Baltoro Glacier

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mountain glacier valley glacier

Baltoro Glacier is one of the world’s largest and most famous mountain glaciers, located in Pakistan’s Karakoram range and serving as a key route to K2 and other high peaks.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form As subject As object
Baltoro Glacier region 0 4
Baltoro Glacier area 0 1
Baltoro Glacier trekking route 0 1
Baltoro Glacier watershed 0 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain glacier →
valley glacier →
accessTown Skardu →
climateZone high mountain climate →
country Pakistan →
countrySubdivision Skardu →
surface form: Skardu District
drainageBasin Indus River basin →
feedsRiver Braldo River →
Shigar River →
geologicalSetting collision zone of Indian and Eurasian plates →
hasConfluence Concordia →
hasRisk avalanches →
crevasse danger →
rockfall →
length about 63 km →
locatedIn Gilgit-Baltistan →
Karakoram →
Pakistan →
mountainRange Karakoram →
near Broad Peak →
Chogolisa →
Concordia →
Gasherbrum I →
Gasherbrum II →
Gasherbrum III →
Gasherbrum IV →
K2 →
Masherbrum →
Trango Towers →
notableFor access route to Broad Peak →
access route to Gasherbrum massif →
access route to K2 →
access route to Masherbrum →
mountaineering approach route →
trekking destination →
protectedArea Central Karakoram National Park →
rankingByLength one of the longest non-polar glaciers in the world →
region Gilgit-Baltistan →
surface form: Baltistan
surfaceFeature crevassed →
heavily debris-covered →
terminusElevation about 3450 m →
tourismActivity high-altitude trekking →
mountaineering →
tourismType adventure tourism →
tributaryGlacier Biange Glacier →
Godwin-Austen Glacier →
Vigne Glacier →
Yermandendu Glacier →
upperElevation over 7000 m →

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Skil Brum → accessPoint → Baltoro Glacier →
this entity surface form: Baltoro Glacier trekking route
Shigar Valley → accessRouteTo → Baltoro Glacier →
Baltoro Muztagh → borderedBy → Baltoro Glacier →
Karakoram → contains → Baltoro Glacier →
Gilgit-Baltistan → containsGlacier → Baltoro Glacier →
Skil Brum → firstAscentFrom → Baltoro Glacier →
Shigar Valley → hasGlacierAccess → Baltoro Glacier →
Baltoro Muztagh → hasNotableGlacier → Baltoro Glacier →
Abruzzi Spur → isApproachedFrom → Baltoro Glacier →
Broad Peak → isPartOf → Baltoro Glacier →
this entity surface form: Baltoro Glacier region
Gasherbrum II → liesInGlacierRegion → Baltoro Glacier →
this entity surface form: Baltoro Glacier region
Gasherbrum IV → liesNearGlacier → Baltoro Glacier →
K2 → locatedNearGlacier → Baltoro Glacier →
Gasherbrum III → locatedOn → Baltoro Glacier →
this entity surface form: Baltoro Glacier watershed
Muztagh Tower → locatedOn → Baltoro Glacier →
this entity surface form: Baltoro Glacier region
Skil Brum → locatedOn → Baltoro Glacier →
this entity surface form: Baltoro Glacier region
Gasherbrum III → mapRegion → Baltoro Glacier →
this entity surface form: Baltoro Glacier area
Chogolisa → near → Baltoro Glacier →
Skardu → near → Baltoro Glacier →
Trango Towers → near → Baltoro Glacier →
Muztagh Tower → nearbyFeature → Baltoro Glacier →
China–Pakistan border → nearbyGlacier → Baltoro Glacier →
Masherbrum → nearestMajorGlacier → Baltoro Glacier →
Gasherbrum I → typicalTrekApproach → Baltoro Glacier →