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Drang-Drung Glacier

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The Drang-Drung Glacier, also called the Durung Drung Glacier, is a mountain glacier near the Pensi La pass on the Kargil to Zanskar road in the Kargil district of Ladakh, India, in the Zanskar Range of the Himalaya. It is likely the largest glacier in Ladakh after the Siachen Glacier, with a maximum length of about twenty three kilometers at an average elevation of about 4,780 meters. It lies about 142 kilometers south of Kargil and 331 kilometers east of Srinagar.

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The Drang-Drung Glacier (also called Durung Drung Glacier) is a mountain glacier near the Pensi La pass on the Kargil-Zanskar Road in the Kargil district of Ladakh in India.
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