Record 15.04847 · Gandaki basin · 28.83°N 83.49°E
Rikha Samba Glacier
- Area
- 6.50 km²
- Elevation, floor
- 5,380 m
- Elevation, median
- 5,809 m
- Elevation, highest
- 6,513 m
- Length
- 5,805 m
The record of loss
1990200020102020
modelled · provisional
Area: 1990 6.84 km² (modelled) · 2000 6.50 km² · 2010 6.19 km² (modelled) · 2020 5.88 km² (modelled)
↓ 5,370↑ 5,616
0 — 1.4 km
Field notes
Rikha Samba Glacier. One of three named records in a register of 447. 6.50 km² at the 2000 survey, lying high in the Hidden Valley between 5,380 m and 6,513 m, with 5,805 m of measured length. Rikha Samba is among the most-studied glaciers in Nepali glaciology; much of what is known about ice loss in this range was learned here. The modelled series gives 6.84 km² in 1990 and 5.88 km² in 2020 — figures the field campaigns will correct, in the direction they always correct.