west central Tibet

print size: 32 in x 87 in, 81 cm x 221 cm

file size: 279MB, 17440 x 6363

number of images: 3

center location: N 34.6, E 88.7

approximate scale: 1 to 225,000

ground cell: 28.50 m, long side: 497 km

So high above sea level that herders do not use it, this barren land is just north of the geographic center of the plateau. Lakes and geology and remnant icecaps show well. The title comes from the largest icecap, where scientists have extracted important ice cores in the ongoing accumulation of climate change research. The area is also important to a migratory antelope, the chiru.