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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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Hispar Glacier canonical 13
Concordia (Karakoram) 5
Central Karakoram glaciers 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 (22)

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

Karakoram → contains → Hispar Glacier ⓘ
Hispar Glacier → knownFor → Hispar Glacier self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hispar–Biafo high-altitude glacial traverse
Hispar Glacier → partOf → Hispar Glacier self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Karakoram glaciers
Baltoro Muztagh → near → Hispar Glacier ⓘ
this entity surface form: Concordia (Karakoram)
Biafo Glacier → formsGlacierSystemWith → Hispar Glacier ⓘ
Central Karakoram National Park → containsPart → Hispar Glacier ⓘ
Gasherbrum Glacier → near → Hispar Glacier ⓘ
this entity surface form: Concordia (Karakoram)
Hispar village → locatedNear → Hispar Glacier ⓘ
Hispar village → accessRouteTo → Hispar Glacier ⓘ
Hispar village → hasNearbyGlacier → Hispar Glacier ⓘ
Hunza–Nagar District → contains → Hispar Glacier ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hispar Glacier region
Hispar village trailhead → near → Hispar Glacier ⓘ
Hispar village trailhead → accesses → Hispar Glacier ⓘ
Bride Peak → liesNear → Hispar Glacier ⓘ
this entity surface form: Concordia (Karakoram)
Karakoram glacial system → hasPart → Hispar Glacier ⓘ
Hispar Pass → connects → Hispar Glacier ⓘ
Hispar Pass → partOf → Hispar Glacier ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hispar–Biafo glacial system
Askole → servesAsGatewayTo → Hispar Glacier ⓘ
this entity surface form: Concordia (Karakoram)
Askole–Biafo–Hispar–Hunza → connectsGlacier → Hispar Glacier ⓘ
Askole–Biafo–Hispar–Hunza → passesThrough → Hispar Glacier ⓘ
Gasherbrum massif → near → Hispar Glacier ⓘ
this entity surface form: Concordia (Karakoram)
Nagar Valley → hasGlacier → Hispar Glacier ⓘ