Hispar Pass
Pakistani mountain pass
36°01′08″N 75°32′46″E / 36.019°N 75.546°E / 36.019; 75.546
Hispar Pass or Hispar La (Urdu: درہ ہسپر; ) (el. 5,128 m/16,824 ft) is a high-altitude, non-technical mountain pass in the Karakoram Range in Nagar District, Pakistan.[1][2]
At the pass, the Biafo Glacier (63 km long) and Hispar Glacier (49 km long) meet to form the world's longest glacial traverse outside of the polar regions, 100 kilometers in length.
See also
- Hispar Glacier
- Biafo Glacier
References
External links
- Northern Pakistan detailed placemarks in Google Earth Archived 4 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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