Himalayan glacier at an altitude of 5,236
m/17,000 ft in the Karakoram mountains of N
Kashmir. Occupied by Indian forces 1984, the
glacier has been the focal point of a
territorial dispute between India and
Pakistan since independence 1947. Three wars
in 1947, 1965, and 1971 resulted in the
establishment of a temporary boundary between
the two countries through the province of
Jammu and Kashmir, but the accords failed to
define a frontier in the farthest reaches of
N Kashmir. Pakistan responded to the 1984
Indian action by sending troops to the
heights of the nearby Baltoro Glacier.