The glacier is situated at an elevation of approximately 4,660 metres (15,290 ft) and is 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) east of the summit tower of Puncak Jaya.

[1] An expedition to the remaining glaciers on Puncak Jaya in 2010 discovered that the ice on the glaciers there is about 32 metres (105 ft) thick and thinning at a rate of 7 metres (23 ft) annually.

At that rate, the remaining glaciers in the immediate region near Puncak Jaya were expected to last only to the year 2015.

[4] The remaining remnant glaciers on Punkak Jaya were once part of an icecap that developed approximately 5,000 years ago.

At least one previous icecap also existed in the region between 15,000 and 7,000 years ago, when it also apparently melted away and disappeared.