Glaciers in Tossor Gorge.

"The further I moved up the glacier, the more often I encountered deep cracks, at first so narrow that it was possible to cross them, but when they became wider, I was forced to return to the moraine, because my companions, due to their inexperience, could not serve me as reliable assistants when crossing the glacier. The color of the ice in the deep cracks was not blue, as in European glaciers, but the same green color of the best Transbaikal beryls. The height that I reached while climbing the glacier turned out to be 3285 meters according to hypsometric measurement."

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

Walk in Chetendy Gorge in Terskey Ala-Too.

Chetendy East Glacier is located on northern slope of Terskey Ala-Too ridge, in upper reaches of eponymous gorge, which is right branch of main Toguz-Bulak gorge, in Ton district of Issyk-Kul region. 
The length of the glacier is 1850 meters, the greatest width in the middle part reaches 590 meters, the area is 1.25 square kilometers, the perimeter of the glacier reaches 4.5 kilometers. The glacier is located on the northern slope of the Terskey Ala-Too ridge.
The upper boundary of the glacier is located at an altitude of 4582 meters above sea level, the end of the glacier is at an altitude of 3935 meters above sea level. From the tongue of the glacier, the moraine extends for 715 meters with a width in the middle part of 580 meters, in the eastern part, the moraine of the Chetendy East glacier is supported by the moraine of the Chetendy East glacier.
In the east, the Chetendy East glacier borders on the cirque of the Tossor glacier, from which one of the tributaries of the river of the same name 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. One of them is the largest, 200 meters long.
Geographic coordinates of Chetendy East glacier: N41°58'09 E77°19'55

Authority and photos by: 
Alexander Petrov.