For India, the Chinese incursion also threatens its access to the 6,300-meter-high Siachen Glacier, to the west of Depsang. Pakistan claims the Indian-controlled glacier, which, strategically wedged between the Pakistani- and Chinese-held parts of Kashmir, served as the world’s highest and coldest battleground (and one of the bloodiest) from the mid-1980’s until a cease-fire took effect in 2003.
对印度来说，中国的入侵还威胁了它对达普桑以西的海拔6300米锡亚琴冰川（Siachen Glacier）的接近。巴基斯坦对这一战略性地楔入巴基斯坦和中国控制克什米尔地区的印控冰川有着主权主张，自20世纪80年代以来，这里是全世界最高、最冷（也最血腥）的战场，直到2003年停火协议生效。