Biafo Glacier

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glacier valley glacier

Biafo Glacier is a major glacier in Pakistan’s Karakoram range, known for forming one of the world’s longest continuous glacier systems when linked with the Hispar Glacier.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Biafo Glacier canonical	17
Biafo–Hispar glacier system	1
Biafo–Hispar icefield system	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	glacier ⓘ valley glacier ⓘ
accessPoint	Askole village ⓘ
approximateMaxElevationAlongGlacierRoute	over 5000 m ⓘ
climateZone	high-altitude alpine ⓘ
connectedViaPass	Hispar Pass ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Pakistan ⓘ
drainageBasin	Indus River basin ⓘ
endOfTrekRoute	Hispar village ⓘ
feeds	tributaries of the Indus River ⓘ
flowsTowards	Braldo River ⓘ
formsGlacierSystemWith	Hispar Glacier ⓘ
hasLanguageOfLocalCommunities	Balti ⓘ
hazard	crevasse danger ⓘ rockfall ⓘ
highestPointOfRoute	Hispar Pass ⓘ
HisparPassElevation	about 5150 m ⓘ
knownFor	forming one of the world’s longest continuous glacier systems with Hispar Glacier ⓘ
length	about 39 miles ⓘ approximately 63 km ⓘ
locatedIn	Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ Karakoram ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ
locatedInDistrict	Shigar Valley ⓘ surface form: Shigar District
locatedInProtectedArea	Central Karakoram National Park ⓘ
mountainRange	Karakoram ⓘ
near	Askole ⓘ
nearestMajorTown	Skardu ⓘ
notableFor	challenging glacier travel ⓘ large wilderness of rock and ice ⓘ
partOf	Biafo Glacier self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Biafo–Hispar glacier system Central Karakoram National Park ⓘ
region	Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ surface form: Baltistan
seasonBestForTrekking	summer ⓘ
surfaceFeature	crevasses ⓘ extensive medial moraines ⓘ icefalls ⓘ
surfaceType	ice and debris-covered ice ⓘ
terminus	Braldo River valley ⓘ
totalSystemLengthWithHispar	about 100 km ⓘ about 62 miles ⓘ
tourismType	adventure tourism ⓘ
trekRoute	Askole–Biafo–Hispar–Hunza ⓘ
usedFor	mountaineering access ⓘ trekking ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Karakoram → contains → Biafo Glacier ⓘ

Gilgit-Baltistan → containsGlacier → Biafo Glacier ⓘ

Hispar Glacier → formsTraverseWith → Biafo Glacier ⓘ

Panmah Glacier → near → Biafo Glacier ⓘ

Biafo Glacier → partOf → Biafo Glacier self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Biafo–Hispar glacier system

Shigar Valley → hasGlacierAccess → Biafo Glacier ⓘ

northern Pakistan → containsGlacier → Biafo Glacier ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Pakistan

Central Karakoram National Park → containsPart → Biafo Glacier ⓘ

this entity surface form: Biafo–Hispar icefield system

Hispar village → hasNearbyGlacier → Biafo Glacier ⓘ

Ogre (Baintha Brakk) → nearbyGlacier → Biafo Glacier ⓘ

Ogre (Baintha Brakk) → approachVia → Biafo Glacier ⓘ

Karakoram glacial system → hasPart → Biafo Glacier ⓘ

Hispar Pass → connects → Biafo Glacier ⓘ

Braldu Valley → gatewayTo → Biafo Glacier ⓘ

Askole village → near → Biafo Glacier ⓘ

subject surface form: Askole

Askole–Biafo–Hispar–Hunza → connectsGlacier → Biafo Glacier ⓘ

Askole–Biafo–Hispar–Hunza → passesThrough → Biafo Glacier ⓘ

Braldo River valley → locatedNear → Biafo Glacier ⓘ