The Potanin Glacier is the longest glacier in Mongolia, it stretches about 14 km long, 2.5 km at its widest point and located within the Altai Tavanbogd National Park in the Altai Mountains. The glacier is named after explorer Grigory Potanin. As with many other glaciers around the world, the Potanin Glacier is gradually decreasing in size. The Glacier descends to an elevation of 2,900 m with huge moraines surround its base. Water from its melting ice flows runs down into the Khovd River basin.
