Khurdaplo	Karakoram
LoLofond	Karakoram
Yarkand Rimo	Karakoram
Gangotri	Kumaon-Garhwal
Godwin Austen	Karakoram
Pasu	Karakoram
Zemu	Kanchenjunga-Everest
Chong Kumdan	Karakoram
Kanchenjunga	Kanchenjunga-Everest
Milam	Kumaon-Garhwal
Chungpur	Pir Panjal
To Lam Bau	Kanchenjunga-Everest
Bhagirath Kharak	Kumaon-Garhwal
Sonapani	Pir Panjal
Bara Shighi	Pir Panjal
Rakhiot	Pir Panjal
Gangri	Pir Panjal
Rambang	Kanchenjunga-Everest
Kafni Glacier	Kumaon-Garhwal
Kalabaland Glacier	Kumaon-Garhwal
Kedar Bamak Glacier	Kumaon-Garhwal
Meola Glacier	Kumaon-Garhwal
Namik Glacier	Kumaon-Garhwal
Panchchuli Glacier	Kumaon-Garhwal
Pindari Glacier	Kumaon-Garhwal
Ralam Glacier	Kumaon-Garhwal
Sona Glacier	Kumaon-Garhwal
Satopanth Glacier	Kumaon-Garhwal
Sunderdhunga Glacier	Kumaon-Garhwal
Dokriani Glacier	Kumaon-Garhwal
Chorabari Glacier	Kumaon-Garhwal
Lonak	North-east Himalayas
Chhota Shigri	Pir Panjal
Trango	Karakoram