2012 Gayari avalanche

An avalanche struck a military base in the Gayari Sector, near the Siachen Glacier region, on 7 April 2012. ARY News reports that 140 soldiers and civilian contractors were trapped under deep snow.

Date

2012-04-07

Deaths (Wikipedia list, low end where it gives a range)

138

What the pin marks

The Gayari military base the avalanche buried, as the cited page positions it.

Where the position is published

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Gayari_Sector_avalanche

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: pakistan, siachen, military base

Coordinates: 35.21355, 76.835591

Part of Avalanches that killed 50 or more people since 1900

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