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List of glaciers in Pakistan, the Glossary

Index List of glaciers in Pakistan

The following is a list of glaciers in Pakistan: With more than 7,253 known glaciers, Pakistan contains more glacial ice than any other country on Earth outside the polar regions.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 24 relations: Abruzzi Glacier, Baltoro Glacier, Batura Glacier, Biarchedi Glacier, Bilafond Glacier, Chogo Lungma Glacier, Gilgit-Baltistan, Godwin-Austen Glacier, Gondogoro Glacier, Hispar Glacier, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kutiah Lungma Glacier, List of glaciers, Miar Glacier, Panmah Glacier, Passu Glacier, Polar regions of Earth, Rupal Glacier, Sarpo Laggo Glacier, Shani Glacier, Siachen conflict, Siachen Glacier, Trango Glacier, Vigne Glacier.

  2. Glaciers of Pakistan
  3. Lists of glaciers
  4. Lists of landforms of Pakistan
  5. Lists of mountains of Pakistan
  6. Lists of tourist attractions in Pakistan

Abruzzi Glacier

The Abruzzi Glacier is situated to the north of the Baltoro Kangri peak in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

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Baltoro Glacier

The Baltoro Glacier is a glacier located in the Shigar District of the Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan.

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Batura Glacier

Batura Glacier, long, is one of the largest and longest glaciers outside of the polar regions.

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Biarchedi Glacier

The Biarchedi Glacier (بیارچڑی گلیشیر) is located on the northeast of Biarchedi Peak in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

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Bilafond Glacier

Bilafond Glacier (بلا فوند گلیشیر) is located in Siachen region across Karakoram Range in Pakistan.

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Chogo Lungma Glacier

Chogo Lungma Glacier is a glacier in the Karakorum mountain ranges in Shigar District of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

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Gilgit-Baltistan

Gilgit-Baltistan, formerly known as the Northern Areas, is a region administered by Pakistan as an administrative territory and consists of the northern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and between India and China since 1959.

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Godwin-Austen Glacier

The Godwin-Austen Glacier is a glacier in the Karakoram range and is close to K2, the highest mountain peak in Pakistan and second highest on Earth, in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

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Gondogoro Glacier

Gondogoro Glacier (گوندوگرو گلیشیر) or Gondoghoro Glacier is glacier near Concordia in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

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Hispar Glacier

Hispar Glacier (ہسپر گلیشر) is a 49-km (30-mile) long glacier situated in the Karakoram Mountains of Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan.

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (خېبر پښتونخوا; Hindko and,; abbr. KP), formerly known as North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a province of Pakistan.

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Kutiah Lungma Glacier

Kutiah Lungma Glacier is a glacier that stretches for approximately 12 km in length and has a width of about 3 km.

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List of glaciers

A glacier or is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight; it forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation (melting and sublimation) over many years, often centuries. List of glaciers in Pakistan and List of glaciers are Lists of glaciers.

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Miar Glacier

Miar Glacier is a glacier that forms in the north of Miar Peak in Hoper Valley in Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

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Panmah Glacier

Panmah Glacier is a glacier in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

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Passu Glacier

Passu Glacier is situated in the south side of Passu village, in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

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Polar regions of Earth

The polar regions, also called the frigid zones or polar zones, of Earth are Earth's polar ice caps, the regions of the planet that surround its geographical poles (the North and South Poles), lying within the polar circles.

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Rupal Glacier

Rupal Glacier or Tashain Glacier is a glacier in the Great Himalaya subrange of Himalayas in Gilgit-Baltistan, northern Pakistan.

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Sarpo Laggo Glacier

The Sarpo Laggo Glacier (萨尔波拉戈冰川, Sarpo Laggo: 'young husband') is a glacier in the autonomous region Xinjiang of China, in the Karakoram mountain range of the Himalayas.

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Shani Glacier

Shani Glacier (شانی گلیشیر) is a glacier in the north of Shani Peak in Naltar Valley, in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

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Siachen conflict

The Siachen conflict, sometimes referred to as the Siachen Glacier conflict or the Siachen War, was a military conflict between India and Pakistan over the disputed Siachen Glacier region in Kashmir.

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Siachen Glacier

The Siachen Glacier is a glacier located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas at about, just northeast of the point NJ9842 where the Line of Control between India and Pakistan ends.

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Trango Glacier

Trango Glacier (川口冰川, ترانگو گلیشیر) is a glacier in the Baltoro Muztagh range of the Karakoram in Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

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Vigne Glacier

Vigne Glacier (وینیہ گلیشیر) is a glacier in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan near Gondogoro Glacier and Baltoro Glacier.

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See also

Glaciers of Pakistan

  • List of glaciers in Pakistan

Lists of glaciers

Lists of landforms of Pakistan

Lists of mountains of Pakistan

Lists of tourist attractions in Pakistan

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_glaciers_in_Pakistan

Also known as Glaciers of Pakistan, List of glaciers of Pakistan.