The Bara Shigri Glacier, Kangra District, East Punjab, India

Abstract

ABSTRACT. During the monsoon of 1956 the Geological Survey of India sponsored an expedition to the Bara Shig ri G lacier (lat. 32° 16' N., long. 77° 40 ' E .), Kangra Distri ct, in the great Hima layan ranges of the Punja b, as part of the Indian programme fo r the International Geophysical Year 1956-57 . Topographica l maps of t he terminal 5 m iles of the glacier, on scales of I : 63,360 a nd I : 10,000, were prepared for comparison of morphological c hanges since it was last surveyed 50 years ago. The glacier appears to have shrunk considerabl y but its full extent could not be assessed b ecause of insufficient earlier dat a. The Sh igr i Stream now emerges from a differ ent part of the glacier snou t. In ord er to assi st fu ture surveys th ree photographic stations were esta blished.