Rupal Glacier

Rupal Glacier
Rupal Glacier
Location in Pakistan
Rupal Glacier
Rupal Glacier (Gilgit Baltistan)
Rupal Glacier
Rupal Glacier (Pakistan)
LocationGilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Coordinates35°6′N 74°24′E / 35.100°N 74.400°E / 35.100; 74.400

Rupal Glacier or Toshain Glacier is an alpine glacier in the Great Himalaya subrange of Himalayas in Gilgit-Baltistan, northern Pakistan. Ranging an elevation of 3,730 metres (12,240 ft) to 6,300 metres (20,700 ft), it starts north of Toshain Peak with height of 6,270-metre-high (20,570 ft) (35°8′35.93″N 74°24′52.46″E / 35.1433139°N 74.4145722°E / 35.1433139; 74.4145722) and flows northeastward, north of Laila Peak (Rupal Valley) with a height of 5,971 metres (19,590 ft) high and south of Nanga Parbat's many peaks. The meltwater from the glacier forms Rupal River.