The Karola glacier is backed by the south slope of Naiqin Kangsang Peak (719m), one of the four peaks in Tibet. The upper part of the glacier is an ice cap with a slow slope and the lower part is two ice tongues in the form of suspended glaciers. The eastern ice tongue is 3 kilometers long and 750 meters wide. In 1996, for the film Red Valley, the Kajola glacier was blasted with explosives to a large gap, leaving a scar that would never heal.