According to Hugh Whistler’s 1924 writing, "Shigri is applied par-excellence to one particular glacier that emerges from the mountains on the left bank of the Chenab.

It is said to be several miles long, and the snout reaches right down to the river, lying athwart the customary road from Kulu to Spiti...

In 1836 this glacier dammed the Chenab River, causing the formation of a large lake, which eventually broke loose and carried devastation down the valley.

Bara Shigri glacier lies on the northern slopes of the main Pir Panjal Range of the Inner Himalayas.

[2] A small deposit of antimony ore is known to exist near the Bara Shigri glacier.