Hailuogou or Dungkar Lungpa དུང་དཀར་ལུང་པ།

Hailuogou or Dungkar Lungpa is a glacier located in Luding County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China. It is a feature of Hailuogou Glacier Forest Park. The glacier is next to Moxi and over 319 km southwest of Chengdu. It is famous for its low-altitude modern glaciers, large ice waterfalls and alpine hot springs. The glacier originates from Mount Gongga. The glacier is characterized as a modern glacier, having formed 16 million years ago. At its most extreme, the glacier reaches a low altitude of 2,850 m above sea level and reaches a high of 6,750 m, and is also about 14.7 km long. It also features the world’s tallest icefall at 1,100 m

The park features several hot springs and “red rocks” which are rocks covered in red orange algae.

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