The Siachen Glacier is a glacier located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas at about 35.421226°N 77.109540°E, just northeast of the point NJ9842 where the Line of Control between India and Pakistan ends. At 76 km long, it is the longest glacier in the Karakoram and second-longest in the world's non polar areas. It falls from an altitude of 5,753 m above sea level at its head at Indira Col on the India China border down to 3,620 m at its terminus.