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FAMOUS PLACES IN INDIA
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Frontier zone between China and India
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Frontier zone between India and Myanmar
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Desert frontier zone between India and Pakistan
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Glacier frontier zone between India and Pakistan
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Siachen Glacier is a glacier located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas at about35.421226°N 77.109540°E, just northeast of the point NJ9842 where the Line of Control between India and Pakistan ends.
Detailed explanation-2: -Siachen Glacier is strategically important to India, Pakistan, and China since it serves as a hub for the Shaksgam Valley, Karakoram Pass, and Aksai Chin. As a result, keeping Siachen is critical for India in order to prevent incursion from Pakistan and China.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Siachen Glacier is part of Ladakh, which has now been converted into a Union Territory. It is located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayan mountains. It lies to the south of the great drainage divide that separates the Eurasian Plate from the Indian subcontinent in the glaciated portion of the Karakoram.