Glaciers in Kyrgyzstan.

"The ice mass that formed the end of the glacier was about 100 meters high. The ice in its cracks was light green, similar to the color of the best Transbaikal beryls. It did not show the needle-like fragmentation that I had noticed in the ice of the alpine glaciers I knew, and although bubbles were visible in places, the ice was still so densely packed that when I knocked off a block of it, my hammer rang against it as if it were a rock."

P. P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky. "Journey to Tien-Shan." 1856 - 1857.

Glaciers in upper reaches of gorges of Terskey Ala-Too ridge.

Chetendy West Glacier is located on northern slope of Terskey Ala-Too Range, in upper reaches of gorge of same name, which is right branch of main Toguz-Bulak gorge, in Ton district of Issyk-Kul region. 
The length of the glacier is 2 kilometers, the area is 1.52 square kilometers, the perimeter of the glacier reaches 5.53 kilometers.
The glacier is located on the northern slope of the Terskey Ala-Too Range. The upper boundary of the glacier is located at an altitude of 4423 and 4334 meters above sea level, the end of the glacier is at an altitude of 3754 meters above sea level.
From the tongue of the glacier, the moraine extends for 1.3 kilometers with a width in the middle part of 580 meters, in the eastern part, the moraine of the Chetendy Zapadny Glacier is supported by the moraine of the Chetendy Vostochny Glacier.
In the east, the Chetendy West Glacier borders on the cirque of the Chetendy East Glacier, from which one of the tributaries of the Chetendy River flows. In the west, the glacier borders on the cirque of the Toguz-Bulak Glacier. On the vast moraine of the glacier, there are two temporary, small moraine lakes.
To the northwest of the Chetendy West Glacier, there is a small glacier 630 meters long located on the eastern slope of the gorge, the area of ​​the glacier is 0.12 square kilometers, the perimeter of the glacier reaches 1.57 kilometers.
Geographic coordinates of Chetendy West Glacier: N41 ° 57'18 E77 ° 17'21

Authority and photos by:
Alexander Petrov.