Potanin Glacier

The Potanin Glacier is the longest glacier in Mongolia, its long about 14 kilometres and located through in the Altai Tavan Bogd mountain in Altai Mountains.[1] The glacier is named after explorer Grigory Potanin.

As many other glaciers around the world, the Potanin Glacier is gradually decreasing in size. Over a 6-year period of observation, September 2003 to September 2009, it retreated by about 90 meters, thus recording an average retreat rate of 15 m/year. It also has become thinner, especially in its lower parts; the average thinning rate of 2.6 m/year has been measured over 2004-2009.[2]

References

  1. "Tavan Bogd". tomongolia.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
  2. Krumwiede et al. 2014, p. 505

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Coordinates: 49°08′N 87°55′E / 49.14°N 87.92°E / 49.14; 87.92


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