| Shafat Glacier Parkachik Glacier | |
| Type: | Mountain glacier |
| Location: | Himalaya Range, Zanskar Range, Kargil, Ladakh |
| Map: | India Ladakh#India |
| Label Position: | right |
| Length: | 14km (09miles) |
The Shafat Glacier — Parkachik Glacier is a 14km (09miles) long[1] glacier in the Himalayan Range in Ladakh, India.[2]
It is situated 85km (53miles) south from Kargil and 294km (183miles) east from Srinagar on the right side of Kargil — Zanskar Road near the border of the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in India.[3]
The Shafat Glacier — Parkachik Glacier gives rise to the two mountain peaks of 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 which is a tributary of the Indus River.[4]
The Shafat Glacier/Parkachik Glacier is a broken, ice falling glacier melting at an alarming rate due to the Global warming,[5]