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Tossor East Glacier.
“While the convoy was gathering, I, having found traces of former glaciers in the Ak-su Valley, began to study them, and the topographer Vyazovsky made a plan of the location of the found remains of moraines in the valley. I studied these glacial traces during the first two days of my stay on Ak-su, September 25 and 26; then the rain that had wet me upon arrival fell only at night with a southwest wind, and stopped during the day; on the 27th it rained continuously for a whole day, and on the night of the 28th, when the wind turned to the northwest, the rain gave way to thick flakes of wet snow, which fell to the level of the lake.”
Journey through the Turkestan Region and Exploration of the Tien Shan Mountain Country.” N. Severtsov. 1873.
Trip from Karakol to Tossor Gorge.
Tossor East Glacier is located on northern slope of Terskey Ala-Too ridge, in upper reaches of gorge of same name, on northern slope of Tossor pass, in Jety-Oguz district of Issyk-Kul region.
In the southeastern part of the Tossor pass is the Tossor East Glacier, from the glacier flows the river of the same name, 1.3 kilometers long, belonging to the basin of Lake Issyk-Kul, which is the right tributary of the main channel. The length of the glacier is 880 meters, the area is 0.34 square kilometers, the perimeter of the glacier reaches 2.29 kilometers.
The upper boundary of the glacier is located at an altitude of 4169 meters above sea level, the end of the glacier is at an altitude of 3889 meters above sea level. West of the Tossor East Glacier is a group of Tossor glaciers. In the north-east is the Tossor North Glacier and in the west are the sources of the Sary-Tor River, small glaciers of the same name.
In the northern part of the glacier is a flowing, moraine lake Tossor East, 231 meters long, the greatest width in the central part is 110 meters. The lake is located at an altitude of 3889 meters above sea level. The area of the lake is 0.02 square kilometers, the length of the coastline reaches 0.57 kilometers.
Geographic coordinates of Tossor East Glacier: N41 ° 57'26 E77 ° 22'25
Authority and photos by:
Alexander Petrov.