Climbing Aksai gorge in Kyrgyz ridge.

“And life is easy, under a backpack
Walk, don't think about anyone,
And there is no glory ahead
And there are only rains ahead.
The day died beyond the pass,
There are no people behind the pass."

Yuri Vizbor. "Hamad-Daban". 1961.

Sights of Aksai gorge in Ala-Archa park.

Korona Glacier is located on northern slope of Kyrgyz Ala-Too ridge, in lateral (eastern) Aksai gorge, 41 kilometers south of city of Bishkek in Alamudun district of Chui region.

The perimeter of the glacier is 4061 meters, the area is 740692 sq. m. The glacier is 1.7 kilometers long. The sources of the glacier lie on the western slopes of the Korona Peak massif at a height of 4860 meters above sea level. The tongue of the glacier is located at an altitude of 4033 m. a. s. l. at the point of its confluence with the eastern edge of the Aksai glacier.
To the north of the Korona glacier, behind an almost latitudinal ridge, there is the Uchitel Zapadny glacier with a length of 2.7 kilometers. The upper reaches of the Aksai glacier are located in the southeastern part. In the ridge of the southern ridge, stretching along the left side of the glacier from east to south-west, there is Iziskatel Peak 4400 m. a. s. l. 

Geographic coordinates of Korona glacier: N42°30'31 E74°33'21

Authority and photos by:
Alexander Petrov.