Chumik Glacier is located in the

Siachen The Siachen Glacier is a glacier located in the eastern Karakoram range of the Himalayas, just northeast of the point NJ9842 where the Line of Control between India and Pakistan ends in northeastern Kashmir. At long, it is the longest glaci ...

region, in

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. Located on the west of Saltoro ridge, it is a 4-mile-long offshoot of the Bilafond Glacier.

History

In military terminology, Chumik is a minor sub sector of Bilafond Sub Sector,Chumik ops
near

Gyong La Gyong La is a mountain pass situated on Saltoro Ridge southwest of the vast Siachen Glacier, some directly north of map point NJ9842 which defined the end of the 1972 Line of Control between India and Pakistan. With Pakistan controlling areas ...

. In March 1989,

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launched the Operation Ibex to seize the Pakistani post overlooking the Chumik Glacier. The operation was unsuccessful at dislodging Pakistani troops from their positions. The Indian Army under Brig. R. K. Nanavatty then launched an artillery attack on Kauser Base, the Pakistani logistical node on Chumik Glacier. The destruction of Kauser Base induced Pakistani troops to vacate their Chumik posts just west of Gyong La, and Operation Ibex concluded.The fight for Siachen
Brig. Javed Hassan (Retd) 22 April 2012, ''The Express Tribune'' Chumik Glacier to this day is under the control of Pakistani forces, the Pakistani forces are stationed on a post called "Sher Post" which is perched on a ridge at the head of the Chumik Glacier at 19,000 feet.

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* Bana Singh, after whom Quaid Post was renamed to Bana Top *

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, westernmost town in Trans-Karakoram Tract *

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for transfer of Trans-Karakoram Tract to China

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Glaciers of the Karakoram Glaciers of Ladakh Glaciers of Gilgit-Baltistan {{India-glacier-stub

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