Dunde glacier

Dunde glacier

Dunde glacier, also known as Dunde ice cap and Dunde ice cap, is located in the northern margin of Qaidam Basin and the eastern end of turgendaban mountain in Qilian mountain system. It is under the jurisdiction of Delingha City, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province. It is a new, strange, open and beautiful ice and snow landscape. It is a good place for sightseeing, novelty hunting, exploration and scientific research.

It is 100 km away from Delingha City, 90 km away from Dachaidan Town, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province, and 250 km away from Akesai County, Gansu Province, covering an area of 57.07 square kilometers. It is the largest flat top glacier in Northwest China and the largest glacier in Qilian Mountains. The top of the glacier is 5290 meters above sea level, and the tip of the glacier tongue is 4580 meters. The top is gentle with a slope of about 3 degrees. Easy to climb with bare hands, less dangerous. At the top of the glacier, you can see all the mountains, step on the back of the jade dragon, and caress the snow for thousands of years. In the world of ice crystal, the mountains are covered with snow and the scenery is carved with jade. Or ice streams clear to the bottom, winding, Ding Dong sound; or ice lake, ice cliff white cloud reflection, beautiful waves, rippling twinkle; or ice ditch, or ice cup, etc.

It is a little difficult to enter the ice cap road in Dunde. The area is mainly the summer grassland of local herdsmen. The access route is mainly Delingha city and Dachaidan town in Qinghai Province. The best access route is Dachaidan town. The driving distance of the road is about 200 km, of which 150 km is high-speed (70 km) and rural asphalt (80 km), and the rest is cross-country gravel road, which needs directional guide belt The way! 　　

Address: more than 300 kilometers southeast of Akesai County, Jiuquan City

Longitude: 94.662178039551

Latitude: 39.42363357544

Chinese PinYin : Dun De Bing Chuan