Glaciers in Pakistan

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Glaciers in Pakistan

Pakistan is home to one of the most beautiful lakes one wishes to see. Deserts, mountains, oceans, Pakistan has got almost all of the natural wonders. If you a thrill seeker, you must like to see glaciers. Just in case you really do like visiting glaciers, here is a wonderful list of glaciers you can see in Pakistan. Glaciers are a large persistent body of ice which hold most of the Earth’s fresh water resources. With global warming on the the rise, the life of these glaciers is not indefinite. Make time to see them before they vanish completely.


Ghasherbrum Glacier, GB, Pakistan

Minapin Glacier, GB

Yashkuk Glacier, GB

Baltoro Glacier, GB

Hopper Glacier, GB

Balocho Glacier, GB

 

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Snow Lake is a Glacial Basin between Biafo and Hispar Glacier, GB

Nushik Glacier, GB

Chiring Glacier, GB

Baltoro Glacier, GB

Hopper Glacier, GB

 

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Gondogoro la, GB

Baltoro Glacier, GB

Crevasses of Baltoro Glacier, GB

Baltoro Glacier, GB

Gondogoro La, Gb

 

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Glacier stream @ Baltro Glacier .

 

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Baltoro Glacier, GB

Crevasses of Baltoro

Trekking on Small Glacier in Kaghan Valley

 

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Pakistan Zindabad.

 

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Glaciers in Pakistan

Pakistan’s Glaciers Systems consists of numerous large and small size glaciers, found in the northern mountain ranges of Karakoram, Himalaya and Hindukush. These glaciers are also the biggest mass and collection of glaciated ice found anywhere in the whole world outside the North and South Poles

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Mostly concentrated in the Karakorum range and followed by Himalaya and Hundukush Ranges, these glaciers cover an approximate area of about 17000 square kilometers, which is around 15% of the mountainous regions in the upper Indus River Basin. The total length of glaciers on the lap of Karakoram Range in Pakistan is above 6160 square kilometres. According to estimates, almost 37% of the Karakoram region is under the glaciated ice.

These include Siachen Glacier- the world 2ndlongest glacier (75 kilometres), located in the eastern Karakoram range along the disputed India-Pakistan line of control. It is the longest glacier in the Karakoram and second longest in the world outside the polar regions. Its altitude ranges from 5,753 m in the upper reaches to to 3,620 m in the lower reaches.

Biafo glacier the world third longest glacier (63 kilometers) is also found in the same region, which meets the Hispar glacier at the famous snow lake at the height of 5,128 m, creating the longest glaciated highway in the world from Shigar valley to Nagar Valley in Gilgit Baltistan.

Here are also found other famous glaciers i.e.Baltoro (62 kilometres), Batura (58 kilometres) Hispar (53 kilometres) etc. Baltoro glacier is the most famous and visited among all these as it forms the ice highway en-route to four of the 8000 meters peaks including K-2, the world second highest peak. Overall according to conservative estimates there are more 120 major glaciers and numerous smaller glaciers in northern highlands of Pakistan and many of these still need to be explored and documented.

These glaciers are enormous reservoirs of fresh water resources and their gradual melting feed more then 60 large and smallrivers in Pakistan.

The water bound in these glaciers is a lifeline for the people and economy of Pakistan, as the country heavily depend on regular discharge of these waters for large scale agriculture, industrial and domestic use. Without these glaciers, Pakistan would be a barren and inhospitable place to support its large population base. These glaciers are prone to climatic changes and global warming and there are conflicting claims of glacier meltdown in northern Pakistan. However any sort of faster meltdown and glacier depletion can greatly affect agriculture, drinking water supplies, hydro-electric power, and ecological habitats in the down country. Nevertheless despite its remoteness and harsh conditions these glaciers provides breathtaking scenic beauty and also attract a good number of experienced adventurists, mountaineers and trackers.

Please see in below the Map of Major Glaciers in Karakoram Range of Pakistan

 

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Baifo Glacier, GB

Baltoro Glacier

Baltoro Glacier, GB

Trekking on Small Glacier in Kaghan Valley

 

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Wonderful Thread.

 

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1 – Baltoro Glacier

2 – Passu Glacier

3 – Panmah Glacier

4 – Batura Glacier

5 – Godwin-Austin Glacier

6 – Panmah Glacier

7 – Biarchedi Glacier

8 – Bilafond Glacier

9 – Biafo Glacier

10 – Gondogoro Glacier

11 – Vigne Glacier

12 – Abruzzi Glacier

13 – Hisper Glacier

 

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Just to add to all that has been said above, Baltoro is in fact the largest glacier (not the longest) in the world outside of the Poles.

 

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13 – Hisper Glacier

14 – Miar Glacier

15 – Hussaini Glacier

16 – Shani Glacier

17 – Sarpo Laggo

18 – Rupal Glacier

19 – K 2 Glacier

 

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Darkot Pass, Broghil Valley

Ice caves at Kashmanja, Broghil Valley, KP