Hispar Glacier

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mountain glacier valley glacier

Hispar Glacier is one of the longest non-polar glaciers in the world, located in Pakistan’s Karakoram range and known for forming the high-altitude Hispar–Biafo glacial traverse.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Central Karakoram glaciers	1
Concordia (Karakoram)	1
Hispar–Biafo high-altitude glacial traverse	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain glacier ⓘ valley glacier ⓘ
accessPoint	Hispar village trailhead ⓘ
approximateLength	about 49 km ⓘ
climateZone	high mountain climate ⓘ
connectedViaPass	Hispar Pass ⓘ
connectsRegion	Hunza Valley ⓘ Shigar Valley ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Pakistan ⓘ
drainageBasin	Indus River basin ⓘ
elevationFeature	high-altitude glacier ⓘ
environmentalConcern	glacial retreat due to climate change ⓘ
feeds	Gilgit River ⓘ surface form: Hispar River
flowsFrom	Hispar Pass ⓘ
flowsTo	Gilgit River ⓘ surface form: Hispar River
formsTraverseWith	Biafo Glacier ⓘ
geologicalSetting	Karakoram orogeny ⓘ
glacialTraverseLengthWithBiafo	about 100 km ⓘ
glacierType	valley glacier ⓘ
hazard	avalanches ⓘ crevasses ⓘ
hydrologicalRole	source of meltwater for downstream communities ⓘ
knownFor	Hispar Glacier self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hispar–Biafo high-altitude glacial traverse being one of the longest non-polar glaciers in the world ⓘ
languageOfToponym	Burushaski ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ surface form: Urdu
locatedIn	Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ Karakoram ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange	Baltoro Muztagh ⓘ surface form: Hispar Muztagh
nearbySettlement	Hispar village ⓘ
notableFor	longest glacial traverse outside polar regions ⓘ
notablePass	Hispar Pass ⓘ
partOf	Hispar Glacier self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Central Karakoram glaciers Karakoram ⓘ surface form: Karakoram glacier system
region	Hunza–Nagar District ⓘ
surfaceFeature	crevassed ice ⓘ moraines ⓘ seracs ⓘ
terrainType	remote high-altitude terrain ⓘ
tourismType	mountain adventure destination ⓘ trekking destination ⓘ
trekDifficulty	strenuous multi-day trek ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Karakoram → contains → Hispar Glacier ⓘ

Biafo Glacier → formsGlacierSystemWith → Hispar Glacier ⓘ

Hispar Glacier → knownFor → Hispar Glacier self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hispar–Biafo high-altitude glacial traverse

Baltoro Muztagh → near → Hispar Glacier ⓘ

this entity surface form: Concordia (Karakoram)

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

this entity surface form: Central Karakoram glaciers