Siachen Glacier

India / Jammu and Kashmir / Kargil /
 glacier, territorial dispute
The Siachen Glacier is located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalaya Mountains in Pakistan. It is the longest glacier in the Karakoram and second longest in the world's non-polar areas. It ranges from an altitude of 5,753 m (18,875 ft) to 3,620 m (11,875 ft).
www.time.com/time/asia/photoessays/siachen/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siachen
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Coordinates:   35°25'49"N   76°59'54"E

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  • The Siachen Glacier is located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalaya Mountains along the disputed India-Pakistan line of control. It is the longest glacier in the Karakoram and second longest in the world's non-polar areas. It ranges from an altitude of 5,753 m (18,875 ft) to 3,620 m (11,875 ft). The Siachen Glacier is world's highest battlefield in the world.
  • The Siachen Glacier is world's highest battlefield in the world.
  • The fact that boundaries in the Himalayas are not clear and agreed among India, China and Pakistan bodes not well for the future. It may lead to war among these big and powerful countries and the result may be a worldwide political crisis.
  • Qian Zhen - thats why pig pakistani lost in battle.. pak + china will vanish from world map
  • War harms the glaciers.
  • This is not the right forum for geopolitics. Kashmir is a diversion. If fighting stops there then it will happen in Punjab which is much easier to reach, so scale of war would be much more and would be more harmful to both sides. That is why Kashmir and Siachen have evolved over time as the chosen battle field. The war will go on for at least one hundred more years unless it becomes nuclear.
  • siachen is controlled by india
  • if you really want a war we will give one...,
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